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- Amps (18)
- Speaker shoot-out for the Mark Knopfler sound: Electro Voice EV 12L, Celestion Vintage 30 & G12M "Greenbacks" in 4 x 12 cabinets
November 26, 2011, 21:05 - Mark Knopfler's brown Fender Vibrolux vs Fender Vibroverb
May 31, 2011, 10:44 - New site shop launched
September 27, 2010, 19:24 - Trying to recreate that Sultans of Swing sound - The gear I used on the Puresolo competition.
September 16, 2010, 15:40 - Which songs of the Get Lucky tour are played with the Tone King Imperial? And what was the amp setting?
July 15, 2010, 08:06 - The King of Clean – Mark Knopfler’s Tone King Imperial amp – Hand-built vintage technology and sound
February 15, 2010, 10:24 - Mark Knopfler’s amp settings on Fender Hot Rod Deluxe (Boom like that promo, Germany 2004)
December 9, 2009, 12:30 - Soundcheck Brothers in Arms – the Music Man 212 HD 130 for distortion
December 8, 2009, 17:11 - Sultans of Swing – The alternate single version and the demo version – sound and gear
November 18, 2009, 15:01 - Musitek guitar amp – predecessor of the Dire Straits Music Man 130HD 212
May 4, 2009, 14:34 - Mark Knopfler’s Music Man HD 130 212 guitar amp
March 7, 2009, 16:29 - Music Man Guitar Amps
February 15, 2009, 14:21 - Gear on one of the first Dire Straits gigs on the Clapham Common bandstand
January 22, 2009, 20:26 - Gear on Dire Straits’ first TV appearance at Old Grey Whiste Test
January 21, 2009, 17:53 - Mark Knopfler’s Sultans of Swing amp – The brown Fender Vibrolux
January 13, 2009, 18:29 - Mark Knopfler’s Amp and Effect Settings on the On Every Street tour
November 21, 2008, 21:17 - Mark Knopfler’s JTM 45 Marshall amp of Money for Nothing and Brothers in Arms
November 19, 2008, 14:42 - Amps and Gear on the Dire Straits Bootleg Leeds 1978
October 31, 2008, 17:08
- Dire Straits - Portobello Belle - The Point, Dublin, 1991
October 7, 2011, 17:03 - Video Clip of Dire Straits - Lady Writer - Pinkpop Festival 1979
September 24, 2011, 12:30 - Video snippet of Dire Straits - In the Gallery - Pinkpop Festival 1979
August 29, 2011, 20:50 - The Dire Straits Rock Pop in Concert TV show in Dortmund 1980
March 29, 2011, 14:43 - Early Dire Straits picture
March 15, 2011, 18:07 - Pictures of Dire Straits live in Rotterdam, October 19, 1978
March 27, 2010, 10:39 - Angel of Mercy live in early 1979 – Mark Knopfler on slide guitar
March 24, 2010, 14:51 - Rare video of Brendan Crocker gig featuring Mark Knopfler
February 12, 2010, 16:46 - Dire Straits 1979 concert photos from Liverpool and Birmingham by Alan Perry
September 28, 2009, 16:51 - Gear on one of the first Dire Straits gigs on the Clapham Common bandstand
January 22, 2009, 20:26 - Gear on Dire Straits’ first TV appearance at Old Grey Whiste Test
January 21, 2009, 17:53 - Two interesting live clips of Dire Straits Six Blade Knife
January 19, 2009, 14:42 - Pictures of Dire Straits, Live at the Zirkus Krone, Munchen, May 29, 1979
November 9, 2008, 14:06 - Amps and Gear on the Dire Straits Bootleg Leeds 1978
October 31, 2008, 17:08 - Mark Knopfler’s Rickenbacker of Portobello Belle live in 1981
October 21, 2008, 16:45 - What is this? – Unidentified guitar effect on early Dire Straits stage
September 23, 2008, 21:03
- Chord changes in News on live version of the Making Movies tour
February 27, 2011, 19:24 - New site shop launched
September 27, 2010, 19:24 - Nice: Fender online guitar tuner
March 2, 2010, 20:23 - New Forum on this site
March 1, 2010, 16:53 - Chord changes for ending of Romeo And Juliet
September 13, 2009, 09:52 - Dire Straits Down to the Waterline explained: licks - chords - solo - no tabs
July 9, 2009, 17:49 - Backing tracks player to jam with at JamCenter.com
December 27, 2008, 14:09 - Understanding songs - chords and structure analysis of True love will never fade
December 26, 2008, 21:39 - Recording distorted guitars - The digital POD vs the analog Tubeman
December 22, 2008, 12:08 - Micing a guitar amp with two microphones
December 21, 2008, 14:00 - Different ways to record a clean guitar - sound clips for A/B comparing
December 20, 2008, 13:45 - Some Mark Knopfler licks using double-string bends
October 19, 2008, 21:38 - Calling Elvis chord analysis - Major, minor, no-third, power chords
October 13, 2008, 18:57 - Mark Knopfler licks around the 7/9 chord
October 4, 2008, 12:26 - Poll on what you would like to see here
October 2, 2008, 23:22 - The 6/#9 chord - Mark Knopfler's Train Chord
September 20, 2008, 19:53 - Mark Knopfler licks on an acoustic - How to practice electric guitar on your acoustic
September 18, 2008, 20:12 - High-G Tuning
September 3, 2008, 21:08 - A plumber's C chord
September 2, 2008, 18:22 - Suggestions what you would like to see here
August 23, 2008, 20:03 - Pictures from Hamburg Oct. 28, 1978 (?)
