Mark Knopfler Guitar / More Knowledge about the guitar

Ernie Ball volume pedal modification to make the taper sweep like with the old Allen Bradley poti

Ingo — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:06:03 +0000

Regular readers of this blog might know my first article about the different behaviour of Mark Knopfler’s Ernie Ball volume pedal compared to recent Ernie Ball models. In short: In the 80ies a different poti was used that caused a completely different sweep curve than later ones (see diagram below). Knopfler’s pedal changes volume drastically [...]

Mark Knopfler’s Grosh Electrajet

Ingo — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:32:16 +0000

Visitors of Mark Knopfler’s latest Get Lucky tour might have wondered about one of Knopfler’s new guitars which he used on stage for the last song each night – Piper to the End. This song features (live and studio) the Electrajet built by Luthier Don Grosh. Don Grosh started his company Grosh Guitars in 1993, [...]

The different Mark Knopfler signature Strats used on the Get Lucky tour

Ingo — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:09:56 +0000

After seeing Mark Knopfler live on the recent Get Lucky tour I can confirm that he plays different MK Signature Stratocasters on stage (compare the post on Guitars on the get Lucky tour). In Oberhausen und Amsterdam he seemed to play four different red MK Strats: #1 – on Border Reiver This one is tuned [...]

Which songs of the Get Lucky tour are played with the Tone King Imperial? And what was the amp setting?

Ingo — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:06:49 +0000

Visitors of the recent Get Lucky tour have seen the Tone King Imperial on stage again, located between two red Marshall cabs just like on the previous tours. I had ideal seats for the two concerts I have been to (Oberhausen and Amsterdam) and tried to make out for which songs Tone King was used, [...]

Some new thoughts on the Ernie Ball volume pedal

Ingo — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:53:52 +0000

On the recent Get Lucky tour I became aware of a little technical detail I had never paid attention to before: I was sure that the guitar cable coming from the guitar would first go into the Ernie Ball volume pedal and then back to the area on the right side behind the stage where [...]

Mark Knopfler – Guitars on the Get Lucky tour 2010

Ingo — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:57:11 +0000

The US leg of Mark Knopfler’s 2010 Get Lucky tour is over, and we in Europe are looking forward to the next part. Due to the new recording policy on all MK concerts, there seem to be less videos on youtube than we had the years before, but still we have some On the base [...]

Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms – Cover by Ingo Raven

Ingo — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:27:33 +0000

This week-end I found time again to record another cover version - Brothers in Arms. After Six Blade Knife and Wild West End, this is the third video I put some additional effort into, which means I did not record the audio with the microphone of the camcorder but with the gear in our homerecording [...]

Version without backing tracks of my Wild West End video

Ingo — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:19:53 +0000

Just a quick note: I added a version of my Wild West End video from last week without backing tracks, just vocals and lead guitar as I played it live over the backing track. The mix including all effects and EQ is the same as in the full video with exception that I increased the [...]

Mark Knopfler – You can’t beat the house – Variations of the standard blues scheme

Ingo — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:19:42 +0000

The song You can’t beat the House of Mark Knopfler’s latest album Get Lucky is a traditional sounding blues song, reminding of some Chicago blues. However, something in its chord scheme sounds somewhat surprising and fresh, so I had a closer look at the chords and the structure of the song. You can’t beat the [...]

Thomas Schwarze / Ingo Raven – Jamming on Stratocaster and Telecaster

Ingo — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:28:12 +0000

A few days ago I jammed a bit with a friend of mine – Thomas Schwarze – in our little home studio. Thomas is a great guitar player and also plays fingerstyle, using a technique similar to the MK style. Our first idea was to play “something” and upload it to youtube. We tried out [...]