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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) | |||
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 |
Related blog posts:
Interesting lick in Telegraph Road from a 1992 live version
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) |
Related blog posts:
The Gibson Chet Atkins CEC – Classical Electric Guitar with Nylon Strings
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 |
Related blog posts:
The Gibson Chet Atkins CEC – Classical Electric Guitar with Nylon Strings
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 Adamas ? 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%] |
Amps on this album
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4 thoughts on “Gear on album Love over gold”
I think the right channel rhythm guitar – Hal Lindes’ that is, from 5:18 onwards has some sort of a phaser effect on
in the song It never rains
On Private Investigations, For the end part with the electric guitar. Hal Lindes used his red gretsch. It’s not proven but it sounds like it…