August 22, 2008, 20:01 - The Circle of Fifths: What is it for? - plus: example analysis of Knopfler songs
August 20, 2008, 18:02
- Effects (16)
- Mark Knopfler's Guitar Rack of the 2008 Tour
May 10, 2011, 15:06 - Mark Knopfler's effect rack of the Making Movies tour in 1980/81
April 5, 2011, 12:32 - New site shop launched
September 27, 2010, 19:24 - Trying to recreate that Sultans of Swing sound - The gear I used on the Puresolo competition.
September 16, 2010, 15:40 - Ernie Ball volume pedal modification to make the taper like it was with the old Allen Bradley poti
September 7, 2010, 13:06 - Some new thoughts on the Ernie Ball volume pedal
June 29, 2010, 07:53 - Rhett Davies and the sound of the first Dire Straits album
January 30, 2010, 19:45 - Sultans of Swing – The alternate single version and the demo version – sound and gear
November 18, 2009, 15:01 - The Synclavier – The guitar sound of Dire Straits So far away
October 2, 2009, 13:01 - Gear on one of the first Dire Straits gigs on the Clapham Common bandstand
January 22, 2009, 20:26 - Gear on Dire Straits’ first TV appearance at Old Grey Whiste Test
January 21, 2009, 17:53 - Mark Knopfler’s Amp and Effect Settings on the On Every Street tour
November 21, 2008, 21:17 - Amps and Gear on the Dire Straits Bootleg Leeds 1978
October 31, 2008, 17:08 - The Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer compressor – Did Mark Knopfler really use it?
October 9, 2008, 17:29 - What is this? – Unidentified guitar effect on early Dire Straits stage
September 23, 2008, 21:03 - Mark Knopfler’s Morley Volume Pedal
September 22, 2008, 16:54
- Guitar in general (42)
- The iSound-ST - New sounds for the Stratocaster - Does it help to get the Mark Knopfler sound?
November 22, 2011, 14:15 - First demo of the VFS-1 pickguard
November 21, 2011, 21:22 - The VFS-1 - New pick-up for our Schecter-style pickguards
October 24, 2011, 08:53 - Why do certain pickups like Stratocaster pick-ups from the 50ies or the Schecter F500T die so often?
February 22, 2011, 12:11 - White Aluminium Schecter-style pickguards now available
January 25, 2011, 14:10 - The volume poti – what is the right resistance and how does it affect the sound of a guitar pick-up
October 25, 2010, 11:20 - New site shop launched
September 27, 2010, 19:24 - Nice: Fender online guitar tuner
March 2, 2010, 20:23 - New Forum on this site
March 1, 2010, 16:53 - Guitar portrait: 1976 Gibson MK-81 acoustic guitar (Mark series)
January 20, 2010, 17:27 - Another key element of the Mark Knopfler guitar style: Quarter note triplets - with example tabs
November 25, 2009, 13:59 - The Tai Chi of guitar playing
October 18, 2009, 17:00 - The Synclavier – The guitar sound of Dire Straits So far away
October 2, 2009, 13:01 - Cover version of Dire Straits Six Blade Knife
August 31, 2009, 14:03 - Cover version of Setting me up by Albert Lee
July 15, 2009, 22:52 - Mark Knopfler’s 1938 Gibson Advanced Jumbo acoustic guitar
May 14, 2009, 19:43 - How to apply a waterslide decal to a guitar
April 30, 2009, 13:01 - Sailing to Philadelphia to mix yourself
February 17, 2009, 15:17 - Red – redder – the reddest: fiesta, dakota, candy apple, hot rod, and more Fender colours
January 6, 2009, 19:11 - Guitar refinishing – nitro vs poly and how to remove a polyester finish
January 2, 2009, 16:43 - Recommended artist: Chris Rea - some rare video clips
December 28, 2008, 14:54 - Backing tracks player to jam with at JamCenter.com
December 27, 2008, 14:09 - Recording distorted guitars - The digital POD vs the analog Tubeman
December 22, 2008, 12:08 - Micing a guitar amp with two microphones
December 21, 2008, 14:00 - Different ways to record a clean guitar - sound clips for A/B comparing
December 20, 2008, 13:45 - Shubb capo for vintage Strats
November 26, 2008, 13:57 - Featured artist - Richard Thompson
November 14, 2008, 20:23 - How to avoid RSI for guitar players - part 2
November 12, 2008, 16:14 - Pickguard wiring of vintage Schecter Strat
October 20, 2008, 18:31 - Poll on what you would like to see here
October 2, 2008, 23:22 - Guitar portrait: 1983 Squier JV Stratocaster, fiesta red
October 2, 2008, 11:45 - How to avoid RSI, carpal tunnel syndrome, wrist pain etc. when playing guitar extensively (part 1)
September 27, 2008, 22:41 - The 6/#9 chord - Mark Knopfler's Train Chord
September 20, 2008, 19:53 - Mark Knopfler licks on an acoustic - How to practice electric guitar on your acoustic
September 18, 2008, 20:12 - High-G Tuning
September 3, 2008, 21:08 - Secrets of Vintage Guitars: Brazilian Rosewood
August 30, 2008, 19:02 - Audio sample from Hamburg 78 (speed corrected)
August 29, 2008, 18:05 - Zen and the art of playing the guitar
August 27, 2008, 09:04 - Recommended listening: Amazing Rhythm Aces - "The End is not in Sight"
August 25, 2008, 21:17 - Suggestions what you would like to see here
August 23, 2008, 20:03 - The Circle of Fifths: What is it for? - plus: example analysis of Knopfler songs
August 20, 2008, 18:02 - Hello world
August 10, 2008, 19:02
- Guitars (47)
- Mark Knopfler Signature Strat with lipstick pickups played on Forever Young (duet with Bob Dylan)
January 24, 2012, 10:14 - Mark Knopfler Signature Strats vs. 1964 Stratocaster
December 11, 2011, 08:28 - The iSound-ST - New sounds for the Stratocaster - Does it help to get the Mark Knopfler sound?
