Guitar for Dire Straits Coverband

[bassoon]

Hey,

I'm playing in a Dire Straits Coverband and want to buy a new guitar. I played a Silhouette and was quiet impressed with the Stratocaster Sounds it offers. Would the Music Man Luke II also be suited for my sort of music, or is it more a high-gain guitar? (because of the EMGs)


Thanks

Johannes

 

[guertzi]

I have a Luke II and although it does some pretty nice Strat-sounds, for the sound you're going for, the Silhouette would be the better choice IMHO.

Maybe you should try an Albert Lee Model as well...!

 

[Dizzy]

Hey,

I'm playing in a Dire Straits Coverband and want to buy a new guitar. I played a Silhouette and was quiet impressed with the Stratocaster Sounds it offers. Would the Music Man Luke II also be suited for my sort of music, or is it more a high-gain guitar? (because of the EMGs)


Thanks

Johannes

A Silhouette !

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPBAeYxEG-c"]YouTube - Sultans of Swing Solo - Dizzy[/ame]


You must be the guy that commented on the vid - you obviously got my reply

Welcome - you should get plenty of good advice here.



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[Earplayer]

Hi! Well i think the Luke can cover a lot of ground but to be honestly the Luke is more on the gainy side otherwise it sounds a bit sterile imho... a Silhouette Special SSS would be the best choice!

Don´t fire me here but... if you want to play in a Dire Straits or Mark Knopfler coverband you should go for a good ´58 Les Paul and a good ´60 Strat ...i play a lot of DS and MK and my first choice are the Strat and the LP.

 

[robelinda2]

Silhouette Special SSS, even better strat quack tones than the Silhouette, single coils can only give ya the tone.

 

[bassoon]

Sorry, the guitar i played was a silhouette special - I made a mistake in my first post. I compared the Silhouette Special (HSS) to a Fender Strat Deluxe and for me the MM offered better sounds, especially the neck PU was a lot better than the Fender. Although Fender's new noisless pickups do a great job, the MM noiseless circuit beats it all.

@Dizzy: Right, i got it

Does anyone know what's so special about the 2007 Limited Edition of the Silhouette Special? My local dealer can offer me this guitar for a very attractive price. I think i will buy this one, because it is 200€ cheaper than the regular Silhouette Special.

 

[MrMusashi]

2007 le will give ya blue dawn which is one awesome finish!!!
from black to an awesome blue fade, and then you add the sparkle into the equation.. you cant go wrong

MrM

 

[58super]

I don't think you can go wrong with either a AL or a Silo S with 3 singles.
Myself, I like the bright snap the AL has.

 

[phatduckk]

Does anyone know what's so special about the 2007 Limited Edition of the Silhouette Special? My local dealer can offer me this guitar for a very attractive price. I think i will buy this one, because it is 200€ cheaper than the regular Silhouette Special.

just about all (if not every single one) of the LE models for a given year[/o] offer a special finish and/or another cosmetic difference (hardware color etc).

this should not be confused with the BFR models which are another story.

 

[Colin]

sung to the tune of Money for Nothing ....I want my Ernie - ball

 

[whitestrat]

YouTube - Sultans of Swing Solo - Dizzy

Hey Dizz, which pickup position were you using for this?

 

[Dizzy]

Hey Dizz, which pickup position were you using for this?

#2 (Split Bridge + Middle)

 

[GuitarHack]

Nice playing, nice tone, Dizzy. I need to check out a Silo non-Special.

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Nice playing in that clip!

 

[azazael]

An Axis Super Sport would be great in a Dire Straits tribute band also.

 

[whitestrat]

#2 (Split Bridge + Middle)

Sounds really good! What amp were you running that though? EL84/34 tubes? Sounds a bit fat for a position 2...

 

[Spudman]

I did this version of Sultans with my Luke. Neck plus middle pickups.
Sultans-04.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

 

[Butch Snyder]

IMHO, the Silhouette would be great; but an Albert Lee would be greater...

 

[robelinda2]

IMHO, the Silhouette would be great; but an Albert Lee would be greater...

 

[Dizzy]

Sounds really good! What amp were you running that though? EL84/34 tubes? Sounds a bit fat for a position 2...

Thanks mate.

The Silo went into the PSA-1 to add just a little dirt, then Alesis Quadraverb 2 in the effects loop for a bit of reverb, then into the EL34 equipped MusicMan 410-HD.

The MM had just been revalved & biased with a nice 12AX7 and a set of matched Winged C's. Bright switch off, Deep switch on.

That amp always gives phenomenal tone - the original speakers from 1972'ish have a lot to do with it - I've run my Mesa 20/20 (EL84) through them too, sounds sweet.

I reckon Finger style (no nails) always gives a fatter tone too - takes the edge off and gives a bit more meat.

Take nothing away from the Silo though - it sounds awesome in all positions, and it definately the ONLY axe in my collection for this tone.






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