hi

 

I've been playing acoustic for over a year now and would like to buy an electric. I want a sound that's similar to coldplay so I was wondering which guitar to buy. I would also like to buy an amp and a pedal. I have a limited budget and am looking to buy the cheapest out there before a change of major quality of sound comes into effect. So if anyone out there knows of one guitar, amp and pedal i should lean towards, please let me know. Thanks everyone.

i can help but i need to know how much you're willing to spend

 

this man does coldplay brill he fav song is green eyes

The unfourtunate thing is, to replicate almost any major, big name band's sound, you WILL need to spend the money for it.

 

With that said, Jonny mostly uses Fender Telecasters, many times the Thinline series which come with dual humbuckers instead of 2 single coil pick ups a regular Telecaster would have. Thinlines cost around 700 dollars, and more when u buy it at a music store. The distortion comes from a ProCo Rat pedal, which gives a warm vintage distortion sound. These can cost around 90 dollars and more. Buckland also utilizes reverb A LOT. They use a boss reverb pedal which i forget the name of, but that will also cost around 80 dollars or so. Then finally, the amp. They use a Fender Hot Rod DeVille which is a Tube amp and its around 800 - 900 dollars.

 

 

These are the main components of Coldplay's guitar sound. So with your limited budget, I'd suggest that you get a Squier Telecaster. With modern distortion pedals, its quite hard to replicate vintage sounds so, honestly I would not know what pedal would work best at a reasonable price for you to get the Coldplay sound. For the amp, the Hod Rod DeVille is a tube amp, and all tube amps are very very costly, and solid state amps just cannot replicate the warmth that the tube amps bring. So I don't know what to say on the amps either. But a good low cost distortion pedal is Digitech's Hot Head which is around 40 dollars and comes with a pretty extensive EQ, so you MIGHT want to give that a try. Any boss reverb pedal will do the job for reverb part of the sound.

 

I could've be a little bit more help if you could tell me what your budget is specifically.

 

Hope this helped on where you stand.

you really think the amp makes that much of a difference? the only reason i ask is because i dont have $900 to spend on an amp alone. I would say my budget is maybe $500, for this summer anyway, i guess i could always buy the parts one at a time seeing as to i am in no rush......

heres a great set of amps to choose from, The line 6 series.....it has ALLLLLL of the built in effects you can buy with pedals, but it saves you the money, and trust me, i know you would think that built in ones must sound like crap, THEY SOUND GREAT. I own a line 6 flextone III, a little advanced for a first amp, but you can look into the Line 6 Spider 112 or lower.....runs on an average of about 375 bucks.....A GREAT AMP, you wont have to upgrade for quite a while actually.....and if you want coldplay, then i would get a squier telecaster, as stated before. And in response to your question "are amps really that important?" the answer is YES...your sound is a combination of things 50% guitar 40%amp and 10% effects, some would even argue that it is 40% guitar and 50% amp, but who cares, they are both equally important, but if you want to save the money you would use to buy countless pedals (flanger, chorus, echo, etc) buy the Line 6 spider, it will SAVE YOU LOADS that can put you closer to a better guitar!!

the mexican telecaster is cheap at twice the price of the squier, half of the us standard - http://www.pennylanemusic.co.uk/fender-standard-telecaster®-mexican-p-354.html

well heres the thing, more than a year ago i bought some cheap ass acoustic, for like 100 bucks...when i play songs from bands they sound fine. To me a note is a note and i can't see how paying $600 more for some piece of equipment is going to make it that much better. For all i am concerned, i might just buy one of those $100 electrics that even come with an amp . Cause honestly when it comes down to it, you're playing the SAME MUSICAL NOTES....regardless of whatever equipment you have.

well heres the thing' date=' more than a year ago i bought some cheap ass acoustic, for like 100 bucks...when i play songs from bands they sound fine. To me a note is a note and i can't see how paying $600 more for some piece of equipment is going to make it that much better. For all i am concerned, i might just buy one of those $100 electrics that even come with an amp . Cause honestly when it comes down to it, you're playing the SAME MUSICAL NOTES....regardless of whatever equipment you have.[/quote']

 

lies.

