Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson's Gear
Willie Nelson bought Trigger sight unseen in 1969 from Shot Jackson in Nashville according to this article from Texas Monthly.
"The guitar—a Martin N-20 classical, serial number 242830—was a gorgeous instrument, with a warm, sweet tone and a pretty “mellow yellow” coloring. The top was made of Sitka spruce, which came from the Pacific Northwest; the back and sides were Brazilian rosewood. The fretboard and bridge were ebony from Africa, and the neck was mahogany from the Amazon basin. The brass tuning pegs came from Germany."
Willie has said, “Roy Rogers had a horse named Trigger. I figured, this is my horse!”
At the Neil Abercrombie rally on August 24, 2010, Willie Nelson is pictured playing a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, as shown in images on Stillisstillmoving.
According to http://www.gantamps.com/month.htm:
The highest profile user of this amp is Willie Nelson. Willie has a Baldwin pickup on his Martin that matches this amp. I found near mint example with cover and footswitch in rural TN. Great sounding amp.
According to Hard Rock Cafe website, Nelson gave this guitar away, for Hard Rock Cafe memorabillia.
Willie Nelson has been spotted using the Robin Virtuoso electric guitar during live performances, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo on Reverb.
In this photo, Nelson is seen singing into Shure SM58, although he usually prefers Audix microphones.
Willie Nelson is shown using the Audix OM5 in this picture and is confirmed through Audix's site.
According to La Bella's website, Willie Nelson uses La Bella 830 Folksinger strings.
Nelson can be seen in this photo playing a Fender Precision Bass.
In this photo, Willie Nelson is seen with a Shure 55S Unidyne Dynamic Microphone.
Unknown performance from 1978 with Johnny Rodriguez playing a Pink Paisley Fender Telecaster most likely from 1968 but could possibly be a '69
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Discography
And Then I Wrote
1962
Here's Willie Nelson
1963
Country Willie - His Own Songs
1965
Country Favorites - Willie Nelson Style
1966
Live Country Music Concert
1966
The Party's Over
1967
Make Way for Willie Nelson
1967
Texas In My Soul
1968
Good Times
1968
My Own Peculiar Way
1969
Both Sides Now
1970
Laying My Burdens Down
1970
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Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle
Willie Nelson · 2025
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