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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/SLguits.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 – 5:15 am
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channelComes in at 01:59 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson les Paul Standard 58 | neck | standard | reverb | Comet head and Marshall cab with a Hot Plate power soak |
Guitar two – rhythm – center/right channelPan position about 1:00 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson les Paul Standard 58 | neck | standard | reverb | Comet head and Marshall cab with a Train Wreck Air Brake power soak |
Guitar three- rhythm- left channelComes in at 00:47 | Richard Bennett [100%], strummed | Gretsch 6120 | neck or neck+bridge | standard | reverb | Fender Vibroverb |
Track 2 – Boom, like that
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channelComes in at 01:30 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson les Paul Standard 58 | neck | standard | reverb | Comet head and Marshall cab with a Train Wreck Air Brake power soak |
Guitar two – rhythm/riff -left channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Fender Telecaster Blonde 1954 | bridge | standard + capo at the 3rd fret | reverb | Vox AC 15 |
Guitar three- rhythm- right channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Silvertone | bridge+neck | standard | reverb | Vox AC 15 |
Guitar four- strummed chords – center channelComes in at 00:43 | Richard Bennett [100%], strummed | MK Signature Fender Stratocaster | middle | standard | reverb | Vox AC 10 |
Related blog posts:
Acoustic guitar cover of Boom like that and Song for Sonny Liston
Mark Knopfler’s amp settings on Fender Hot Rod Deluxe (Boom like that promo, Germany 2004)
Track 3 – Sucker row
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – rhythm – center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson Southerner | – | standard | reverb | – |
Guitar two – lead- center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | MK Signature Fender Stratocaster ? | neck or middle | standard | reverb | – |
Guitar three – rhythm – left channel | Richard Bennett [100%], strummed | MK Signature Fender Stratocaster | neck or middle | standard | reverb | Vox AC 10 |
Track 4 – The trawlerman’s song
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center/right channelPan position about 1:00 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson les Paul Standard 58 | neck | standard | reverb | Fender Tweed Deluxe |
Guitar two- rhythm – center/left channelPan position about 11:00 | Richard Bennett [100%], strummed | Gibson Southerner | – | standard | reverb | – |
Track 5 – Back to Tupelo
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center/left channelComes in at 00:05 Pan position about 11:00 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson les Paul Standard 58 | neck | standard | reverb | Comet head and Marshall cab |
Guitar two -rhythm- center/right channelPan position about 1:00 | Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson Southerner | – | standard | reverb | – |
Guitar three- rhythm- left channelComes in at 1:21 | Richard Bennett [100%], strummed | Gretsch 6120 | neck or neck+bridge | standard | reverb | Fender Vibroverb |
Track 6 – Our shangri-la
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channelComes in at 00:23 | Mark Knopfler [100%], pick + whammy bar | Fender Stratocaster sunburst 54 “Jurassic Strat” | middle | standard | reverb | Vox AC 15 |
Guitar two – rhythm – left channelComes in at 00:23 | Richard Bennett [100%], strummed | Fender Jazzmaster | bridge | standard | reverb | Fender Vibroverb |
Guitar three- lead licks – right channelComes in at 0:10 | Paul Franklin [100%], Slide | Pedal Steel Guitar | Open | reverb | no info available |
Track 7 – Everybody pays
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], pick + whammy bar | Fender Stratocaster sunburst 54 “Jurassic Strat” | middle | standard | reverb | Vox AC 15 |
Guitar two – rhythm – left channel | Richard Bennett [100%], fingerstyle (strummed with thumb only) | MK Signature Fender Stratocaster (in the DVD, he mimmed with the Pensa MK80) | bridge | standard | reverb | Vox AC 10 |
Track 8 – Song for Sonny Liston
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – riff – center channel | Mark Knopfler[100%],MK fingerstyle | Eko 700 | ? | standard + capo at the 4th fret | reverb | Fender Tweed Bassman |
Related blog posts:
Acoustic guitar cover of Boom like that and Song for Sonny Liston
Track 9 – Whoop de doo
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channel | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson les Paul Standard 58 | neck | standard | reverb | Fender Tweed Deluxe |
Guitar two- rhythm – left channel | Richard Bennett [100%], fingerstyle (strummed with thumb only) | Pensa MK80 | middle | standard | reverb | Fender Black Faced Twin |
Guitar three- lead licks – center/right channelComes in at 01:20 Pan position about 1:00 | Paul Franklin [100%], Slide | Pedal Steel Guitar | Open | reverb | no info available |
Track 10 – Postcards from Paraguay
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – riff- center channel | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | Teisco Spectrum | ? | standard | reverb | Vox AC 15 |
Guitar two- rhythm – center channelDoubled | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | Ramirez nylon strings guitar | – | standard | reverb | – |
Guitar three- rhythm- left channel | Richard Bennett[100%], strummed | Tiplé | – | standard | reverb | – |
Track 11 – All that matters
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – rhythm- center/right channelPan position about 1:00 | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson Southerner | – | standard | reverb | – |
Guitar two- lead- center/left channelPan position about 11:00 | Richard Bennett [100%], slide, (lap steel playing) | National Steel Guitar Triplate 1930 | – | open | reverb | – |
Track 12 – Stand up guy
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center/right channelPan position about 1:00 | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | Silvertone | bridge or neck+bridge | standard | reverb | Aircraft |
Guitar two- rhythm- center/left channelComes in at 00:23 Pan position about 11:00 | Richard Bennett [100%], fingerstyle | National steel guitar,1937 Style O | – | Open | reverb | – |
Track 13 – Donegan’s gone
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – rhythm- center/right channelPan position about 1:00 | Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle + bottleneck | Danelectro DC | neck+bridge | Open | reverb | Fender Tweed Deluxe |
Guitar two- rhythm – center/left channelComes in at 00:04 Pan position about 11:00 | Richard Bennett [100%], strummed with fingers | Gibson Southerner (Richard’s) | – | standard | reverb | – |
Track 14 – Don’t crash the ambulance
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one -lead- center channel | Mark Knopfler[100%], pick + whammy bar | Silvertone | neck+bridge | standard | reverb | Vox AC 15 |
Guitar two – rhythm- center/left channelPan position about 11:00 | Richard Bennett[100%], strummed | Gibson Southerner | – | standard | reverb | – |
Bonus track – Summer of love
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – rhythm – center channel | Mark Knopfler [100%], strummed | Fender Stratocaster sunburst 54 “Jurassic Strat” | middle or bridge | standard | reverb, delay left/right | Vox AC 15 |
Guitar two – lead -center/left channelPan position about 11:00 | Richard Bennett [100%], pick + whammy bar | Gretsch 6120 | neck | standard | reverb | Fender Vibroverb |
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