Coldplay – Trouble album cover

Coldplay – Trouble

Single 2000

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2000 single Trouble.

Music from Trouble

Gear Used On Trouble

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Coldplay – Trouble (2000). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Chris Martin on Trouble

Vintage & Electric Pianos

Yamaha CP-70

Avg price: $1,250.00

"The CP70 is a legendary musical instrument used extensively by touring bands particularly throughout the 1980s before sampled and digital pianos became the norm. This particular CP70 is the instrument on which Chris wrote the song Trouble." - From Coldplay's end of decade clearout sale catalog where they auctioned off their gear.

Guitars used by Chris Martin on Trouble

Classical & Nylon-String Guitars

Vincente Tatay Thomas Classical Acoustic Guitar

The very first guitar that Chris Martin bought before the Takamine Acoustic. He even wrote his hit songs with this guitar such as "Yellow" and "Trouble" (and yes, the song "Trouble" was actually first written and recorded on the guitar from their early demos).

The online article also quotes: "Martin took this guitar with him when he went to University College London in 1996 and met Jonny Buckland. The pair planned to form a band over the coming year, resulting in the formation of Coldplay.

Martin used this during the composition of many of Coldplay’s earliest songs, and during the recording of the No.1 album Parachutes."