Money for Nothing
by Dire Straits
Money for Nothing by Dire Straits (1985, Rock): Gibson Les Paul into Marshall-style drive, Standard, effects included. Get the same sound adapted to YOUR gear with ToneRig — free to try.
The original rig
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul
Pickups
humbuckers
Amp
Marshall-style drive (all-tube, 100W)
Channel
drive
Effects & chain
- Compression to fatten the staccato riffFirst in chain
How it was played
Knopfler's Les Paul riff — bridge pickup, dry, percussive. The tone is mostly the amp working hard.
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