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Spark amp settings — Fender Twin Reverb

The Coldplay guitar tone for “Spark”, dialed in for a Fender Twin Reverb with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster. Studio version, Parachutes (2000)

Original rig

Fender Twin Reverb + Fender Jazzmaster/Telecaster + Lexicon digital delay/WEM Copicat & studio digital reverb

Mellow, woody, ambient clean with gentle treble sparkle
Amp settings — Fender Twin Reverb
CHANNELVibratoBRIGHToff
BASS 5 MID 6 TREBLE 5 REVERB 4 MASTER 4
KnobSetting (0–10)
Bass5
Mid6
Treble5
Reverb4
Master4
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Guitar
PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME8
Signal chain

01Analog/Tape Delay

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds the ambient space heard on Jonny Buckland's overdubs

Time 4 · Repeats 3 · Mix 3
Why these settings

You are playing through the exact amp model used on the album, so the Twin Reverb delivers the pure clean headroom natively. Keep the bright switch off and mids around 6 to counteract the natural Fender mid-scoop, warming up your Stratocaster single coils to match Jonny's rounder tone. Dialing the amp's onboard spring reverb to 4 gives you the lush ambient space without needing external pedals.

PRO TIPPick gently with the flesh of your thumb or use a thin, flexible pick right near the end of the fretboard rather than over the bridge to capture that soft, acoustic-like attack.

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