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Mark Knopfler used a pick?

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CaseOfAceCaseOfAce Frets: 1996
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I had no idea - I just assumed that he'd always played using his thumb and 2 fingers fingerpicking technique.
According to a new Guitar Player interview he used to use a pick on rhythm parts and certain rock and roll songs.
News to me.
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 18548
    I’m not particularly a fan but from the days when I would read guitar magazines cover to cover he's always said this. I think he said something like ‘a plectrum is the biggest amplifier there is, for certain parts that’s what you have to use.’ 

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  • KeefyKeefy Frets: 3161
    I think the main riff from Expresso Love was one of the parts Knopfler played with a plectrum.
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  • JonathangusJonathangus Frets: 6018
    He used to use a pick for songs like Expresso Love:

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  • RockerRocker Frets: 5406
    On a live video performance with Emmylou Harris, on the song ‘Our Shangri-la’, Mark used a pick. This song is online and free to watch. 
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  • YorkieYorkie Frets: 2673
    Yup, it was no secret as others have correctly pointed out.
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  • soma1975soma1975 Frets: 9389
    This is like when I found out Mo Farah wasn't a vegan. 
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  • HaychHaych Frets: 8539
    Yep, Expresso Love was done with a pick, you can see him play using a pick on the Alchemy live vid.  Sounds kinda cool for it, too.

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  • victorludorumvictorludorum Frets: 1495
    I bet he gets his plectrums for nothing.
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  • Hurling_FruitmigHurling_Fruitmig Frets: 937
    victorludorum said:
    I bet he gets his plectrums for nothing.
    And his picks for free?
    I'll get a round to buying a 'real' guitar one day.
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  • mudslide73mudslide73 Frets: 3432
    soma1975 said:
    This is like when I found out Mo Farah wasn't a vegan. 
    Or when I found out Jonathan Edwards was an atheist.
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  • jackiojackio Frets: 470
    victorludorum said:
    I bet he gets his plectrums for nothing.
    Fucking brilliant comedy
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