November 22, 2011, 14:15 - First demo of the VFS-1 pickguard
November 21, 2011, 21:22 - How close is the VFS-1 Pickup to the Original Fender Vintage and the DiMarzio FS-1?
November 17, 2011, 22:26 - The VFS-1 - New pick-up for our Schecter-style pickguards
October 24, 2011, 08:53 - The Gibson Chet Atkins CEC - Classical Electric Guitar with Nylon Strings
October 23, 2011, 12:03 - The wrong colour of the first Mark Knopfler Signature Strats
September 27, 2011, 11:10 - Suhr Custom MK-1 and Pensa Custom MK-1
July 26, 2011, 10:51 - Comparing different guitars
July 17, 2011, 12:17 - Demoing pickup combinations of the Schecter style pickguards
June 22, 2011, 09:13 - Limited Alchemy Edition of the white Schecter pickguard
March 15, 2011, 12:55 - White Aluminium Schecter-style pickguards now available
January 25, 2011, 14:10 - Inside the Schecter F500T pick-up - What is a tapped pick-up?
January 10, 2011, 13:44 - MK-Guitar.com presents: Loaded Schecter F400-style pickguard
December 14, 2010, 11:04 - The volume poti – what is the right resistance and how does it affect the sound of a guitar pick-up
October 25, 2010, 11:20 - The Schecter Story: Schecter Guitar Research - Dream Machines - The Van Nuys Era
October 22, 2010, 13:04 - New site shop launched
September 27, 2010, 19:24 - Trying to recreate that Sultans of Swing sound - The gear I used on the Puresolo competition.
September 16, 2010, 15:40 - Mark Knopfler's Grosh Electrajet
August 31, 2010, 10:32 - The different Mark Knopfler signature Strats used on the Get Lucky tour
July 17, 2010, 13:09 - Mark Knopfler – Guitars on the Get Lucky tour 2010
May 12, 2010, 14:57 - Angel of Mercy live in early 1979 – Mark Knopfler on slide guitar
March 24, 2010, 14:51 - Features and specs of a ’61 Vintage Stratocaster
February 24, 2010, 19:09 - Sultans of Swing – The alternate single version and the demo version – sound and gear
November 18, 2009, 15:01 - My Sunburst Schecter Strat Copy
November 16, 2009, 14:41 - Red Dire Straits Fender Stratocaster clone by XY* guitars
November 11, 2009, 18:03 - The Synclavier – The guitar sound of Dire Straits So far away
October 2, 2009, 13:01 - Installing a Highlander iP-1X – The best pick-up for the National resonator guitar
September 5, 2009, 19:37 - Mark Knopfler’s 1938 Gibson Advanced Jumbo acoustic guitar
May 14, 2009, 19:43 - Gear on one of the first Dire Straits gigs on the Clapham Common bandstand
January 22, 2009, 20:26 - Gear on Dire Straits’ first TV appearance at Old Grey Whiste Test
January 21, 2009, 17:53 - Red – redder – the reddest: fiesta, dakota, candy apple, hot rod, and more Fender colours
January 6, 2009, 19:11 - The DiMarzio FS-1 pick-up of Mark Knopfler’s red Stratocaster
December 10, 2008, 15:43 - Sunburst and unburst Les Pauls from the late 50ies
November 27, 2008, 15:00 - Dream Guitar album on Strat-talk.com – real or fake?
November 13, 2008, 14:50 - Amps and Gear on the Dire Straits Bootleg Leeds 1978
October 31, 2008, 17:08 - Mark Knopfler’s Rickenbacker of Portobello Belle live in 1981
October 21, 2008, 16:45 - Pickguard wiring of vintage Schecter Strat
October 20, 2008, 18:31 - Mark Knopfler’s stolen sunburst Schecter Strat of Tunnel of Love
October 18, 2008, 20:34 - Japanese Vintage guitars – the situation in the late 70ies /early 80ies
September 29, 2008, 10:26 - Detail pictures of 1936 National Style-0
September 25, 2008, 20:06 - Anything better than a red Schecter Strat? – Yes, two of them.
September 7, 2008, 17:29 - High-G Tuning
September 3, 2008, 21:08 - Secrets of Vintage Guitars: Brazilian Rosewood
August 30, 2008, 19:02 - What tuning is Setting me up by Dire Straits, and what guitar?
August 16, 2008, 20:22 - Early Dire Straits: Which of the two red Fenders was used in which concert?
August 12, 2008, 20:29
- Mark Knopfler gear (81)
- Mark Knopfler Signature Strats vs. 1964 Stratocaster
December 11, 2011, 08:28 - Speaker shoot-out for the Mark Knopfler sound: Electro Voice EV 12L, Celestion Vintage 30 & G12M "Greenbacks" in 4 x 12 cabinets
November 26, 2011, 21:05 - The iSound-ST - New sounds for the Stratocaster - Does it help to get the Mark Knopfler sound?
