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Rare Pic of the maple strat with original volume knob
« on: November 08, 2024, 11:23:10 PM »
I came acrross this pic on the MK fans worldwild FB group.

what struck me is that the maple strat has its orignal white volume knob, not the black one, and not the "empty" one either

I think it's rather rare so has to be mentionned



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Re: Rare Pic of the maple strat with original volume knob
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2024, 11:48:55 PM »
the pic is dated from Roundhouse january 78

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Re: Rare Pic of the maple strat with original volume knob
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2024, 07:01:05 PM »
Maybe he'd got a second strat by that time? Is that really from 1978? I would've thought it was around 1980, because of the jacket.
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Re: Rare Pic of the maple strat with original volume knob
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2024, 12:36:33 AM »
Maybe he'd got a second strat by that time? Is that really from 1978? I would've thought it was around 1980, because of the jacket.

no it's clearly from roundhouse january 78, there are others pics avaliable

and it's clearly the maple strat (serial 80470 ) more info here : https://www.mk-guitar.com/mark-knopfler-gear-database/fender-stratocaster-1962/

the pickguard is custom made. You can see the volume pot is not at the exact same place than on a standard strat pickguard

but what is rare is to see the white knob

some weeks after this date you often see it without knob (like in Rockpalast)




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Re: Rare Pic of the maple strat with original volume knob
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2024, 12:37:58 AM »
I'm planning to write a little article about this on my blog ;)

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Re: Rare Pic of the maple strat with original volume knob
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2024, 05:52:21 PM »
Maybe he'd got a second strat by that time? Is that really from 1978? I would've thought it was around 1980, because of the jacket.

no it's clearly from roundhouse january 78, there are others pics avaliable

and it's clearly the maple strat (serial 80470 ) more info here : https://www.mk-guitar.com/mark-knopfler-gear-database/fender-stratocaster-1962/

the pickguard is custom made. You can see the volume pot is not at the exact same place than on a standard strat pickguard

but what is rare is to see the white knob

some weeks after this date you often see it without knob (like in Rockpalast)


What I always found interesting in these photos, besides the knob, is that he is using a Musicman amp, when it is said that he started using Musicman amps in October 1978, which made me question many times if this photo is really from Roundhouse January 78, since, before October 78, he is always seen using a Fender amp and Marshall cabinet in photos and videos of the band.
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Re: Rare Pic of the maple strat with original volume knob
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2024, 11:38:31 AM »
Maybe he'd got a second strat by that time? Is that really from 1978? I would've thought it was around 1980, because of the jacket.

no it's clearly from roundhouse january 78, there are others pics avaliable

and it's clearly the maple strat (serial 80470 ) more info here : https://www.mk-guitar.com/mark-knopfler-gear-database/fender-stratocaster-1962/

the pickguard is custom made. You can see the volume pot is not at the exact same place than on a standard strat pickguard

but what is rare is to see the white knob

some weeks after this date you often see it without knob (like in Rockpalast)


What I always found interesting in these photos, besides the knob, is that he is using a Musicman amp, when it is said that he started using Musicman amps in October 1978, which made me question many times if this photo is really from Roundhouse January 78, since, before October 78, he is always seen using a Fender amp and Marshall cabinet in photos and videos of the band.

good point. But in general, infos on the Getty site are accurate because of copyrights. So I think it's the exact date. Maybe he had a musicman amp just for talking heads tour in january ?  :think

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Re: Rare Pic of the maple strat with original volume knob
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2024, 01:50:21 PM »

at The Roundhouse, London January 29 1978.
Maybe he'd got a second strat by that time? Is that really from 1978? I would've thought it was around 1980, because of the jacket.

no it's clearly from roundhouse january 78, there are others pics avaliable

and it's clearly the maple strat (serial 80470 ) more info here : https://www.mk-guitar.com/mark-knopfler-gear-database/fender-stratocaster-1962/

the pickguard is custom made. You can see the volume pot is not at the exact same place than on a standard strat pickguard

but what is rare is to see the white knob

some weeks after this date you often see it without knob (like in Rockpalast)


What I always found interesting in these photos, besides the knob, is that he is using a Musicman amp, when it is said that he started using Musicman amps in October 1978, which made me question many times if this photo is really from Roundhouse January 78, since, before October 78, he is always seen using a Fender amp and Marshall cabinet in photos and videos of the band.

good point. But in general, infos on the Getty site are accurate because of copyrights. So I think it's the exact date. Maybe he had a musicman amp just for talking heads tour in january ?  :think

Personally, I have noticed several inconsistencies in dates on the Getty website. I still believe that this photo is from a show between October and November 1978, although at that time he was not using the Maple Stratocaster but the Rosewood. I once tried to see what amps Talking Heads were using at that time, trying to see if they were using Musicmans, because if so, then they could certainly be borrowed, but I could not find any photos of them using Musicmans at that time, only Fenders, like Dire Straits.

Check out these photos.

Talking Heads Jerry Harrison at The Roundhouse, London January 29 1978. (Photo by David Corio/Redferns)
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Re: Rare Pic of the maple strat with original volume knob
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2024, 01:58:19 PM »
Dire Straits at The Roundhouse, London January 29 1978.

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Re: Rare Pic of the maple strat with original volume knob
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2024, 11:25:46 PM »
Marks wears same clothes, so I think it'fs from january


in october he was always wearing clothes like in Chorus TV show



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Re: Rare Pic of the maple strat with original volume knob
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2024, 04:39:44 AM »
Marks wears same clothes, so I think it'fs from january


in october he was always wearing clothes like in Chorus TV show

For me it is paradoxical, since I also never saw him using a Musicman amp before October 1978.
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