Mark Knopfler & Eric Clapton Signature Shootout!
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2021
- When it comes to iconic British guitarists, there aren't many who've stood the test of time like Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton.
World renowned for their great songs, inspirational tones and virtuoso playing, these two have had their fair pick of gear over time.
The stars aligned at Peach, as we took delivery of a Suhr Knopfler Spec and Fender Masterbuilt Eric Clapton Strat the same day, so we thought we better not waste any time, and put together this video showing their iconic signature models through their common ground - Soldano Amplification.
As expected, the Suhr sold shortly after shooting this video, but if you'd like to get your hands on one, email us at info@peachguitars.com
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Knopfler is so underrated. Whenever someone lists legendary British guitarist it's always Clapton, Page, Gilmour, May etc but MK should be in that list every time.
Clapton, Beck, Page. Got it?
All the others come after that, and down the list.
@@russellparratt9859 Clearly I don’t get it in that case. Thanks for highlighting what is clearly so objective.
@@stevewallek990 There was some intended humour in my comment. Nevertheless, when it comes to "legendary British guitarist", the Holy Trio, as rock history will indicate, is Clapton, Beck and Page. They laid the foundations for much of what happened afterwards. The Yardbirds, The Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Led Zeppelin. Add to that Jeff Beck's idiosyncratic brilliance throughout several decades.
It's rock history. Historical fact is pretty objective.
Nothing will change whatever has already been established.
Of course, I'm fully aware of the great contributions of Harrison, Richards and Townsend, but their contributions were more in the context of being part of a band, rather than breaking new ground in the world of guitar music.
@@russellparratt9859 Cool
Interesting argument you guys are hashing out. I do agree with you, Steve Wallek. But I have to say, the fact that in a discussion of legendary British guitarists, neither of you even mentions Steve Howe and Allan Holdsworth is a little disturbing, haha
Jack may be the star of this channel (and rightfully so), but I've got to say hats off to Joel for doing a damn fine job of imitating Clapton's and Knopfler's styles of playing and tones.
Knopflers a guitar genius which ever he plays I've never been so traumatized in my life with his solos, 13 live concerts to my name he was amazing on that 6 string 👴🏼 🎸
The Suhr always excites me. Knopfler used it on the On the Night tour / live dvd. It's the live show that got me into playing. I owned a replica, just can't justify the price.
Rudy Pensa told me it was about a nine month build on the MK1, so $10,000 is not too bad.
Just think it’s money for something, pun intended! Great player Marc Knofler, I love his playing too! I saw them play together in Sacramento Calif, Eric and Marc, I loved every minute!
Awesome video! I'm a huge Clapton fanatic, and I also love Knofler. I'm going to go watch Knebbworth '89 now. Thank You!
The Knopfler guitar is, indeed, already sold.
One of my favorite peach video , great !
Great video as always! And big thumbs up on that Tudor right there Mr Jack ;)
This is great. You guys killed it
I have a Clapton strat since 1991. Still the best strat I ever played.
I have one too.. a 91 blackie. But my 87 mij squier is my preference.
yes but heavy gauge strings
bad trem
bad tuners
no hss
@@phenixreturns buy a Charvel
I've got an 88 Clapton Sig. Brilliant. Love the Gold Sensors. Gigged it for many years. Still looks the same. I have a load of guitars but if I had to keep one that would be the one.
I had a very similar Suhr for a while - it was a hard tail, but otherwise the same in the orange with the EMGs. Very cool, very iconic guitar.
Suhr is beautiful
brilliant job lads. just out of absolute curiosity, the floyd on knopflers guitar caught my attention. does he use the trem more "heavily" nowadays? excuse my ignorance I havent heard any of his stuff since DIRE STRAITS...
Great demo Gentleman!!
Great video
My two favourite guitarists !!
Interesting to note that the Pensa version doesn't appear to offer the mid boost instead offering a coil tap on the bucker. They must be using the EMG 89. I guess there is no way of adding the mid boost if you have the humbucker tapped hence why Suhr installed the position 2 wiring mod.
The schecter Dream Machine that MK purchased back in the early 80s from Rudy's used their Schecter F500T over-wound pickups which had a centre tap. So with the tap selected you got that high twag strat sound and apposed to the over-wound sound which increases the mids. I'm guessing the EMG boost in the MK1 was there to duplicate that sound
Nice job gents. Both sounded awesome. Spot on!
Incredible!!
That Bad Love jam channelling Mr. Clapton’s 24 nights RAH 1990 playing was spot on... tremendous stuff. Wish Jack had a go on the strat with some leads too. The chap’s an absolute monster!
I agree, that was some insane playing & tone!
