Rare Pic of the maple strat with original volume knob

[JF]

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

[JF]

the pic is dated from Roundhouse january 78

[stratmad]

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.

[JF]

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)

[JF]

I'm planning to write a little article about this on my blog