Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto

Jonny Buckland is seen/heard playing the Fender Jerry Donahue Signature Telecaster in the Madrid dressing room during Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto tour, which he's had since Parachutes era. The guitar has a bound body in translucent sapphire blue, a rarely used finish on Fender guitars

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Jonny uses a Gibson Les Paul Standard in performances of Violet Hill on the Viva La Vida tour and Mylo Xyloto tour, he can be seen using it at 0.25 of this video

In this photo from the Mylo Xyloto sessions we see Buckland recording with a Moog E1. This guitar is known for its unique onboard sustaining technology and was likely used in creating the soaring lead tone on Princess of China.

In this video of Coldplay rehearsing "Hurts Like Heaven" in their dressing room before their "Unstaged" show in Madrid (October 26, 2011), Jonny Buckland can be seen plugging his Telecaster into a Fender Mini Deluxe Amp. The front of the Mini Deluxe can be seen at 0:20 into the video, and a good shot of the rear of the amp can be had from 0:37 forward.

In this photo pf Jonny's pedalboard, a Roger Mayer RM 58 Limiter can clearly be seen alongside his other effect pedals. Although the photo isn't dated, if you look at the floor behind the board, and the side of the casing of the board, you can tell this photo was taken between 2011-2012 during the Mylo Xyloto tour run.

Chris Martin used a Martin D-15M throughout Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto tour (2011-2012). In this video of a live Letterman performance of their song "Charlie Brown," starting a 0:55 you can get a good look at his guitar. The D-15 has been painted up to match the aesthetics of the Mylo Xyloto tour.

In this photo Chris can be seen playing Korg KONTROL49. Coldplay used these MIDI controllers extensively throughout the Viva la Vida and Mylo Xyloto tours. The same keyboard can be seen in detail here: http://lucylovesya.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/012-Another-lovely-keyboard1.jpg

Mentioned by producer Rik Simpson in this interview from the Universal Audio website, dated shortly after Coldplay's nominations for Viva La Vida & Death and All of His Friends for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.

Yes actually, in the studio we've got a couple of 6176s. Chris' vocals always go through a 6176. (...) It's generally fairly flat, actually. I just like the sound of it. I don't really pump the EQ too much, maybe shave 2 or 3 dB off, and it just gives a lovely character, a full sound. We actually moved around a fair bit during the last album. We did recordings in Barcelona, New York, and in L.A. Wherever I went, I could always find a 6176 wherever I worked, so could always recall my settings. Chris is very much a perfectionist, he'll always get the basic performance right, but there might be a few words that two or six months later, he wants to re-sing. Obviously, if I can't get the same sound that I had initially, it's going to sound off. So it was always great to be able to find the same equipment, and know that it would sound the same, so close. I could just drop in those few lines, and you'd never be able to tell that it wasn't part of the original performance.

It was also used for Mylo Xyloto, as mentioned in this 2011 UA interview.

We've got about eight 6176 Vintage Channel Strips, which cover everything from bass, vocal, piano. Generally I go through the same mic amps every time for the whole project, so I don't have to repatch stuff and everything is always ready to go.

Used for Mylo Xyloto, as mentioned by producer Rik Simpson in this 2011 interview for Universal Audio's blog.

We've got about eight 6176 Vintage Channel Strips, which cover everything from bass, vocal, piano. Generally I go through the same mic amps every time for the whole project, so I don't have to repatch stuff and everything is always ready to go.

In this 2011 late night performance, we see Will playing a heavily decorated Gibson Blues King. These guitars were used extensively by several members of the band throughout Coldplay’s Viva la Vida and Mylo Xyloto tours, from around 2009 to 2012. The guitar can be seen particularly well around 0:59.