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03/14/2004 1:35 am
What kind of guitar is he holding here:

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=www.chez.com/guitaremag/1knopfler1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.chez.com/guitaremag/1knopfler1.htm&h=860&w=600&sz=65&tbnid=CxVYN_lku1kJ:&tbnh=143&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMark%2BKnopfler%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8
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03/14/2004 3:30 am
Not sure... I would have said that it looked like a Valley Arts from the 80's, but the label on the headstock is looking like a boutique builder...
So. If you throw a cat out of a car window, is it considered "kitty litter"?
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03/14/2004 4:07 am
I found another picture, a better picture, and I couldn't really read the headstock. First letter looked like " P ". Not Peavey though.
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03/14/2004 4:09 am
Looks kinda like a PRS to me.
... and that's all I have to say about that.

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03/15/2004 4:16 am
I tried to blow up the image and the closest I could GUESS it said was peppy sande :D I'll do a little searchin,, I'm sure some Knopfler fan knows every axe the man has ever played and has it listed... I know the letters are definetly a p and an s ...
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03/15/2004 4:17 am
and voila...
just like I thought... here's the page and a nice color pic. the guitar is a pensa..

http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/3399/pensa.htm
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03/15/2004 4:20 am
whew after mega hours of research, I found out it is a Pensa Suhr. You can get one from Mark Pensa's Music Shop in New York. Knopfler aquired this guitar in 1988 and it's first gig was Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday... He also has a few others. The builder was John Suhr who is now at Fender. It has EMG pickups and active tone control...

Who's the man, huh?

damn spankey beat me to the info... I guess he's the man LOL
So. If you throw a cat out of a car window, is it considered "kitty litter"?
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03/15/2004 4:26 am
Ahhh but I one-up'ed him... You can own your own...

http://www.pensaguitars.com/mk_model.htm
So. If you throw a cat out of a car window, is it considered "kitty litter"?
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03/15/2004 2:55 pm
the only way to one up you now is to own one...
I found one at rudys (the link was on the page :D )

ouch... $3995....

sorry honey, not paying the mortgage this week

I'm gonna look at ebay and see what's up..
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03/19/2004 12:25 am
Hey that's better than what John Suhr wanted. I think I saw one of his guitars STARTED somewhere around 4k. That's not even for a figured top. Add $600 bucks for that.
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