Comments on: Sensational: Sultans of Swing guitar track solo – without backing tracks – from Guitar Hero 5 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/12/15/sensational-sultans-of-swing-guitar-track-solo-without-backing-tracks-from-guitar-hero-5/ Ingo Raven's blog about the Mark Knopfler guitar style and electric guitar in general Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:15:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: thomas http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/12/15/sensational-sultans-of-swing-guitar-track-solo-without-backing-tracks-from-guitar-hero-5/comment-page-2/#comment-6623 thomas Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:21:19 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-6623 ingo maybe can i have you're email, so we can talk about some more knopfler stuff. okej? Than you can have my email adress too. ingo maybe can i have you’re email, so we can talk about some more knopfler stuff. okej? Than you can have my email adress too.

]]> By: thomas http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/12/15/sensational-sultans-of-swing-guitar-track-solo-without-backing-tracks-from-guitar-hero-5/comment-page-2/#comment-6622 thomas Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:17:41 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-6622 fender costum shop has also 69 pickups, but mark has a 62 fender strat. i'm glad they make 57/62's, cause they make a fine knopfler sound. fender costum shop has also 69 pickups, but mark has a 62 fender strat.
i’m glad they make 57/62′s, cause they make a fine knopfler sound.

]]> By: thomas http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/12/15/sensational-sultans-of-swing-guitar-track-solo-without-backing-tracks-from-guitar-hero-5/comment-page-2/#comment-6621 thomas Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:11:38 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-6621 what i mean is... mark knopfler had fender vintage strat pickups in his white pickguard. Fender calls it at this time 57/62 pickups, and that will make the same old sound (because it are reissues, and the make it like they made it in 1957/1962). this pickups were 1962 pickups too. These pickups are the only 1961/2 pickups that fender makes. what i mean is… mark knopfler had fender vintage strat pickups in his white pickguard. Fender calls it at this time 57/62 pickups, and that will make the same old sound (because it are reissues, and the make it like they made it in 1957/1962).
this pickups were 1962 pickups too. These pickups are the only 1961/2 pickups that fender makes.

]]> By: Ingo http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/12/15/sensational-sultans-of-swing-guitar-track-solo-without-backing-tracks-from-guitar-hero-5/comment-page-2/#comment-6611 Ingo Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:55:16 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-6611 >>but what is the normal strat pickup in the middle? Is that the 57/62 vintage single coils? and >>yes so i’m right, the 57/62 vintage single coils are original pickups. He probably had the original pickups in his Strats (61 or 62 Fender Strat pickups), what do you mean with 57/62 pickups? The vintage pickup reissues that Fender introduced in 1981 for their vintage Strat reissues (that was years after Sultans!)?? >>but what is the normal strat pickup in the middle? Is that the 57/62 vintage single coils?

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>>yes so i’m right, the 57/62 vintage single coils are original pickups.

He probably had the original pickups in his Strats (61 or 62 Fender Strat pickups), what do you mean with 57/62 pickups? The vintage pickup reissues that Fender introduced in 1981 for their vintage Strat reissues (that was years after Sultans!)??

]]> By: thomas http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/12/15/sensational-sultans-of-swing-guitar-track-solo-without-backing-tracks-from-guitar-hero-5/comment-page-2/#comment-6608 thomas Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:56:49 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-6608 You can see on the sultans of swing clip he uses 57/62 pickups at the first solo. It's hard to see but maybe if you have good eye's you will notice it. You can see on the sultans of swing clip he uses 57/62 pickups at the first solo. It’s hard to see but maybe if you have good eye’s you will notice it.

]]> By: thomas http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/12/15/sensational-sultans-of-swing-guitar-track-solo-without-backing-tracks-from-guitar-hero-5/comment-page-2/#comment-6596 thomas Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:04:05 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-6596 Mark knopfler's maple strat was of the year 1961/1962. Mark's maple strat had 57/62 pickups in the original white pickguard. He switched his white pickguard after the recording from sultans of swing with the pickguard of his rosewood strat(with the black volume knob). Mark knopfler’s maple strat was of the year 1961/1962. Mark’s maple strat had 57/62 pickups in the original white pickguard. He switched his white pickguard after the recording from sultans of swing with the pickguard of his rosewood strat(with the black volume knob).

]]> By: thomas http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/12/15/sensational-sultans-of-swing-guitar-track-solo-without-backing-tracks-from-guitar-hero-5/comment-page-2/#comment-6591 thomas Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:33:16 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-6591 yes so i'm right, the 57/62 vintage single coils are original pickups. yes so i’m right, the 57/62 vintage single coils are original pickups.

]]> By: Jeff A http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/12/15/sensational-sultans-of-swing-guitar-track-solo-without-backing-tracks-from-guitar-hero-5/comment-page-2/#comment-6562 Jeff A Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:27:28 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-6562 57/62 are without middle rw/rp just like the original vintage. 57/62 are without middle rw/rp just like the original vintage.

]]> By: thomas http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/12/15/sensational-sultans-of-swing-guitar-track-solo-without-backing-tracks-from-guitar-hero-5/comment-page-2/#comment-6522 thomas Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:24:17 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-6522 but what is the normal strat pickup in the middle? Is that the 57/62 vintage single coils? but what is the normal strat pickup in the middle? Is that the 57/62 vintage single coils?

]]> By: Ingo http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/12/15/sensational-sultans-of-swing-guitar-track-solo-without-backing-tracks-from-guitar-hero-5/comment-page-2/#comment-6495 Ingo Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:57:37 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1431#comment-6495 You got something wrong ... Haeussel is an exclusive pickup winder from Germany who makes our VFS-1 pickups, a tapped (two different sounds switchable) pickup to cover both the sound of a DiMarzio and a Fender vintage pickup - ideal for the Schecter-style pickguards (mini switch down = DiMarzio sound, mini switch up = vintage sound). Mark had a DiMarzio in one of his two red Fenders back then, and (probably) a normal Strat pickup in the other. With the VFS-1 you can switch between both sounds, so you'll get the fat DiMarzio sound but won't lose the vintage Strat sound. In the youtube video I compared the VFS-1 (tapped coil) to a 1955 Strat pickup to find they really sound almost identical (!), and a DiMarzio to the VFS-1 (full coil), also almost identical (!), so it really works!! You got something wrong … Haeussel is an exclusive pickup winder from Germany who makes our VFS-1 pickups, a tapped (two different sounds switchable) pickup to cover both the sound of a DiMarzio and a Fender vintage pickup – ideal for the Schecter-style pickguards (mini switch down = DiMarzio sound, mini switch up = vintage sound).

Mark had a DiMarzio in one of his two red Fenders back then, and (probably) a normal Strat pickup in the other. With the VFS-1 you can switch between both sounds, so you’ll get the fat DiMarzio sound but won’t lose the vintage Strat sound.

In the youtube video I compared the VFS-1 (tapped coil) to a 1955 Strat pickup to find they really sound almost identical (!), and a DiMarzio to the VFS-1 (full coil), also almost identical (!), so it really works!!

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