Can Dave Simpson Become Mark Knopfler Using Affordable Pedals?

Can Dave Simpson become Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits? We've given Dave a lot of affordable pedals from brands like Boss, TC Electronic & Tone City. Now, he must choose which pedals to use and become Mark Knopfler! | tinyurl.com/y6gf2w7c
» Landlord FX A Cheeky Pint Compressor Pedal | tinyurl.com/y7q2s3f5
» Tone City Comp Engine Compressor Pedal | tinyurl.com/yc6yok3k
» JHS 3 Series Compressor Pedal | tinyurl.com/yar64rvd
» TC Electronic HyperGravity Mini Compressor Pedal | tinyurl.com/y8blqsqu
» Mooer Yellow Comp Optical Guitar FX Pedal | tinyurl.com/y82zgan9
» Electro Harmonix Nano Soul Preacher Compressor | tinyurl.com/y8cpc6sr
» Tone City Sweet Cream Overdrive Pedal | tinyurl.com/y7dxjet4
» Landlord FX Amber Nectar Overdrive Pedal | tinyurl.com/y8sqbyln
» Behringer TO800 Vintage Tube Overdrive Pedal | tinyurl.com/yad8hmyf
» Tone City Mandragora Overdrive Pedal | tinyurl.com/y82gpq45
» Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Overdrive Pedal | tinyurl.com/y9kxflc9
» Electro Harmonix OD Glove Overdrive Pedal | tinyurl.com/ycnutm5t
» Jim Dunlop Original GCB95 Cry Baby Wah Pedal | tinyurl.com/y9u6rlst
» Tone City Funny Boy Auto Wah Pedal | tinyurl.com/y6ub66p2
» Electro Harmonix Cock Fight Wah Pedal | tinyurl.com/y7yauorj
Guitars & Amp Used:
» Squier Classic Vibe '50s Stratocaster in Fiesta Red | tinyurl.com/y8fgqjdl
» EastCoast L1 Electric Guitar in Vintage Sunburst | tinyurl.com/ybfrulug
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⏰ Timestamps ⏰
» 0:00 Intro Playing
» 0:30 Thoughts on Mark Knopfler
» 2:40 What Guitar & Amp are We Using?
» 4:30 What Pedals will We Need?
» 6:20 What is a Compressor
» 8:50 Let's Pick a Compressor
» 15:00 Let's Pick an Overdrive
» 22:56 Let's Pick a Wah
» 30:05 Final Overview
» 30:30 Dave Becomes Mark Knopfler!
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[@leegosling]

Dave could sound like Mark Knopfler with half an MTV sticker, a cadburys crème egg and an old polystyrene chip tray.

[@Mark_Ocain]

..with some remaining skerricks of gravy on the tray too for added tone 😂

[@pjhunton]

Aye, hes the guitar equivalent of McGuyver

[@jeperstone]

🤣🤣🤣 And that's why he's flogging cheap pedals on KZbin whilst Mark fills stadiums. Dave's 'fans' consist entirely of people who cannot play the guitar and cannot tell the difference between a good one and a bad one

[@PutItAway101]

@@jeperstone I guess I must have missed YOUR triumphant stadium tour...

[@christianhildalgo]

​@@jeperstoneClaiming others don't know anything about guitar whilst missing out on the key difference between being a great guitar player and a great songwriter is certainly ironic. The fact they fill stadiums doesn't mean they play hard songs or are impossible to replicate. It means they can write beautiful songs. And the same thing goes for Knopfler. He has amazing songs, but frankly not the hardest sound to reproduce.

[@doubletwist62]

Absolutely love that you started with The Princess Bride.

[@r.l.jeffries1091]

Haha I wasn't sure, so searched the page for "Princess Bride" and found this comment. Glad I wasn't wrong.

[@ChunkTheShredder]

Inconceivable!

[@Maturin500]

@Double Twist Well spotted, you hippopotamic landmass!

