Skip to content

Mark Knopfler Guitar Site

The website for the Mark Knopfler inspired guitar player by Ingo Raven

Toggle menu
  • Home
  • Blog Post Categories
    • Mark Knopfler gear
      • Guitars
      • Amps
    • MK guitar style and licks
      • Easy stuff for beginners
    • Vintage guitars
    • Guitar in general
    • Dire Straits/ Mark Knopfler live pictures and videos
    • Misc
    • Understanding music
  • Shop
  • Gear
    • Mark Knopfler Gear Database
      • Guitars
      • Amps
      • Effects
    • Gear on all songs for all albums – WIKI
    • User Pictures Gallery: Build your own MK guitar
  • Contents (List)
  • Forum
  • Contact & More
    • Contact
    • Me on Youtube
    • My Mark Knopler Facebook Page
    • My Mark Knopfler Twitter
    • The “vintage” Dire Straits Guitar Page
    • Privacy policy
    • Cookie policy (EU)

Tag: MK-1

August 29, 2017March 17, 2018Guitars

The Schaller Floyd Rose tremolo on the Pensa Suhr MK-1

Recently I did a service job on a Suhr MK1. It is the same guitar in fact that I played on a youtube video and that was featured in a blog post six years ago. It belongs to a collector of MK-related guitars who lives near my place, and who kindly also lent me some of the more expensive guitars for my youtube videos in the past. With this blog […]

July 26, 2011July 30, 2011Guitars, Mark Knopfler gear, MK guitar style and licks

Suhr Custom MK-1 and Pensa Custom MK-1

This time I am checking two great guitars, a Suhr MK-1 and a Pensa MK-1. The Suhr is the one that you could already see in this video. Both belong to the same person, a collector from Germany. Some background on the first MK1 The Pensa-Suhr MK1 was built in 1988 by luthier John Suhr  at Rudy Pensa’s guitar shop in Manhattan. Suhr worked there before he built amps with […]

Search

Categories

Tags

amp Amps Brazilian rosewood chords compressor cover Dire Straits Down to the Waterline Dream Machine Dream Machines effects F500T Fender Fender Stratocaster Gibson guitar In the Gallery Japanese vintage Knopfler Les Paul licks Lions Mark Knopfler MK guitar style and licks Money for Nothing Music Man National pickguard pickups Recording Romeo and Juliet Schecter Setting me up song analysis sound Stratocaster strings Style-O Suhr Sultans of Swing Telecaster VFS-1 Vibrolux Vintage guitar volume pedal

Recent Blog Post Comments

  • Strange guitar sound on the Werchter 1981 recording - Did Mark mix direct out and microphone? (8)
    • EMI Calculator { The TBC Talent Calculator supports multiple class specs. }
  • Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - Cover by Ingo Raven (7)
    • LCM Finder { The Subnet Calculator saves time when provisioning new subnets. }
  • Privacy policy (8)
    • Height Calculator { The Ovulation Calculator highlights fertile days at a glance. }
  • Mark Knopfler playing with a pick in 1979 (5)
    • Ovulation Tracker { The Height Calculator keeps records consistent across measurement systems. }
  • New Forum on this site (4)
    • FastWin app { This discussion was worth reading because it explained everything in a clear and straightforward... }
  • Gear on album Communiqué (14)
    • sprunki pyramixed { Upcoming features promise to expand Sprunki even further. }
  • Mark Knopfler’s amp settings on Fender Hot Rod Deluxe (Boom like that promo, Germany 2004) (10)
    • sprunki plus { The game's legacy will be its contribution to music education. }
  • Mark Knopfler chord shape of Vic and Ray and for a lick in Money for Nothing live intro (6)
    • sprunki pyramixed { Sprunki empowers players to discover their artistic voice. }
  • Video snippet of Dire Straits - In the Gallery - Pinkpop Festival 1979 (5)
    • sprunki phase 7 { Word-of-mouth recommendations drive Sprunki's growth. }
  • Mark Knopfler's Ernie Ball Volume Pedal - and how I use mine (29)
    • sprunki Retake Deluxe { The game's success story inspires other indie developers. }
  • The King of Clean – Mark Knopfler’s Tone King Imperial amp – Hand-built vintage technology and sound (26)
    • sprunki Retake Deluxe { Sprunki teaches basic music theory through interactive play. }
  • Pictures from Dire Straits gig - Hamburg, October 28, 1978 (4)
    • sprunki plus { Completionists can pursue all characters and achievements. }
  • A few remarks on the Tracker film by Henrik Hansen (16)
    • sprunki { Players become ambassadors for the game they love. }

Archives

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
© 2026 Mark Knopfler Guitar Site. Proudly powered by Sydney
Manage Cookie Consent
We use cookies to optimize our website and our service.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}