Editing Merle Haggard (section)

==Equipment==
Haggard endorsed [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender guitars]] and had a Custom Artist signature model Telecaster. The guitar is a modified [[Telecaster Thinline]] with laminated top of figured maple, set neck with deep carved heel, birdseye maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets, ivoroid pickguard and binding, gold hardware, abalone Tuff Dog Tele peghead inlay, 2-Colour Sunburst finish, and a pair of Fender Texas Special Tele single-coil pickups with custom-wired 4-way pickup switching. He also played six-string acoustic models. In 2001, [[C. F. Martin & Company]] introduced a limited edition Merle Haggard Signature Edition 000-28SMH acoustic guitar available with or without factory-installed electronics.<ref>{{cite book |last=Boak|first=Dick|title=Martin Guitar Masterpieces: A Showcase of Artists' Editions, Limited Editions, and Custom Guitars|publisher=Bulfinch|date=2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vlYlNWU_p8cC&pg=PA32|isbn=9780821228357}}</ref>