This is one of Mark’s earliest guitars, predating his red 1961 Stratocaster. Even though it’s been more than 50 years since Mark got this guitar, he still owns it and takes a special care of it.
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Mark’s Hofner was made in 1962, and it features red finish, celluloid strip fretboard inlays, and two type 510 “Diamond Logo” pickups. It was his first guitar, and at that time he couldn’t afford an amplifier so he played it through a family radio instead. Mark’s father bought this guitar for him in 1964 for 50£ when Mark was just 15 years old. Mark Knopfler’s Electric Guitars: 1962 Hofner Super Solid V2 In 1977, Dire Straits recorded a five-song demo tape which included their future hit single, “Sultans of Swing”, as well as “Water of Love”, “Down to the Waterline”, “Wild West End” and David Knopfler’s “Sacred Loving”.Īs a member of Dire Straits, and as a solo artist, Mark sold over 120 million records worldwide, and has won 4 Grammy Awards. He is ranked 27th on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
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He formed Dire Straits in 1977 together with his brothers David Knopfler, and friends John Illsley, and Pick Withers. Mark’s first guitar was a £50 twin-pick-up Höfner Super Solid.During the 1960s, he formed and joined schoolboy bands and listened to singers like Elvis Presley and guitarists Chet Atkins, Scotty Moore, B.B King, Django Reinhardt, Hank Marvin, and James Burton.
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Mark Freuder Knopfler was born on 12 August 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland to an English mother and Hungarian Jewish father.