[@r.l.jeffries1091]

@@Maturin500 Would you like a peanut??

[@jackharriet4814]

Dave Simpson is a great addition to Anderton's KZbin team. And it's good to see Cici getting some gigs with Andertons as well.

[@lukasgiese2331]

For those that have not seen it, I highly recommend looking up Mark Knopfler Guitar Stories on here. It gives a lovely bit of insight into him, his journey and why he chose that guitar in that moment of his career.

[@cchavez248]

Yeahhh! Our Dave is in da house!!!! I just love this series! Now that we all know a bit of Dave's ear for pedals, we need a TPS meets Dave Simpson!!!!

[@Jnday]

I think what this series is proving is that Dave Simpson can become any damn guitar player he chooses! Talk about versatile! Top job, loving these videos

[@GeordieGuitarGuy]

I'm biased as a Geordie, but for me he's the greatest all round player on the planet (or maybe was in his heyday). Can play umpteen styles all perfectly. Such as scholar when he talks about the instrument too.

[@bradrock7731]

Are you referring to Mark or Dave?

[@GeordieGuitarGuy]

@@bradrock7731 Mark Knopfler my friend. How many lead Guitarists from 80s rock bands have played with Chet Atkins. I love him!

[@bradrock7731]

Just kidding. That is one of our favorites also. But lately the top of the pile has been 'Sailing to Philadelphia' LOUD@@GeordieGuitarGuy

[@maaikeroeleveld2415]

Dutch guitar lady here. I agree, Mark does play any style you can think of and he does it flawlessly. Also, apart from being an amazing guitar player, he is a great songwriter and storyteller. You’re right, when you hear Mark talk about the guitar or about music in general,he seems very philosophical about it.

[@vintagestrings6]

That's so wild both of my favorite guitar players got together to make it an album Chet and Mark. Mark Knopfler can write a song about anything totally amazing.

[@Mark_Ocain]

Dave can really make a Squier sing...a cheap axe in the right hands with a tastefully set-up signal chain will always sound awesome.

[@redduketeleman]

Squiers are excellent as confirmed here. Have a listen to the amazing Jack Pearson if you get a chance.

[@intensedad2827]

Dude dave shows it so well, tone is in the fingers. He plays affordable gear all the time and sounds pretty good. Awesome playing!

[@ToDeEm]

The only pedal I'd really associate with MK is his volume pedal, which I think is Ernie Ball

[@paulh1355]

Think he also used a Morley one

[@lapelcelery42]

Yes, he used a Morley first and moved to an Ernie Ball. But he has his modern pedals fitted with old electronics because the new ones don't have the same curve to the swell.

[@scottmacphee35]

These are just about the best content you have put out. Dave is a beast!

[@telekon809]

Wow thanks captain for having the very cool 😎 Dave Simpson back on your show , he’s just so good , nice tones and knopfler sounds well done both of you , looking forward to you having Dave back again soon. Cheers all 👍🏻🎸🎸👏

[@awilliamson3140]

I think I might have used the "singlecut guitar" for the BIA tone, Can't say I've ever seen Mark play it on a Strat. That would also have an effect on which pedals sounded best for that song.

[@mairenared]

An odd choice of tune to start the show as Mark plays "Romeo and Juliet" on a National resonator guitar in open G capoed at the third fret. As Dave mentions during the show, apart from the cocked wah pedal in "Money For Nothing", the most important pedal Mark uses is a volume pedal. He originally used a Schaller pedal but eventually that wore out through constant use so I'm not sure what he uses these days. I've seen him live dozens of times from 1978 (Dingwalls) to pre-pandemia and can't recall seeing him use anything else. His tone is in his fingers (literally) 😉

[@KeithTaylorPhoto]

Mark Knopfler is one of my all time favorite players and Dave Simpson is probably who inspires me most as a guitarist of all the newer guitarist on the scene, and possibly as much as all the others like Knopfler. I love that Simpson is such a down to earth dude that just happens to have guitar God level talent. Thanks for doing this series with him, Anderton’s.

