"They made a run of only 90 of these particular guitars in 1984/85 and we've now obtained three. Dave just really likes them; they sound great and they're really lovely to play. I've had them modified, they've got EMG acoustic pickups in, but they've also got small Crown microphones in them too. So there are basically two outputs from each guitar, two separate radio transmitters on them with two different signals. Then there's a Gibson Chet Atkins electro-classical which he uses on High Hopes and the two steel guitars which we talked about earlier." - Phil Taylor, David Gilmour's guitar tech.

The Gibson J-200 Celebrity was produced in a limited run of just 90 (numbered) instruments to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Gibson Company in 1985. Two were presented to Dire Straits: Mark Knopfler received number 40 of 90 and bassist John Illsley received number 42.

Mark used this guitar on various performances together with Chet Atkins. For example at the Secret Policeman's third Ball in 1987 to perform Imagine and I'll see you in my dreams. On the video of Dire Straits in Auckland 1986, you can see Mark playing this guitar on The man's too strong.

In the YouTube video "Ghost - Rats [Live In The Lounge]" by Q101, the Nameless Ghoul positioned on the far right is seen using a Gibson J-200 Celebrity acoustic guitar.

The Gibson J-200 Celebrity was produced in a limited run of just 90 (numbered) instruments to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Gibson Company in 1985. Two were presented to Dire Straits: Mark Knopfler received number 40 of 90 and bassist John Illsley received number 42.

You can see Jack Sonni using his J-200 live at the famous Dire Straits 1986 Sydney gig. He used this on Walk of live and this is the only time we see him using this Guitar. There is no proof he used this in the studio, because you can see him using a Ovation in the music video of Walk Of Live.