![]() ![]() Listen to Mark Knopfler’s iconic isolated guitar track for Dire Straits’ ‘Sultans of Swing’. That gives the song its sound, and I think there were quite a few five-way switches installed as a result of that song.” It’s just a Fender Twin and the Strat, with its three-way selector switch jammed into a middle position. It was the sound of Knopfler’s solo that really sold the song: “As for the actual solo, it was just more or less what I played every night. ![]() “If you feel that you’re not getting enough out of a song, change the instrument-go from an acoustic to an electric or vice versa, or try an open tuning. “It’s really a good example of how the music you make is shaped by what you play it on, and is a lesson for young players,” advises Knopfler. “ remained my main guitar for many years and was basically the only thing I played on the first album-and the new chord changes just presented themselves and fell into place.” “It just came alive as soon as I played it on that ’61 Strat,” Knopfler told Guitar World. Originally, Knopfler composed the song on a National Steel guitar in open tuning but later suggested the song was boring until he started playing it on a 1961 Fender Stratocaster which he bought in 1977. ![]() It sees Knopfler seemingly defy science by producing a fearsome run, the likes of which had never been heard before. Sultans of Swing was recorded in Standard tuning. For even more control, check out the Sultans of Swing isolated tracks below. Much of the song’s appeal comes from not only the expert composition but Mark Knopfler’s outstanding solo, a solo which has often been ranked as one of the finest of all time. Here is the backing track video for Sultans of Swing, with my main rhythm and solo tracks removed.This will make it easier to jam along with the Dire Straits cover recording lesson, and still be allow you to read the guitar tab. ![]()
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