[@hildolfrdraugadrottin7279]

Mark Knopfler is one of my favorite guitarist and Dave pretty much nailed it imo.

[@tomaszbaran]

I'd rather think, Brothers in Arms was done on a Les Paul, middle position. It's a more mid-heavier, honkier sound, with some great smooth overdrive, little reverb if at all

[@seanandben]

Mark's most used pedal would be his volume pedal, which comes at the very start of his signal path. The "money for nothing" sound is very much dependent on the way Mark adds a bit of percussion with his right hand both hitting and muting the strings aside from the cocked wah.

[@lapelcelery42]

The gentleman who engineered the Money for Nothing session has stated on record that there was no Wah on the album version (apparently they struggled to get the right tone until at some point one of the mics fell over into the magic position), and to my ears that sounds correct. The lead guitar on the album is double tracked the whole way which gives it a quasi quack, but it doesn't sound as obvious as a Wah to me if you listen to the isolated guitar track. The tone changed a lot when Mark started using one live, which he notably didn't do when they first toured the song.

[@heymrguitarman7637]

Sounds like (both low and high budget) with Dave would be an outstanding series. Seeing him go through the shop choosing unconventional stuff to get conventional tones would be a lot of fun

[@riphopfer5816]

Mark IS synonymous with the Crowther’s Hot Cake overdrive. I own one, and it’s STUNNING. Very versatile.

[@ericwarrington6650]

Once again Dave jumping down the rabbit holes of legends...brave guy w skills to back it up..🤘😜🎸🎶☮️🎵❤️

[@garyallington201]

That was some "Good Gravy" Dave. Loving this series.

[@georgefromgreece4119]

Dave's just so great. Love the Captain too. Top choice of him to embrace Dave.

[@cwwisk]

The really big giveaway was the title... maybe another good Dave series would be "Guess the artist" where it is basically the same thing, but the audience isn't told who Dave is trying to replicate until the following episode and incorporate a poll with the video? Could be fun interactive viewing.

[@davidbetts1180]

Oooo can't wait for this, agree with opening statement about Brothers in Arms 😥 we need a Captain meets.

That would be AMAZING!

[@ivorharden]

I remember driving on 11/11 at 11am and Radio 1 played Brothers in Arms after the 2 minutes silence. They just gradually faded it in. It was emotional to say the least. Telegraph Road is a great song aswell.

[@TheJelmerd]

Knopflers strat was bought in a different colour, but he had it painted red. The colour is not fiesta red. It is a special colour called hot rod red. The reason Mark wanted his guitar red, was because Hank Marvin was an inspiration to him.

[@roaddog7542]

Simple. When they have Dave I watch. 🎸

[@gusdogbrownlab435]

Excellent...get him to be Peter Green as well

[@jimmyjimmy951]

Adding my praise to the comments with regards Dave and this Anderton’s content. What a great series this is.. 👍🇦🇺

[@KeeperOfPoops]

Definitely better than the Sound Like version, if you do bring Sound Like back I'd love a sound like for The Shadows, Gary Moore, Jeff Beck, Cory Wong and maybe Dire Straits BY busting

[@achill3usoverclocking874]

Just leave it, there will be never sound like series again on youtube due copyright stuff... maybe could be done on instagram...