I think you guys were a bit mistaken about the pickup selections MK used for the strat and LP. He was mostly using the Bridge/middle on the strat and neck pickup on the Les Paul for the songs you mentioned
What would have been cool was to switch styles Knopfler on the Clapton strat, and Clapton on the Suhr. The tones were dead on fellas. I can’t say I thought one was better than the other because the tones for the respective artist was dead on! Great playing guys!
Excellent 👌☺️
I have the Dr Z Jetta, great amp! You should use it more in your videos.
The first guitar I bought was an inexpensive, and as it turned out, cheap (this is how 'cheap' is used!) Kramer Striker. The pickups were HSS, but weak, so I bought an EMG 85-SA-SA set, which cost more than the guitar. These same EMGs are now in an '87 Ibanez I came across here in Japan.
Those two guitars and SLO 100s are the sound of the Wembley Mandela birthday show and the tour that followed. To me, that guitar is the sound of Knopfler.
I think the lace are like emg unliked for a stupid reason… they are so juicy and sweet with gain if you need it. Lovely pickups
that suhr is a sick guitar! but to my ears it sounds nothing like the recordings of knopfler
Well it would be pretty impossible to 100%
Nor the live recordings I've heard. When he did Brothers in Arms, the tone sounded a little dead and "plastic" compared to Mark's Les Paul. I'm not even a Les Paul guy, but Mark's tone has a really nice clarity and string-tone, that I'm not hearing here.
@@darwinsaye exactly it was allot smoother
So the Suhr was MK's touring guitar to save him carrying his 58 LP and Strats - so that's why it doesn't sound like the recordings. Playing live, they guys talk about the fact that he did have a "fridge full of rack gear" that would be processing the guitar signal (not to mention post-production of the sound for dvd etc) and these guys are running it pretty dry.. so yeah if you have some effects to mould the sound, I'm pretty sure that you'll get really really close.
@@imahighwaychile4958 yeah I'm sure all of that is true and that's fine. It's just not his sound.
Great. I wish to know what are the SLO30 settings to achieve that tone
If you can zoom in you should be able to see where the knobs are on the amp!
remember all have boost
boost -tbx vs EMg electronics (not just the pickups)
Awesome vid. What is the intro/outro jam please?
No Alibis by EC !!!
I like the knopfler guitar.
Everyone forgetting there’s a Knopfler Fender Strat ? Played one years ago, Red with rosewood fingerboard
You need a Hot Pink Silver Sky to pair with that Soldano. Any news on when you might be getting one???
No official word yet, we'll have to wait and see if it's just a special JM one off or if it's going to be a production finish.....we dig it though so here's hoping!
@@PeachGuitars Is there an "unofficial" word??? Lol!
Does anyone know the exact model of the Suhr? is it the Pensa Suhr MK-1? Do appreciate your help and if this guitar is still offered as part of the SUHR lineup, I believe it's not.
Where are all the guitars?!?!? Great playing 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Hi,
Did you use an attenuator for this video ?
Thank you very much !
@Peach Guitars Please !
The truck is backing up to the store already to haul away those guitars.
I love that song, No alibis From Eric!
It would have been more appropriate to have included Knopfler's signature Stratocaster rather than his Suhr
We made the video because we had both guitars in stock at the same time, which is a real rarity. Plus Mark's signature Strat has been out of production for a number of years so this was the best we could do!
@@PeachGuitarsThanks. I never realised that Mark's signature Strat was no longer in production.
Knopfler played a lot of Pensa-Suhr guitars in his later days. That i what he drifted to besides his Nationals.
@@PeachGuitars you managed to have this two guitars and you don't have a time machine..🤨 Great Scott!
@@tomaszbaran why the past tense? He did a world tour 2 years ago with a very impressive line up of guitars
1 THING WAS WRONG IN THIS VIDEO : Guitar pickups from Clapton period are LACE SENSORS GOLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best clapton sounding ever , 80's
Mark hasn't ever played a Suhr as far as I know. He used a couple of this style which were under the name Pensa-Suhr (co-built and designed by Rudy Pensa and John Suhr in consultation with Mark), but since the two stopped making guitars together, he has exclusively used Pensa over Suhr.
The original was indeed a Pensa - Suhr. He uses Pensa now. In my opinion the Suhr is closer to the original than the Pensa's are now.
You’re deadly wrong my friend, there’s a video of him on UA-cam playing a Suhr guitar. Search it.
@@RubinhoBorges Generally the way disagreement works is that you present your own evidence, rather than asking the person you're disagreeing with to research your own point for you.
@@lapelcelery42 well, and if I simply don’t care about it? I just saw you saying something wrong and wanted to correct. Making a point, wasn’t actually my point.
@@RubinhoBorges if you care enough to disagree, you should care enough to present some evidence, not conjecture. I believe you are mistaken, as I said above there's no evidence I know of of him playing a Suhr. If you can present some, I'll have to change my mind, but I've already looked into it somewhat and I haven't seen it.
