what type of strings does willie nelson use?
Steel-string acoustic guitar
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 The instrumentation on their songs is usually a simple arrangement , with Welch and Rawlings accompanying their own vocals with acoustic guitars , banjos , or a mandolin . Welch plays rhythm guitar with a 1956 Gibson J @-@ 50 ( or banjo ) , while Rawlings plays lead on a 1935 Epiphone Olympic Guitar . The New Yorker 's Wilkinson described Rawlings as a " strikingly inventive guitarist " who plays solos that are " daring melodic leaps " . A review in No Depression by Andy Moore observed that Rawlings " squeezes , strokes , chokes and does just about everything but blow into " his guitar . 

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 Jennings 's music was characterized by his " powerful " singing voice , noted by his " rough @-@ edged quality , " as well as his phrasing and texture . He was also recognized for his " spanky @-@ twang " guitar style . To create his sound , he used a pronounced ' phaser ' effect ( see ' Modulation Effects ' : below ) plus a mixture of thumb and fingers during the rhythmic parts , while using picks for the lead runs . He combined hammer @-@ on and pull @-@ off riffs , with eventual upper @-@ fret double stops and modulation effects . Jennings played a 1953 Fender Telecaster , a used guitar that was a gift from The Waylors . Jennings 's bandmates adorned his guitar with a distinctive leather cover that featured a black background with a white floral work . Jennings further customized it by filing down the frets to lower the strings on the neck to obtain the slapping sound . Among his other guitars , Jennings used a 1950 Fender Broadcaster from the mid @-@ 1970s , until he gave it to guitarist Reggie Young in 1993 . The leather covers of his guitars were carved by leather artist Terry Lankford . 

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 Nelson uses a variety of music styles to create his own distinctive blend of country music , a hybrid of jazz , pop , blues , rock and folk . His " unique sound " , which uses a " relaxed , behind @-@ the @-@ beat singing style and gut @-@ string guitar " and his " nasal voice and jazzy , off @-@ center phrasing " , has been responsible for his wide appeal , and has made him a " vital icon in country music " , influencing the " new country , new traditionalist , and alternative country movements of the ' 80s and ' 90s " . 

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 John Green ( author ) , novelist , co @-@ founder of the VlogBrothers , is known to own a Westie , called Willie ( or Fireball Wilson Roberts ) . 
