This unusual looking guitar features one piece body / neck construction and no headstock like almost every other guitar has. Jack Sonni said in an interview that they got two Steinbergers just before before the start of the Brothers in arms tour. Click here for a picture featuring both Mark's and Jack's Steinberger guitars and a comment from Jack Sonni (taken from Guitarist magazine, February 1986). And click here and here and here to see Mark and Jack in action in 1985 with their Steinberger guitars.

Mark used this Steinberger GL2T live on Money for nothing and One world during the Brothers in arms tour in 1986. Mark also used this guitar to play Money for nothing on the Prince's Trust Rock Gala, 20th June 1986. The initials MK are hand inscribed on the back cover plate.

When Mark is being interviewed by Vintage Guitar Magazine (published in May 2001) and they ask him to comment on various guitars, this is what Mark said about Steinberger: "That’s funny – I’ve just come back from holiday, and I took it with me and played it every day just so I could stay on top of things. It’s great to put it on your back or throw it into the luggage compartment of a plane. I used to use ‘em onstage; it’s a great guitar for touring. It’s strong as a truck."

This guitar was auctioned at Christie's in London on 31st January 2024. It was sold for 69.300 Pounds.

This seems to be the white Steinberger from Jack Sonni that Mark plays here.

For the full picture, click here. On the left you can see Joop de Korte (percussionist) and on the right Ron Eve (Mark Knopfler's guitar tech).

Dire Straits plays here at the Julie's Night Club in Newcastle, after one of their shows in Newcastle, December 1985. According to Alan Clark is was a cool down show and done more often. The headband Mark wears here was probably given by a fan.