Dire Straits – Making Movies
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1980 album Making Movies.
Music from Making Movies
Artists on Making Movies
Gear Used On Making Movies
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Dire Straits – Making Movies (1980). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Effects Pedals used by Mark Knopfler on Making Movies
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Used until the end of Dire Straits' 1981 Making Movies tour.
Amplifiers used by Mark Knopfler on Making Movies
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Mark Knopfler started to play Music Man amps around September 1978. These amps were used for all live gigs from then on until the end of the Making Movies On Location tour in 1981. The Music Man amp was used on some studio recordings from this era, probably also on Making Movies, but it was most likely not used on the first album, and neither on Communiqué (here amps borrowed by Robert Palmer, probably Fenders, were used).
Guitars used by Mark Knopfler on Making Movies
SCHECTER TR-ST Stratocaster Electric Guitar
In the link below, you can see that Mark Knopfler had bought a Schecter Stratocaster from a Music Store down in New York. It was used on the recordings of Making Movies. It had never been used live except on Grey Old Whistle Festival. After Making Movies, he had changed the pickups to white and not black. This was his main guitar since 1981 until 1997.
Classical & Nylon-String Guitars
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Mark used it on Private investigations, Love over gold and the outro of Romeo and Juliet during the Love over gold tour 1982-1983. During the Brothers in arms tour 1985-1986, it was used on Your latest trick, Private investigations and So far away (Calypso version) in 1985-1986.