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Gear on album Communiqué
Posted in: by Ingo on March 16, 2010
Contents
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- 1 Guitars
- 2 Amps
- 3 Track 1 – Once upon a time in the west
- 3.1 Guitar one – lead – center
- 3.2 Guitar two – rhythm- left channel
- 3.3 Guitar one – rhythm – right channel
- 4 Track 2 – News
- 4.1 Guitar one – lead- center
- 4.2 Guitar two – picking – left channel
- 4.3 Guitar three – strummed chords – right channel
- 5 Track 3 – Where do you think you’re going
- 5.1 Guitar one – lead – center/left
- 5.2 Guitar two – lead 2 – center
- 5.3 Guitar three – strummed chords – center
- 5.4 Guitar four- strummed chords – right channel
- 6 Track 4 – Communiqué
- 6.1 Guitar one – lead – center
- 6.2 Guitar two – riff – right channel
- 6.3 Guitar three – strummed chords – left channel
- 7 Track 5 – Lady writer
- 7.1 Guitar one – lead – center
- 7.2 Guitar two – rhythm – right channel
- 7.3 Guitar three – rhythm – left channel
- 8 Track 6 – Angel of mercy
- 8.1 Guitar one – lead – center
- 8.2 Guitar two – rhythm – lead 2nd solo (2:20 – 3:06) left channel
- 8.3 Guitar three – rhythm – right channel
- 9 Track 7 – Portobello Belle
- 9.1 Guitar one – riff – center
- 10 Track 8 – Single handed sailor
- 10.1 Guitar one – lead – center
- 10.2 Guitar two – rhythm – left channel
- 10.3 Guitar three – rhythm – right channel
- 10.4 Guitar four- strummed chords – right channel
- 11 Track 9 – Follow me home
- 11.1 Guitar one – lead – center
- 11.2 Guitar two – rhythm- left channel
- 11.3 Guitar three – rhythm – right channel
- 12 Links
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Guitars
Knopfler’s main guitars at the time were two Fender Stratocasters (# 68354, 1961, rosewood fingerboard, and #80470, 1961-62, maple fingerboard). It is hard to say which one he favoured at exactly which time. Fact is that his main guitar on previous tour (late 1978) was the rosewood Strat #68354 (which had just been painted red around this time), whereas on the Communiqué tour after the recording of the album he was seen almost only with the maple-board Strat #80470. There is a clear sound difference between a rosewood Strat and a maple-neck (or -board) Strat but it can be really tough to tell which is which in a complete mix. I would vote for the maple-board Strat as the guitar used mostly on Communiqué.
see also:
Early Dire Straits: Which of the two red Fenders was used in which concert?
Amps
In the Dire Straits book by Michael Oldfield book we find a hint that the band “were borrowing Robert’s [Robert Palmer] amps because all the studio ones were useless”. It makes sense that the band took their instruments over to Nassau, Bahamas, but not their own amps [live Knopfler played the Music Man 212 HD-130 before and after recording Communiqé]. Unfortunately we don’t know wat kind of amps they borrowed from Robert Palmer, if I had to guess I would clearly say Fenders.
Track 1 – Once upon a time in the west
Track 2 – News
Track 3 – Where do you think you’re going
Track 4 – Communiqué
Track 5 – Lady writer
Track 6 – Angel of mercy
Track 7 – Portobello Belle
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – riff – center |
Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle |
National Steel Style O |
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Open G – capo’ed at 5th |
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Track 8 – Single handed sailor
Track 9 – Follow me home
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For me wdytyg in absolutely neck & middle with a twin.
Comment by Jim — 3. August 2010 @ 13:59
Indo do you think that mark uses the bright switch on this album?
Comment by Jim — 3. August 2010 @ 14:18
To me the first three songs sound very much like middle & neck PUs, however, the live videos we have of them mostly show bridge & middle or neck alone (OUATITW, middle solo on News)
Bright switch: probably yes. On Fender or the Music man HD130-212 amps the bright switch becomes less effective the more you turn up the channel volume (with volume on 10 it has no effect at all anymore), this makes it harder to tell from listening.
Comment by Ingo — 4. August 2010 @ 07:50
That’s right for the bright switch I agree. For me the tone of news is bridge&middle and the solo middle & neck. The same on once upon a time in the west. Only wdytyg neck & middle. I got the same tones with these positions.
Comment by Jim — 4. August 2010 @ 09:01
I got the same tone of news and once upon a time with a vintage deluxe rev on middle bridge potision.
Comment by Jeff - Anthony — 20. August 2010 @ 15:19