Music is a voice from the heart. Mark sings from his. I have monkeyed around with a guitar my whole life and just when I think I’m getting somewhere, I see someone like Mark play and the humble comes back. I will play until I die but I will never make it to Marks milepost. He is the master but I think my love of music is the same as his. Thank you, Mark.
Damn right it took balls to say that to a guitar virtuoso like Knopfler, that was kind of my point, because balls without intelligence is just stupidity, as you are proving right now. Besides, it wasn't even a serious comment it was a lighthearted jocular stab at the guy, who are you, his fucking mum?
No need to put him down like that. The lad comes across as perhaps a little brash and a little bit too forward, but hey, that's just his personality and it's good that he's not completely petrified in Mark's presnce, which is probably to Mark's credit. We can all play the game of getting on our high horses when commenting on other guitarists on TH-cam, but I'll say that the lad is a good player who knows he can learn a lot from Mark. Otherwise he wouldn't be there.
4:25 mood was quite uneasy until this point between these two. These are the moments I love when I play music with people, no plan, no idea or concept, just something happens and you start playing.
@@dasmuss6174 Sorry, they are brilliant too. There are so many shredders to keep up with these days. By the way, Andy Rehfeldt has a channel worth watching. Hearing Slayer vocals over the Yakety Sax from the Benny Hill show brings me to musical nirvana.
A lot of commenters disparaging the guy for saying " no I dont regret not learning..." He wasnt being rude, he was saying that what he learned got him going to where he is. You cant regret the path you take in music, you go with what works and what you like, and then you come back to learn more. You cant choose the path you take sometimes, it just takes you. I dont think MK was offended, he understood what he meant.
This is so fantastic for a number of reasons. I love the first guy telling Knopfler about shaking chords. And then after they play Sweet Dreams it's as if he is telling MK how to play it! Then MK just does a few subtle licks and you can really see the difference between the two players. For obvious reasons of course. There's no substitute for shaking it with your left hand... The second part with the loose trem arm and Knopfler trying to stop from throttling him is genius.
He wasn't listening, amateurs do that when they are being defensive about playing, Mark was trying to offer a word or two to help him improve on his control and method, to which Mark is right, the guys wastes lots of energy on one or two notes and the rest of his 'improvised phrases' were from memory, while the improv was very neat, he won't improve much from where he was in the video.
@@rodneyking9108 I'd have started by being grateful and listening. I'm not sure that Malmsteen would have been so patient or let students approach him in the first place.
@@stevemorse108 yes true,I'm a guitar picker my self I'm in my 50s now,mark knopfler ,hank marvin just two of my favourites i learned guitar playing by ear,listening over and over,still do
Youre not gonna tell me a pick is bigger than a marshall stack, doesn't matter who you are. Even a small blues jr is bigger than a pick. Factually inaccurate! Lol
Checked shirt guy: "Unbelievable!" "I've landed a once in a lifetime opportunity! - Mark Knopfler is personally going to teach me some of his guitar playing secrets!!!" "Awesome!!!" Also Checked shirt guy: "I think it's best if I use the time disagreeing with Mark about how to approach playing guitar..."
If Mark Knopfler was trying to comment on my guitaring or give tips, I would shut up and let him finish what he's trying to say. The young guy's too insecure and trying to second guess.
Imagine the intimidation...playing something in front of Mark. MK is humble and generous a rare combination these days. Wonder what song they are working on?
Thanks for posting! I'm dumbfounded!!! I always knew that Mark Knopfler was a very down-to-earth person, but to see him here....he is so human. Amazing man. Truly amazing.
I have to confess, I didn't like sultans of swing when it was released, but I was very curious about the guitar player. Since then my respect for mark has continued to grow, the man is very talented.
Everyone's commenting on how the little chubby guy needs to shut up, shit he's just answering the questions he's being asked, Mark says hey play something for me, then they jam, and the little chubby guy ends up being better than everyone who's watched the damn video lol!!! So, why don't y'all just shaaaaaddddduuuupppp!!!!
I'd be a stuttering, blubbering wreck to even begin with, let alone strap a guitar on and play. Some pro's can't be arsed with amateurs but some remember when fingers went doodley when they should have gone diddley. Always great to see this sort of thing, whether staged or not. Roy Buchanan does a good version as does Will Ray. Available on YT....
Yeah, playing stuff in front of him would be a bit of a trial at the very least. He could show you the chords (he knows all the chords!!!). give you his Schecter, amps and pedals and it still wouldn't come out right.