[@andrewpappas9311]

Oh yeah, I forgot that Without Busting was a super early one but yeah Dave knocks it out of the park

[@KeeperOfPoops]

@Bloom Tik Bloom wrong actually, so wrong! there's a lot more to it than that... he also has a Strymon Big Sky Reverb, TC Electronic Sub and Up octave, Hotone Volume/wah, an envolope filter of sorts, a fuzz and two overdrives and of course a strat

[@widowmaker5544]

@@achill3usoverclocking874 surprise surprise, they brought sound like back! but this time we have new hosts Dave and Cici taking up the mantle as the hosts now

[@achill3usoverclocking874]

@@widowmaker5544 thb im surprised. One point to griffendor😅

[@mrblues1981]

i feel the same about brother in arms ,just wanna cry everytime i hear the song or play the solo , what a amazing master piece

[@ajf5150]

This was an absolutely fantastic video to watch - highly entertaining and informative while fun throughout. Excellent presentation - especially with the additional inset overlay view of exactly which pedal - and levels as The Captain changed them in real time - fantastic job as always from the Anderton’s media team, Dave and The Captain. Thanks so much!

[@mikaso]

Those four first notes of Brothers in arms are so iconic... And even more so are those that Knopfler plays himself.

[@upliftmofoify]

It's five notes

[@lapelcelery42]

@@upliftmofoifyNo, it's four.

[@Richtone85]

Can Dave please start doing sounds like episodes?? He really is great at capturing the vibe of other guitar players. Bea seems to struggle as he is always doing original bands and songwriting. Dave might also do that, I am not sure, but he has a better knack for doing covers.

[@MichtersRyefan]

Sonic Youth Pavement Jimmy Page Ronnie Wood George Thorogood Those are my picks. Anyone else got 5 suggestions? Comment ⏬⏬

[@castrucciocastracani0]

@@MichtersRyefan Albert Hammond Jr Noel Gallagher Johnny Greenwood J Mascis Eddie Hazel

[@ThePoohat]

the sounds like series is a joke

[@brockmiller574]

@@MichtersRyefan that's a tough one. Good list by the way. Hmmm. 1. Billy Gibbons 2. Keith Richards 3. Daniel Ash 4. Brian Setzer 5. Andy Summers

[@roryturner9773]

@@MichtersRyefan pixies

[@George-nm8ec]

Dave Simpson is everyone and himself. Love his playing.

[@richardmccutcheon9319]

AT LAST.. Thank you Lee for finally commenting on Mark Knopfler, In previous vids you refrained from making any comment, esp the vid with Pete where by you seemed to dismiss him compleatley . Glad to know you like him, i may just buy from andertons again now.

[@brianwagoner8899]

The Princess Bride is my favorite movie ever. Thank you for that bit of Storybook Love.

[@MeLexdy]

Thoroughly enjoyed this video! Thanks guys!

[@fongy200]

Telegraph Road and Tunnel of love. I saw Dire Straits at Wembley in the 80's, Knopfler was using a Schecter Strat for Tunnel of love. It was the best live performance I have ever witnessed.

[@GRBAquatics]

Awesome as always. Perfection. Nice work Guys very cool video, with heaps of options. Cheers

[@gerosinsuan]

Nicely done Dave and Cap

[@huginstarkstrom]

they hypergravity is a multiband compressor - with so many options available via toneprint. I have mine set up in a way that the threshold is lower for bass notes. This really makes it stick out in the mix. Love it. The forcefield (also Tc Electornics) is also nice for funky sounds - at around 30 Euros.

[@irrsinnrainer]

I'm not a guitar player but I absolutely love this series.

[@Big.E]

Loving these videos with Dave

[@jonkbaby]

That was really enjoyable! Great video

[@kylebowers6093]

This one is going to be a tall order, Knopfler has one of the most unique styles out there with his claw hammer finger picking.

[@bloodflower2141]

Love it.. Dave killing it as always

[@riphopfer5816]

Knopfler used a Les Paul on ‘Brothers In Arms’.

[@4wardfr3ak23]

My favourite guitarist! It’s great that you made this vid!

[@Fresh4220]

Mark Knopflers Pedal is the Ernie Ball Volume Pedal! This is the one he is associated with, because he uses this for his iconic volume swells. There are some rumors that his tech bought in the 80s all of the remaining original Allen Bradley Potis from the factory before Ernie Ball changed the supplier for the poti.

