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Posted by: Gilmore Apr 26 2009, 09:58 PM

Hi there!

Oh man, how this song has many tasty licks.

I made this cover from scratch. I used AmpliTube Fender for guitars and AmpegSVX for bass. I find it hard to get a decent clean tone from those amp modeling software, it´s easier with rock and metal sounds. I used Superior Drummer 2.0 for the drums.

Listen, and feel free to comment.

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Posted by: playaxeman Apr 26 2009, 10:02 PM

Wow Gilmore

This is a great take.

Very tastefull, smooth riffs.

Good take!!

Where did you get the backing and lead from?

Cheers

Posted by: skennington Apr 27 2009, 12:11 AM

VERY nicely done man! Did you write all parts in MIDI and assign the instruments? I would assume with the time spent on this, you had to play the guitar parts ...And again, nicely done!

Posted by: JamesT Apr 27 2009, 03:34 AM

Nice work man! Sounds great!

Posted by: UncleSkillet Apr 27 2009, 03:45 AM

Gilmore, you nailed this!!
Fantastic cover man!

Perfect

Posted by: Gilmore Apr 27 2009, 09:21 AM

Thanks guys.

I played everything on this with real instruments of course, the guitars and bass.

But about the drums, I imported a midi file from GP5. I didn´t write the midi notes myself, but I had to edit them alot, because it didn´t sound right, so I spent few hours doing that. I had to make up an ending because the original file just got cut off somwhere at the end. Then I just assigned Superior Drummer to play it. I´m not good at mixing drumst, but I did my best. The drums sound a little wilder than on the record, but they sound closer to the live version of the song.

I played the lead guitar in fingerstyle, ala Knophler, it´s the only way to get it right.

Posted by: kaznie_NL Apr 27 2009, 10:03 AM

Sounds cool!!

Posted by: Jesse Apr 27 2009, 11:20 AM

Brilliant stuff man, sounds authentic:D

Posted by: Crazyfret Apr 27 2009, 11:36 AM

Wow sounds awesome man!

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Apr 27 2009, 11:43 AM

Very good cover !! Sounds close to the original! You did a very good job on the mix + bass sounds great !

Posted by: David Wallimann Apr 27 2009, 12:42 PM

Great take! I love your tone!
I love Knopfler too.
Funny you posted this, I just uploaded a Sultans of swing inspired solo. :-)

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Apr 27 2009, 03:12 PM

Very cool man, sounds great, drums are bit louder and punchy then needed, but I think it all sounds very good. Great job!

Posted by: Alex87 Apr 27 2009, 03:30 PM

Very nice take. The sound of the strat is so identical to Knopfler, and the fingerpicking makes it hard to tell the difference between you and the man himself Well done!!!

Posted by: Arrival Apr 27 2009, 11:48 PM

I thought he used some sort of pick and left his extra fingers open for hybrid picking.

Posted by: Sollesnes Apr 28 2009, 06:46 AM

Wow, sounds awesome!

Posted by: Velvet Roger Apr 28 2009, 08:35 AM

Sounds great, the tone is awesome indeed!

Posted by: Gilmore Apr 28 2009, 09:22 AM

No he usually don´t use a pick, but he uses it sometimes when he plays rythm parts. I saw a video where he is explaining his picking style, and he uses the thumb for all the bass notes and sometimes even on the treble strings. That´s breaking the rules as he calls it, because that is not the usual way to pick, the thumb should not be used on the treble strings, but he likes to bend the rules.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glNVyjQPjqc&feature=related

And thanks for the comments all, very kind.

Posted by: Gus Apr 28 2009, 01:05 PM

Congratulations! It's quite an effort to nail down this song, but it's very rewarding (for me it took 4 months )

One or another lick comes a little offtime, but all in all you did really a great job.

I like your tone, but it seems to me use middle+bridge to play it right? I prefer playing it with neck+middle, but that´s a matter of taste.

Once again, congrats!

Posted by: Gilmore Apr 28 2009, 03:10 PM

Thanks Gus.

You are right I use middle+bridge pickups, I think it sounds the best, I first recorded the solos with nec+middle, but it didn´t sound smooth enough for me so I recorded again using middle+bridge. I´m not sure what position Knophler uses on the recording, mabye he switches between potitions. Doesn´t really matter though, it all sounds good, just different for each player.

Posted by: Artemus Apr 28 2009, 03:37 PM

Hey man! Colour me impressed, this is a spot on recording and you nailed that Knopfler sound beautifully. Drum editing always takes time. All round you've done a great job here and the time you've spent and the dedication to detail all shows. Marvellous work!

Posted by: Gilmore Apr 29 2009, 09:21 AM

Thanks alot Artemus.

Posted by: sted Apr 29 2009, 12:00 PM

superb mate! that is some song to learn just the solo, never mind the whole track from scratch. Really enjoyed it, feel free to post more mate, I for one would love to hear more of your stuff!!

Posted by: Gilmore Apr 29 2009, 12:15 PM

Thanks alot man. I post covers evey now and then here. It´s the most fun and exciting way to practice and learn songs in my opinion. You learn the song, and then look forward to recording it and listen to the results. Very motivating.

Too bad i can´t sing, but mabye I should try, to make the covers complete. But people are free to send me vocal tracks for this song or any other of my covers if you like.

Posted by: Muris Varajic Apr 29 2009, 03:52 PM

Well played!

A quick note on pickup position tho,
Mark often uses brigde+middle position when he plays solos on Start,
not always but h does.
Neck+middle position probably sounds sweeter to most of us
but it doesn't cut through the mix so great as brigde+middle does,
that might be the reason as well.

Posted by: Gilmore Apr 30 2009, 08:59 AM

Thanks Muris......great input.

Posted by: Muris Varajic Apr 30 2009, 09:33 PM

Cheers

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Apr 30 2009, 10:52 PM

Excellent work !

Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic May 1 2009, 10:49 PM

Very smooth!