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How to get the Fix You guitar tone
Coldplay
Not quite clean, not quite dirty. That edge-of-breakup thing is genuinely hard to dial in and Coldplay got it right. The mids are pushed forward, giving it that cutting, slightly nasal character — the note finds its own space in a mix. Layer in chorus and plate reverb and echo and the whole thing takes on a dimension you can't get from the amp alone.
Gear used on the recording
GuitarOffset / Jaguar / Jazzmaster
AmpVox AC30 / AC15
EffectsChorus, Delay
Key tone characteristics
- 1Touch-sensitive breakup — pick harder for grit, lighter for clarity
- 2Pushed mids — that vocal, cutting quality that works for lead lines and chord melody
- 3Chorus modulation adds movement and depth — subtle on rhythm, unmistakable on leads
- 4Echo/delay is baked into the tone — rhythmic placement of notes matters more than usual
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