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^ :lol::dozey: Jonny too. And their guitars are gorgeous! :nice: I'd agree with that. Add the Jazzmaster (GPASUYF) & Gibson (Violet Hill) in as well. Jonny just oozes guitars :D Here's a bit of what the lovely Mr McGinn says about Jonny's guitars. :cool: (He says 9 guitars, although Jon & Chris don't use the Rickenbackers live anymore, at least not in concert. I'm guessing the interview was from AROBTTH-ish era. Wow, how times have changed...) I asked Matt if Jon’s equipment had changed. “Jonny started off using a borrowed blue Tele as his main instrument and he’s certainly got more than that now. We take nine guitars out on the road. His favourite is a 1974 Fender sunburst Thinline Tele with humbucker pickups. There’s also a Fender Jaguar re-issue, a beaten up old 60’s Jazzmaster, an early ‘60s brown Gibson 335 and two Rickenbacker 12 strings. The Rickys look beautiful and they sound amazing but they are a pain in the neck to re-string and tune up! Anyone who’s ever owned one will know what I’m talking about.” ...How do you get a guitar to stay in tune under the hot lights when your guitarist is whacking away at the strings on stage? “That’s one of the advantages of changing guitars all the time. There are so many tunings that they get swapped and checked every other song..." http://www.showmehowtoplay.com/featu...h_Matt_mcginn/

^ :laugh3::lol: random! mmmm... or chocolate :dozey: ^ :D it's alright. we all have those days...

jonny's guitars ^ uh, i think it might be the MXR Micro Amp??? Though on his setlists it just says "Rv3, Rat, L62C" (the L62C being a control on his Line 6 dl-4) So maybe it's something to do with his dl-4 pedal?? But what about if Jonny breaks a string? His Roadie won't have enough time to restring the guitar in the middle of a song. Thus, extra tele guitars are needed. hehe, yeah i know :confused: so many confuzzling mysteries... Yup he does. During the Techno versions of God Put A Smile and Talk ;) Very funky riff he plays during God Put A Smile. He uses the whammy bar and it just makes me laugh, the guitar sounds like it's mewing like a cat. :lol:

GAH!!! The show's probably over by now Eeeeeep!!! *Awaiting news/reports!* :bomb: Hope everyone had a blast! :)

Haha! Cheeky! :P Seasons Greetings to the one and only ORACLE!!! :wink: :santa3::flutterby::flutterby::elf:

Jonny's sunburst guitars I think J has a few Sunburst Teles. Chris even said something like, "Jonny has 11 guitars now." although you never know with Chris (may be exaggerating a wee bit) :D But I cannot tell if that ^ guitar is the same as this one below. The worn-marks look similar but the sunburst colouring looks different. :confused: I tried to help :sweatdrop: If only I was Jonny's Roadie....:sneaky: then i would know this.

^ Thanks acade365 I'd already figured it out by ear, but it's nice to have the sheets as reference. :nice: *sigh* Chris plays Satie's piece so lovely :dozey: even with a towel on his head :lol: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM-0ME67mVg]YouTube - Coldplay - Gnossienne no. 1 Antwerp 4-10-08[/ame]

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^ I noticed that too! :lol: Classic! :bigcry: Lucky Brits!!!!! :bigcry: I'd give anything to be at the next O2 shows tomorrow nite & Tuesday!!!! Enjoy the boys while they're in your neck of the woods! ;) THANKS FOR THE PICS IAN & MIMIXXX

^ haha! True! And his own Jonny hat/beret thing! :P P.S. Mimixxx, you were totally correct about Mr Pegg being there *bows down to your amazing all-knowingness* :shy:

^ I know he's got a wild mane:P but maybe he pulled a Chris and shaved it all off!? Hmmm... i think it might be Simon now though. It does look like him! Soooo cool! :cool:

!!!! Is that Jonny's brother Tim??? :shocked2::shocked2::shocked2::shocked2: GAH!!!! Maybe Simon Pegg!? I wanna know! :bigcry:

vote ^ I voted 4 times already.... nothing seems to make that bar move :\

vote ^ I voted 4 times already.... nothing seems to make that bar move :\

^ haha, you're not a House fan by any chance...? :P ... .. . (I am too :cool:)

satriani issue ^ yikes indeed! I just went to watch your vid again and noticed it was removed! :( It's sad because that was the only video defending Coldplay.... Although EMI took your video off, they also removed the other video.. the one that probably instigated this whole issue! WOOT! :smug:

^ Aha! I just noticed that (duh!) YAY! :cool: We cannot fail now! :smug:

VIVA LA VOTE!!! ^ Well, maybe if Anchorman gave us another publicity boost.... :wink3:

hands ^ hehe thanks, I've way too much time on my hands! :P ^ and you were indeed correct about the mirror thing. Oh and I'm pretty sure that Guy can play left-handed bass too! :dozey: ...*sigh* They're so talented! RANDOM: Sweet location doritji! Mmmm... chocolate

LIJ video question :heart: I love handedness stuff. It's so fascinating.... Anyway, this is what I think happened in the lovely LIJ video. *the Right side is the Actual image *the Left side is the Mirrored image used in the Video. The Producer mirrored the image so that we could read the words since the boys wrote the words facing them. Chris, I'm pretty sure, is Ambidextrous (can write with either hand) He used his Right hand in video. He does usually write Left-handed when signing autographs though, but can use his Right hand (i.e. writing MakeTradeFair on his Left hand in 2002-03) Jonny is Right-handed Guy is Left-handed Will is Right-handed I always think: 1/2 the band are left-handed (Chris & Guy) and 1/2 are right-handed (Jonny & Will) Hope that helped and wasn't too confusing :D

^ It definitely does get easier. Practice... A LOT! It'll hurt but just grit your teeth and keep playing! :cool: Doing warm-up hand exercises and finger stretches help too. I'm a female (i.e. smaller hands...grrrr.) and I can play the 6th string with thumb, so it's not impossible. It was difficult at first though. P.S. to Mig-el : Gary Lightbody's hands are indeed MASSIVE!!! :shocked2: Just try playing the chorus chords for "Chasing Cars".... ugh! My thumb would ache so much, still kind of does. I envy men with their larger hands. Jonny and especially Chris have REALLY LONG fingers... perfect for piano or guitar :bomb:

rainy day! Hehehe, re-posting my thought from the Official Intro to Rainy Day Appreciation thread: It sounds like Chris saying, "OK Guy" :cool: gosh, I still cannot stop laughing when I hear the beginning bit. Piano and then whooosh, weird pokemon gameboy music! :laugh3: lol, "Top Flip Flap"????? :thinking: :P

YAY!!!! WE WON! :D Props to Anchorman for the publicity! uh, yeah good point Mimixxx. We've still got the army of Musers & Radioheaders to get thru :uhoh::stunned: (not to mention Oasis, Pink Floyd, Kings Of Leon, etc....)

subliminal mod messages! Ugh to critic :rolleyes: ^ Hahaha I love how the Mods are all sending us subliminal messages about voting... :laugh3: *cough* Ian's avi!

:nice: Awwww... lucky UK fans! :heart: Thanks for the vids and pics. TROUBLE!!! eeee!! that's awesome!