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Brand | Martin |
| Type | D-42 | |
| Year | 1945 | |
| Serial number | Unknown | |
| Additional info |
Mark used this song live for Who's your baby
now and Speedway at Nazareth during the Sailing to
Philadelphia tour 2001. The Japanese magazine The guitar featured a great article in 2001 listing all of Mark Knopfler's guitars which he used on the Sailing to Philadelphia tour 2001. The article featured seperate photos of each of these guitars. Click here for a photo of this Martin D-42. |
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Brand | Martin |
| Type | HD-40 MK Signature Edition | |
| Year | 2001 | |
| Serial number | Unknown | |
| Additional info |
All the songs on The ragpicker’s dream
were written on this guitar, as were several songs on Shangri-La and
All the roadrunning. The guitar was released as a
limited edition,
just 251 ones were made. Mark Knopfler's
unique signature is inlaid in
mother of pearl on the neck of the guitar. On 24th January 2001, the dinosaur species
Masiakasaurus knopfleri was found and named after Knopfler by paleontologist Scott
Sampson and his crew because they were listening to Dire Straits recordings
when they discovered the species. Nice detail of this Martin guitar is that
the neck block has laser-etched dinosaur
Masiakasaurus
knopfleri on it. Mark received the first
prototype on 25th July 2001, the guitar went in production in January 2002.
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Brand | Martin |
| Type | HD-40 MK Signature Edition | |
| Year | 2001 | |
| Serial number | Unknown | |
| Additional info | Mark used this guitar for Marbletown at the AOL Sessions, New York, USA, 15th November 2002. It is a similar guitar to the one above, but this one has block inlays instead of dot markers on the neck. It seems they changed that once they went in production. |
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Brand | Martin |
| Type | 000-40S "Ragpicker's Dream" Signature Edition | |
| Year | 2006 | |
| Serial number | Unknown | |
| Additional info |
Each 000-40S Mark Knopfler
“Ragpicker’s Dream” Signature Edition has an interior label personally
signed by Mark Knopfler and Martin Chairman C. F. Martin IV and is numbered
in sequence with the edition total, as well as a special “Ragpicker’s Dream”
designation laser etched on the neck block. The guitar was released as a
limited edition,
just 155 ones were made. Mark Knopfler's
unique signature
is inlaid in mother of pearl between the 18th and 20th frets. Inside, you
can also find the name
Ragpicker's Dream. Click here for a photo where you can see Mark with his new signature Martin acoustic being photographed by Simon Tutchener, the lighting designer from the All the roadrunning tour. The photo was made during Production Rehearsals for that tour, May 2006.
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Brand | Martin |
| Type | Unknown | |
| Year | Unknown | |
| Serial number | Unknown | |
| Additional info |
On 27th April 2016, John McCusker was presented
with the Good Tradition Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Mark Knopfler
joined John and his band to play Haul away at the awards ceremony at
the Royal Albert Hall. Mark played on a Martin guitar which is different compared to the Martin listed above. This guitar has no number under the logo on the headstock. See another picture of that performance here. |
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Brand | Martin |
| Type | Size 5 Mini Martin | |
| Year | 2006 | |
| Serial number | Unknown | |
| Additional info |
This is a Size 5 Mini Martin (Terz 12-Fret) made by C.F. Martin
& Co. Mark used this guitar on the recording of Remembrance Day for
the Get lucky album (2010). The screenshot on the left is taken from
that actual recording session. It can also be seen on the Tracker EPK
and is pictured on the litho print in the Tracker box-set. The guitar is one of a run of just 295 made. |
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Brand | Martin |
| Type | D-18 | |
| Year | 1935 | |
| Serial number | Unknown | |
| Additional info | This guitar is featured on some promotional pictures for the Get lucky album and the screenshot on the left is taken from the Privateering EPK. Mark Knopfler got this guitar as a present from his friend Paul Kennerly. Vintage Guitar magazine (February 2014) published a nice photo of this guitar. It can also be seen on the Tracker EPK and is pictured on the litho print in the Tracker box-set. Click here for a stunning picture of this guitar. |
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Brand | Martin |
| Type | Unknown | |
| Year | Unknown | |
| Serial number | Unknown | |
| Additional info | This guitar is played by Mark Knopfler on the 2019 documentary "A life on the road" by Brian Johnson. One of the songs played on it was Matchstick man. |
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Brand | Martin |
| Type | Unknown | |
| Year | Unknown | |
| Serial number | Unknown | |
| Additional info | Mark used this guitar during the meet and greet before Mark Knopfler's gigs in London, UK, May 2008. Type of this guitar is unknown to me. |
