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Track 1 – Telegraph road
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | most likely Schecter Stratocaster sunburst S8001 | bridge + middle | standard | compression/limiter, delay, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar two – picking – left/center channelpan about 10:00 | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | National steel guitar [~100%], 1928 Tricone | open G, capo’ed at 3rd (open Bb) | |||
Guitar three – picking – center/right channelPan position about 2:00 audible at 5:53 | Mark Knopfler [~60%] | Schecter Telecaster black S8421 [~60%] (mentioned by Pete Brewis in an interview) | bridge or neck + bridge | standard | – | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar four – acoustic rhythm – left channelfrom 3:52 – 4:45, and outro solo, starting at 11:08 | Ovation Adamas ? | |||||
Guitar five – acoustic rhythm – right channelfrom 3:52 – 4:45, and outro solo, starting at 11:08 | Ovation Adamas ? | |||||
Guitar six – second voice lead- left channel6:35 – 6:42 and 10:05 | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | |||||
Guitar seven – crunchy rhythm – -center/right channelstarting 3:53 | presumably Hal Lindes, strummed | Schecter/Fender Stratocaster ? | standard |
Related blog posts:
Interesting lick in Telegraph Road from a 1992 live version
Track 2 – Private investigations
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Classical guitar, nylon strings (in the video clip he plays an Ovation, on the subsequent tour a Gibson Chet Atkins) | – | standard | reverb | – |
Guitar two – leadsolo licks (at 00:29) – left / right channels, and violin effects during the song | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? | – | standard | reverb, delay (right channel) | |
Guitar three – electric riff – center channel | Mark Knopfler [80%], strummed, pick | Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? (as seen in the clip) | neck ? | standard | reverb | |
| Guitar four ?- electric – center channel | Hal Lindes ? (he mimed one in the clip) |
Related blog posts:
The Gibson Chet Atkins CEC – Classical Electric Guitar with Nylon Strings
Track 3 – Industrial disease
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – riff/lead 1 – right channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Erlewine Automatic ? | only one double PU on this guitar | standard | compression/limiter, reverb, wha-wha ? phaser? | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar two – riff/lead 2 – left channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? or Erlewine Automatic ? or Schecter Telecaster black S8421 ? | standard | ? | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album | |
Guitar three- rhythm – strummed chords -center channel | Hal Lindes [~100%], strummed | Schecter Stratocaster ? |
Track 4 – Love over gold
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead acoustic- right channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson Chet Atkins with nylon strings ? | standard | reverb | – | |
Guitar two – lead electric & violin effects – center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst ? or Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album | |
Guitar three -rhythm- center channel | Hal Lindes [~100%], | Schecter Stratocaster ? | standard | reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Related blog posts:
The Gibson Chet Atkins CEC – Classical Electric Guitar with Nylon Strings
Track 5 – It never rains
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – rhythm / lead licks – center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst ? or Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? or Fernandes Strat ? | middle + bridge | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar two – lead (final solo)- center channelor the same guitar as guitar one ? | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst ? or Schecter Stratocater CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? or Fernandes Strat ? | ? | standard | compression/limiter, reverb, wha-wha ? | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar three – acoustic rhythm – center/right channel | Mark Knopfler [60%], Hal lindes [40%] | Acoustic guitar (Ovation Adamas ? or Martin as seen on pic taken during sessions) | – | standard | – | – |
Guitar four- electric rhythm – right channel | Hal lindes [100%], strummed | Schecter Stratocaster ? | ||||
Guitar five – riff- center/left channeldoubbled ? Comes in at 02:18 | Mark Knopfler [60%], Hal lindes [40%] |
Amps on this album
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5 thoughts on “Gear on album Love over gold”
I think the right channel rhythm guitar – Hal Lindes’ that is, from 5:18 onwards has some sort of a phaser effect on
in the song It never rains
The phaser is on the mix overall I think
On Private Investigations, For the end part with the electric guitar. Hal Lindes used his red gretsch. It’s not proven but it sounds like it…