what guitar does mark knopfler play
Knopfler picks up his third key guitar, a 1961 Fender Stratocaster, and plays a few notes from the band's breakthrough song, Sultans of Swing. The Stratocaster was the guitar Knopfler had always wanted, but as his music progressed he sought to diversify his sound. Knopfler's fourth key guitar, which he played on Brothers in Arms, is a sunburst 1958 Gibson Les Paul.
Knopfler and Pensa describe their collaboration on the design of Knopfler's fifth key guitar, the Pensa MK-1, which he played during his final years with Dire Straits. The film ends with a visit to the Long Island workshop of master luthier John Monteleone.