Adventure of a Lifetime amp settings — Zoom G1X Four
The Coldplay guitar tone for “Adventure of a Lifetime”, dialed in for a Zoom G1X Four with a jackson dinky js20. Studio version, A Head Full of Dreams (2015) — signature intro and main hook riff
Fender Jaguar into Vox AC30 Top Boost with dotted-eighth digital delay
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 4 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 7 |
01Zoom RackComp (Compressor block)
Tightens percussive attack for the disco-style single-note riff
02Zoom Delay (Digital Delay block)
Set delay time to dotted 8th note synced to 112 BPM (~402ms)
03Zoom Hall (Reverb block)
Light ambient space behind the delay repeats
The Jackson JS20's ceramic humbuckers have a much hotter and darker output than Jonny Buckland's single-coil Fender Jaguar, so use the middle position or single-coil split mode to thin the low end. On the Zoom UK 30A model, bass is rolled back to 4 and treble pushed to 7 to recreate the chime and cut of an AC30 Top Boost without muddying the fast riff. The RackComp block evens out the rapid alternate picking dynamics before hitting the rhythmic delay.
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