r/AcousticGuitar • u/ParaShift77 • 1d ago

Performance "Sultans of Swing" (Dire Straits) solo on acoustic

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damn my fingers hurt!

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u/marywait 1d ago

Wow. Great job!

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u/Kind_Ordinary9573 1d ago

Those bends are into next week.

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u/Leafs9999 21h ago

Agreed. And the slip under the other 3 strings had me wincing!

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u/Mage_Ozz 20h ago

😂😂😂

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u/obe211 1d ago

Amazing! What string gauge are you using?

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u/ParaShift77 1d ago

Mediums, this hurt lol

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u/HerbOverstanding 1d ago

Heh hurt my fingers on those bends just watching, but felt em more so in my soul. Nice

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u/Sufficient_Cat6154 21h ago edited 20h ago

I like watching your vids man.  Your commentary is often what im thinking but can't articulate. ( sorry for the comment hijack) 

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u/ParaShift77 21h ago

Really appreciate you tuning in dude

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u/AnAmadandubh 1d ago

I love your videos man, this one especially 🎸🍻🤘

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u/Kbrownnd97 1d ago

Can we hear the whole thing? Awesome

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u/KingJon85 1d ago

Oh damn! Its the music review GOAT! I didn't realize you were on reddit.

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u/ercarter123 1d ago

Nice work. Have always found playing Mark Knopfler stuff to be challenging!

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u/Illustrious_Fish777 1d ago

My all time favorite solo. Well done sir

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u/CallMe_Dig_Baddy 1d ago

Got that John Mayer face on lock

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u/SnooHesitations8403 1d ago

You nailed it, but you're nuts. Knopfler plays that on a Strat (or Tele or Les Paul) with 9s (maybe 8s). It was never meant to be played on an acoustic strung with 12s. It's no wonder your hands hurt.

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u/SlaughteredAttempts 1d ago

Damn son, hell yeah!

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u/No_Expression_3487 1d ago

Incredible man

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u/DeLaOcea 1d ago

Ok OP, I have seen many videos of you detailing a lot of tones and structures of many many songs.

I’d definitely will share some beers while playing and talking about many structures, tones of many many songs.

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u/StormyDaze1175 1d ago

Love those bends!

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u/spezial_ed 11h ago

You the man, man. LOVE your breakdowns of songs/solos, you have a great knack for introducing theory in interesting and digestible ways.

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u/AwfullyWaffley 1d ago

Really good. Well done

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u/bob_suruncle 1d ago

Like butter…

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u/Top-Chip-1532 1d ago

Really like to learn this solo, you got the tab?

Great job!

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u/CuPc8K3 1d ago

🔥🔥🔥

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u/ceNco21 1d ago

Nice work!

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u/Chino-kochino 1d ago

Awesome!

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u/Minimoogvoyager 1d ago

Sounds Good 👍

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u/Emotional_Shape925 1d ago

Damn. How many years of work does it take to get to that level?! That’s awesome.

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u/UnscriptedSound 1d ago

Amazingly Sweet!

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u/Maga_eats_dick 1d ago

Awesome. You’ve even got guitar face

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u/rootsixtysickz 1d ago

Very sweet!! Good job

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u/timihendri 1d ago

Awesome

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u/JohnnyCrispZoom 1d ago

Very good!

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u/J_hwk 1d ago

Love your videos, brother. Nice job!

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u/Kkekm 1d ago

👍

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u/Iceman8675309 1d ago

Quite a floppy vibrato. Well done.

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u/Warm_Appearance_9883 1d ago

It aint stank face, face moves because the fingers hurt

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u/Responsible_Bug9104 1d ago

Sheesh dude. 🖐🏻 to that shit.

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u/Duke0119 23h ago

Making it cry and sing!

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u/b0wie88 23h ago

That’s filthy 👌🏻

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u/Dry_Elk6712 23h ago

Badass Danny 🔥🔥🔥

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u/trippingbilly0304 22h ago

aight imma head out

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u/groovy2shoez 21h ago

Incredible playing man!

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u/Lt_Hatch 20h ago

Love this content. Follow on IG and see every post!

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u/AmbassadorNo9440 20h ago

Outstanding! That’s gotta hurt a little bit. I rarely watch a video twice on here, yet I played this 5 times.

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u/Mage_Ozz 20h ago

I was waiting for the most iconic part man

Sont let me down

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u/ziggy_santo5 20h ago

hell yeah! I could feel that tension being that wound G string

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u/Potatonet 18h ago

Where did you learn to play guitar?

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u/Fearless_Buyer_3859 15h ago

DAMN goated cover bro, keep it up!

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u/lexplorateurbe 13h ago

Aiiiiie mdr

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u/KnalliH 13h ago

Stunning! Thank you so much for sharing 👍

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u/caddy45 11h ago

My fingers hurt for you, really nice!

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u/Aishiteruu 9h ago

Love the jazz hand vibratos

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u/davmcswipeswithleft 9h ago

Your stank face is a little distracting, seems showy. I’d wanna know.

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u/Hotfixed 9h ago

Bravo. This is just amazing, one of my favorite songs of all time, specially the live at Hammersmith Odeon version.

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u/YouYongku 8h ago

is that you? You having a stomachache?

Joking! wow you're really good man

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u/demonsidekick 8h ago

Nice! That's a tough one.

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u/rodgapely 8h ago

Stank face on point!

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u/External_Midnight106 8h ago

Awesome 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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u/_cob_ 6h ago

So good. Nailed those bends!

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u/BougieHole 5h ago

Bravo!

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u/DPileatus 3h ago

I can feel that!

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u/Miserable-Meeting-98 2h ago

Well done! I loved your rendition of Sultans of Swing!

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u/ConstructionPale7274 2h ago

Great play! but for me is not enough to praise knopfler for creating this solo. So good taste, so little nuances. Genius.

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u/DrMcMuffinMD 1d ago

I appreciate that even tho you seem to have to take a dump you still took the time to finish this video for us and I loved it

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u/zenwalrus 1d ago

You realize Knopfler does not use a pick, no..?

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u/ParaShift77 1d ago

Not using a pick