Who is that "Ingwei Steen"- something , they mention early in the video?
Yngwie Malmsteen, the Swedish supremo!
@@PeachGuitars OK thanks, Personally i'll still choose the Geordie boy and even the anti vaxxer from Surrey because they both can carry a good tune. :-) Great demo, as always!
Clapton for sure, Clapton fits in my age bracket. Dire Straits sorta falls into “new wave” for me.
You must be old then !
Knopfler & Clapton had several things in common: the SLO-100, the mid-boost… and Jack, er, I meant, Phil Palmer!
good answer yes Soldano ! but Knopfler had a better tone
in fact the best is Gary Moore with a Soldano
Killer!
if you need a guitar you can only buy the Clapton
the other is very expensive
with the Clapton model you can have all what you want
but heavy gauge strings
bad trem
bad tuners
no hss
no good neck joint
but versatile guitar
with the Suhr : versatile but just decent clean tone
better for metal -high hain
better trem tuners, hss
but the price is indecent
💯
Can’t make a choice between the two so both
Beautiful strat. What is the official name of that strat colour?
Almond green I think
@@raymartinez5339 Yes, Almond Green... I think it's an Aston Martin color.
@@s2seltaeb bad ass
@@raymartinez5339 Thank you sir.
I don’t see John anymore, what happened to him.
He's a bit too busy running the UK's best guitar store to be in the videos at the moment!
He'll be back though, plans are afoot!
Can i get that Clapton Strat & that Soldano, please?
We can't get you those exact models but I'm sure we can help source you your own! Get in touch with info@peachguitars.com and our guys will help you out.
Would have guessed the strat was a Vintera.
he knows his licks on the left side
Knopfler didn't get the Pensa Suhr until 1988. In fact, John Suhr was so rushed getting it ready for the Mandela warm up gigs, he was worried that when Knopfler opened the case, the finish would be stuck to it.
I'm sure Suhr was exaggerating but you get the point. He did not get the Pensa Suhr in 1986.
Come on, Mark or Eric, say something !.......i call that an hommage
indeed EMG very fuzzy
Knopfler for ever
wow................ear candy
No one ever mentions Richard Thompson, which is a shame. I suppose “influence” is implied as a measure of greatness
Love Clapton but stopped liking his tone after he retired Blackie
Sorry. Neither one though they're both near and dear to my heart. But, there was another Soldono endorsee though it didn't last.very long, or we didn't know how long he even used them in additional to his endorsement amps, or his beloved Marshall's with their homemade various. Yes, im talking about Edward VanHalen, who was more an influence on me than Clapton and Knopfler combined. Feel bad not though because I'm a little bit younger just young enough to to have been 10 years old when I heard the full Vanhalen 1 and I immediately had to have a guitar and amp and have spent a lifetime trying to figure out all his tricks, songs, bandstand taps. A lifelong passion progress for sure. But, Edward Always said that Clapton was his guy, so full circle right? We are all inspired in some way by Clapton, mine just got filtered through the great EVH., And that's a good thing fellas!
Very nice playing and tones for sure ! (serious)
Nice instruments too and only a tad over 6000 pounds. (maybe slightly sarcastic).
But boy, that Suhr sure is gorgeous !
There was a little missing in the finger picking technique. I guess it’s not necessary to know the tone is there. But still the Sultans of Swing stuff lacked some of the picked notes.
Thought you said he was a Knopfler expert, didn't sound like it to me,
Clapton was the first Fender signature artist. The first iteration had Lace Sensors. Nice tones chaps.
Jeff Beck turned down the offer by Fender to be the first .
@@TheHumbuckerboy exactly. But it didn’t take him long to change his mind!
@@steveburroughs7343 Jeff seemed to have been embarrassed and that is why he didn't accept Fender's offer. The Strat Plus was essentially what his proposed first signature would have been. Then he had a couple of different Fender signature Strats that had different neck thicknesses, different pickup configurations and pickup types .
@@TheHumbuckerboy One of his stage guitars was assembled from an Olympic White '95 body with the neck of a Midnight Purple '93 attached on it. It also sports a calibrated set of stacked humbuckers custom-wound by John Suhr himself.
Pensa Suhr settings
Bridge=1 Middle=3 Neck=5
Boost=EMG SPC push/pull tone pot
1988 Mandela Gig
Sultans of Swing position 4 boost off
Money for noth position 2 boost on
Brothers in Arms position 2 boost on
1991/92 on Every Street Tour
Telegraph Road position 4 boost on
Brothers in arms position 2 boost on
Sultans of Swing position 4 boost off
Money For Noth position 1 boost on( see note)
Calling Elvis position 2 boost on Heavy Fuel position 2 boost on.
