Jonny Buckland's Effects Pedals
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
In this photo from a news post on Coldplay's site, we can see a close-up view of Jonny Buckland's pedalboard during a 2008 tour, which features three EB6181s, each appearing to control a different parameter in his setup.
In this photo of Jonny's pedalboard, taken in 2000, a Boss TR-2 can be seen.
In this photo, taken in 2005, a Colorsound Tonebender Fuzz Pedal can be seen.
Jonny Buckland’ pedalboard during 2005 X&Y album. A Colorsound by Sola Sound Supa Tonebender is seen.
In this Instagram photo taken by Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland can be seen with his Pedaltrain Classic 2 pedalboard (the badge on the rear of the pedalboard is very visible and confirms the model). Guy says:
One of the next recording sessions for Everyday Life took place in Gloucestershire - in another old house we rolled our recording rig into. This picture was taken during this time - can’t remember which song Jonny was working on...
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.
In the Coldplay's Game of Thrones: The Musical, at 1:35 there is a camera angle for the Jonny Buckland's pedalboard. Vemuram can be read, also the word "Live" and barely "Shanks" is read on the pedal. Thought This stompbox is from a custom dealer in Japan, perhaps in the Vemuram official web page Jonny Buckland is not listed as an artist who uses their pedals.
In 2003, Coldplay published a list of the equipment their members used. Jonny's list included the DTR-1 tuner.
In this photo from 2009 we see two Homebrew Electronics Powerscreamers in green. Jonny has used these pedals extensively live, beginning around Coldplay’s 2005 Twisted Logic Tour.
In this photo from the "C" Stage during The Music of The Spheres tour in Zurich, July 2023, Johnny's guitar tech is prepping his guitars pre-show. His "C" Stage rack is visible under the stage, containing a couple of Neural DSP Quad Cortex units, a Boss TU3S Chromatic tuner, and a Radial Tonebone BigShot ABY pedal.
In this photo from the "C" Stage during The Music of The Spheres tour in Zurich, July 2023, Johnny's guitar tech is prepping his guitars pre-show. His "C" Stage rack is visible under the stage, containing a couple of Neural DSP Quad Cortex units, a Boss TU3S Chromatic tuner, and a Radial Tonebone BigShot ABY pedal.
In this photo, taken from a 2021 MusicTech interview with Coldplay’s longtime producer, Rik Simpson, we see Jonny’s synth setup for the band’s 2019 “Live in Jordan” performance. An MXR M108S EQ is visible atop Jonny’s Prophet 6, likely used in conjunction with the synth for more consistent live equalization.
In this photo from the "C" Stage during The Music of The Spheres tour in Zurich, July 2023, Johnny's guitar tech is prepping his guitars pre-show. His "C" Stage rack is visible under the stage, containing a couple of Neural DSP Quad Cortex units, a Boss TU3S Chromatic tuner, and a Radial Tonebone BigShot ABY pedal.
"Jonny Buckland is shown using the Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay in a magazine list from 2002, as seen in the user-uploaded photo."
In a 2002 magazine interview, Jonny Buckland discusses using the Boss DD-5 Digital Delay pedal.
In the image in this article, you can see a Guyatone Micro Chorus on Jonny Buckland's pedalboard, and based on the content of the article, it's likely that he used this pedal on the 2011-2012 Mylo Xyloto Tour.
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