In My Place amp settings — Yamaha GA-15
The Coldplay guitar tone for “In My Place”, dialed in for a Yamaha GA-15 with a Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Studio version, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) - signature opening lead hook
Gibson ES-335 / Fender Telecaster Thinline into Fender Hot Rod DeVille / Twin Reverb with Boss RV-3 Reverb, Line 6 DL4 Delay, and Ibanez TS9 / Pro Co RAT
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Master | 6 |
01Digital Delay (Boss DD-8 / DD-3)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (set to dotted 8th / ~440ms tempo sync)
02Reverb (Boss RV-6 / Hall of Fame)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (Hall or Plate setting for stadium space)
The signature hook is fundamentally a chimey clean-to-mildly-driven Fender tone with heavy delay and reverb. On the small solid-state GA-15 (which has Gain, Volume, Treble, Middle, Bass, and a Drive switch), keep the Drive switch OFF and push the clean channel gain to 6 for subtle harmonic bite without fizzy solid-state clipping. Position 4 (neck+middle single-coils) on the Pacifica captures the glassy snap and hollow body airiness of Jonny Buckland's ES-335 while taming high-end harshness.
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