Willie Nelson's Gear

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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!”

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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.

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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.

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According to Hard Rock Cafe website, Nelson gave this guitar away, for Hard Rock Cafe memorabillia.

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Willie Nelson has been spotted using the Robin Virtuoso electric guitar during live performances, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo on Reverb.

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In this photo, Nelson is seen singing into Shure SM58, although he usually prefers Audix microphones.

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Willie Nelson is shown using the Audix OM5 in this picture and is confirmed through Audix's site.

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According to La Bella's website, Willie Nelson uses La Bella 830 Folksinger strings.

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Nelson can be seen in this photo playing a Fender Precision Bass.

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In this photo, Willie Nelson is seen with a Shure 55S Unidyne Dynamic Microphone.

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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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