“You can’t put out a record about a trad band": the Dire Straits classic that's often imitated, but rarely mastered

"It’s not to do with gear, it’s all to do with the way the brain sends signals to his fingers – that’s what makes Mark so ...
Celebrity Causes

Bid On Mark Knopfler's Guitar To Help Gallery

Guitarist Mark Knopfler has just released his latest solo album – Get Lucky – and to celebrate he has donated a guitar to benefit Chichester’s Pallant House Gallery in the UK. The former Dire Straits ...
Zawya

Knopfler guitar goes under the hammer

Staff ReportDubai A guitar designed by former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler is being auctioned off in the UAE to raise money for tsunami victims.The specially commissioned Stratocaster will be ...
The Financial Times

Get your hands on Mark Knopfler’s guitars

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Across the 90-odd years of its existence, the electric guitar has been the defining instrument of popular music ...