November 22, 2011, 14:15 - The Gibson Chet Atkins CEC - Classical Electric Guitar with Nylon Strings
October 23, 2011, 12:03 - The wrong colour of the first Mark Knopfler Signature Strats
September 27, 2011, 11:10 - Suhr Custom MK-1 and Pensa Custom MK-1
July 26, 2011, 10:51 - Comparing different guitars
July 17, 2011, 12:17 - The Peavey Deuce VT - David Knopfler's amp with Dire Straits
June 28, 2011, 13:07 - Demoing pickup combinations of the Schecter style pickguards
June 22, 2011, 09:13 - Mark Knopfler's Guitar Rack of the 2008 Tour
May 10, 2011, 15:06 - Mark Knopfler's effect rack of the Making Movies tour in 1980/81
April 5, 2011, 12:32 - Early Dire Straits picture
March 15, 2011, 18:07 - Limited Alchemy Edition of the white Schecter pickguard
March 15, 2011, 12:55 - White Aluminium Schecter-style pickguards now available
January 25, 2011, 14:10 - Inside the Schecter F500T pick-up - What is a tapped pick-up?
January 10, 2011, 13:44 - MK-Guitar.com presents: Loaded Schecter F400-style pickguard
December 14, 2010, 11:04 - The Vox Vintage Coil Cord - and why I love spiral guitar cables
November 9, 2010, 13:00 - The Schecter Story: Schecter Guitar Research - Dream Machines - The Van Nuys Era
October 22, 2010, 13:04 - Fender discontinued the 150 super light strings
October 21, 2010, 15:26 - New site shop launched
September 27, 2010, 19:24 - Trying to recreate that Sultans of Swing sound - The gear I used on the Puresolo competition.
September 16, 2010, 15:40 - Ernie Ball volume pedal modification to make the taper like it was with the old Allen Bradley poti
September 7, 2010, 13:06 - Mark Knopfler's Grosh Electrajet
August 31, 2010, 10:32 - The different Mark Knopfler signature Strats used on the Get Lucky tour
July 17, 2010, 13:09 - Which songs of the Get Lucky tour are played with the Tone King Imperial? And what was the amp setting?
July 15, 2010, 08:06 - Some new thoughts on the Ernie Ball volume pedal
June 29, 2010, 07:53 - Mark Knopfler – Guitars on the Get Lucky tour 2010
May 12, 2010, 14:57 - Pictures of Dire Straits live in Rotterdam, October 19, 1978
March 27, 2010, 10:39 - Angel of Mercy live in early 1979 – Mark Knopfler on slide guitar
March 24, 2010, 14:51 - New Forum on this site
March 1, 2010, 16:53 - Features and specs of a ’61 Vintage Stratocaster
February 24, 2010, 19:09 - The King of Clean – Mark Knopfler’s Tone King Imperial amp – Hand-built vintage technology and sound
February 15, 2010, 10:24 - Rhett Davies and the sound of the first Dire Straits album
January 30, 2010, 19:45 - Mark Knopfler’s amp settings on Fender Hot Rod Deluxe (Boom like that promo, Germany 2004)
December 9, 2009, 12:30 - Soundcheck Brothers in Arms – the Music Man 212 HD 130 for distortion
December 8, 2009, 17:11 - Sultans of Swing – The alternate single version and the demo version – sound and gear
November 18, 2009, 15:01 - My Sunburst Schecter Strat Copy
November 16, 2009, 14:41 - Red Dire Straits Fender Stratocaster clone by XY* guitars
November 11, 2009, 18:03 - Old Geocities Dire Straits Guitar Page down – Please update links and bookmarks
November 11, 2009, 17:25 - The Synclavier – The guitar sound of Dire Straits So far away
October 2, 2009, 13:01 - Dire Straits 1979 concert photos from Liverpool and Birmingham by Alan Perry
September 28, 2009, 16:51 - Installing a Highlander iP-1X – The best pick-up for the National resonator guitar
September 5, 2009, 19:37 - Cover version of Dire Straits Six Blade Knife
August 31, 2009, 14:03 - Mark Knopfler’s 1938 Gibson Advanced Jumbo acoustic guitar
May 14, 2009, 19:43 - Musitek guitar amp – predecessor of the Dire Straits Music Man 130HD 212
May 4, 2009, 14:34 - Mark Knopfler’s Music Man HD 130 212 guitar amp
March 7, 2009, 16:29 - Music Man Guitar Amps
February 15, 2009, 14:21 - Gear on one of the first Dire Straits gigs on the Clapham Common bandstand
January 22, 2009, 20:26 - Gear on Dire Straits’ first TV appearance at Old Grey Whiste Test
January 21, 2009, 17:53 - Mark Knopfler’s Sultans of Swing amp – The brown Fender Vibrolux
January 13, 2009, 18:29 - Red – redder – the reddest: fiesta, dakota, candy apple, hot rod, and more Fender colours
January 6, 2009, 19:11 - Guitar refinishing – nitro vs poly and how to remove a polyester finish
January 2, 2009, 16:43 - The DiMarzio FS-1 pick-up of Mark Knopfler’s red Stratocaster
December 10, 2008, 15:43 - Gear and settings on my last youtube videos
December 8, 2008, 19:10 - Sunburst and unburst Les Pauls from the late 50ies
November 27, 2008, 15:00 - Mark Knopfler’s Amp and Effect Settings on the On Every Street tour
November 21, 2008, 21:17 - Mark Knopfler’s JTM 45 Marshall amp of Money for Nothing and Brothers in Arms
November 19, 2008, 14:42 - Dream Guitar album on Strat-talk.com – real or fake?
