Song Rigs
Mark Knopfler — Gear by Song
How Mark Knopfler's rig changed track to track — specific amp settings, key gear, and what you need to replicate each tone.
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits · 1978
The iconic Dire Straits clean tone — Strat neck pickup played fingerstyle into a Fender clean amp with nearly no gain. T…
Fender Stratocaster (neck pickup)Music Man HD130 Reverb 112 (clean)
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Brothers in Arms · 1985
Complete 180 from Sultans of Swing — heavy Gibson guitar with a Marshall-style overdriven tone. Knopfler plugged a Les P…
Gibson Les Paul Standard (or SG)Marshall JCM800 (gained up)
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