I suggest the PODxt from Line 6 + a pedal for it. Its got over 32 amp models and effects, completely customizable for less than 300$. Its a complete bargain. When you're looking for a good electric, I suggest a basic Fender. They're not that expensive, and they sound GREAT. I also suggest going to your local shop and trying a few guitars out. The lesser quality guitars will start to get out of tune the higher you go on the fret, so watch out for that. I hope your guitar shopping ends very nicely :D

i'm leaning towards a squier telecaster the more i look around. As far as amps go, i am leaning towards the line 6 spider 2 112 combo. However i have read how its really good for metal. My logic is that if its good for metal, it won't be good to get a nice coldplay sound out of it. what do you guys think?

heres a great set of amps to choose from' date=' The line 6 series.....it has ALLLLLL of the built in effects you can buy with pedals, but it saves you the money, and trust me, i know you would think that built in ones must sound like crap, THEY SOUND GREAT. I own a line 6 flextone III, a little advanced for a first amp, but you can look into the Line 6 Spider 112 or lower.....runs on an average of about 375 bucks.....A GREAT AMP, you wont have to upgrade for quite a while actually.....and if you want coldplay, then i would get a squier telecaster, as stated before. And in response to your question "are amps really that important?" the answer is YES...your sound is a combination of things 50% guitar 40%amp and 10% effects, some would even argue that it is 40% guitar and 50% amp, but who cares, they are both equally important, but if you want to save the money you would use to buy countless pedals (flanger, chorus, echo, etc) buy the Line 6 spider, it will SAVE YOU LOADS that can put you closer to a better guitar!![/quote']

 

since amps are so important....why get a solid state?? get a tube, they is better, squier telecaster would be good for a first guitar but its got nothing to do with coldplay. jonnys blue one is a JD custom so its not going to sound the same or anything.

but if you get a tube youd have to buy effects. those line 6s are pretty nice ive played a few, so whatever you want

i agree with everyone who says tube amps are better. But you guys have to realize that i have a limited budget and tube amps are really expensive. Not only that but i'd have to buy all those effect pedals seperately. So this is why i was leaning towards the line 6 spider 112. for a first amp i don't think its a bad idea. The squier telecaster seems like a good pick, obviously it won't sound exactly like coldplay, but i think it can come close. If someone were to want to replicate coldplay exactly, then obviously they'd have to buy ALL of their equipment which is thousands of dollars, which i don't have.

i've heard that squire is'nt a very good guitar!

i talked with a man with experience!

if i should buy a guitar, i would try to get an original guitar!

but i've got a squire guitar by myself!

and i am very pleased with my guitar!

are tubes that much better? i'm not sure which to pick, if i go with the tube then i have to buy lots of effect pedals which i don't wanna do...

if you're not spending much, buy a solid state to learn on. when you start spending as much as $800 on amps, then go for tubes.

Well, heres the good news if you DO decide to go with tube:

 

Coldplay's guitar work is not effects heavy, meaning if u get a good amp, especially one with reverb built in, all i would consider buying is a distortion/overdrive pedal. Of course if you want to match Coldplay dead on, you would have to spend MUCH more but, for your budget and uses, that'll do.

I am a film believer in the statement: Amp is half the sound.

A bad gutiar will sound decent sometimes even GOOD on an excellent amp, however a GREAT guitar will sound bad on an abysmal amp. It really does make a difference. Im not saying solid states are bad, many of them sound quite amazing. but if u do decide to go tube, just know that it will be money WELL spent.

 

 

Just make sure you have the right guitar. (Fender/Squier telecaster, preferably a HH)

whats a HH? i've read where its better going standard series as opposed to affinity or bullet

Yes, indeed you are right when you say standard is better. With upgrades and some touches, standards can be gig-worthy, however affinity and bullets cannot reach that level of playability.

 

HH refers to the pickup configuration. Buckland loves his Thinline Telecasters, which have 2 humbuckers instead of the standard 2 single coils (also features a semi hollow body with an F hole). fourtunatly, Squire makes great telecasters with dual humbuckers.

 

http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0340200592

 

http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0340100521

 

http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0327602506

 

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These are the Squier Teles with dual humbuckers. I havnt tried them, but I would assume these would be the best guitars to get your Coldplay sound with limited budget.

whatever you do dont buy the mexican fenders unless they are of the good range (the expensive ones cost as mucha s the american ones)

if you are starting out you can think about buying a squire a squire telecaster can give yout he sound you may be looking for or this squire model i had called the squire 51' is also good for its price they are wayc heaper than the proper fenders

think of it as epiphone as opposed to gibson

if ofcourse you are willing to spend osme money buy a fender telecaaster made in usa or maybe japan most importantly try it our before and see if you like it

amos im no expert but fender is always a good option or marshall is very relaible as well

oh is ee poeple have already mentioned it sorry