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Track 1 – Tunnel of love
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst (later stolen) | bridge + middle | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar two – rhythm- right/center channelPan position about 2:00 | Mark Knopfler[100%], strummed, pick | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst ? or Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? | middle ? | standard | compression/limiter | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar three – rhythm – left channelComes in at 1:11 | Mark Knopfler [100%], strummed, pick | acoustic guitar, Ovation ? | – | standard | – | – |
Related blog posts:
Mark Knopfler’s stolen sunburst Schecter Strat of Tunnel of Love
Track 2 – Romeo and Juliet
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – riff – center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | National steel guitar,1928 Tricone [~80%] (as seen on TV) or 1937 Style-O [~20%] | – | open tuning | reverb | – |
Guitar two – solo licks- right channelComes in at 4:44 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst ? or Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? | – | standard | reverb, delay (left channel) | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar three – rhythm – left channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | acoustic guitar, no info available | – | probably standard tuning | reverb | – |
Related blog posts:
Romeo and Juliet on National Style-O
Chord changes for ending of Romeo And Juliet
Track 3 – Skateaway
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst ? or Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? | middle ? | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar two – riff – right channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst ? or Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? | middle + bridge | standard | phaser? chorus?, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Track 4 – Expresso love
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – riff- center | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK , strummed, pick | 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 two – riff 2 – right channelComes in at 00:40 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK strummed, pick, or 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 – lead 1- center/left channelPan position about 11:00 from 2:08 to 2:54 | 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 four -lead2 – right channelfrom 2:41 to 2:54 | 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 |
Related blog posts:
The bridge section between Expresso Love and Down to the Waterline on the Making Movies tour
Track 5 – Hand in hand
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – acoustic riff – center | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Acoustic guitar (Ovation ?) | – | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar two – rhythm/electric riff – left channelComes in at 00:32 | Mark Knopfler [100%], strummed, pick | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst ? or Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? | middle + bridge | standard | compression/limiter, reverb, tremolo | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar three – lead – centeror same as guitar two ? Comes in at 1:24 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst ? or Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? | middle + bridge | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Track 6 – Solid rock
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – riff 1 – center/right channelPan position about 2:00 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle, or sometimes pick ? | Schecter Telecaster black S8421 ? | bridge ? | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar two- riff 2/lead – centerComes in at 00:09 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Telecaster black S8421 ? | bridge + neck ? | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar three- rhythm- left channelComes in during chorus and solo | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Telecaster black S8421 ? | bridge + neck ? | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Track 7 – Les boys
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one -riff – left channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? | middle + bridge | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar two- lead -right channelComes in at 00:46 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? | middle + bridge | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Amps on this album
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10 thoughts on “Gear on album Making movies”
In my opinion, Tunnel of Love is on neck+middle, see this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE1CtgQvAH4 around 5:30
You are probably right for the video, but as it was said on the post linked below, he changed PU combination during the song :
http://www.mk-guitar.com/2011/02/22/why-do-certain-pickups-like-stratocaster-pick-ups-from-the-50ies-or-the-schecter-f500t-die-so-often/
for the studio version, it’s hard to say if it was exactly the same combination he used live, Mark often changed sound (even guitar) on live versions compared to studio versions
Ingo, i don’t think Solid Rock was recorded with a Tele on the studio album. For me it sound like a typical stratocaster sound.
Hi Roman,
it’s me who wrote most of infos on these albums gear pages.
Of course there’s a lot of speculation, and we will never know for sure. That’s why I often write question marks, as I don’t pretend to know the truth 🙂
We think that in most of the case, the guitar used on a song on the tour right after an album release is likely the one used in studio, but course, it’s not always the case.
maybe you are right and maybe it’s a strato, I don’t know
FWIW, Mark can be seen in the studio recording Solid Rock on his maple neck Strat in the Arena documentary from around that time. I realise this doesn’t mean that’s what’s on the record, in fact the recording he’s working on doesn’t seem to be the final release, but it’s a little more info for people to think about.
That is not from the Making Movies recording sessions but some months earlier, before he got the Schecters. There were plans for a 3-track single with Solid Rock, What’s the Matter with you Baby & Twisting by the Pool I think but it was never released.
On the topic of that clip, i’m sure there was a mismatch between the backing track and the guitar part mark was playing that stuck out, probably a one-bar difference. But anyway, I was angling for that specific guitar sound for ages on a strat, with the pristine quality yet the explosive distortion when the accents hit.