[@edbutler2012]

Once again, brilliant Dave

[@4vinylsound]

That opening guitar riff is from the princess bride.

[@CatharticGuitar]

This is very helpful for learning how to understand and use pedals in general as well.

[@ghostwinterz]

Would absolutely love to see “Can Dave Simpson become Hank Marvin using affordable pedals”. He’s up there as one of the originals, absolute classic tones and variation in multiple songs, would be excellent to see what pedals could be used to achieve Hanks iconic sound. 🔥 50’s classic vibe fiesta red would be ideal as well.

[@adaptableadventurerider]

I'd love to see a shads one to :)

[@SRone45]

I call the Blues Driver the "make everything sound better pedal".

[@Paul-D]

it really is, and despite the fact there might be over a million of them - still underrated!

[@riphopfer5816]

Also, don’t forget that the TC Hypergravity is TonePrint enabled, so you can program it to sound many different ways. I own one and there is a TonePrint that is pretty close to the orange squeezer sound.

[@kevinmorris7722]

Love this series. It's so nice.

[@doubletwist62]

Blues Driver for the win once again. Is there a more widely flexible and usable overdrive pedal?

[@itzibitzi7611]

I love my Nobles ODR;-)

[@timjones9727]

The Blues Driver is the best OD I’ve ever had. That’s including a Crowther Hotcake and a Love Pedal OD11

[@vladv5126]

The Boss HM-2 probably 😂

[@itzibitzi7611]

@@vladv5126 yes! Chainsaw and more chainsaw 😂😂

[@vladv5126]

@@itzibitzi7611 you like the chainsaw? I'm more partial to the chainsaw sound myself

[@cirjames2540]

Philip Sayce would be a fun one to do with affordable pedals. Great series as always!

[@GuessMyNameOnceMore]

to me it is just a SRV type of tone.

[@Paul-D]

Love it, was suprised to see the strat on brothers in arms - but hey it worked!

[@lilian896]

Love when Dave is on!

[@IrLosin]

The first time a heavy riff moved me, was when I heard the riff after the intro to Money for Nothing played on a record player in my friends basement. It started my love for the electric guitar and heavy music. Funny as it is, as Money for nothing is not a heavy song.

[@mikevanleeuwen2858]

great Lee and Dave. Lee, I played a Brunetti singleman 30 amp last week and I 'm blown away . What a perfect clean punchy amp. Lots of headroom. Great reverb. Great build quality and sound. Great pedal platfoem too. Looks cool and portable. For me : a "better " (more headroom) Fender deluxe reverb amp. I don ́ understand that these amps are not realy famous. Good value for money also. Maby worth trying? I think you and Pete will like them a lot. Thnx , Mike

[@MarkHolland-Liopleurodon]

Fabulous playing from Dave, as per.

[@rossenmladenov5366]

Great video. Wish Dave would’ve used the LP for BiA, but brilliant anyway.

[@cornish_360excavator]

Daves awesome, i love watching his channel and seeing him on here

[@Blues-man.]

Very enjoyable video.

[@stimpsonjcat67]

"My love is like...a story book story." I'll be studying your playing of it. A personal favourite of mine as well.

[@SteveClarkeSongs]

Why not just get an MXR Dyna Comp compressor? Those are relatively cheap at £79 and very musical sounding

[@pearcefitzpatrickodonovan480]

Gotta say defo love this series ❤

[@cosmicrevival7105]

I wish Fender would offer that Fiesta Red for the American Original Series. Great video, guys!

[@chazzer9t967]

Do this series with Dave and no budget! Get as close to the sound as possible with whatever gear you need!

[@johnjgibson6807]

Definitely Lovin It Sounds Are Very close 👍👍🎶🎶🎸Well Done Guys.

[@Sammonkeyfist]

I own a sweet cream and it’s s an amazing pedal bit have to agree the Blues driver definitely had that one. Got my vote. Great video guys.

