Jonny Buckland's Amplifiers
Jonny lists three DeVilles as his amplifiers in one of Coldplay's 2003 eZines.
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.
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.
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.
Jonny's guitar tech has stated that for the Ghost Stories live record, most of Jonny's audible signal was coming from a Kemper Amp Profiler rather than the visible Silvertone 1484. Source here.
The Hiwatt DR201BK Custom 200 can be seen at 13:14 in this 2011 Glastonbury performance.
On the left hand side of the picture you can see a white Kemper Profiler Head.
In this photo taken from Coldplay’s 2020 livestream promoting Every Vote Counts, we see Jonny performing with a Fender Blues Deluxe amp in tweed, with a matching reverb tank.
In this photo from Coldplay's Glastonbury 2024 rehearsals (with the legendary and inspirational Michael J. Fox), Jonny's Audio Kitchen 2x12 stage speaker cabs can be seen behind.
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