Riff Tone

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

Guitarrock1980s

Original Gear

Guitar1983 Schecter Stratocaster (red, rosewood board, EMG-style pickups, hardtail bridge)

AmpMarshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head into Marshall 1960AHW 4x12 Cabinet

PickupsSchecter F500T single-coil (Strat-style, high output, ceramic magnets)

Amp Settings

gain3.5

bass6.5

mid7

treble6.5

reverb3.5

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

chorusBoss Boss CE-2 Chorus

compressionBoss Boss CS-2 Compression Sustainer

delayBoss Boss DM-2 Delay

Notes

Studio recording, 1984-1985. Gear confirmed for album sessions, not live. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this section. Pickup selector jammed in-between positions for out-of-phase sound. See Equipboard and Guitar World for amp/guitar confirmation.

Tone Character(10)

warm and smoothglassy highstouch-sensitiveslightly compressedambient and atmosphericchorus shimmerrich sustainnot heavily distortedclear fingerstyle articulationmild breakup

Difficulty

The riff requires intermediate fingerstyle technique, dynamic control, and subtlety to achieve the smooth, atmospheric tone and articulation characteristic of Knopfler's playing.

Sources

Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms - Gear & Equipment Used on the Album | Equipboard Mark Knopfler's Guitars, Amps, Pedals & Other Gear | Equipboard 25 of the greatest guitar tones of all time | MusicRadar The greatest guitar albums of the ’80s: the rise of the next-gen guitar hero | Guitar World

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