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Comment on Dire Straits Water of Love guitar tutorial by Ingo

Ingo — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:52:46 +0000

There is so little gain on the amp so that it is not louder than my talking (the amp was a brown Vibrolux, no master volume on these)

Actually it was extremely low, a part of what you hear is the sound directly from the strings.

Comment on Dire Straits Water of Love guitar tutorial by Jean-Francois

Jean-Francois — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:18:12 +0000

very nice article and playing Ingo, well, as always

I know it wasn’t your aim in this case, but I’d say that Mark’s tone on this song live was warmer. maybe a bit more gain on the amp ?

Comment on Dire Straits Water of Love guitar tutorial by Ingo

Ingo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:15:58 +0000

The reel to reel – a 1/2″ Teac 80-8 made of wood and steel and only little plastic – was used in the early 90ies but less and less since we got the first affordable HD recording systems. Possibly we should use it again, the sound was always nice and special. I understand why Mark still prefers to record on analog tape first and then continues in the digital domain.

Comment on Dire Straits Water of Love guitar tutorial by Fletch

Fletch — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:35:31 +0000

Another wonderful instructional vid Ingo, many thanks. Do you ever use that reel to reel in the background?

Comment on Dire Straits Down to the Waterline explained: licks – chords – solo – no tabs by Alain

Alain — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:58:37 +0000

Ingo, thank so much for this lesson which give us a really knowledge of MK technics and give us the felling to be less lost un this pièce of music.

Thanks a lot. Alain

Comment on Installing a Highlander iP-1X – The best pick-up for the National resonator guitar by Ingo

Ingo — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:55:40 +0000

Hmm, I admit I did not a/b compare it to any other solution. It sounds great in Mark’s guitar, much better than what he had before I think. In my guitar it really sounds nice out of the box, very naturally. Maybe yours was defective or not installed properly?

I’ll try to make a demo video of it…

Ingo

Comment on Installing a Highlander iP-1X – The best pick-up for the National resonator guitar by Realist

Realist — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:53:34 +0000

I found the highlander to be one of the worst sounding pickups ever made period!
infact to my ears it sounds distincly out of phase, I bought a new tricone with one installed and to be honest I was horrified as were many others who heard the pickup, I have a very early resolectric which ive gigged with for years it has a LR baggs and a chandlers on its a nice sounding instrument for a chipboard body ,the tricone was purchased to replace the reso ,however i have since sold the tricone never to purchase another contemporary national again (overpriced cheaply made) if you are thinking of purchasing a highlander I highly recommend that you play an instrument with one fitted first …..

Comment on Mark Knopfler Signature Strat with lipstick pickups played on Forever Young (duet with Bob Dylan) by Ingo

Ingo — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:56:03 +0000

Thank you for your comments. Simon, I updated the article to embed that video by Seymour Duncan.

Comment on Dire Straits Down to the Waterline explained: licks – chords – solo – no tabs by Dire Straits Water of Love guitar tutorial | Mark Knopfler Guitar / More Knowledge about the guitar

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:36 +0000

[...] playing but one that explains how to play a particular song again, similar to the ones I did about Down to the Waterline some time ago. As Down to the Waterline is the first song of Dire Straits’ first album, I [...]

Comment on Mark Knopfler Signature Strat with lipstick pickups played on Forever Young (duet with Bob Dylan) by Fletch

Fletch — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:40:41 +0000

So nice to watch this performance again!