Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email


News: - Make sure you know the Forum Rules and Guidelines

Also check out these related sites:

Author Topic: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")  (Read 6163 times)

OfflinePottel

  • Founder
  • Founder
  • David Knopfler
  • ***********
  • Posts: 9790
  • Location: Recklinghausen, Germany
  • Registered: August 2008
    • A Mark In Time
Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« on: February 18, 2011, 05:13:31 PM »
listening to "his latest flame" from 1998.07.27 in ronnie scotts, i noticed Mark has rarely sounded more metallic then on that one, and i gotta say i love it!
any Knopfler, Floyd or Dylan will do....

Jackal

  • Guest
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2011, 07:14:27 PM »
I agree with you. If you're going to do the surf/Shadows/Ventures thing, you might take it all the way.

An amazing album with that kind of guitar sound mixed with Cuban rhythms is Mambo Sinuendo with Manuel Galban and Ry Cooder (I keep mentioning this fellow ...). But I'm digressing. Let's stick to Mark's sound.

Offlinesuperval99

  • Erwin Knopfler
  • **********
  • Posts: 7609
  • Location: UK
  • Registered: August 2008
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2011, 09:47:31 PM »
listening to "his latest flame" from 1998.07.27 in ronnie scotts, i noticed Mark has rarely sounded more metallic then on that one, and i gotta say i love it!


The one from Birmingham Ronnie Scott's 15.6.98 is pretty good too!   Nice close-up of Mark's fingers!     :)
Goin' into Tow Law....

Jackal

  • Guest
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2011, 12:42:45 AM »
For what it's worth - five of my favorite MK electric guitar sounds, off the top of my head and in no particular order:

- Lead on In the Gallery

- Lead on Smooching from Local Hero

- Lead on Tunnel of Love (Alchemy)

- Lead on You and Your Friend (On the Night)

- Lead on Telegraph Road (Basel)

[Tech talk: 4 out 5 of these sounds - Strat in positions 2 and 4 ... In my opinion, no other sound defines Mark's guitar sound better than that.]




Love Expresso

  • Guest
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2011, 07:54:49 AM »
Ok, he is my take:

Ride Across The River (Studio)

The Long Highway (Studio)

My Claim To Fame (Studio)

Tunnel Of Love (Alchemy/Studio)

Sultans Of Swing (Alchemy)

The first three are my all time favourite guitar sounds. For my absolutely typical Mark. Love it.

LE


Offlinedustyvalentino

  • Not Quite The Movie Star
  • Founder
  • THE Sultan of Swing
  • *********
  • Posts: 7190
  • Location: Donkeytown
  • Registered: August 2008
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2011, 08:40:09 AM »
Strat tone was best on Making Movies.

Les Paul tone was best on Golden Heart.

End of discussion. :)
"You can't polish a doo-doo" - Mark Knopfler

OfflineFletch

  • Romeo
  • *****
  • Posts: 1139
  • Location: Australia
  • Registered: February 2009
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2011, 09:06:08 AM »
As Jackal mentioned "Smooching" I must also put my hand up for that sound. So mellow and relaxed, it just wants to make you dream....
My favourite track on the local hero cd.
Hey, i`ve got a truffle dog - finally a song the ordinary man can relate too!

OfflineTally

  • Camerado
  • ***
  • Posts: 471
  • Registered: June 2009
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2011, 10:42:29 AM »
One of the more odd sounds was Boom, Like That, especially live. It sounded fabolous, loved those solos.That guitar certainly had the bite and Mark used it to great advantage.

Offlinedustyvalentino

  • Not Quite The Movie Star
  • Founder
  • THE Sultan of Swing
  • *********
  • Posts: 7190
  • Location: Donkeytown
  • Registered: August 2008
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2011, 12:20:28 PM »
One of the more odd sounds was Boom, Like That, especially live. It sounded fabolous, loved those solos.That guitar certainly had the bite and Mark used it to great advantage.

And the funny thing is, it's a really cheap guitar! I bought one for
"You can't polish a doo-doo" - Mark Knopfler

OfflineTally

  • Camerado
  • ***
  • Posts: 471
  • Registered: June 2009
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2011, 02:49:47 PM »
One of the more odd sounds was Boom, Like That, especially live. It sounded fabolous, loved those solos.That guitar certainly had the bite and Mark used it to great advantage.

And the funny thing is, it's a really cheap guitar! I bought one for

OfflineDutchessy

  • Founder
  • Brother in Arms
  • ********
  • Posts: 4304
  • Location: Kampen, Netherlands
  • Registered: April 2009
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2011, 12:59:37 AM »
As Jackal mentioned "Smooching" I must also put my hand up for that sound. So mellow and relaxed, it just wants to make you dream....
My favourite track on the local hero cd.

The local hero - wild theme live version from On the night/sultans of swing very best of...
Great guitar sound on that one.
Proud member of the AMIT crew

OfflineMossguitar

  • Lady writer
  • ****
  • Posts: 504
  • Location: Norway
  • Registered: August 2009
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2011, 12:25:56 PM »
Strat tone was best on Making Movies.

Les Paul tone was best on Golden Heart.

End of discussion. :)
You are absolutely right, Dusty.  :)

Offlinevgonis

  • Juliet
  • ******
  • They waited for an hour and then nothing happened
  • Posts: 2582
  • Location: athens, greece
  • Registered: January 2010
    • greece in dire straits, life in greece
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2011, 10:15:18 PM »
One of my favorites, from the very beginning, (i have listened to and liked it right from the start, so it is not a left over that became favorite when i got bored of the rest), is "It never rains". The magnificent built up at the end, the interplay between the guitar and the organ, it is like diving into the darkest, grieving part of his soul. The wah-wah(?) he uses is a rare case, in all their recorded history and it must be one of the oddest additions to their records in general. Also the almost "noir" Planet of the New Orleans, has a similar, chilling feeling but with a much cleaner production and the interplay is mostly between the pedal steel and his MK2 guitar, while the keyboards are creating an after hours, empty streets, raining city, much like a Bryan Ferry background in his Bete noir album. Marvelous. 
Come on, it is not funny anymore.

Offlineknopflertone

  • Guitar George
  • Posts: 2
  • Registered: March 2011
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2011, 07:34:22 PM »
Strat tone was best on Making Movies.

Les Paul tone was best on Golden Heart.

End of discussion. :)

I'm a newbie here but long time guitar player and MK fan, and I agree completely!

Offlinedustyvalentino

  • Not Quite The Movie Star
  • Founder
  • THE Sultan of Swing
  • *********
  • Posts: 7190
  • Location: Donkeytown
  • Registered: August 2008
Re: Guitar sound talk (no technical talk, just "sound")
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2011, 11:15:38 PM »
Strat tone was best on Making Movies.

Les Paul tone was best on Golden Heart.

End of discussion. :)

I'm a newbie here but long time guitar player and MK fan, and I agree completely!

Welcome to the best Mark Knopfler forum in the world Knopflertone!

For future reference, I am ALWAYS right. ;)
"You can't polish a doo-doo" - Mark Knopfler

 

© 2024 amarkintime.org
This is an unofficial website dedicated to Mark Knopfler developed and maintained by fans.
Top banner design by Dutchessy.
This theme is based on the SMF theme Carbonate by Bloc.
SMF 2.0.15 | SMF © 2017, Simple Machines
Simple Audio Video Embedder
Simple Audio Video Embedder
Page created in 0.088 seconds with 39 queries.