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Guitars
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Amps and effects on this album
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Note : all infos about guitars an amps were provided by Chuck Ainlay on MkNews
http://www.mark-knopfler-news.co.uk/guits_amps.html
And here is the official list from Glenn Saggers (posted on Guy Fletcher’s MK recording 2014 diary, page bottom) :
http://www.guyfletcher.co.uk/index.php/2014mkrecording/2014StudioDiary1
Track 1 – True love will never fade
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channelComes in at 01:14 | Mark Knopfler [100%], pick + whammy bar | Teisco Spectrum 5 | ? | standard | reverb | Fender Vibrolux |
Guitar two – rhythm – center | Mark Knopfler [100%], strummed ? or fingerstyle ? | Acoustic guitar | – | standard | reverb | – |
Related blog posts:
Understanding songs – chords and structure analysis of True love will never fade
The Circle of Fifths: What is it for? – plus: example analysis of Knopfler songs
Track 2 – The Scaffolder’s wife
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channelComes in at 01:10 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson les Paul Standard 59 | neck | standard | reverb | Komet Marshall 4×12 |
Guitar two – rhythm -center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], strummed ? or fingerstyle ? | Acoustic guitar | – | standard | reverb | – |
Track 3 – The fizzy and the still
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one -lead- center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], pick + whammy bar | Gretsch 6120 | bridge ? | standard | reverb | Vox AC 15 |
Guitar two- rhythm- center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], strummed ? or fingerstyle ? | Acoustic guitar | – | standard | reverb | – |
Track 4 – A heart full of holes
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead/rhythm- center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | National steel guitar,1937 Style O | – | open | reverb | – |
Guitar two – rhythm -center channelPan position about 1:00 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Acoustic guitar | – | standard | reverb | – |
Guitar three- licks- center channelComes in at 1:21 | Mark Knopfler [100%], pick + whammy bar | Fender Stratocaster sunburst 54 “Jurassic Strat” | middle | standard | reverb | Vox AC 15 |
Track 5 – We can get wild
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center | Mark Knopfler [100%], pick + whammy bar | Fender Stratocaster sunburst 54 “Jurassic Strat” | middle | standard | reverb | Tone King |
Guitar two -elecric rhythm- center/right channelComes in at 00:12 | Mark Knopfler [100%], Strummed | Fender Duo Sonic 11 | ? | standard | reverb | Tone King |
Guitar three- acoustic rhythm- center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], strummed | Acoustic guitar | – | standard | reverb | – |
Track 6 – Secondary waltz
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – rhythm- center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson Advanced Jumbo | – | standard | reverb | – |
Track 7 – Punish the monkey
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channelComes in at 00:08 | Mark Knopfler [100%], pick + whammy bar | Fender Stratocaster sunburst 54 “Jurassic Strat” | middle | standard | reverb | Vox AC 15 |
Guitar two – rhythm/intro riff – left/right channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], Strummed | Gretsch 6120 | bridge | standard | reverb, delay left/right | Vox AC 10 |
Guitar three- acoustic rhythm- center channelComes in at 00:08 | Mark Knopfler [100%], strummed | Acoustic guitar | – | standard | reverb | – |
Track 8 – Let it all go
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – riff – center channel | Mark Knopfler[100%],pick | Fender Stratocaster sunburst 54 “Jurassic Strat” | bridge + middle | standard | reverb | Tone King |
Guitar two- rhythm- center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], strummed | Acoustic guitar | – | standard | reverb | – |
Track 9 – Behind with the rent
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channel | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson ES-330 | neck | standard | reverb | Fender Deluxe Komet Linda Marshall 4×12 |
Guitar two- rhythm- left channelComes in at 00:26 | Mark Knopfler [100%], strummed | Acoustic guitar | – | standard | reverb | – |
Track 10 – The fish and the bird
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – rhythm- center channel | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | National steel guitar,1937 Style O | – | open | reverb | – |
Guitar two- strummed chords- center channelComes in at 00:25 | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle or Strummed ? | Fender Stratocaster sunburst 54 “Jurassic Strat” | bridge + middle | standard | reverb | Tone King |
Track 11 – Madame Geneva’s
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – rhythm 1- center/right channelPan position about 11:00 | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson Southerner | – | standard | reverb | – |
Guitar two- rhythm 2- center/leftchannelPan position about 1:00 | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson Southerner | – | standard | reverb | – |
Guitar three- lead- center channelComes in at 00:10 | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson ES-330 | bridge + neck | standard | reverb | Komet Marshall 4×12 |
Track 12 – In the sky
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channel | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | Acoustic guitar | – | standard | reverb | – |
Guitar two- strummed chords- center channelComes in at 1:01 Pan position about 11:00 | Mark Knopfler [100%], Strummed | Gretsch 6120 | bridge or neck+bridge | standard | reverb, tremolo | Fender Vibrolux |
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3 thoughts on “Gear on album Kill to get crimson”
Hi,
According to Guy Fletcher the lead guitar on “Behind with the rent” was Gretsch 6120 not Gibson ES-330. Also, I think it is Les Paul in Madame Geneva’s.
Thanks for the info. As you can see, the page is still under construction, and I have not found time yet to search infos on GF site 🙂 (and I don’t want to visit Guy site untill I go to MK gig on 21/07, to not be spoiled about any info 🙂 )
But on Mknews, on “Release page”, there’s some infos about gear used on SL, KTGC and GL.
I guess it was provided by Chuck Ainlay, but I don’t know how accurate it is.
Who can we trust ? Guy or Chuck ? I know that Guy was a lot implicated in KTGC production, but sometimes his memory is not very accurate, so…
Jean-François