November 13, 2008, 14:50 - Pictures of Dire Straits, Live at the Zirkus Krone, Munchen, May 29, 1979
November 9, 2008, 14:06 - Mark Knopfler on Bob Dylan’s Slow Train Coming
November 5, 2008, 17:37 - Amps and Gear on the Dire Straits Bootleg Leeds 1978
October 31, 2008, 17:08 - Mark Knopfler’s Rickenbacker of Portobello Belle live in 1981
October 21, 2008, 16:45 - Pickguard wiring of vintage Schecter Strat
October 20, 2008, 18:31 - Mark Knopfler’s stolen sunburst Schecter Strat of Tunnel of Love
October 18, 2008, 20:34 - The Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer compressor – Did Mark Knopfler really use it?
October 9, 2008, 17:29 - Poll on what you would like to see here
October 2, 2008, 23:22 - Japanese Vintage guitars – the situation in the late 70ies /early 80ies
September 29, 2008, 10:26 - Detail pictures of 1936 National Style-0
September 25, 2008, 20:06 - What is this? – Unidentified guitar effect on early Dire Straits stage
September 23, 2008, 21:03 - Mark Knopfler’s Morley Volume Pedal
September 22, 2008, 16:54 - How to get that Sultans of Swing Sound - Mark Knopfler played 08 strings?
September 14, 2008, 14:47 - Mark Knopfler's Ernie Ball Volume Pedal - and how I use mine
September 10, 2008, 19:19 - Anything better than a red Schecter Strat? – Yes, two of them.
September 7, 2008, 17:29 - High-G Tuning
September 3, 2008, 21:08 - Secrets of Vintage Guitars: Brazilian Rosewood
August 30, 2008, 19:02 - Audio sample from Hamburg 78 (speed corrected)
August 29, 2008, 18:05 - Suggestions what you would like to see here
August 23, 2008, 20:03 - Pictures from Hamburg Oct. 28, 1978 (?)
August 22, 2008, 20:01 - What tuning is Setting me up by Dire Straits, and what guitar?
August 16, 2008, 20:22 - Early Dire Straits: Which of the two red Fenders was used in which concert?
August 12, 2008, 20:29 - Hello world
August 10, 2008, 19:02
- Misc (59)
- The iSound-ST - New sounds for the Stratocaster - Does it help to get the Mark Knopfler sound?
November 22, 2011, 14:15 - Video Clip of Dire Straits - Lady Writer - Pinkpop Festival 1979
September 24, 2011, 12:30 - Video snippet of Dire Straits - In the Gallery - Pinkpop Festival 1979
August 29, 2011, 20:50 - Early Dire Straits radio interview from 1978
July 5, 2011, 10:21 - Click track on the 2010 Mark Knopfler tour
June 8, 2011, 08:52 - Brett Whiteley - Alchemy - The picture on the Alchemy cover
April 20, 2011, 09:41 - The Dire Straits Rock Pop in Concert TV show in Dortmund 1980
March 29, 2011, 14:43 - Early Dire Straits picture
March 15, 2011, 18:07 - Alternate Sultans of Swing solo take from first album session - unheard before - exclusively on mk-guitar.com
January 15, 2011, 19:48 - Mark Knopfler on Thomas Dolby's 17 Hills - Auditioning different lead guitar takes
January 10, 2011, 12:02 - Schecter-style loaded pickguard now shipping
December 30, 2010, 19:42 - MK-Guitar.com presents: Loaded Schecter F400-style pickguard
December 14, 2010, 11:04 - New site shop launched
September 27, 2010, 19:24 - Thomas Schwarze / Ingo Raven - Jamming on Stratocaster and Telecaster
April 14, 2010, 17:28 - Pictures of Dire Straits live in Rotterdam, October 19, 1978
March 27, 2010, 10:39 - Chris Rea Bombollini - live from Loreley 1985
March 17, 2010, 18:13 - Nice: Fender online guitar tuner
March 2, 2010, 20:23 - New Forum on this site
March 1, 2010, 16:53 - Rare video of Brendan Crocker gig featuring Mark Knopfler
February 12, 2010, 16:46 - Why not become an author for this blog?
January 29, 2010, 10:20 - Guitar portrait: 1976 Gibson MK-81 acoustic guitar (Mark series)
January 20, 2010, 17:27 - Acoustic guitar cover of Boom like that and Song for Sonny Liston
January 2, 2010, 13:01 - Sensational: Sultans of Swing guitar track solo - without backing tracks - from Guitar Hero 5
December 15, 2009, 20:22 - Sultans of Swing: Studio version vocals alone, karaoke track, plus the last seconds - unheard before
December 13, 2009, 18:12 - Rehearsing Southbound Again
December 12, 2009, 07:30 - Sultans of Swing – The alternate single version and the demo version – sound and gear
November 18, 2009, 15:01 - Old Geocities Dire Straits Guitar Page down – Please update links and bookmarks
November 11, 2009, 17:25 - Dire Straits 1979 concert photos from Liverpool and Birmingham by Alan Perry
September 28, 2009, 16:51 - Installing a Highlander iP-1X – The best pick-up for the National resonator guitar
September 5, 2009, 19:37 - Cover version of Dire Straits Six Blade Knife
August 31, 2009, 14:03 - Mark Knopfler on facebook and myspace
August 26, 2009, 12:33 - Cover version of Setting me up by Albert Lee
July 15, 2009, 22:52 - Which key is In the Gallery on the first Dire Straits CD? Am or Bbm?
