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24 Responses to “Mark Knopfler Talking About the Electric Guitar”

1. QueenToKingOfSpades says:

   August 11, 2011 at 9:05 pm

   @PIlotrcm Haven’t you seen his Suhr Signature?
2. xalex1200 says:

   August 13, 2011 at 1:39 am

   You english-speaking people are very lucky!
   I’ll give everything for understand Mark talking about guitars or his style of playing!
3. vincomputer says:

   August 15, 2011 at 4:15 pm

   for mark playing guitar is as easy as anyone eating banana…..wow great guy
4. rootvalue says:

   August 17, 2011 at 3:48 am

   @xalex1200 What is your native language? Perhaps I can find you a translation.
5. aidanpowell175 says:

   August 21, 2011 at 5:57 pm

   a strat flying through space at 1:06
   soo stue…so true…
6. smvc90 says:

   August 21, 2011 at 8:25 pm

   “Boy, they really hated it. But we don’t.” What a great guy
7. smvc90 says:

   August 21, 2011 at 8:29 pm

   @xalex1200 You can still learn. Read something first in your native language and do it again in English. You can also watch TV in English language and English subtitles. It helped me and I understand him. Just keep practicing.
8. Midnightrambler3760 says:

   August 24, 2011 at 3:56 am

   He speaks very well. Seems like a guy who just loves guitar.
9. Theoderich says:

   September 1, 2011 at 4:08 pm

   you can really feel that he loves his guitars. surely a reason why he is such a good player.
10. fazialpalmierung says:

    September 3, 2011 at 11:08 pm

    0:50 Wow…thats not the normal butt-ugly big headstock…its humongous! D
11. GeorgiaBoy1961 says:

    September 6, 2011 at 5:55 am

    Re: Mark’s comment about the older generation hating the tremelo bar…
    Leo Fender designed the tremelo bar to allow a conventional guitarist to imitate Hawaiian slack-key players and steel guitar players, and in the right hands – like Mark’s – it can. I’m sure Mark heard guys like Chet Atkins doing just that, when he was a lad. It breaks my heart that Mark broke up Dire Straits… still not over it… Mark, you reading this? PLEASE put the band back together!
12. GeorgiaBoy1961 says:

    September 6, 2011 at 5:59 am

    @PaleHearse: I’ve played for years, and there are many, many guitarists who play to a very high standard… unbelieveably talented people. There are far-fewer, however, at that std. who have an original “voice” – something new or unique to say on the instrument. If I had it to do over again, I’d learn to write songs, arrange, and and also sing. Playing guitar isn’t enough, most music fans want vocals. Only the guitarheads care just about guitars, hot licks and so on.
13. TheBlacksabbathfan9 says:

    September 10, 2011 at 1:34 am

    I got a red strat I was inspired by David gilmour( pink Floyd) and I love it!! The wammy bar is cool and all but it puts my guitar so out of tune
14. casestudyification says:

    September 16, 2011 at 2:15 am

    Funny, that’s the way I’ve always felt about the body of the Stratocaster, too. Les Pauls are really sweet, but I dunno….something about a Strat. Great video. Thanks for posting.
15. Billbill80s says:

    November 13, 2011 at 4:44 am

    No offense Mark, but fuck you just arent the same when playing with a pick… its like his whole playing style changes completely.
16. BludySkinz says:

    November 16, 2011 at 1:13 am

    please, throw away the pick.
17. shimokita2 says:

    December 11, 2011 at 7:27 pm

    Kind of an unassuming, but yet interesting, guy.
18. capetownlad300 says:

    December 16, 2011 at 9:41 am

    boy they hated it….. but we dont…..
19. turockandar says:

    December 17, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    @VBSouthpaw I have a 65 Strat with a great tone but I find all Strats ugly as hell! Give me a Les Paul any day which is much more like a violin in shape and more like the form of a beautiful woman…..Strats look some American women; battle ship hips!
20. soyghost1 says:

    January 1, 2012 at 1:18 am

    @GeorgiaBoy1961 you are entirely right– there are a lot of great guitar players, i know a few myself…but the legends sing and play and write great songs– bb king, knopfler, hendrix, and on and on…learning the crafts of writing and singing greatly increases your chance of reaching an audience..
21. Frobe1357 says:

    January 1, 2012 at 4:18 am

    @turockandar agree totally! I do love strat sounds but man les pauls are nice looking. it’s a pity they cost more than a bloody mansion
22. GeorgiaBoy1961 says:

    January 1, 2012 at 7:42 am

    @soyghost1: Writing and singing help, no question – but another reason Mark stands out is that his sound is readily identifiable. When a Dire Straits tune or one of his solo numbers comes on, you know in an instant that it is him. The same is true of all the greats – they somehow managed to find a style of their own that people could recognize and appreciate. All of them had influences, true, but they made their mark somehow.
23. loombaron says:

    January 4, 2012 at 11:05 pm

    Music can make you rich or give you nothing, thats why most parents say to their kids no to try it hahaha.
24. ApollyonAbaddon says:

    January 8, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    i had one like that and it literally did fly through space for a short distance of course and amazingly it even changed shape merely by colliding with a wall.. yeh memories. oh well bye

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