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Fender
Twin Reverb“Johnny has a Fender Twin Reverb, and he has all these delays going into it, and it was quite a delayed sort of sound”
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Producer Ken Nelson has said Jonny Buckland played through a Fender Twin Reverb with a chain of delays and used a small Pro Co Rat distortion pedal for a little grit. AudioTechnology saw TC Electronic 2290 delays in his live rack on the Mylo Xyloto tour.
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Top 5Seen using
Pro Co
RAT“he has a little Rat distortion pedal, but he uses it very subtly just to change his sound live and add a little bit of grit to it”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Ken Nelson, Recording Coldplay's Parachutes, October 2000
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Top 5Seen using
TC Electronic
2290 Dynamic Digital Delay“the rack (which is replicated for redundancy's sake) packs his wireless receivers, TC2290 delays, Line6 processing and an Eventide Harmonizer”
Seen in AudioTechnology: Coldplay Live, How It's Done, October 2013
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Top 5Has said they love
The Velvet Underground
Who Loves the Sun“I made a playlist of (mainly) 1960s songs to give you something to listen to while we're (mainly) all stuck at home.”
Said in Coldplay on X: Jonny's 1960s playlist (signed JB), April 2020
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Top 5Has said they love
Sly & The Family Stone
Stand!“I made a playlist of (mainly) 1960s songs to give you something to listen to while we're (mainly) all stuck at home.”
Said in Coldplay on X: Jonny's 1960s playlist (signed JB), April 2020
What gear Jonny Buckland uses: a sourced gear guide
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Amps and effects
Seen using
Fender
Twin Reverb“Johnny has a Fender Twin Reverb, and he has all these delays going into it, and it was quite a delayed sort of sound”
Seen using
Pro Co
RAT“he has a little Rat distortion pedal, but he uses it very subtly just to change his sound live and add a little bit of grit to it”
Seen in Sound On Sound: Ken Nelson, Recording Coldplay's Parachutes, October 2000
Seen using
TC Electronic
2290 Dynamic Digital Delay“the rack (which is replicated for redundancy's sake) packs his wireless receivers, TC2290 delays, Line6 processing and an Eventide Harmonizer”
Seen in AudioTechnology: Coldplay Live, How It's Done, October 2013
Songs from his 1960s playlist
Has said they love
The Velvet Underground
Who Loves the Sun“I made a playlist of (mainly) 1960s songs to give you something to listen to while we're (mainly) all stuck at home.”
Said in Coldplay on X: Jonny's 1960s playlist (signed JB), April 2020
Has said they love
Sly & The Family Stone
Stand!“I made a playlist of (mainly) 1960s songs to give you something to listen to while we're (mainly) all stuck at home.”
Said in Coldplay on X: Jonny's 1960s playlist (signed JB), April 2020
Has said they love
Dr. John
I Walk on Gilded Splinters“I made a playlist of (mainly) 1960s songs to give you something to listen to while we're (mainly) all stuck at home.”
Said in Coldplay on X: Jonny's 1960s playlist (signed JB), April 2020
Has said they love
Scott Walker
The Old Man's Back Again“I made a playlist of (mainly) 1960s songs to give you something to listen to while we're (mainly) all stuck at home.”
Said in Coldplay on X: Jonny's 1960s playlist (signed JB), April 2020
Has said they love
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes, I Do“I made a playlist of (mainly) 1960s songs to give you something to listen to while we're (mainly) all stuck at home.”
Said in Coldplay on X: Jonny's 1960s playlist (signed JB), April 2020
Has said they love
King Curtis
Memphis Soul Stew (Live at Fillmore West)“I made a playlist of (mainly) 1960s songs to give you something to listen to while we're (mainly) all stuck at home.”
Said in Coldplay on X: Jonny's 1960s playlist (signed JB), April 2020
Has said they love
Mason Williams
Classical Gas“I made a playlist of (mainly) 1960s songs to give you something to listen to while we're (mainly) all stuck at home.”
Said in Coldplay on X: Jonny's 1960s playlist (signed JB), April 2020
Questions
About Jonny Buckland's gear.
What guitar does Jonny Buckland play?
Guitar Player reported in 2025 that he recorded Yellow on his Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline, which it called his defining guitar in Coldplay.
What amp did Jonny Buckland use on Parachutes?
Producer Ken Nelson told Sound on Sound that Buckland had a Fender Twin Reverb with all his delays going into it, and that a second Twin Reverb was used for a completely dry signal on Yellow.
What effects does Jonny Buckland use?
Ken Nelson described a little Rat distortion pedal used subtly for grit, a WEM Copicat tape echo, a Lexicon unit for delays, tremolo and wah. AudioTechnology's 2013 tour report saw TC 2290 delays, Line 6 processing and an Eventide Harmonizer in his rack.
What music does Jonny Buckland listen to?
In 2020 he shared a playlist of mainly 1960s songs on Coldplay's account, including The Velvet Underground's Who Loves the Sun, Sly and the Family Stone's Stand!, Dr. John, Scott Walker, Captain Beefheart and King Curtis.
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Jonny Buckland
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Jonny Buckland is the lead guitarist and a co-founder of Coldplay, known for the delay-soaked parts on Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head and every album since. He rarely talks gear, so this guide sticks to what his producer, the band's engineers and press have documented, plus the 1960s songs he shared in his own playlist.
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