This guitar was auctioned at Christie's in London on 31st January 2024. It was sold for 37.800 Pounds.
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Brand | Eko |
| Type | 700 V4 | |
| Year | circa 1968 | |
| Serial number | - | |
| Additional info |
Mark Knopfler purchased this Eko 700 from Rudy’s
Music Stop on West 48th Street, New York, on
5th March 2004, towards the end
of recording sessions at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, California, for his
fourth solo studio album Shangri-La. Presumably, Rudy shipped the
guitar directly to Shangri-La Studios for Mark’s final week of recording,
which concluded in mid-March. This
Italian
guitar was used to record the
song Song for Sonny Liston. Click
here for another
picture of this actual guitar. This guitar was auctioned at Christie's in London on 31st January 2024. It was sold for 37.800 Pounds. |
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Brand | Eko |
| Type | 500 | |
| Year | circa 1968 | |
| Serial number | - | |
| Additional info |
A solid-body electric guitar. The pickguard
bearing the logo EKO, decal at the back of the
headstock
MADE IN ITALY, of an
ivory
colour finish. Mark Knopfler purchased this Eko 500 from Rudy’s Music Stop on West 48th Street, New York, on 5th March 2004, towards the end of recording sessions at Shangri-La studios in Malibu, California for his fourth solo studio album Shangri-La. Knopfler told that he tried out a couple of Ekos for the track Song for Sonny Liston before settling for the blue Eko 700 as the right guitar for the song. After recording was completed on Shangri-La, Knopfler kept the guitar for home use.
This guitar was auctioned at Christie's in London on 31st January 2024. It was sold for 18.900 Pounds. |
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Brand | Eko |
| Type | 500 | |
| Year | circa 1968 | |
| Serial number | - | |
| Additional info |
The logo EKO applied to the pickguard, stamped
MADE IN ITALY on the back of the
headstock, the top of the body covered in a
red
sparkle plastic laminate and the back in a
cream
pearloid laminate. Gifted to Mark Knopfler by bassist Glenn Worf not long after the band had concluded recording for Knopfler’s fourth solo studio album Shangri-La in March 2004, this Eko 500 was kept for home use. Mark had acquired an ivory Eko 500 during the sessions at Shangri-La Studios, so no doubt Worf anticipated that the red sparkle would make a fine pair. Speaking to Guitarist magazine in 2021, Knopfler proclaimed 'Loving guitars means you’ve got to love the cheap ones as well.'
This guitar was auctioned at Christie's in London on 31st January 2024. It was sold for 20.160 Pounds. |