The new addition to the guitar family. A big Welcome the Suhr Knopfler. "Suhr standard carve top Knopfler." One of Mark Knoplfers main guitars from 1988 onwards. A beautiful instrument. Master builder John Suhr designed and built the instrument back in 88 whilst working for Rudy Pensa in NY USA. Brief history of the guitar, Knopfler needed a guitar for gigging that would sound and play like his 58 Les Paul and his red Fender Stratocaster. It was becoming too much to take all his guitars on the road, some of which were priceless. MK needed a guitar that could give him the two very different sounds in one package. This is where his good friend Rudy Pensa came in. Rudy, a business man not a builder, had a little specialist guitar shop in NY USA where he employed master builder John Suhr. Pensa and Suhr would later team up around the time MK was looking for a new guitar. They became Pensa-Suhr. At the time John Suhr was building his own guitar and both Rudy and MK were so impressed that Rudy convinced Suhr to give it to MK for a set of gigs coming up. This was May 1988. The issue was knopfler needed this new guitar like now. He had a set of important gigs lined up the following month. The first being "The Prince's Trust Gala" on 5th & 6th June 1988, then on the 8th there was the Mandela warm-up gig with Eric Clapton performing with Dire Straits at Hammersmith Odeon, London and then the televised Mandela 70th birthday gig on the 11th June. Surh had very little time to finish off the guitar, it needed painting and pickups fitting, which you will note later greater a new setbif orobkems. The paint would have only just dried in time for the Prince's Trust gig. John was surprised the paint dried so fast. Cosmetics was another issue. MK wanted to show off this guitar in all it's glory, however he wasn't happy with plastic pickup surrounds. So he requested that the humbucker pickup, the large pickup next to the bridge to be mounted without any pickup holders (the plastic surrounds as seen on his Les Paul). He liked the colour of the EMG active pickups and thought the pickup holder would look messy and out of place. The Floyd Rose. Suhr had already routed out for a Floyd Rose, after all the guitar was for him not Mk at that time. Mk didn't like the Floyd floating trem and asked for it to be fixed back to the body. This created better resonance and he found it more convenient for fine tuning. Mark liked to bend more then one string at a time. A floating trem, he felt would have an adverse affect on the strings. As a result, and sue to the guitar body being extremely thin Suhr had to mount this pickup from the rear of the guitar, a very unusual way of mounting pickups. If you look closely at MK's guitar you will see the two small fixings screws. The other issue John had was fitting the 5 position selection switch. The body was too slim to house so he had to trim down the rear of the switch just enough for the rear control cover to cover it. One other request was the neck to be maple with a rosewood finger board, which John wasn't too keen on due to the body being mahogany like a Les Paul. Fender guitars don't usually use mahogany hence their use of maple necks. John believed, and many would agree that the frequency emitted from the mahogany gets cancelled out with the maple resulting in a damping of the sound. Hence why Suhr always offers the matching mahogany neck with his builds. It really does improve the sound. In 1991 Suhr and Pensa party company. Suhr had become in demand due to his skills and abilities in both the guitar and Amplifier world and wanted more control over the full building progress. He's since built some of the best guitars on the planet. Now labelled "Suhr" with this Knopfler Standard Carve top version being the jewel in the crown. Suhr re. leaving Pensa "Steve Marchione was trained to replace me when I moved to CA to work with Bradshaw in the beginning of 91. Suhr was now able to have full control over the whole guitar build and able to so it in house, unlike at Pensa they used to outside help. Suhr would do all only be doing the delicate work the rest was contracted out. A lovely instrument and if you can ever get your hands on one be sure to buy it as it's a sure investment. Regarding the Les Paul and Fender Stratocaster sounds needed. This created a problem for Suhr to solve and to solve it fast. The guitar was needed within weeks for the upcoming gigs. As we know a Les Paul guitar uses humbucker pick-ups which are two single coil pick-ups mounted together with reverse wiring on one of the pickups to reduce the HUM caused by high gain amplifiers. Single coil pickups, when plugged into a high gain guitar Amps will create a loud hum and the louder you go the louder the hum. It's a pain to control. This is why rock guitarist use humbuckers. Mark Knopfler was wanting this Les Paul humbucker sound for songs like "Money for Nothing" along with single coil Stratocaster sounds for songs like "Sultans of swing." For that twangy strat signature sound. So the guitar would need at least 1 x humbucker (Les Paul sound ) and 2 x single coil pickups (Fender Stratocaster sound) BUT with no hum on all pickups. A tall order. So John quickly fitted the Active EMG range of pickups that where new on the marked, designed to address this common HUM problem. Lace sensor At this time Fender was also addressing the same issue and had employed Don Lace to address this. You will see the likes of Eric Clapton using these Lace Sensor around this time. Lace Sensor is a guitar pickup designed by Don Lace and manufactured by AGI (Actodyne General International) since 1985. This line of electric guitar pickups was used exclusively by Fender from 1987 to 1996. What was the issue? Pick-up Humming. The issue he was with the large number of wired windings around the magnet poles of a single coil pick-up. It was found that by reducing the number of winding (loops) the HUM would reduce to a unnoticed level, however the drawback was a massive reduction in the pick-up out puts levels. Making the sound output really low. To address this EMG designed a circuit board powered by a 9V battery located in the rear of the guitar to amplifier the sound. Bingo u have a stratocaster single coil sound with no hum at a standard volume level. Now there was one other draw back to this technology. The humbucker pickup, as noted above consists of 2 x single coil pickups wired together in series, so the sound is NOT fender Strat like when the selection switch is in the second position. Bridge and neck pickups on together. A lot of Fender Stratocaster players use the bridge and middle combination a lot. It's a common strat sound. Normally a humbucker can have the two pickups split at the wiring loom as there are 4 wires. 2 for each pickup, however the EMG humbucker just has the 2 wires and NO way to split the coil to give a single coil strat sound. This is where John Suhr's electronic knowledge comes in. He had to quickly design a wiring mod to reduce the output of the humbucker to take away some of the bass, bottom end of the sound to give it the Stratocaster high range twang. This is what he did The idea was to put a resistor and capacitor in series on the wiring harness (switch) where the 'humbucker meets switch position 2 (bridge + middle). Suhr used a 22k / .033uf. This drops the volume of the humbucker (the large bridge pickup) a bit and reduces some of the bass. This new sound gives you the fender Stratocaster sound you find in position 2. When the selector is in position 1 you get full bridge humbucker (Les Paul sound) and in position 2 Bridge and middle, the signal passes via cap and resistor to reduce the humbuckers output to balance and "quack" better with the middle and bingo you have the famous Stratocaster sound. (Resistence : metal film 22Kohms 0.25 Watt capacitor : 33 nF (0.033) 63 volts remove the original shunt beetween 1 and 2 move the orange cable from 2 to 1 you have to soldering the 2 components in serial (no polarity) and soldering them beetween 1 and 2)
It was actually Mani from the stone roses who taught knopfler how to play guitar, but Mani is a famously humble and shy individual so he never takes credit for this.
2 notable issues with 1 solution: The student lacks humility and won’t listen respectfully to the master. The master doesn’t know what to teach a student that wont listen.
Guitar ego is a nasty beast. It tricks you into thinking you are as good as the great MK when in reality you are only just good enough to clean his boots.
I must say, the chunky dude grew on me and he actually has great pitch control on his bends. haha he was playing sweet dreams by patsy cline. or don gibson.
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@@korwl540 I don't see him as headstrong, I think he was intimidated by Mark. But he had soul in his playing tbh. I think Mark saw he had soul too, and wanted to keep him humble.
Mark has always been more dedicated to his songwriting than his playing. However, there might not be a more recognizable tone in the history of guitar...maybe Carlos Santana. Fact: for me, no guitarist living or dead has given me more goose bumps
The fact mark puts more time into writing songs than technique... and even then he has the technique level of a virtuoso. Now that says something about him as a musician!!
Well, nice vid! let's no talk about all of you, useless commenters...the young guitarist is fairly nervous, so he talks a bit fast, but it's gotta be intimidating to be talking with a great star who happens to be a truly great guitarist. And Mark is showing himself a real gentleman ...
Yes, when it starts happening it's like sweets and you want the whole packet in one mouthful, hard to learn that less is mostly more and only use more in the crescendo or in short bursts.
Hah when he started playing his little rang-a-rang chords at first I though shit that's like me; he sucks.But later in the video when Mark plays the chords and he goes over it wow he's got a real nice sense of placing notes I think.
If I was a guitar player and I had the opportunity to be in a masterclass with Mark Knopfler like this, I'd ask a question as succintcly as I could and then I'd shut the fuck up and let the man talk.
