<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Dire-straits ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/dire-straits Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:26:07 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “It has such a great story behind it. There's lots of provenance to this guitar.” Mark Knopfler borrowed this 12-string electric for 50 years and played it on some famous songs with Dire Straits. Now it could be yours ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/mark-knopflers-baldwin-burns-double-sixguitar-auction M34gWUJAT4sKKjHJ83c5SS Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:26:07 +0000 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:43:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mark Knopfler says three bouts of COVID have stunted his abilities – but he'll get over it ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/mark-knopflers-brothers-in-arms-admission Bca4wYAYe5QS3PJ4RujQ7Y Sat, 09 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If you’re the one who wrote the songs, you’re kind of allowed to be crap.” Mark Knopfler says it's “awkward” to be called a guitar god and tells who deserves the title ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/mark-knopfler-on-not-being-a-guitar-god-and-who-is 5RvEgXMbbwnkbH9n4PfjeE Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:49:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It's a cheap guitar, and I did everything wrong, but I think they’re perfect notes.” Mark Knopfler on the guitar solo he calls even better than Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/mark-knopfler-on-the-solo-he-calls-better-than-sultans-of-swing TTw9F42ToaGXvQhJQHuWTR Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:46:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The intro guitar sound was somewhat of an accident.” Mark Knopfler’s now-famous tone on a Dire Straits monster hit was all down to dumb luck ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/mark-knopfler-guitar-tone-on-dire-straits-hit-down-to-dumb-luck h424TEaonM3r6tqKcC5Nxg Fri, 23 May 2025 14:59:53 +0000 Fri, 23 May 2025 15:00:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Playing four notes to the bar with your thumb changed everything for me.” Mark Knopfler grew up wanting to be like Jimi Hendrix. He's revealed the guitarist who changed his mind ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/mark-knopfler-fingerpicking-and-four-notes-to-the-bar WFGWcgWGALfa8bSAC8Fi2h Tue, 20 May 2025 15:32:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I’m pretty sure I played a lot of that stuff without looking." Mark Knopfler called it his most challenging Dire Straits song to perform. The reason has nothing to do with the guitar part ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/mark-knopfler-on-the-most-challenging-song-to-play-live LypGsGv7N3CjNNwzdhd95T Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:05:24 +0000 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:08:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ "They sort of appear as if they are out there in the air. The best ones do. But I don’t know how they get there." David Gilmour talks soloing in Guitar Player's guide to the Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/the-greatest-guitar-solos-of-all-time gviGFZB7g47jARwMjHQS8g Sun, 27 Oct 2024 18:09:56 +0000 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:24:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ten Mind-Blowing Rock Guitar Solos Every Player Needs to Know About ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/best-rock-guitar-solos kfjJf3vrWtbq7DGJAXhZiG Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:58:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Music Is About Completing Those Little Circuits That Connect You to Your Past”: Mark Knopfler Looks Back on the Journey From “Sultans of Swing” to His Latest Solo Album, ‘Down the Road Wherever’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/mark-knopfler-down-the-road-wherever pFbXshFLSxK7JDqLwPaVhT Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:17:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I Was Doing Things With My Fingers That I Couldn't Do With a Pick”: Mark Knopfler on His World-Famous Picking Technique ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/i-was-doing-things-with-my-fingers-that-i-couldnt-do-with-a-pick-mark-knopfler-on-his-world-famous-picking-technique 2sbuB3vTmc7rTF5fhgp3c7 Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:23:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mark Knopfler’s Favorite Studio Guitars ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/mark-knopflers-favorite-studio-guitars YSEtgazJoehP5jwhTsfzxg Tue, 28 Sep 2021 20:10:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ever Wondered What Mark Knopfler’s Contemporaries Have to Say About Him? ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/ever-wondered-what-mark-knopflers-contemporaries-have-to-say-about-him zdTiYXixzdmAE7BjCs6Ke5 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:06:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Mark Knopfler Bring the House Down with His Epic “Sultans of Swing” Solo ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-mark-knopfler-bring-the-house-down-with-his-epic-sultans-of-swing-solo QJp3d638NqQGQxZTv9Mr29 Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:59:07 +0000 Thu, 12 Aug 2021 16:05:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Tones: “Money for Nothing” – Dire Straits ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/classic-tones-money-for-nothing-dire-straits jnMyduHZuCLGViwFbDAgqG Thu, 01 Jul 2021 20:01:44 +0000 Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:59:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Three Incredible Guitarists Play Dire Straits’ “Sultans of Swing” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-three-incredible-guitarists-play-dire-straits-sultans-of-swing UU336VdcvxNVydwoCNc2hD Fri, 02 Apr 2021 16:45:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler Play "Cocaine" and "Sultans of Swing" in 1988 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-eric-clapton-and-mark-knopfler-play-cocaine-and-sultans-of-swing-in-1988 CTuRxwboqbi5XTGqvHaFig Wed, 12 Aug 2020 13:57:14 +0000