The exact guitar that Knopfler plays on stage.

The Fender Artist Series Mark Knopfler Stratocaster Electric Guitar lets you play the same guitar as the Sultan of Swing. Perhaps the most distinctive guitar voice in the last 30 years, Mark Knopfler has worked with Fender to create a signature axe that combines all his favorite features. A comfort-contoured '57 lightweight ash body, vintage tinted '62 C-shaped maple neck, Texas Special single coil Strat pickups, and American vintage vibrato provide all the sparkle and bite that makes Mark's tone so unique.

Fender Artist Series Mark Knopfler Stratocaster Electric Guitar Features:

• '57 lightweight ash body
• '62 C-shaped maple neck
• Rosewood fretboard
• Texas Special single coil Strat pickups
• 5-way switching
• Fender/Gotoh vintage style tuners
• American Vintage synchronized tremolo

Fender Artist Series Mark Knopfler Stratocaster Electric Guitar Includes:

• hardshell case

A serious Strat for the Sultan of Swing. Make it yours today!

Fender Artist Series Mark Knopfler Stratocaster Electric Guitar

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This one goes to my grandson

Posted by Doug Mizell from West Virginia on Oct 21, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues/Rock

When I get done with it!! I bought this guitar when it first came out and have since sold all of my other electrics, this is all I need. It plays like a dream, sounds exactly like MK's tones and just generally rocks. Worth every cent?

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Absolutely stunning guitar

Posted by Matija from Zagreb, Croatia on Oct 2, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues/ Rock / Country

That's the first time ever that I rated some instrument with 5.0 (I normally do not trust reviews with such scores), but this beauty here really deserved it. I'm playing mostly Mark Knopfler / Dire straits, blues and county on a Fender Twin Reverb amp, using fingerpicking technique. Absolutely the best sound I've heard from any guitar, ever, in my 12 years playing experience. Plus, the wood is of top quality as well as finish and overall feel. The guitar is lighter than any other strat I've played! This one is staying with me forever.

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A WONDERFUL INSTRUMENT

Posted by mcalvani from Orlando, FL on Sep 2, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Blues

This is a beautifully balanced, well made and stunning instrument. The feel is fantastic, the tone is amazing. A really great guitar, if you can afford it! now I just have to learn to play like the greatest player alive, Mark Knopfler...

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I can't believe it

Posted by FanKnopflerNatic from Petaluma, CA on Aug 15, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Student, hobbyist, occassional performer

Reviewer's Play Style: rock folk country celtic funk jazz

I honestly can't believe the tone you get for the price with this guitar. I wasn't in the market at all, but when I started to play it, I couldn't let it out of my hands. I traded in my American Strat with noiseless EMG active pickups in order to come up with the money. I probably fell in love so much because I am the biggest Kopfler fanatic I have heard of. This guitar is the real deal! Trust me! It has a deep, clear tone with and without distortion, and it really plays itself. The larger frets make bends easy and comfortable. The case (although it really shouldn't matter) is amazing. Best of all, though, it gives you that sweet Knopfler sound and much, much more. Unless you play hard rock or metal, you won't be disappointed should you choose to buy it.

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This is the One

Posted by latexdress from Ohio on Oct 25, 2006

Experience w/product: I have used it

Reviewer's Background: Player/Composer/Producer

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock

I own an older Stratocaster that makes SRV wannabes weep as it goes from surf to sweet to dark; then evil. This is the only production one I ever picked up that sounded like it. So, if that is what you want, then I'd check this one out.

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Fender Artist Series Mark Knopfler Stratocaster Electric Guitar

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