Mark Knopfler’s 1969 Fender Telecaster Thinline

This guitar belonged to David Knopfler, but Mark used it himself occasionally as a slide guitar for “Water of Love”. This was of course in the early days, circa 1979.

The guitar was apparently originally a Telecaster Thinline with body cavities and was later modified by Mark’s friend Steve Phillips. Steve somehow filled in the f-hole and painted the whole thing black. Aside from that, the guitar had two standard Telecaster single-coil pickups and a mahogany body.