Anıl T At 4.55 I had an overwhelming urge to rush off and listen to Roy Buchanan. Sweet dreams led to The Messiah will come again, which in turn led to Gary Moore's version. Twenty minutes later I'm back here and see you came to the same conclusion. Ain't TH-cam great?
That student is actually really good he came up with some sweet phrases while sitting across from a total legend. Respect.
Thumbs up to the student who who was able to remember how to hold his guitar properly in the presence of MK. The young man did good.💯
'I actually got into a bit of fingerpicking' --A total master of fingerstyle
Sure is
"A pick is actually the biggest amplifier there is" Said by Mark Knopfler over nine thousand times
LeifBirger ,, hg
LeifBirger And it's been true... nine thousand times. Lol.
I assume you're younger than 40. Wait until you're older and have a few phrases that you say nine thousand times without realizing it.
@@adamofathens ahahaha
He didn't actually he said it eight thousand and 99 times
Music is a voice from the heart. Mark sings from his. I have monkeyed around with a guitar my whole life and just when I think I’m getting somewhere, I see someone like Mark play and the humble comes back. I will play until I die but I will never make it to Marks milepost. He is the master but I think my love of music is the same as his. Thank you, Mark.
"You dont regret not learning finger style?"
"Well I dont regret it no, because It got me to where I am now" - unknown busker to Mark Knopfler.
it took balls for him to say that to such a successful musician so stfu
Damn right it took balls to say that to a guitar virtuoso like Knopfler, that was kind of my point, because balls without intelligence is just stupidity, as you are proving right now. Besides, it wasn't even a serious comment it was a lighthearted jocular stab at the guy, who are you, his fucking mum?
djdt77 except he's shit and Knopfler is a legend. It was cringeworthy.
hes my uncle!
No need to put him down like that. The lad comes across as perhaps a little brash and a little bit too forward, but hey, that's just his personality and it's good that he's not completely petrified in Mark's presnce, which is probably to Mark's credit. We can all play the game of getting on our high horses when commenting on other guitarists on TH-cam, but I'll say that the lad is a good player who knows he can learn a lot from Mark. Otherwise he wouldn't be there.
A masterclass from the great Rick Lucas. I thought when mark handed the pick back he Rick was going to say “nah you keep it as a memento”
Drop D - very important thing in guitar playing, lol. I love his scarcasm, poor rick didn't get it...
4:25 mood was quite uneasy until this point between these two. These are the moments I love when I play music with people, no plan, no idea or concept, just something happens and you start playing.
I trust these clowns all have a day time job and they're doing alright.
Mark has the patience of Job here.
You got THAT right!!! Amazing.
Bwahahaha 😂
I don't think MK realizes he is one of the greatest guitar players to ever live. In 40 years guitar players will still be talking about his genius.
Oh I think he knows he's one of the greatest. Him and David Gilmour
@@Sagan_Starborn and machine gun Kelly, all masters of the craft
@@dasmuss6174 you forgot DH Khaled and Lil Wayne
@@kentl7228 The island boys, we really are living in a special time for music, we are very lucky to witness history being made
@@dasmuss6174 Sorry, they are brilliant too. There are so many shredders to keep up with these days. By the way, Andy Rehfeldt has a channel worth watching. Hearing Slayer vocals over the Yakety Sax from the Benny Hill show brings me to musical nirvana.
Can we please, listen to what Mark has to say?
Good class, I think Mark learnt a few things
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Lol, great comment!
What a class act Mark is. Always encouraging, without pandering. Cuz why would he? he is the best.
A lot of commenters disparaging the guy for saying " no I dont regret not learning..." He wasnt being rude, he was saying that what he learned got him going to where he is. You cant regret the path you take in music, you go with what works and what you like, and then you come back to learn more. You cant choose the path you take sometimes, it just takes you. I dont think MK was offended, he understood what he meant.
Of course you can refret the path you choose. Silly goose.
This masterclass is a great lesson in hubris and an unwillingness for self-introspection
This is so fantastic for a number of reasons. I love the first guy telling Knopfler about shaking chords. And then after they play Sweet Dreams it's as if he is telling MK how to play it! Then MK just does a few subtle licks and you can really see the difference between the two players. For obvious reasons of course. There's no substitute for shaking it with your left hand...
The second part with the loose trem arm and Knopfler trying to stop from throttling him is genius.
Unbelievable patience form the ever gentlemanly Knopfler....the kid won't let him get a word in edgeways.
