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Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler artwork

Money for Nothing guitar tone

Dire Straits · Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler · 1985 · Rock

KeyG minor
ChordsGm – B♭ – C riff
Crunch

Main

AmpLaney? Marshall + wah-as-filter
GuitarGibson Les Paul
PickupBridge humbucker
GAIN6.5
BASS5.5
MID6.5
TREBLE5.5
PRESENCE5
REVERB1

SIGNAL CHAIN

  1. Cry Baby Wah (half-cocked) wah
    Parked mid-sweep — the honk IS the sound

The famous tone was a mic accident + parked wah. Fingerstyle, no pick.

These are starting points, not gospel. Every amp is a little different, so let your ears do the last 10%.

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Adapt this tone to your own amp and pedals in the app.

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