Ry Cooder's main acoustic guitar these days, according to his guitar repairman Rick Turner, is a Gibson Roy Smeck model from the mid-30s. Frets were added to this guitar, which was originally designed for lap-style playing. Cooder still owns a 1950s Martin 000-18, which Turner believes he used to record the theme from Paris, Texas.

He doesn't use any picks and wears the (glass) slide on his little finger.

	Archie's Funeral		Brothers		Dark Is The Night
	Feeling Bad Blues		Houston In Two Seconds		Nothing Out There
	On The Couch		Paris, Texas		Theme From Aloma Bay
			Vigilante Man