He wasn't listening, amateurs do that when they are being defensive about playing, Mark was trying to offer a word or two to help him improve on his control and method, to which Mark is right, the guys wastes lots of energy on one or two notes and the rest of his 'improvised phrases' were from memory, while the improv was very neat, he won't improve much from where he was in the video.
i think the kid is nervous that's why he's doing a lot of talking,i would be to in front of the master finger picker
@@rodneyking9108 I'd have started by being grateful and listening. I'm not sure that Malmsteen would have been so patient or let students approach him in the first place.
@@stevemorse108 yes true,I'm a guitar picker my self I'm in my 50s now,mark knopfler ,hank marvin just two of my favourites i learned guitar playing by ear,listening over and over,still do
@@R.R.R.465 He ain't no amateur.
2:17 *Plays something that distorts the fabric of reality* MK: Nodding, unimpressed
that was at that very moment how shoegaze was born.
Spanking definitely has a chip on his shoulder. Love how Mark took the higher ground. Pure class.
It’s so therapeutic listening to Mark speak.
A pick is a biggest amplifier-what great quote for guitarists
+Shubhankar Suley - Great Quote indeed, the Irony being he hardly ever uses one !!!
Youre not gonna tell me a pick is bigger than a marshall stack, doesn't matter who you are.
Even a small blues jr is bigger than a pick.
Factually inaccurate! Lol
That bit at 2:17 made me laugh, when the tape broke up.
+flyingcumshot that note went pear shaped..lol
+flyingcumshot
Your username made me laugh as much.
I think the reason Mark had such patience is because of his experience as a part-time English teacher
Interesting point.
at 2:15 the glitch in the tape makes the noob's riff sound better! lol
ha ha Yeah like he's got an E-bender guitar ;)
huskvnj B -Bender I mean :P
Checked shirt guy: "Unbelievable!" "I've landed a once in a lifetime opportunity! - Mark Knopfler is personally going to teach me some of his guitar playing secrets!!!" "Awesome!!!" Also Checked shirt guy: "I think it's best if I use the time disagreeing with Mark about how to approach playing guitar..."
Exactly! Ugh..I had to stop watching..
Yeah that guy is an ass flap.
@@steveforesman1767 IKR, it’s like STFU and listen man! I wouldn’t have said shit.
That’s the guitarists ego.
irks me when people waste time like that.
I put knopfler right up there with Beck Hendrix Blackmore kossof so original creative and unique
Listen to MK and his stories attached to whatever he plays is priceless. You see his journalism background - no story untold.
Wow, at 4:00 my jaw dropped. He took this guy's song and turned it inside out and made it a song I could listen to all day
If Mark Knopfler was trying to comment on my guitaring or give tips, I would shut up and let him finish what he's trying to say.
The young guy's too insecure and trying to second guess.
calabiyou It was very irritating. He should shut up and learn something
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+guitarfreak3422 why?
+calabiyou correct. This guy just wanted to show Mark how he plays guitar. His cup was full.
Imagine the intimidation...playing something in front of Mark. MK is humble and generous a rare combination these days.
Wonder what song they are working on?
The first guy talking about Clapton and Cale like Mark doesn’t know them. He’s played with both of them mate!!
2:27 The legend unimpressed. 😂
Coolest man on the planet. Lovr you Mark. Thanks for the amazing music.
They’re all really good guitar players I don’t know why people in the comments are slagging then off. The solo the first guy played was beautiful
@@4thchairman471 social etiquette? It’s basic common fucking sense and logic dude….just don’t be a C*nt, pretty simple
Thanks for posting! I'm dumbfounded!!! I always knew that Mark Knopfler was a very down-to-earth person, but to see him here....he is so human. Amazing man. Truly amazing.
Mark Knopfler is the "best of the best" in my book.
Rick Lucas, the guitarist Mark Knopfler could have been………way to go Rick!!
I have to confess, I didn't like sultans of swing when it was released, but I was very curious about the guitar player. Since then my respect for mark has continued to grow, the man is very talented.
One wee smart ass here who mark is being incredibly patient with.
"I actually got into a little bit of Fingerpicking" Oh mark dont you tell us 😂😂😂😂
A true master. I always thought of the Sultans of Swing as a 3 minute guitar master class (as well as a terrific song).
I noticed that he let the young guy rip, he didn't try to overshadow him in anyway or show him up, just laid back good advice !
amazing star of the globe yes sir mark Knopfler what a modest teacher
'There's no substitute for shaking it with your right hand'... Haha sums the guy up
That's a great tip, use a half bend from a fret below rather than a full bend "You're going there anyway"
That Pensa sounds bloody amazing.
