Chris Martin

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.

Chris Martin used the Martin D-28 throughout their A Head Full of Dreams tour; in the picture, the D-28 is seen without a pickguard with stickers in relation to their A Head Full of Dreams era

Chris used the Martin 00-15 guitar during his Jordan performance, this guitar can also be seen in the Orphans music video.

Chris uses the D-28 throughout their AHFOD tour; Indian rosewood on the sides of the guitar with a Sitka spruce top (which is factory stock) ; stickers are on the guitar to represent their era (AHFOD): pickguard is removed

In his live at #delltechworld Chris Martin can be seen playing two Martin 000-X2E guitars. He has two sampling devices attached to each guitar that he is using to trigger samples of electric guitar, drums, and other sounds.

You can see at 0:17s that Chris is playing a DC-15ME in this video.

At 0:57 in this music video, Chris Martin can be seen playing a Takamine EN15 Acoustic Guitar.

In this photo you can see Chris Martin playing a Gibson J-200

In this photo, Chris Martin can be seen playing one of his four Gibson Blues King 3 guitars. They were used extensively during the Viva La Vida recording sessions and on tour. The guitars were hand painted by the band's personal assistant, Vicki Taylor. This can be verified in this secondary source, which was originally posted on Coldplay's official site.

You can see Chris Martin during an early gig using this guitar. He often used it live and on their debut album 'Parachutes'. His was in a Satin Finish.

Chris Martin has used the Guild F-50 and it can be seen in this video at :50s.

Chris Martin used the Martin OMC-15ME guitar during the "A Rush of Blood to the Head" era. This information is confirmed by the Coldplay: Oracles, where fans can inquire about the band's gear.

In this photo from Coldplay’s 1999 Reading Festival set, we see Chris playing a post CBS, late 60s style Jazzmaster in sunburst.

For Colplay's Mylo Xyloto tour, Chris Martin played a Fender Classic Series 72 Telecaster Deluxe for the song "God Put A Smile On Your Face." The guitar is tuned C# G# C# F C# C# with respective string gauges: .070 .052 .042 .028 .017 0.13.

This is confirmed in a Charitybuzz auction, where Chris' Telecaster is being auctioned off. Some of the Tele's details are listed, including "Maple, 21 fret, 3 bolt neck. 25.5" Scale. 2 x Fender "Wide Range" Humbucking pick-ups connected directly to output jack socket (i.e. No tone, volume or switching controls) and is hand-painted by [graffiti artist] Paris."

In the video, Chris Martin can be seen playing the Telecaster Deluxe starting at 0:24.

In this Coldplay live performance of the song "One I Love", Chris Martin can be seen playing a Rickenbacker 360 12-String Electric Guitar, in a Jetglo finish. Glimpses of the guitar can be seen throughout the video, although a closeup around 2:56 shows 12 strings on the guitar, which distinguishes this from the 6-string version of the Rickenbacker 360. Around 4:32 you can see the guitar in its entirety, without the camera jumping around too much.

This Coldplay performance is taken from the Coldplay Live 2003 CD/DVD set, shot on July 21 and 22, 2003 at the Horden Pavilion in Sydney, Australia.

Chris listed "Gibson 335" amongst his equipment in Coldplay's self published E-Zine in 2003. This guitar has been widely used by Chris, on the road as well as in the studio. In [this] video of the band playing at Glastonbury in 2005, Chris can be seen playing it on the song "Warning Sign". (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saxEJ3c4qLM)

Throughout this performance, Chris can clearly be seen playing the Vox Mark VI Teardrop Electric Guitar. It was used specifically for playing Yellow throughout the Twisted Logic Tour. It can also been seen listed as Lot 33 in Coldplay's End of Decade Clearout Sale catalogue.

Chris Martin can be spotted playing a Gibson ES 335 Dot Plain Cherry on "Warning Sign" at Glastonbury Festival 2005.

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."

In this 2003 photo, Chris is seen riding a black Rickenbacker 360 on Coldplay's tour for the release of their 'A Rust Of Blood To The Head' album.

In a live performance of "Don Quixote" at Foro Sol in Mexico City on March 6, 2010, Chris Martin of Coldplay is seen playing a Gibson SJ-200 Standard VS guitar.

In this photo from Coldplay’s Twisted Logic tour, we see Chris performing with a Fender Telecaster Deluxe in Black. This guitar is one of several owned and performed with by Chris, first appearing on the band’s the band’s 2003 A Rush of Blood to the Head tour.

Chris Martin has been using a painted Martin 000-X1AE throughout the Music of the Spheres World Tour. In the Instagram reel of Chris and Jonny practicing Sparks, you can see a good close up of the guitar and see the “X Series” labeling inside of the guitar at 0:17. The 000-X1AE has been painted to match the colorful Music of the Spheres aesthetics.

Chris Martin gifted a Brazilian fan a Martin 000-15M guitar, as shown in a video from Globoplay's TEM Notícias 1ª Edição.

Chris Martin uses the Martin 000-15M StreetMaster Acoustic Guitar in Mahogany Burst during the Music Of The Spheres World Tour. The guitar has been customized with a new paint job and upgraded with Nickel Open Gear tuners, which are typically seen when Chris performs with this model. This is evidenced by a user-uploaded photo.

Chris playing the Gibson SJ-200 Original on X&Y Tour.

For a brief period in early-mid 2001, Chris frequently performed with a cherry red Gibson ES-345, with the added Bigsby tremolo system. Likely an early contributor to Coldplay’s heavier, more electric sophomore sound, this ES-345 is among a few guitars, including a late 60s, post-CBS style Fender Jazzmaster in sunburst, that Chris flirted with before comfortably settling into the more common ES-330s, 12-string Rickenbacker 360s, and of course most enduringly, the Fender Telecaster Deluxes that make up the bulk of Coldplay’s electric rhythmic guitar section through to the present day.

The guitar can also be spotted throughout this 2001 performance of the band’s unreleased track “Idiot”: https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=68&v=kkHa1s1mjIA&feature=emb_title

In this photo taken from the Ghost Stories recording sessions, we see Chris playing an early 1950s style blackguard Fender Telecaster in blonde, likely to be an AVRI or similar reissue model.