Editing Waylon Jennings (section)

== Music style and image ==

Jennings's music was characterized by his powerful rough-edged singing voice, phrasing and texture.{{sfn|Brown|p=132|1986}}{{sfn|Ward|2012|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=9Y1EZ_cMs6kC&dq=Waylon%20jennings%20voice&pg=PA308 308]}}
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 stop]]s and [[Modulation (music)|modulation effects]].{{sfn|Hunter|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uneqkeXAzoIC&dq=Waylon%20jennings%20guitar&pg=PA124 124]|2010}} 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.{{sfn|Hunter|2010|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uneqkeXAzoIC&dq=Waylon%20jennings%20guitar&pg=PA125 125]}}{{sfn|Jennings|Kaye|1996|p=105}} Jennings further customized it by filing down the [[fret]]s to lower the strings on the neck to obtain the slapping sound.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Country Guitar|date=February 1995|title=Waylon Jennings guitar|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Guitar Player|volume=7|publisher=Miller Freeman Publications|year=1973|page=118|title=Interview: Waylon Jennings}}</ref> Among his other guitars, Jennings used a 1950 Fender Broadcaster from the mid-1970s, until he gave it to guitarist [[Reggie Young]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/musical-instruments/waylon-jennings-fender-electric-instrument-company-a-5273111-details.aspx|title=Waylon Jennings Fender Electric Instrument Company, a solid-body electric guitar, broadcaster, Fullerton, CA, circa 1950|work=Christie's|publisher=Christies.com|access-date=June 14, 2013}}</ref> The leather covers of his guitars were carved by leather artist Terry Lankford.<ref>{{cite interview|last1=Arender|first1=Tammi|subject2=Terry Lankford|title=Lankford Leather|url=http://www.wnpt.org/productions/crossroads/v2/2012/2012_apr.html|work=Tennessee Crossroads|publisher=WNPT|date=April 19, 2012|location=Nashville, Tennessee|chapter=2542|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101141626/http://www.wnpt.org/productions/crossroads/v2/2012/2012_apr.html|archive-date=November 1, 2013}}</ref>

Jennings's signature image was characterized by his long hair, mustache and beard, and black hat and black leather vest he wore during his appearances.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2002-02-14/entertainment/obit.waylon.jennings_1_country-music-first-country-album-winter-dance-party?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ|title=Country great Waylon Jennings dies at 64|date=February 14, 2002|work=CNN, Inc|access-date=May 22, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216105923/http://articles.cnn.com/2002-02-14/entertainment/obit.waylon.jennings_1_country-music-first-country-album-winter-dance-party?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ|archive-date=December 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/04/willie-nelson-live-at-the-us-festival-1983/|title=Willie Nelson: Live! At the US Festival 1983|first=Dave Gil|last=de Rubio|date=April 13, 2012|access-date=May 22, 2012|work=American Songwriter|publisher=American Songwriter, LLC }}</ref>