Mark Knopfler — Rig Network
10 gear items · 9 artist connections · Mark Knopfler profile
Guitars
Various 1950s-1960s Stratocasters. "Sultans of Swing" was played on a 1961 Strat.
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Custom red Schecter Strat used on Brothers in Arms tour.
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"Sultans of Swing" video guitar — seen on the Brothers in Arms album cover.
Used increasingly in solo career for warmer fingerpicking tones.
Amplifiers
Early Dire Straits — clean platform for fingerpicked tones.
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Brothers in Arms era — warm, full clean tone.
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Occasional studio use.
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Pedals & Effects
Chorus on "Brothers in Arms" and "So Far Away".
Clean digital delay used on Brothers in Arms era.
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