I don't love all of Knopfler's music but I'm never less than in awe when I listen to/watch him play. Absolutely incredible.
Everyone's commenting on how the little chubby guy needs to shut up, shit he's just answering the questions he's being asked, Mark says hey play something for me, then they jam, and the little chubby guy ends up being better than everyone who's watched the damn video lol!!! So, why don't y'all just shaaaaaddddduuuupppp!!!!
I'd be a stuttering, blubbering wreck to even begin with, let alone strap a guitar on and play. Some pro's can't be arsed with amateurs but some remember when fingers went doodley when they should have gone diddley. Always great to see this sort of thing, whether staged or not. Roy Buchanan does a good version as does Will Ray. Available on YT....
I was thinking the same thing. I don't know if I'd be audacious enough to pick up a guitar in Mark's presence.
Yeah, playing stuff in front of him would be a bit of a trial at the very least. He could show you the chords (he knows all the chords!!!). give you his Schecter, amps and pedals and it still wouldn't come out right.
The new addition to the guitar family. A big Welcome the Suhr Knopfler.
"Suhr standard carve top Knopfler." One of Mark Knoplfers main guitars from 1988 onwards. A beautiful instrument. Master builder John Suhr designed and built the instrument back in 88 whilst working for Rudy Pensa in NY USA.
Brief history of the guitar,
Knopfler needed a guitar for gigging that would sound and play like his 58 Les Paul and his red Fender Stratocaster. It was becoming too much to take all his guitars on the road, some of which were priceless.
MK needed a guitar that could give him the two very different sounds in one package. This is where his good friend Rudy Pensa came in. Rudy, a business man not a builder, had a little specialist guitar shop in NY USA where he employed master builder John Suhr. Pensa and Suhr would later team up around the time MK was looking for a new guitar. They became Pensa-Suhr.
At the time John Suhr was building his own guitar and both Rudy and MK were so impressed that Rudy convinced Suhr to give it to MK for a set of gigs coming up. This was May 1988. The issue was knopfler needed this new guitar like now. He had a set of important gigs lined up the following month. The first being "The Prince's Trust Gala" on 5th & 6th June 1988, then on the 8th there was the Mandela warm-up gig with Eric Clapton performing with Dire Straits at Hammersmith Odeon, London and then the televised Mandela 70th birthday gig on the 11th June.
Surh had very little time to finish off the guitar, it needed painting and pickups fitting, which you will note later greater a new setbif orobkems. The paint would have only just dried in time for the Prince's Trust gig. John was surprised the paint dried so fast.
Cosmetics was another issue. MK wanted to show off this guitar in all it's glory, however he wasn't happy with plastic pickup surrounds. So he requested that the humbucker pickup, the large pickup next to the bridge to be mounted without any pickup holders (the plastic surrounds as seen on his Les Paul). He liked the colour of the EMG active pickups and thought the pickup holder would look messy and out of place.
The Floyd Rose. Suhr had already routed out for a Floyd Rose, after all the guitar was for him not Mk at that time. Mk didn't like the Floyd floating trem and asked for it to be fixed back to the body. This created better resonance and he found it more convenient for fine tuning. Mark liked to bend more then one string at a time. A floating trem, he felt would have an adverse affect on the strings.
As a result, and sue to the guitar body being extremely thin Suhr had to mount this pickup from the rear of the guitar, a very unusual way of mounting pickups. If you look closely at MK's guitar you will see the two small fixings screws.
The other issue John had was fitting the 5 position selection switch. The body was too slim to house so he had to trim down the rear of the switch just enough for the rear control cover to cover it.
One other request was the neck to be maple with a rosewood finger board, which John wasn't too keen on due to the body being mahogany like a Les Paul. Fender guitars don't usually use mahogany hence their use of maple necks. John believed, and many would agree that the frequency emitted from the mahogany gets cancelled out with the maple resulting in a damping of the sound. Hence why Suhr always offers the matching mahogany neck with his builds. It really does improve the sound.
In 1991 Suhr and Pensa party company. Suhr had become in demand due to his skills and abilities in both the guitar and Amplifier world and wanted more control over the full building progress. He's since built some of the best guitars on the planet. Now labelled "Suhr" with this Knopfler Standard Carve top version being the jewel in the crown.
