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Author: Marquis Badon

“Fingerpicking came from not having an amplifier. After dad forked out for the guitar, I didn’t have the nerve to ask him for one”: Mark Knopfler says the lack of a guitar amp growing up helped him develop his now-iconic fingerpicking style

Sensitivity to his family’s finances – as well as an exchange involving his sister and a tennis racket – helped Knopfler on the way to crafting his legendary approach to the guitar…

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