How to get a certain guitar effect?

Question:how does the Coldplay guitarist get all those watery echoes?
in on live video i saw him holding a magnet or something by the bridge and he wasnt even strumming.

just in general, what does coldplay do, for like, Yellow or God Put a Smile on Your Face

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: how does the Coldplay guitarist get all those watery echoes?
in on live video i saw him holding a magnet or something by the bridge and he wasnt even strumming.

just in general, what does coldplay do, for like, Yellow or God Put a Smile on Your Face

Sounds like he was using an E-bow with a flanger and delay. I'm not familiar with the song, but from your description it matches.

An e-bow uses a driver to vibrate strings - similar to a sustainiac. This can give the guitar violin-like or synthy qualities.

Saul

Saul is right on. Here are two interesting sites that are worth looking at if you're interested in the eBow:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthr...
http://www.soniccouture.com/pages/ebow.p...

Kabum