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July 28, 2015September 8, 2015Guitars, Mark Knopfler gear

Two pickups on the National Style-O on the Nelson Mandela concert

I guess most of you know the the Dire Straits concert at the Nelon Mandela 70th birthday tribute concert in Wembley Stadium, 1988, and have probably – just like me –  watched the video of it many times. I at least have never noticed that on this gig Mark has two output jacks on the famous National Style-O, have you? One of the two, the one with the lower output […]

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