Merle Haggard

Mentioned by Haggard in this Guitar.com interview.

Guitar.com: What kinds of amps are you using?

Haggard: I use two Fender Twin Bassman amps, and that's about all I need. My tone is a lot like Keith Richards. I don't use a lot of echo. I use a little dirt and that's about it. I like to make the effects occur on the neck, rather than through some electronic thing.

Haggard used several Telecasters throughout his career, including the one visible in this live performance of "Ramblin' Fever".

Taken from the article: On the acoustic-side, Haggard favored Martin Guitars (often D-28’s).

The Hag’s signature tribute Telecaster® guitar is a modified Telecaster Thinline featuring select alder wings with tone chambers, laminated figured maple top, maple center block, set-neck with deep-carved heel, Ivoroid pickguard and binding, gold hardware, abalone Tuff-Dog Telecaster headstock inlay, Texas Special™ Telecaster® pickups and custom four-way switching.

Mentioned by sound engineer John Kelton in this Mix Online article about Kickin Out the Footlights... Again.

"The board was an SSL 9000 J and Starstruck has a good bit of outboard equipment that we used, too,” Kelton says. “For tape we used a Studer 827 16-track for the drums and bass and a Studer 827 24-track for everybody else. That was fed into a Pro Tools HD system. I mixed on an SSL 4056 G+ at Keith's studio and mixed to the new 900 [tape] that used to be the Emtec; this is the first thing we've done on it. We used the Ampex ATR-100 half-inch. For mics, Merle was an old Neumann 47 into a Martech preamp and LA-2 compressor that was hardly used at all. George was an older-stock U87 into a Martech into a Teletronix LA1 compressor that we've used with him for a while. There was no EQ on either one of them.”

Mentioned by sound engineer John Kelton in this Mix Online article about Kickin Out the Footlights... Again.

"The board was an SSL 9000 J and Starstruck has a good bit of outboard equipment that we used, too,” Kelton says. “For tape we used a Studer 827 16-track for the drums and bass and a Studer 827 24-track for everybody else. That was fed into a Pro Tools HD system. I mixed on an SSL 4056 G+ at Keith's studio and mixed to the new 900 [tape] that used to be the Emtec; this is the first thing we've done on it. We used the Ampex ATR-100 half-inch. For mics, Merle was an old Neumann 47 into a Martech preamp and LA-2 compressor that was hardly used at all. George was an older-stock U87 into a Martech into a Teletronix LA1 compressor that we've used with him for a while. There was no EQ on either one of them.”

Mentioned by sound engineer Bob Norberg in Mix Online article about "Mama Tried".

"We always cut Merle's vocal with a U67. Buck Owens, too."

According to various sources, Dumbleland Special #009 was built specifically for Merle Haggard, but its use is uncertain.