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Brand | Ovation |
Type | Adamas 1187 (black) | |
Year | 1979 | |
Serial number | Unknown | |
Additional info | This guitar was used on The man`s too strong during the Brothers in arms world tour in 1985. Click here and here for other pictures of Mark and this guitar. |
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Brand | Ovation |
Type | Adamas 1187 (blue burst) | |
Year | 1979 | |
Serial number | Unknown | |
Additional info | This guitar was used on Bob Dylan´s Slow train coming, Love over gold and Local hero. The picture on the left is taken from the Love over gold tour book and shows the guitars that were used for that album. The Ovation guitars are on the right, left of the black basses. Click here for a closeup, the 1187 is the one on the right. |
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Brand | Ovation |
Type | Adamas 1188 (blue burst) | |
Year | 1979 | |
Serial number | Unknown | |
Additional info | This guitar is similar to the 1187 edition, but the 1188 is a 12 string guitar. The picture on the left is taken from the Love over gold tour book and shows the guitars that were used for that album. The Ovation guitars are on the right, left of the black basses. Click here for a closeup, the 1188 is the one on the left. |
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Brand | Ovation |
Type | 1116 Classic | |
Year | Unknown | |
Serial number | Unknown | |
Additional info | This guitar has nylon strings and can be seen in the video clip of Private investigations. |
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Brand | Ovation |
Type | 1119 Custom Legend | |
Year | Unknown | |
Serial number | Unknown | |
Additional info | This guitar can be seen in the documentary BBC Arena (1980) where Mark plays the unreleased song Making movies on this guitar. |
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Brand | Ovation |
Type | Unknown | |
Year | Unknown | |
Serial number | Unknown | |
Additional info | Mark Knopfler played this guitar in the videoclip of Never told a soul by John Illsley, 1983. It is a different guitar compared to the one above, as you can clearly see by the different inlays on the neck. |