Mark Knopfler Is Just So....

[la szum]

.... fucking great. Maybe the best Strat tones ever put on ... errr... Vinyl.

I was on my way to practice THursday and heard a Dire Straits tune come
on the local radio station. Great station by the way. You can stream them
here:

Q100 MICHIGAN WQON-FM 100.3 SAVING ROCK & ROLL ONE LISTENER AT A TIME

Q100 Michigan WQON-FM 100.3 ~ Saving Rock & Roll One Listener at a Time Q100 Michigan Mobile App (FREE) Live & Local On-Air Talent / Local High School Sports / Detroit Lions Football Q100 Michigan Music Connection / Q100 Michigan Northern Focus

q100michigan.com

.... anywho. I always have known how great he was. But that tone. That unmistakable,
iconic, Strat thing. Wow!

I don't want it all the time, but when you do need it I am not sure there is anyone
who did it better when it comes to those pristine tones right out of the Stratosphere.



1979. Fuck me in the eyeballs is that good!

 

[FuzzyAce]

Love Knopfler! His touch is so sweet, not to mention the songwriting.

Always loved this one. Just simple and sweet--



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[joebloggs]

 

[metropolis_4]

His tone is classic

I always loved this one:

 

[laxu]

He made me learn fingerstyle picking, and buy a Strat. Well, a G&L Legacy, but it's a Strat nevertheless!

I saw him during the Sailing To Philadelphia tour and he sounded so good, and played those extended versions of Dire Straits songs ala Alchemy live album.

 

[la szum]

He made me learn fingerstyle picking, and buy a Strat. Well, a G&L Legacy, but it's a Strat nevertheless!

I saw him during the Sailing To Philadelphia tour and he sounded so good, and played those extended versions of Dire Straits songs ala Alchemy live album.

No way! That's amazing.

 

[FuzzyAce]

 

[la szum]

So. Damn. Good.

 

[hemmelight]

Agreed - I really love this version of "Once Upon a Time in the West" in particular. It's not a strat, but still worth a watch.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Agreed - I really love this version of "Once Upon a Time in the West" in particular. It's not a strat, but still worth a watch.

Great stuff!
For a sec I thought that was Paul Reed Smith in the vid thumbnail?!

 

[norminal]

Brothers In Arms is still peak Knopfler for me.

I have a soft spot for that album because my old man played it all the time when I was younger. Killer album.

 

[TubeStack]

Brothers In Arms is still peak Knopfler for me.

I have a soft spot for that album because my old man played it all the time when I was younger. Killer album.

The title track has always been a favourite, so good and always hits me right in the feels. Melody, chords, lyrics, all just beautiful, and then his fills and soloing… just love it.

 

[norminal]

The title track has always been a favourite, so good and always hits me right in the feels. Melody, chords, lyrics, all just beautiful, and then his fills and soloing… just love it.

And you can tell that his amp was absolutely rippin’ in the studio. Killer tone.

 

[TubeStack]

Had to go digging for this one, remembered it from years ago, soooo badass.

 

[Eagle]

He’s a really humble guy too, he thinks he is the worse player in his band.
Amazing player, the tone on brothers in arms solo is one of my all time favourites and of course the playing. A wonderful use of a different position at the start on the solo to get maximum advantage of the note choice.

 

[TJontheRoad]

Major influence on me. Listening to MK never gets old.

 

[Eagle]

This isn’t the same as the record but he still in the same position.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I've never delved into him past Sultans of Swing. As ashamed as I am to admit it. But dude plays that solo with such a lack of gain compared to how others would do it that it's ALARMING. And he rips it; absolutely clean.

 

[la szum]

It's weird. I kind of swore off Peak MTV Dire Straits---so Brothers In Arms is kind of lost on me.

Maybe I need to revisit it.

Just not the same vibe/feel as early DS. And by the time of Brothers In Arms wasn't there dissension
in the band, and even hired guns who came in to play on the Album?

 

[la szum]

Wow. Wiki says Brothers In Arms was the first Album wholly recorded in a digital medium,
and was also the first CD to sell 1 million copies.