[Pickalittle]

In my early years, when we did mostly surf and in another band Stones covers, I played a Jazzmaster, and the other guitarist, a Strat.

We were the clean cut kids in jeans, a t-shirt and desert boots.

The other band had the "bad boys" in it, who also played Stones. The lead there played a LP. To be honest, I always associated the Les Paul with a more raunchy, bad boy image and the Strat players with a "nice guy" image because of that history. Of course, it's a meaningless comparison, but seemed to make sense to me.

I don't see Mark Knopfler as faithful to one guitar as much as he uses any particular guitar that gives him the sound he's looking for for a certain song.