June 30, 2009, 15:41 - Sailing to Philadelphia to mix yourself
February 17, 2009, 15:17 - Gear on one of the first Dire Straits gigs on the Clapham Common bandstand
January 22, 2009, 20:26 - Two interesting live clips of Dire Straits Six Blade Knife
January 19, 2009, 14:42 - Red – redder – the reddest: fiesta, dakota, candy apple, hot rod, and more Fender colours
January 6, 2009, 19:11 - Guitar refinishing – nitro vs poly and how to remove a polyester finish
January 2, 2009, 16:43 - Recommended artist: Chris Rea - some rare video clips
December 28, 2008, 14:54 - Backing tracks player to jam with at JamCenter.com
December 27, 2008, 14:09 - Gear and settings on my last youtube videos
December 8, 2008, 19:10 - 50th Article
November 30, 2008, 00:07 - John Illsley's photo stream on flickr
November 28, 2008, 18:25 - Shubb capo for vintage Strats
November 26, 2008, 13:57 - Featured artist - Richard Thompson
November 14, 2008, 20:23 - Dream Guitar album on Strat-talk.com – real or fake?
November 13, 2008, 14:50 - How to avoid RSI for guitar players - part 2
November 12, 2008, 16:14 - Pictures of Dire Straits, Live at the Zirkus Krone, Munchen, May 29, 1979
November 9, 2008, 14:06 - Mark Knopfler on Bob Dylan’s Slow Train Coming
November 5, 2008, 17:37 - How to hear more on a recording than normal ears can hear
November 4, 2008, 20:55 - Loudness War - Louder is better? Why CDs are reduced in dynamics
October 7, 2008, 20:26 - Poll on what you would like to see here
October 2, 2008, 23:22 - How to avoid RSI, carpal tunnel syndrome, wrist pain etc. when playing guitar extensively (part 1)
September 27, 2008, 22:41 - Mark Knopfler in the studio again
September 24, 2008, 06:44 - Audio sample from Hamburg 78 (speed corrected)
August 29, 2008, 18:05 - Zen and the art of playing the guitar
August 27, 2008, 09:04 - Recommended listening: Amazing Rhythm Aces - "The End is not in Sight"
August 25, 2008, 21:17 - Suggestions what you would like to see here
August 23, 2008, 20:03 - Pictures from Hamburg Oct. 28, 1978 (?)
August 22, 2008, 20:01
- Misc (14)
- Speaker shoot-out for the Mark Knopfler sound: Electro Voice EV 12L, Celestion Vintage 30 & G12M "Greenbacks" in 4 x 12 cabinets
November 26, 2011, 21:05 - The Vox Vintage Coil Cord - and why I love spiral guitar cables
November 9, 2010, 13:00 - Fender discontinued the 150 super light strings
October 21, 2010, 15:26 - New site shop launched
September 27, 2010, 19:24 - Trying to recreate that Sultans of Swing sound - The gear I used on the Puresolo competition.
September 16, 2010, 15:40 - Pictures of Dire Straits live in Rotterdam, October 19, 1978
March 27, 2010, 10:39 - Old Geocities Dire Straits Guitar Page down – Please update links and bookmarks
November 11, 2009, 17:25 - Guitar refinishing – nitro vs poly and how to remove a polyester finish
January 2, 2009, 16:43 - Gear and settings on my last youtube videos
December 8, 2008, 19:10 - Pictures of Dire Straits, Live at the Zirkus Krone, Munchen, May 29, 1979
November 9, 2008, 14:06 - Mark Knopfler on Bob Dylan’s Slow Train Coming
November 5, 2008, 17:37 - Poll on what you would like to see here
October 2, 2008, 23:22 - Audio sample from Hamburg 78 (speed corrected)
August 29, 2008, 18:05 - Hello world
August 10, 2008, 19:02
- Dire Straits Water of Love guitar tutorial
January 27, 2012, 15:00 - Mark Knopfler Signature Strats vs. 1964 Stratocaster
December 11, 2011, 08:28 - First demo of the VFS-1 pickguard
November 21, 2011, 21:22 - Suhr Custom MK-1 and Pensa Custom MK-1
July 26, 2011, 10:51 - Dire Straits - Where do you think you're going - spontaneous cover on acoustic guitar
June 22, 2011, 15:13 - The bridge section between Expresso Love and Down to the Waterline on the Making Movies tour
June 15, 2011, 12:35 - Chord changes in News on live version of the Making Movies tour
February 27, 2011, 19:24 - Interesting lick in Telegraph Road from a 1992 live version
February 24, 2011, 21:09 - Alternate Sultans of Swing solo take from first album session - unheard before - exclusively on mk-guitar.com
January 15, 2011, 19:48 - Mark Knopfler on Thomas Dolby's 17 Hills - Auditioning different lead guitar takes
January 10, 2011, 12:02 - Jamming over "Dire Straits - In the Gallery" groove loop
December 7, 2010, 08:43 - Money for Nothing on Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock
