Fender Mark Knopfler Strat:  The Fender Artist Signature Strats, in particular here the Fender Artist Signature and Custom Shop Mark Knopfler Stratocasters, allow anyone the opportunity to own the same guitar that Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits owns and plays. The same goes for all the other Artist models, such as the Eric Clapton, Dick Dale or the awsome Robin Trower models. The Mark Knopfler Strat comes with a lite ash body finished in nitro cellulose lacquer in Hot Rod Red, with single ply lite mint pickguard and control knobs. The hardware is Fender Vintage in Chrome.

This Strat comes with a set of Fender Custom Shop Mark Knopfler Texas Special pickups, wired with 250K POTS with an Orange Drop Tone Capacitor and 5 way switch. It also has vintage cloth wire insulation from the pickups. It's got a really great, growling sound and singing as well. Nice range all around. The Knopfler Strat is a real blast to play, and will make you look good doing it, too.

A really nice customization of the Mark Knopfler Strat pictured and linked here in this guide is a Black, slightly heavier Alder body, dressed in Gold Vintage hardware in place of the chrome, but wired to the Fender specs, and with the spectacular neck and Mark Knopfler Texas Specials. This one has all the sound it was born with, plus maybe a bit more tone. Then there's that look...

  You can click here for that:  2005 Fender Mark Knopfler Strat for more photos and information on the custom Knopfler Strat, you will need to scroll down the page in my Ebay store to see the Knopfler Strat in Black with Abalone Swirl pickguard and Gold hardware. It's a really nice piece. Light weight, light easy fretboard action on a neck that's a work of art, and great tonal range, all wrapped in a beautiful package make this one a winner all around. It's well worth checking out.