Jonny Buckland

From Matt McGinn, Jonny's guitar tech, through Coldplay's "Oracle" Q&A service:

"I can't remember where he picked it up - maybe Chicago? - but, if you're interested, it's a '72 Thinline from about 1974. It's half hollow - so, semi-semi acoustic, I guess - and has a lot of really nice gouges in it from being thoroughly thwacked. All still original, as far as I know. I reckon it must've cost him about 2000 US dollars but God knows what it'd be worth now. You can get a pretty good Fender copy/reissue these days for a lot less, off the peg, that might turn out lovely after a few years of playing it. That's the thing, any old guitar can be amazing if you love it enough."

The Fulltone OCD pedal can be seen in the top row, third from the right, on Jonny's pedalboard. As a means to verify that this is Jonny's board, here is another picture of it after a concert, covered in butterfly confetti. There are plenty of pictures of Coldplay covered in this confetti from stage during their 2012 tour, such as this one.

Jonny lists three DeVilles as his amplifiers in one of Coldplay's 2003 eZines.

This photo of Jonny Buckland's effects can be found in an interview, Coldplay Live - How It's Done from March 2014. The EHX Micro POG can be seen in Jonny Buckland's pedalboard in the upper left. It can be seen in this photo of Buckland's pedalboard as well.

This photo of Jonny Buckland's pedalboard reveals he uses the Line6 DL4 effects pedal. It can be seen in the lower right of the pedalboard. The photo is from the "Clients" section of the official site for Mike Hill Service (who provide all kinds of services to pros, including amp service, creating pedalboards, etc). The original source of this image is this page. Judging by the enviroment and stage set up in the picture, it appears this photo was taken in 2009 at Wembley Stadium during the Viva la Vida Tour run.

Through Coldplay's Q&A service, Jonny's guitar technician, Matt McGinn states, "We used a vintage Rat pedal, then put in some delay on the choruses."

This photo of Jonny Buckland's pedalboard reveals he uses an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer effects pedal. The TS9 is the 4th pedal from the left in the top row. The photo is from the "Clients" section of the official site for Mike Hill Service (who from the looks of it provide all kinds of services to pros, including amp service, creating pedalboards, etc). The original source of this image is this page. Judging by the enviorment and stage set up, this appears to have been taken in 2009 at Wembley Stadium on the Viva la Vida tour run.

In this photo, taken in 2005, a yellow Boss OS-2 Overdrive Pedal can be seen on Jonny's pedalboard.

Sold on Reverb.com on June 26, 2014.

"This guitar was Owned By Jonny Buckland of COLDPLAY for Mylo Xyloto Tour and album. It was painted By Paris, an english Artist who painted All instruments, stage etc.. It comes with Certificate of authenticity signed by all coldplay Members. in the video, it's easy to see the guitar but This is this one.

A true piece of art, music and Collection guitar!"

Minute 1:35. Shows the shoes of Jonny Buckland tapping his presets on the Strymon Bigsky.

MXR Phase 90 with block logo can be seen in the top row of Jonny Buckland's pedalboard in this image.

In Coldplay's Oracle section of their official website, they are asked, "What guitar strings (brand/gauge) does Jonny like to use?"

Matt McGinn replies, "We do use Ernie Ball's too though, there doesn't seem to be much in it, tone or quality-wise. No color coding but each string comes in an individual envelope with a big number on it so you know the gauge."

Original source here.

This instagram photo shows what i believe to be a nash TL-72 live in Washington

This is from Coldplay’s recent iHeart Festival performance. The song is Fix You. You can see Jonny’s board at 2:38 in the linked video.

In 2003, Jonny stated that he played a 'Vintage Fender Jazzmaster' in one of Coldplay's self-published eZines.

Minute 1:35. Shows the shoes of Jonny Buckland tapping his presets on the Strymon Pedal and has Strymon Timeline on.

In this equipment list published by Coldplay in an issue of their E-Zine, the MXR Micro Amp is listed under the pedals used by Jonny Buckland.

One of Coldplay's 2003 ezines lists 'Reissue Fender Jaguar' amongst Jonny's equipment.

In this Instagram post you can see a Strymon Möbius alongside a Timeline and BigSky. It’s a bit hard to see but the color, shape, and number of knobs match the Möbius.

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 Instagram photo taken by Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland is using a Creative Tunings Spider Capo on the 3rd fret of his guitar. According to the caption, the photo is from the recording sessions of the Coldplay album Everyday Life.

If you zoom in on the pedalboard in this picture, you can make out the silver chassis, six knobs, single switch, and big red light of the Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe.

Throughout this video Jonny can be seen playing his Vintage 1972 Fender Telecaster Thinline, that he acquired in 2002. Matt McGinn, Jonny's guitar technician answered a question about the guitar on the band's website in 2002. He said, "Well, that one (which is called 'Sunny' - they've all got names) is Jonny's total favourite. He's had it about ten years and has played it on most of the albums and tours since Rush Of Blood - it's actually the one he's holding if you look at the band photo from that album cover. There's just something about the two of them that seems to click. It sounds amazing, for a start. And he's really happy when he's playing it, as you might have noticed." Jonny still has and actively uses the guitar today.

Over to Matt McGinn for this one. (Jonny's guitar tech)

"We've always used D'addario but only cos that was what on his guitar when I first met him! That said, they do have the advantage of having colour coded ends for each individual string - handy in a hurry.

Original source here.

In this performance of their song "Magic", Coldplay's Jonny Buckland can be seen playing a Bill Nash S-63 guitar. 2:39 into the video provides a good look at it.

"Lexicon are famous for making some of the finest echo and reverb effects available. No surprise then, that Jonny's guitar relies heavily on this rack unit for creating his huge soaring tones," reads Lot 25 in Coldplay's End of Decade Clearout Sale Catalogue.

From a Sound On Sound Magazine interview with Ken Nelson, on the recording of the album Parachutes:

Ken Nelson explains how he got around this problem: "Johnny has a Fender Twin Reverb, and he has all these delays going into it, and it was quite a delayed sort of sound, and I was thinking 'How am I going to get around that?' I just wanted to have the option of a bit more dryness. They had another Twin Reverb, a slightly different version, and I said 'What would be great would be if you could use both amps, one having all your delays going into it, and one that's completely dry,' because I'm not a great one for effects.

In this photo we see Jonny playing an aged white Nash JM-63 Jazzmaster with a stunning maple neck and fretboard. Jonny’s been a fan of Bill Nash guitars for some time now, but only began visibly using their Jazzmaster models on 2016’s “A Head Full of Dreams” tour

For the A Head Full of Dreams album, Johnny has begun using this Squier Stratocaster in television performances of the song "Adventure Of A Lifetime". It can be seen thoughtout this video.

On Coldplay's official website, they offer answers to fan questions. On November 26, 2014 it was noted that Jonny Buckland uses a Silvertone Twin Twelve.