Gibson Les Paul Special
1959 Gibson Les Paul Special, Cherry
It is first Mark's Gibson. He I bought it in 1971. The guitar was refinished black, but Mark and Steve Phillips stripped it and got it back to its original cherry finish.*
Mark used it in Cafe Races and first Dire Straits album record sessions.
* Mark Knopfler: On '58 Les Paul and hearing 'voicings' - Gibson.com, 2002
MK studio diary 2011 by Guy Fletcher
Mark and Guy are back in the studio working on a new record
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