Fender Telecaster Thinline
1969 Fender Telecaster Thinline, Black
This is David's black Telecaster Thinline (serial number 226254). The guitar was originally a hollow-bodied guitar with f-holes. The f-holes were closed by Steve Phillips, who also painted it black.*
Mark used it live on Water of Love in the late 70s.
* Mark Knopfler's Fender Telecasters with Dire Straits, 2008 - Ingo Raven
MK studio diary 2011 by Guy Fletcher
Mark and Guy are back in the studio working on a new record
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