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Month: February 2012

February 18, 2012Guitars, Mark Knopfler gear, Vintage guitars

The Häussel 1959 pickups for the Mark Knopfler Les Paul sound

Those beautiful 1958/59 Les Paul Standards are probably the holy grail not only for Mark Knopfler fans – Mark owns a 1958 and a 1959 and plays them on all his tours – but for all guitar players. Unfortunately the prices for these are in the region you’d normally pay for a house, so most of us will hardly ever get the chance to touch one of these. They came […]

February 15, 2012February 15, 2012Easy stuff for beginners, Guitar in general, MK guitar style and licks

Sultans of Swing – backing track for long live version available

I added a backing track for the long live version of Sultans of Swing to our online shop. Check it out and listen to sound samples here. It is 12:05 min long and includes the piano solo but is without saxophone. I hope to make a youtube cover over this backing track within the near future.

February 7, 2012February 7, 2012Guitars, Vintage guitars

National Style-O 1932 and 1936 – Double Power

What can be nicer than one of those wonderful old National resophonic guitars like the Style-0? The answer is, of course, two of these! My friend Thomas brought his 1932 Style-O along for a photo session. And what a wonderful guitar this is – shiny and sparkling like one of the new reissues but real vintage, almost 80 years old. The pictures from the photo session show the guitar from […]

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