Guitar Style
Buckland largely uses the Telecaster Thinline 72' as his primary electric guitar, as seen mainly in the albums Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, X & Y, and Mylo Xyloto. Buckland also uses other various electric and acoustic guitars, but he has made clear that the Telecaster series is his favorite. Buckland's guitar style is mainly based on U2's The Edge's guitar sound, which consists mainly of ringing, conservative notation, various amps and distorters, and musical rawness. Buckland once played U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name" at a sound-check in Oslo, Norway on Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head tour and didn't even have to change his guitar to play it seemingly exactly like The Edge's version. Jonny Buckland's guitar-playing style has inspired many other bands to adopt a similar technique, such as The Fray's Joe King, The Killers, and Pat Monahan from Train (band) on some songs. The Edge himself stated in an interview at Glastonbury: " is an inspiration to guitar players everywhere, and I am proud to know that I was one of his main influences. (laughs) It makes me feel like a real rock star."
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