[@itzibitzi7611]

Sweet cream is amazing, please try Sweet cream into Nobleman (also Tone City), fattens the sound to ultra creamy:-)

[@seanhayes2998]

I have found a touch of phase after the wah helped to get the “mic pointing at the floor” accident which reputedly happened during the recording, which they were never able to recapture.

[@chasebaker2495]

This channel is better than television ever was 🎸

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

brothers in arms.... same that song is so emotional, when i learnt it i kept crying lol

[@kevinmorris7722]

Dave is a fantastic musician. Seemed like he was just winging it for the last sultan lead. And from memory he got the feel pretty well. That was fantastic. It took me 3 days to learn that, not on the spot. Go Dave.

[@aftertheendtimes]

Thanks a ton Captain 🙏 for bringing Dave in again 💚🌄🎸👍 this session was awesome good thank you 💖 big up's to Dave he is a treasure 🙏😍🤗☯️

[@peanutismint]

Mark is one of the greats, both in guitar playing and song writing. I'd bet some of the other more modern 'greats' of today have been more than a little inspired by him.

[@pabloguitar6360]

Dave Simpson mad scientist of guitar.

[@stoicsceptic8420]

Romeo and Juliet is not played on standard tuning . The guitar is tuned to a full B flat chord , which is why most attempts at replication are not quite right as they are usually using standard tuning and struggling a bit.

[@BazzyPredPop]

😁❤️❤️❤️ I love these vids thank you the Captain and lovely Dave

[@jamescarey3995]

entertaining and informative, I had no idea Mark Knopfler did movie scores

[@AnkurWow]

Dave Simpson = Automatic LIKE

[@iwct]

Great as always. Could I suggest Robin Trower? He’s still going strong - and is well known for his pedal use.

[@XENONEZZ2]

What a great way to spend 30 minutes of my life...Dave Simpson = essential viewing...!!..🎸🎸👌🎸🎸

[@registervg]

Good choice of artist and thank you andertons - from a long term follower since the days of that squeaky chair video with Lee and Rob showing off affordable guitars : ) . I do however wonder if Brothers in arms uses a Les Paul that gives it that thick sound. Cheers, Vidya

[@goldie9301]

yes, that is what he uses live

[@michaellubatti2202]

Any time I see Dave’s name in a title I hit the like button before the ad is even over. Just cus you know you’re in for some quality stuff

[@SpecialReserve]

Funny I thought of suggesting Dave plays like Mark Knopfler, this morning. Spooky and thank you.

[@pttrent123]

NIce playing, thanks! Knopflers music is just ......delicious :)

[@richgleadall3884]

brothers in arms had alot of keyboard swells through out the song so tough song to do with just a guitar. well done dave my man well done.

[@grbguitar11]

So Awesome. Very Cool. Thankyou

[@klaatubaradanikito1950]

Fantastic Dave!!!! 👍🏻😎👍🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@SomeoneSmarter]

18:01 this whole section is amazing.

[@newsles2]

Yay, a mention for the Hot Cake! 😁😉 Anderton's should let Dave demo one for his channel if they stock them! Great playing and tones there of course.

[@BigSifu67]

Dave Simpson can make anything sound good. I only subscribed to this channel when you got Dave on it.👍

[@Christopher_Bachm]

Perfect opening bit...

[@philsharp8198]

lee, please get dave to come back and do his peter green set up, and his rendition of oh well pt1 , hes amazingly brilliant, throw in the need your love so bad and green manalishi, i would love to see how he gets the tones so accurate, thanks,

[@zebulon39u]

And if there's time Dave could explore Man of the World. That song is fascinating in the way it changes between guitar textures.

[@philsharp8198]

@@zebulon39u if you watched Dave's last upload, the East coast goldtop one, I'm sure he mentions doing a Peter green session at andertons, can't wait ! Looking forward to it,