FENDER ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT COMPANY, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, 1965

Mark Knopfler purchased this guitar from Rumble Seat Music in Ithaca, New York, on 20 January 2004, just a week or so before commencing recording sessions at the legendary Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, California, for his fourth solo studio album Shangri-La that February. The Fender Jaguar was delivered directly to Shangri-La. Knopfler’s guitar tech Glenn Saggers told us that, once purchased, every guitar would spend time in Mark’s hands so he could get an idea of the sound and where a particular guitar might fit in a particular song.