GIBSON GUITAR CORPORATION, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, 1988

Mark Knopfler received this Chet Atkins Custom Shop Edition SST as a gift from Chet Atkins circa 1988. Mark joined Chet in Nashville in 1988 to record an instrumental duet of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ for Chet’s 1988 studio album C.G.P. The album initials stood for the designation ‘Certified Guitar Player’ which Chet assigned himself and a handful of other guitarists he admired.