November 2, 2010, 10:26 - New site shop launched
September 27, 2010, 19:24 - Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - Cover by Ingo Raven
May 1, 2010, 18:27 - Version without backing tracks of my Wild West End video
April 17, 2010, 08:19 - Mark Knopfler - You can't beat the house - Variations of the standard blues scheme
April 16, 2010, 13:19 - Thomas Schwarze / Ingo Raven - Jamming on Stratocaster and Telecaster
April 14, 2010, 17:28 - Dire Straits – Wild West End – Cover by Ingo Raven
April 10, 2010, 23:10 - Angel of Mercy live in early 1979 – Mark Knopfler on slide guitar
March 24, 2010, 14:51 - New Forum on this site
March 1, 2010, 16:53 - Rasgueado and other flamenco techniques in Sultans of Swing
February 2, 2010, 15:41 - Southbound Again riff
January 5, 2010, 21:26 - Acoustic guitar cover of Boom like that and Song for Sonny Liston
January 2, 2010, 13:01 - Sensational: Sultans of Swing guitar track solo - without backing tracks - from Guitar Hero 5
December 15, 2009, 20:22 - Sultans of Swing: Studio version vocals alone, karaoke track, plus the last seconds - unheard before
December 13, 2009, 18:12 - Rehearsing Southbound Again
December 12, 2009, 07:30 - Soundcheck Brothers in Arms – the Music Man 212 HD 130 for distortion
December 8, 2009, 17:11 - Another key element of the Mark Knopfler guitar style: Quarter note triplets - with example tabs
November 25, 2009, 13:59 - Sultans of Swing solo
September 22, 2009, 14:58 - Chord changes for ending of Romeo And Juliet
September 13, 2009, 09:52 - Cover version of Dire Straits Six Blade Knife
August 31, 2009, 14:03 - Mark Knopfler chord shape of Vic and Ray and for a lick in Money for Nothing live intro
July 13, 2009, 07:46 - Dire Straits Down to the Waterline explained: licks - chords - solo - no tabs
July 9, 2009, 17:49 - Which key is In the Gallery on the first Dire Straits CD? Am or Bbm?
June 30, 2009, 15:41 - Sailing to Philadelphia to mix yourself
February 17, 2009, 15:17 - Gear and settings on my last youtube videos
December 8, 2008, 19:10 - The one-man band - Playing both rhythm and lead guitar together
December 2, 2008, 15:08 - Dire Straits Eastbound Train - Rhythm riff, licks and solo explained
December 1, 2008, 22:52 - Mark Knopfler licks using the b5 note
November 30, 2008, 11:21 - Knopfler goes Jazz - Video with licks from Comfort and Joy soundtrack
November 29, 2008, 23:57 - Mark Knopfler on Bob Dylan’s Slow Train Coming
November 5, 2008, 17:37 - Romeo and Juliet on National Style-O
October 25, 2008, 19:12 - Mark Knopfler licks using the Memphis scale
October 22, 2008, 07:54 - Some Mark Knopfler licks using double-string bends
October 19, 2008, 21:38 - Calling Elvis chord analysis - Major, minor, no-third, power chords
October 13, 2008, 18:57 - The Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer compressor – Did Mark Knopfler really use it?
October 9, 2008, 17:29 - Mark Knopfler licks around the 7/9 chord
October 4, 2008, 12:26 - Poll on what you would like to see here
October 2, 2008, 23:22 - The 6/#9 chord - Mark Knopfler's Train Chord
September 20, 2008, 19:53 - Mark Knopfler licks on an acoustic - How to practice electric guitar on your acoustic
September 18, 2008, 20:12 - Mark Knopfler's Ernie Ball Volume Pedal - and how I use mine
September 10, 2008, 19:19 - High-G Tuning
September 3, 2008, 21:08 - A plumber's C chord
September 2, 2008, 18:22 - Audio sample from Hamburg 78 (speed corrected)
August 29, 2008, 18:05 - Zen and the art of playing the guitar
August 27, 2008, 09:04 - Recommended listening: Amazing Rhythm Aces - "The End is not in Sight"
August 25, 2008, 21:17 - Suggestions what you would like to see here
August 23, 2008, 20:03 - The Circle of Fifths: What is it for? - plus: example analysis of Knopfler songs
August 20, 2008, 18:02 - What tuning is Setting me up by Dire Straits, and what guitar?
August 16, 2008, 20:22 - Eastbound Train: opening chord analysis
August 14, 2008, 15:02 - Unusual double-string bend in Sultans of Swing and Once Upon a Time
August 11, 2008, 19:27 - Hello world
August 10, 2008, 19:02
- Recording (15)
- Mark Knopfler on Thomas Dolby's 17 Hills - Auditioning different lead guitar takes
January 10, 2011, 12:02 - Trying to recreate that Sultans of Swing sound - The gear I used on the Puresolo competition.
