What kind of guitar did townes van zandt play?

Answer 1

Townes played many Guitars. His most famous was a Gibson Hummingbird, but he also played a Martin D 28 and a few Lowdens. Towards the end of his career he started to use a Gibson J-200. He used fingerpicks on every finger of his picking hand which meant that there is little buzz in the recordings. He also used a thumbpick for the same reason. However, in a couple versions of Pancho and Lefty, he just uses his fingers clean and in a few versions of Dollar Bill Blues he uses Hyprid Picking, which is using a pick and your fingers. Anyway, much more than you needed to know but ah well...