Category: Dire Straits/ Mark Knopfler live pictures and videos

Dire Straits/ Mark Knopfler live pictures and videos, Guitars, Mark Knopfler gear

Mark Knopfler’s Rickenbacker of Portobello Belle live in 1981

On the Making movies tour in 1981, Mark Knopfler played a Rickenbacker guitar on Portobello Belle. To my knowledge only one single picture exists with this guitar which is the one below. Since I have this picture at a rather high resolution, I also put in an enlarged version with just that guitar. I would be lying if I said I am an expert on Rickenbacker guitars, so feel free […]

Dire Straits/ Mark Knopfler live pictures and videos, Effects, Mark Knopfler gear

What is this? – Unidentified guitar effect on early Dire Straits stage

This is going to be short article, rather a post meant to build up speculations: The following two pictures (from different shows, both live in early 1979) show something that seem to be an effect box that is still undidentified. I have almost finished an article about one possible explaination that is coming soon, but meanwhile it might be interesting to hear other people’s opinion, so simply use the comment […]