NOTE: Money For Nothing 91 not 100% with boost being on. Difficult to get a good enough view on this track like the others but definitely using position 1 Bridge NOT position 2. Sounds far more distorted than position 2 on the Mandela Gig. So possibly boost is on which isn't normal to us on the EMG 85s. The SPC is normally just for the single SA coils to give them the humbucker sound.
I'm the Knopfler and Clapton expert.
Either setup is a kind of dead-end for me. Seriously, imagine attempting to have your own thing playing through either Clapton or Knopfler's rig. It's a nice thought and I've tried playing with both sounds but there's always that specter hanging over my shoulder which leads me back to playing some trademark theme that definitely isn't mine - annoying.
hmmm... these guys vs. the Anderton's boys.... Danish Pete, the Cap'n and Rob Chapman, Rabea or the Pedal Guys "Mick here" "Dan here"... tough call
Ah... I forgot Sir Joss Allen!
We're not too sure how to take this comment, is it a compliment.......?
Peach Guitars are better
Knopfler! 🤣😂👍👍
Pass on both. Lucky enough to see EC in '07 but prefer him on a Gibson.
Mark,,,,i had a Strat in '77 and appreciated the clean side.
i dislike this sig. My loss.
"prefer him on a Gibson."
Thought I was the only person alive who felt that way...Nice to know there's at least one other out there....
@@BizarrePudding here's another one.
@@alessandromannucci8663 me three! Or is that four now?!? Haha
Am I the only one thinking where is the knopfler tone? Maybe it's the phone but still...
Knopfler it is origianl performer clap its surrogate blues but good voice
A sad reminder that Knopfler’s best work was on single coil guitars- up to and including Love Over Gold. Btw that is knopfler tone. A fender strat position 2 is the definitive Knopfler tone ala sultans of swing.
MK sounds great with an LP too.
He finally got. Real burst in the late 80's if memory serves me right.
The Schecter strat that Knopfler used during Love over gold tour and Brothers in arms is no longer in production. In a documentary MK said his Pensa was the best guitar he ever used, he used it for almost every song on the On every street tour so I would say the Pensa represents him pretty well
@12:58 lol
Sup
Clapton Is GOD
Knopfler Guitar better, definitely!
I think the Jetta was the real star here.
Obviously Larry Carlton or Tim Pierce is the answer 👍🌈
The Suhr is much better in quality and Tone than the Fender !
You're welcome to use that comment for a tshirt
the Clapton model sounds better
"Haych ss"
"Aitch ss"
@@PeachGuitars it'd be an awesome shirt. Love the videos, guys. Keep it up
Knopfler runs superior
brothers in arms without reverb sounds so wrong
I don't understad signature guitars. What's the point??
You don't see any point to Les Pauls?
Becasue every guitar player is a fan also. Ask John Mayer and Kenny Wayne why they played a SRV on stage. Why did SRV match his Fuzz Face with the color Jimi used? The list goes on
They're just a guitar with a specific set of specs, like any other model. The fact that they're signature models just means those specs were specified by a specific famous person. Not always, but in the case of both of these guitars, certainly.
@@MontyCantsin5 Ultimate reply
Vous avez mon poisson?
is it a no talking video ? lol not Suhr
Jackson should have played that...weak.
Michael?
Rudy Pensa is not a guitar builder, he can hardly even play a guitar. He's the rich money man that hired John Suhr. The guitar was designed and built by John Suhr originally for himself until Rudy persuaded him to modify slightly for MK and give it ro him for the upand coming Mandela gig.
When John fell out with Rudy over Rudys bad business model mark sided with Rudy, saddly money talks and Rudy has plenty of it. The fall out was over Rudy wanting to have the necks and body built over seas to save on cost and get John to assemble at Rudys in NY. John wasn't willing to sacrifice quality over affordability. Rudy want to make more profit. He's a business man after all.
John Suhr, not only an exceptional guitar builder is also master in electronics and amplifiers. He added a wiring mod to this guitar in position 4 to give it the strat classic next and middle pickup sound. Pensa isn't allowed to use this wiring mod on his guitars.
So the Suhr we see here is more or less identical to Knopflers guitar.
Only differences are
1. John, having already built the body had to mount the bridge pickup from tge rear via the them cavity.
2. Pensa has the patent on the selector switch location. Which is positioned further back. However John preferred it further up so its more accesable and he moved the volume so trolley slightly down which is better fir knopefler style playing as the two fingers can rest better which was always an issue with his fender Strats. Hence why he purchased a schecter from Rudy in the early 80s.
3 MK had a maple neck however Suhr offer both maple or mahogany.
The Suhr is a better guitar
First
This is laughable.
We're really glad you enjoyed it!
The Clapton neck renders the guitar useless.
Yeah right, maybe if you have little baby hands. Easiest playing neck I have ever owned. Same as the Jimmie Vaughan Strat.
No it doesn’t.
Unless it suits you; which mine does.