September 16, 2010, 15:40 - Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - Cover by Ingo Raven
May 1, 2010, 18:27 - Nice: Fender online guitar tuner
March 2, 2010, 20:23 - New Forum on this site
March 1, 2010, 16:53 - Rhett Davies and the sound of the first Dire Straits album
January 30, 2010, 19:45 - Soundcheck Brothers in Arms – the Music Man 212 HD 130 for distortion
December 8, 2009, 17:11 - Sultans of Swing – The alternate single version and the demo version – sound and gear
November 18, 2009, 15:01 - Recording acoustic guitar with two microphones - Audio Technica AT 4050 and Schoeps CM 64
October 14, 2009, 13:37 - Installing a Highlander iP-1X – The best pick-up for the National resonator guitar
September 5, 2009, 19:37 - Cover version of Dire Straits Six Blade Knife
August 31, 2009, 14:03 - Sailing to Philadelphia to mix yourself
February 17, 2009, 15:17 - Recording distorted guitars - The digital POD vs the analog Tubeman
December 22, 2008, 12:08 - Micing a guitar amp with two microphones
December 21, 2008, 14:00 - Different ways to record a clean guitar - sound clips for A/B comparing
December 20, 2008, 13:45
- Understanding music (23)
- Dire Straits Water of Love guitar tutorial
January 27, 2012, 15:00 - The bridge section between Expresso Love and Down to the Waterline on the Making Movies tour
June 15, 2011, 12:35 - Mark Knopfler - You can't beat the house - Variations of the standard blues scheme
April 16, 2010, 13:19 - New Forum on this site
March 1, 2010, 16:53 - Another key element of the Mark Knopfler guitar style: Quarter note triplets - with example tabs
November 25, 2009, 13:59 - Chord changes for ending of Romeo And Juliet
September 13, 2009, 09:52 - Mark Knopfler chord shape of Vic and Ray and for a lick in Money for Nothing live intro
July 13, 2009, 07:46 - Dire Straits Down to the Waterline explained: licks - chords - solo - no tabs
July 9, 2009, 17:49 - Sailing to Philadelphia to mix yourself
February 17, 2009, 15:17 - Understanding songs - chords and structure analysis of True love will never fade
December 26, 2008, 21:39 - Mark Knopfler licks using the b5 note
November 30, 2008, 11:21 - Some Mark Knopfler licks using double-string bends
October 19, 2008, 21:38 - Calling Elvis chord analysis - Major, minor, no-third, power chords
October 13, 2008, 18:57 - Loudness War - Louder is better? Why CDs are reduced in dynamics
October 7, 2008, 20:26 - Mark Knopfler licks around the 7/9 chord
October 4, 2008, 12:26 - Poll on what you would like to see here
October 2, 2008, 23:22 - The 6/#9 chord - Mark Knopfler's Train Chord
September 20, 2008, 19:53 - Zen and the art of playing the guitar
August 27, 2008, 09:04 - Recommended listening: Amazing Rhythm Aces - "The End is not in Sight"
August 25, 2008, 21:17 - Suggestions what you would like to see here
August 23, 2008, 20:03 - The Circle of Fifths: What is it for? - plus: example analysis of Knopfler songs
August 20, 2008, 18:02 - Eastbound Train: opening chord analysis
August 14, 2008, 15:02 - Hello world
August 10, 2008, 19:02
- Vintage guitars (28)
- Mark Knopfler Signature Strat with lipstick pickups played on Forever Young (duet with Bob Dylan)
January 24, 2012, 10:14 - Mark Knopfler Signature Strats vs. 1964 Stratocaster
December 11, 2011, 08:28 - The Gibson Chet Atkins CEC - Classical Electric Guitar with Nylon Strings
October 23, 2011, 12:03 - Comparing different guitars
July 17, 2011, 12:17 - Why do certain pickups like Stratocaster pick-ups from the 50ies or the Schecter F500T die so often?
February 22, 2011, 12:11 - MK-Guitar.com presents: Loaded Schecter F400-style pickguard
December 14, 2010, 11:04 - The Schecter Story: Schecter Guitar Research - Dream Machines - The Van Nuys Era
October 22, 2010, 13:04 - New site shop launched
September 27, 2010, 19:24 - How to identify an original pre-CBS Fender Stratocaster body
March 1, 2010, 22:08 - New Forum on this site
March 1, 2010, 16:53 - Features and specs of a ’61 Vintage Stratocaster
February 24, 2010, 19:09 - Guitar portrait: 1976 Gibson MK-81 acoustic guitar (Mark series)
January 20, 2010, 17:27 - Installing a Highlander iP-1X – The best pick-up for the National resonator guitar
September 5, 2009, 19:37 - Mark Knopfler’s 1938 Gibson Advanced Jumbo acoustic guitar
May 14, 2009, 19:43 - Tokai Springy Sound - Japanese Vintage Stratocaster Copies that caused lawsuit
December 6, 2008, 20:48 - Sunburst and unburst Les Pauls from the late 50ies
November 27, 2008, 15:00 - Guitar portrait: 1983 Squier Stratocaster JV pink metallic
October 28, 2008, 19:52 - Romeo and Juliet on National Style-O
October 25, 2008, 19:12 - Poll on what you would like to see here
October 2, 2008, 23:22 - Guitar portrait: 1983 Squier JV Stratocaster, fiesta red
October 2, 2008, 11:45 - Japanese Vintage guitars – the situation in the late 70ies /early 80ies
September 29, 2008, 10:26 - Detail pictures of 1936 National Style-0
September 25, 2008, 20:06 - Anything better than a red Schecter Strat? – Yes, two of them.
September 7, 2008, 17:29 - High-G Tuning
September 3, 2008, 21:08 - Secrets of Vintage Guitars: Brazilian Rosewood
August 30, 2008, 19:02 - Suggestions what you would like to see here
August 23, 2008, 20:03 - Early Dire Straits: Which of the two red Fenders was used in which concert?
August 12, 2008, 20:29 - Hello world
August 10, 2008, 19:02
Mark Knopfler a Genius, Always was, Always will Be.
Comment by Runner — 12. March 2010 @ 05:28