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The Fender Artist Series Mark Knopfler Stratocaster Electric Guitar lets you play the same guitar as the Sultan of Swing. Perhaps the most distinctive guitar voice in the last 30 years, Mark Knopfler has worked with Fender to create a signature axe that combines all his favorite features. A comfo...
- $2450
- Fender
Stratocaster. Year: 1961. Serial No.: 68354. Colour: stripped to bare wood when he got it, refinished to red in late 1978 (similar to fiesta red but more intense), finish cracked in early 90ies and was refinished again. Woods: alder body / maple neck/ Brazilian rosewood fingerboard.
- Sultans of Swing Guitar
- Refinishing
- Usage, Mods
According to Mark, this guitar was used on the entirety of Dire Strait’s debut album, which included the mega-hit Sultans of Swing. This is important to point out because sources vary online regarding which specific Stratocaster it was on Sultans – whether it was this one, or the maple ’62 Strat. But, it seems that from the way Mark talks about thi...
When Mark bought the guitar the original paint from the body was stripped down to bare wood by the previous owner. Using his dream guitar as inspiration, which was Hank Marvin’s red Strat, Mark took his guitar to his friend Steve Phillips and had it painted red. Over the years, the finish started cracking and from around the late 80s, there were cl...
As already pointed out, most notably, Mark used this guitar on Dire Strait’s debut album. Following the release of the album, he continued using the Strat as his touring guitar, but not as nearly as much as the maple fretboard Strat. At some point in the late 70s, Mark had the guitar moded – he installed a DiMarzio FS-1 pickup in the neck position ...
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Aug 12, 2016 · Mark Knopfler Discusses His '61 Strat and "Sultans of Swing". “ ‘Sultans of Swing’ was originally written on a National Steel guitar in an open tuning, though I never performed it that way,” Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler told Guitar World several years ago.
Using his 1961 Stratocaster, Knopfler first breaks off into solo territory with a half-minute of precise scales, comes out of the solo for another verse, and then returns for another 40 seconds of faster, more freewheeling arpeggios that take the song to the next level.
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The Mark Knopfler Strat features a '57 Strat guitar body with Fender's Comfort Contoured design. The ash body offers a lightweight feel with a singing sustain. It's joined to a vintage tinted '62 "C"-shape maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. Texas Special pickups with 5-way switching for a signature tone.
