Mark Knopfler and his guitars

Rickenbacker

	Brand	Rickenbacker
	Type	425
	Year	Unknown
	Serial number	Unknown
	Additional info	A very rare (!) picture which shows Mark Knopfler with a Rickenbacker guitar. He played it on Portobello belle during the On Location tour in 1981. Click here for another rare picture, taken in Bologna, 30th June 1981. Apparently, Mark borrowed the guitar from Hal Lindes. The 425 was made between 1958 and 1973. In 1965 some 425's were equipped with the unusual Boyd vibrato. Click here for a another rare picture of Mark's guitars used on the On Location tour. The picture was taken backstage at the concert at Vigorelli, Milan, Italy, 29th June 1981. The Rickenbacker can be seen on the left of the National. And click here for a rare picture of Mark with this guitar, taken from an Italian newspaper dated from 2nd July 1981.

	Brand	Rickenbacker
	Type	360 BBR
	Year	2006
	Serial number	06 / 12212
	Additional info	The headstock with applied logo Rickenbacker, the input jack plate stamped 06 / 12212, the body of a blue burst colour. Mark Knopfler purchased this Rickenbacker from Sound Stage Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, in October 2006. Although not known for being a Rickenbacker player, Knopfler told Guitarist magazine in 2021: 'I use a Rickenbacker for some "chings" or some "drings" occasionally.' The guitar was first seen in the studio during early recording sessions for Knopfler’s solo studio album Kill to get crimson at British Grove Studios in 2006. Over ten years later, Knopfler had finally found the right song for the guitar when he used the Rickenbacker to record the track One song at a time on his ninth solo studio album Down the road wherever. Knopfler also played the Rickenbacker on the bonus track Don’t suck me in, which was only available on the Box Set Deluxe edition LP. The guitar was taken out on the subsequent Down the road wherever tour for guitarist Richard Bennett, although it appears that the guitar was not seen on stage. Bennett’s guitar tech Tim Myer was seen tuning the guitar during the production rehearsals in April 2019. The guitar was also pictured on the 2019 litho. This guitar was auctioned at Christie's in London on 31st January 2024. It was sold for 37.800 Pounds.