Suhr re. leaving Pensa "Steve Marchione was trained to replace me when I moved to CA to work with Bradshaw in the beginning of 91.
Suhr was now able to have full control over the whole guitar build and able to so it in house, unlike at Pensa they used to outside help. Suhr would do all only be doing the delicate work the rest was contracted out.
A lovely instrument and if you can ever get your hands on one be sure to buy it as it's a sure investment.
Regarding the Les Paul and Fender Stratocaster sounds needed. This created a problem for Suhr to solve and to solve it fast. The guitar was needed within weeks for the upcoming gigs.
As we know a Les Paul guitar uses humbucker pick-ups which are two single coil pick-ups mounted together with reverse wiring on one of the pickups to reduce the HUM caused by high gain amplifiers.
Single coil pickups, when plugged into a high gain guitar Amps will create a loud hum and the louder you go the louder the hum. It's a pain to control. This is why rock guitarist use humbuckers.
Mark Knopfler was wanting this Les Paul humbucker sound for songs like "Money for Nothing" along with single coil Stratocaster sounds for songs like "Sultans of swing." For that twangy strat signature sound.
So the guitar would need at least 1 x humbucker (Les Paul sound ) and 2 x single coil pickups (Fender Stratocaster sound) BUT with no hum on all pickups. A tall order.
So John quickly fitted the Active EMG range of pickups that where new on the marked, designed to address this common HUM problem.
Lace sensor
At this time Fender was also addressing the same issue and had employed Don Lace to address this. You will see the likes of Eric Clapton using these Lace Sensor around this time.
Lace Sensor is a guitar pickup designed by Don Lace and manufactured by AGI (Actodyne General International) since 1985.
This line of electric guitar pickups was used exclusively by Fender from 1987 to 1996.
What was the issue? Pick-up Humming.
The issue he was with the large number of wired windings around the magnet poles of a single coil pick-up. It was found that by reducing the number of winding (loops) the HUM would reduce to a unnoticed level, however the drawback was a massive reduction in the pick-up out puts levels. Making the sound output really low. To address this EMG designed a circuit board powered by a 9V battery located in the rear of the guitar to amplifier the sound. Bingo u have a stratocaster single coil sound with no hum at a standard volume level.
Now there was one other draw back to this technology. The humbucker pickup, as noted above consists of 2 x single coil pickups wired together in series, so the sound is NOT fender Strat like when the selection switch is in the second position. Bridge and neck pickups on together.
A lot of Fender Stratocaster players use the bridge and middle combination a lot. It's a common strat sound. Normally a humbucker can have the two pickups split at the wiring loom as there are 4 wires. 2 for each pickup, however the EMG humbucker just has the 2 wires and NO way to split the coil to give a single coil strat sound.
This is where John Suhr's electronic knowledge comes in. He had to quickly design a wiring mod to reduce the output of the humbucker to take away some of the bass, bottom end of the sound to give it the Stratocaster high range twang.
This is what he did
The idea was to put a resistor and capacitor in series on the wiring harness (switch) where the 'humbucker meets switch position 2 (bridge + middle). Suhr used a 22k / .033uf. This drops the volume of the humbucker (the large bridge pickup) a bit and reduces some of the bass.
This new sound gives you the fender Stratocaster sound you find in position 2.
When the selector is in position 1 you get full bridge humbucker (Les Paul sound) and in position 2 Bridge and middle, the signal passes via cap and resistor to reduce the humbuckers output to balance and "quack" better with the middle and bingo you have the famous Stratocaster sound.
(Resistence : metal film 22Kohms 0.25 Watt capacitor : 33 nF (0.033) 63 volts
remove the original shunt beetween 1 and 2 move the orange cable from 2 to 1
you have to soldering the 2 components in serial (no polarity) and soldering them beetween 1 and 2)
Why show up if you don't wanna hush up and learn from the boss? Seems rather unteachable.
yeah i agree with you
rick is so offensive!he thinks he's there to show the king how it's done!!
eh mark knopfler is a legend of guitar two notes and...tutti zitti ad ascoltare.Troppo giovani ah ah ah-
I like the way they try and tell Knopfler what's what lol
It was actually Mani from the stone roses who taught knopfler how to play guitar, but Mani is a famously humble and shy individual so he never takes credit for this.
This is true
I think MK talent in playing guitar is well described by The Police in the line... Every little thing he do is magic 😊
MK Rocks love Tunnel of Love
2 notable issues with 1 solution:
The student lacks humility and won’t listen respectfully to the master.
