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Gear on album Love over gold
Posted in: by J.Francois on March 26, 2010
Contents
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- 1 Track 1 – Telegraph road
- 1.1 Guitar one – lead – center channel
- 1.2 Guitar two – picking – left/center channel
- 1.3 Guitar three – picking – center/right channel
- 1.4 Guitar four – acoustic rhythm – left channel
- 1.5 Guitar five – acoustic rhythm – right channel
- 1.6 Guitar six – second voice lead- left channel
- 1.7 Guitar seven – crunchy rhythm - -center/right channel
- 2 Track 2 – Private investigations
- 2.1 Guitar one – lead – center channel
- 2.2 Guitar two – lead
- 2.3 Guitar three – electric riff – center channel
- 3 Track 3 – Industrial disease
- 3.1 Guitar one – riff/lead 1 – right channel
- 3.2 Guitar two – riff/lead 2 – left channel
- 3.3 Guitar three- rhythm – strummed chords -center channel
- 4 Track 4 – Love over gold
- 4.1 Guitar one – lead acoustic- right channel
- 4.2 Guitar two – lead electric & violin effects – center channel
- 4.3 Guitar three -rhythm- center channel
- 5 Track 5 – It never rains
- 5.1 Guitar one – rhythm / lead licks – center channel
- 5.2 Guitar two – lead (final solo)- center channel
- 5.3 Guitar three – acoustic rhythm – center/right channel
- 5.4 Guitar four- electric rhythm – right channel
- 5.5 Guitar five – riff- center/left channel
- 6 Amps on this album
- 7 Links
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Track 1 – Telegraph road
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channel |
Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | most likely Schecter Stratocaster sunburst S8001 | bridge + middle |
standard | compression/limiter, delay, reverb |
no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar two – picking – left/center channelpan about 10:00 |
Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | National steel guitar [~100%], 1928 Tricone | open G, capo’ed at 3rd (open Bb) |
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Guitar three – picking – center/right channelPan position about 2:00 audible at 5:53 |
Mark Knopfler [~60%] |
Schecter Telecaster black S8421 [~60%] (mentioned by Pete Brewis in an interview) |
bridge or neck + bridge | standard | - | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar four – acoustic rhythm – left channelfrom 3:52 – 4:45, and outro solo, starting at 11:08 |
Ovation Adamas ? | |||||
Guitar five – acoustic rhythm – right channelfrom 3:52 – 4:45, and outro solo, starting at 11:08 |
Ovation Adamas ? | |||||
Guitar six – second voice lead- left channel6:35 – 6:42 and 10:05 |
Mark Knopfler[100%], MK fingerstyle | |||||
Guitar seven – crunchy rhythm - -center/right channelstarting 3:53 |
presumably Hal Lindes, strummed | Schecter/Fender Stratocaster ? | standard |
Track 2 – Private investigations
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead – center channel |
Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Classical guitar, nylon strings (in the video clip he plays an Ovation, on the subsequent tour a Gibson Chet Atkins) |
- | standard | reverb | - |
Guitar two – leadsolo licks (at 00:29) – left / right channels, and violin effects during the song |
Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? | - | standard | reverb, delay (right channel) | |
Guitar three – electric riff – center channel |
Mark Knopfler [80%], strummed, pick | Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? (as seen in the clip) | neck ? | standard | reverb | |
| Guitar four ?- electric – center channel | Hal Lindes ? (he mimed one in the clip) |
Track 3 – Industrial disease
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – riff/lead 1 – right channel |
Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Erlewine Automatic ? | only one double PU on this guitar | standard | compression/limiter, reverb, wha-wha ? phaser? | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar two – riff/lead 2 – left channel |
Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? or Erlewine Automatic ? or Schecter Telecaster black S8421 ? | standard | ? | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album | |
Guitar three- rhythm – strummed chords -center channel |
Hal Lindes [~100%], strummed | Schecter Stratocaster ? |
Track 4 – Love over gold
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – lead acoustic- right channel |
Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Gibson Chet Atkins with nylon strings ? | standard | reverb | - | |
Guitar two – lead electric & violin effects – center channel |
Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst ? or Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album | |
Guitar three -rhythm- center channel |
Hal Lindes [~100%], | Schecter Stratocaster ? | standard | reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Track 5 – It never rains
| Musician | Guitar | Pick-up | Tuning | Effects | Amp | |
Guitar one – rhythm / lead licks – center channel |
Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst ? or Schecter Stratocaster CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? or Fernandes Strat ? | middle + bridge | standard | compression/limiter, reverb | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar two – lead (final solo)- center channelor the same guitar as guitar one ? |
Mark Knopfler [100%], MK fingerstyle | Schecter Stratocaster sunburst ? or Schecter Stratocater CAR S8218 ? or Fender Stratocaster ? or Fernandes Strat ? | ? | standard | compression/limiter, reverb, wha-wha ? | no info available, see below for a list of amps likely used on this album |
Guitar three – acoustic rhythm – center/right channel |
Mark Knopfler [60%], Hal lindes [40%] | Acoustic guitar (Ovation ? or Martin as seen on pic taken during sessions) | - | standard | - | - |
Guitar four- electric rhythm – right channel |
Hal lindes [100%], strummed | Schecter Stratocaster ? | ||||
Guitar five – riff- center/left channeldoubbled ? Comes in at 02:18 |
Mark Knopfler [60%], Hal lindes [40%] |
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