Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1978 single Sultans of Swing.
Music from Sultans of Swing
Artists on Sultans of Swing
Gear Used On Sultans of Swing
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing (1978). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Amplifiers used by Mark Knopfler on Sultans of Swing
Fender 'Brownface' Vibrolux Amp 6G11 (1961-1963)
Avg price: $2,650.00
This amp was a Fender Vibrolux from the early 60’s from the brown-tolex era. Fender called this model 6G11 for first revision, or 6G11-A for the second revision. The brown Vibrolux is a really wonderful amp with about 30 watts from two 6L6 tubesit has enough power to be played in a band with drums and bass. It has one 12” speaker an Oxford 12L6 or 12M6 and a tremolo effects.
Mark played this amp live in 1977 and early in 1978, there is only a limited number of live pictures from 1977 and most do not show any amps. We have the following sources from this period that mention the Vibrolux. First Knopfler himself said in a an interview that “Sultans of Swing” was first written in open tuning on a National steel guitar, but it was totally changed when he got his Strat and played it through the Vibrolux.
