Heck, the whole guitar was not really an exact reissue of a original Burst. Though they were among the best what could be had new back then, they’re not exactely like old PAFs. Marks 80s LP would have the pickups Tim Shaw did for Gibson as a first shot to get back to the old PAF formula. BTW: Seymour Duncon used to have one of the actual winding machines he got directly from Gibson when they moved the shop. So the number of the turns varied as did the winding pattern after each retool. Contrary to common believe they were not handwound – Gibson used a winding machine with a mechanic traverse and a counter which would stop when a certain count was reached – but they did several kinds of pickups on only two machines and hence they would have to retool frequently. I remember when I first played a real Burst I nearly fell on the floor cause that thing sounded so bright, almost like a Telecaster. Real PAFs are shockingly bright, much more than what you would expect from a humbucker. Maybe he just carried a different guitar for that leg of the tour. Two vintage original Bursts and the reissue from the 80s.
There are a few things to consider though:ĪFAIK Mark owns three Les Pauls. Is that 2008 Paris concert online available somewhere? If I could have a listen maybe I could say more. When I turn the bass down, middle and treble way up and crank the volume, this sounds exactely like Brothers in Arms with the neck PU of my Les Paul. I’ve recently aquired a Marshall Class 5 which is basically a Plexi sound in a much smaller package. This is the key to get a hollow but not mushy sound even with the neck-PU of a LP. In the picture of Marks JTM45 that you posted a while ago you can see he sets the Bass very low on his Marshall. It is indeed a very interesting sound on a Les Paul but not much like Knopfler.
On my Gibson Historic I have a set of Throback Pickups – most authentic PAF clones ever – and I flipped the magnet on the neck-pu because I like the Peter Green sound. He always used the neck-pickup live and the record sounds just like that as well. But I really doubt Mark used an out-of-phase-sound on Brothers in Arms. Nowadays such configurations are readily available from certain boutique vendors and there’s even a “Peter Green”-model in the Historic-Line of the Gibson Custom Shop. It would not be what you would do to a Les Paul in the 80s.
#Brothers in arms dire straits album cover mod
Jimmy Page had a switch on one of his LPs in the late 70s but other than those two this mod was not really too common.
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