Fix You amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Coldplay guitar tone for “Fix You”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Harley Benton Ex84. Studio version, X&Y (2005) — signature anthemic climax riff and solo

Original rig

1972 Fender Telecaster Thinline ('Blacky') into Vox AC30 Top Boost, Pro Co RAT, Line 6 DL4, Boss RV-3 Reverb

Warm, chiming British crunch with expansive ambient delay and reverb

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELCrunch

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	6
Reverb	6
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Digital Delay (DL4 / DD-3 style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; set to dotted-eighth tempo sync

Time 5 · Feedback 5 · Level 6

02Overdrive / Distortion (RAT style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Distortion 4 · Filter 5 · Volume 7

Why these settings

The Marshall MG30CFX lacks a presence knob so it is set to null, and its built-in Crunch channel is dialed to provide the AC30 edge-of-breakup drive natively since no external dirt pedal is owned. Active/hot humbuckers on the EX-84 push more low-end and output than Jonny Buckland's Telecaster, so bass is held flat at 5 while treble and mids are pushed to replicate classic Vox top-end chime. Onboard studio reverb is set generously to emulate the spatial wash of the album cut.

PRO TIPPick with a light, medium-flex pick directly over the bridge pickup to emphasize chime and attack without letting the active humbuckers overpower the crunch channel.

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