Editing Willie Nelson (section)

===Guitars===
{{Main|Trigger (guitar)}}
[[File:Trigger-Willie Nelson.jpg|thumb|left|Nelson's guitar, Trigger, has been signed by several of Nelson's friends|alt=A classical guitar. There are several damages in the soundboard, near the sound hole there is a big hole and the wood is worn out in the surrounding areas of it. The guitar has several signatures on it. there is a blue and white strap in the soundhole.]]

In 1969, the Baldwin company gave Nelson an amplifier and guitar with their "Prismatone" [[Pickup (music technology)|pickup]]. During a show in [[Helotes, Texas]], Nelson left the guitar on the floor of the stage, and it was later stepped on by a drunk man.{{sfn|Nelson|2005}}
He sent it to be repaired in Nashville by [[Shot Jackson]], who told Nelson that the damage was too great. Jackson offered him a [[C. F. Martin & Company|Martin]] N-20 [[classical guitar]], and, at Nelson's request, moved the pickup to the Martin. Nelson purchased the guitar unseen for $750 and named it after [[Roy Rogers]]' horse [[Trigger (horse)|"Trigger"]].{{sfn|Willie Nelson General Store staff|2010}} The next year Nelson rescued the guitar from his burning ranch.{{sfn|Reinert|1976|p=103}}{{sfn|Draper|1991|p=103}}

Constant strumming with a [[guitar pick]] over the decades has worn a large sweeping hole into the guitar's body near the sound hole—the N-20 has no [[pickguard]] since classical guitars are meant to be played fingerstyle instead of with picks.{{sfn|NPR staff|1996}} Its soundboard has been signed by over a hundred of Nelson's friends and associates, ranging from fellow musicians to lawyers and football coaches.{{sfn|Willie Nelson General Store staff|2010}} The first signature on the guitar was [[Leon Russell]]'s, who asked Nelson initially to sign his guitar. When Nelson was about to sign it with a marker, Russell requested him to scratch it instead, explaining that the guitar would be more valuable in the future. Interested in the concept, Nelson requested Russell to also sign his guitar.{{sfn|Nelson|2005}} In 1991, during his process with the IRS, Nelson was worried that Trigger could be auctioned off, stating: "When Trigger goes, I'll quit". He asked his daughter, Lana, to take the guitar from the studio before any IRS agent arrived there, and then deliver it to him in [[Maui]].{{sfn|Draper|1991|p=103}} Nelson then concealed the guitar in his manager's house until his debt was paid off in 1993.{{sfn|Willie Nelson General Store staff|2010}}