The master doesn’t know what to teach a student that wont listen.
Could one image Mark Knoffler playing rhythm for your playing....wow
what a legend. I would seriously love a guitar lesson from Mr Knopfler
Guy in the chequered shirt was expecting more compliments 😄
Guitar ego is a nasty beast. It tricks you into thinking you are as good as the great MK when in reality you are only just good enough to clean his boots.
I must say, the chunky dude grew on me and he actually has great pitch control on his bends. haha he was playing sweet dreams by patsy cline. or don gibson.
gotta agree. he's a little headstrong evidently but i'm a fan of his dynamics. beautiful tone too
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I was stupid lost the login password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me.
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@@korwl540 I don't see him as headstrong, I think he was intimidated by Mark. But he had soul in his playing tbh. I think Mark saw he had soul too, and wanted to keep him humble.
Loved that little jam of sweet dreams (Roy Buchanan) at 4.10!! What a song such feeling! :)!
Master of the masters!!! The Big Mark.
Rick...put your ego away and let Mark talk
Mark Cropper 😂😂😂😂😂
Great to get Mark Knopfler as your backing guitar at 5 minutes etc
How come all videos on TH-cam play only the Licks??? Where is the Melody...You get a shiver in the dark etc.??? Excellent....cheers from Canada.
First chap I could slap. When Mark talks you shut up and listen. Student. Too eager to open that northern trap.
Imagine Knopfler asking you to just play a quick something....
I'm confused, is that first guy giving the lessons here?
The oompah-loompah from Manchester, letting MK know where he's been going wrong.
Wow, this is a lot of fun to watch!
Mark has always been more dedicated to his songwriting than his playing. However, there might not be a more recognizable tone in the history of guitar...maybe Carlos Santana.
Fact: for me, no guitarist living or dead has given me more goose bumps
The fact mark puts more time into writing songs than technique... and even then he has the technique level of a virtuoso. Now that says something about him as a musician!!
🎸 what a cool teacher 😃👍
Adorei!!!
6:05 intro to My Parties
..I magine this guy..that shows Knopfler a bit of one of his own...Knopfler grabs it and dude goes off...its beautiful, man...
The world... where these guys live... is not the same world where I live.
I Love this guy!
This is comedy gold.
fantastic ..
wow this is gold!
Mark Knopfler is one classy guy.
Yes ❤❤
"OBEY YOUR MASTERRRRR! MASTERR!"
"roy buchanan sweet dreams" paraphrased at around 6.14 onwards Nice
LAst thing mark said reminded me of song on ever street
Nice bit of 'Sweet Dreams' in there 👌
This first guy was very good, and its clear from the fact him and Mark just start to jam
i think his bends were better than Mark's on the day!
Well, nice vid! let's no talk about all of you, useless commenters...the young guitarist is fairly nervous, so he talks a bit fast, but it's gotta be intimidating to be talking with a great star who happens to be a truly great guitarist. And Mark is showing himself a real gentleman ...
man that's a beautiful Pensa Shur guitar Mark is playing I'd like get my paws on that one
Great!
2:27 Knopfler is like "Christ...It's gonna be a long day."
😂😂😂
and at 2:09 !!!
Yes, when it starts happening it's like sweets and you want the whole packet in one mouthful, hard to learn that less is mostly more and only use more in the crescendo or in short bursts.
Hah when he started playing his little rang-a-rang chords at first I though shit that's like me; he sucks.But later in the video when Mark plays the chords and he goes over it wow he's got a real nice sense of placing notes I think.
it wasn't an improv, just one of Roy Buchanon's songs...
If I was a guitar player and I had the opportunity to be in a masterclass with Mark Knopfler like this, I'd ask a question as succintcly as I could and then I'd shut the fuck up and let the man talk.
Yeah I'd be one of the other guys on the left of checker shirt just sitting there not saying a word
Exactly!
That blokes playing is shocking.... POOR MARK
At 5:00 i think he is playing Roy Buchanan - Sweet Dreams
Anıl T At 4.55 I had an overwhelming urge to rush off and listen to Roy Buchanan. Sweet dreams led to The Messiah will come again, which in turn led to Gary Moore's version. Twenty minutes later I'm back here and see you came to the same conclusion. Ain't TH-cam great?
He is indeed! Good song ain't it :)
Thank you ! I couldn't find where that melody came from. I should be ashamed, I'm a huge Roy fan
That kid was nice and smooth a blues player. Nice