Rivers Cuomo

Rivers Cuomo can be seen playing his famous blue Warmoth Fender Stratocaster in this photo.

He also is seen here using a Warmoth Custom Stratocaster in Seafoam Green, as captured in a Brewpublic photo from the Project Pabst event. He ordered this guitar after moving on from his previous black and blonde Stratocaster.

In an interview with Rolling Stone in mid 2014 Cuomo described himself as, "The biggest Nirvana fan ever." And so it was no surprise to any keen Weez fan in the same year when a picture of the 2011 Fender Kurt Cobain tribute Jaguar showed up in the album on an entertainment weekly column website titled "in the studio". From this it can be taken that the high output DiMarzio Super distortion pickups came in handy when recording the recent weezer album "Everthing will be alright in the end" as well as the yet more recent 2016 release "Weezer" or the White album.

Cuomo played this sunburst Stratocaster for music video "Buddy Holly". I believe this is Strat's only appearance, and it might be vintage, considering all this fret wear.

Rivers can be seen playing a Flying V in this image

Rivers used a Jaguar to record during the Blue Album sessions on songs like Say It Ain't So.

In the video below you can see Rivers using this guitar in the Lightning Crackle finish throughout Weezer’s performance at Globe Life Field in Dallas on July 24, 2021. Rivers likely used this to play the Van Weezer songs that have dive bombs and Van-Halen-esque playing.

This one can be heard on intro to "Jonas" and "In the garage", according to Weezerpedia. Used around "Blue" era.

A Gibson Explorer was used on "Maladroit", according to Cuomo's interview with Guitar World in 2002.

In this article from Guitar.com, Rivers mentions he uses a standard Gibson SG guitar. When asked if he's done anything special with the guitar he responds "No, the guitar is standard, but we invented a box called the "De-Bigulator" which is just a little switch that turns down the volume - or the current, I don't even know what it is - going to the amp. So it's like I'm quickly turning down my volume knob, but all I have to do is step on this switch. That's how I go from dirty to clean."

Taken in 2001. this photo shows Cuomo playing Gibson Les Paul Custom in alpine white. It is possible that Brian and him shared that guitar because Brian is noted to play the exact one!

In Weezer's "High As A Kite" official video, Rivers Cuomo is seen playing a Fender Custom Shop Telecaster George Harrison Tribute, identifiable by its all-rosewood construction.

In the photo provided by Nme, Rivers Cuomo is seen playing an Epiphone Hummingbird, suggesting it is part of his gear collection.

Rivers Cuomo utilized a Gibson Les Paul Junior while recording the Blue Album in New York, as seen in a user-uploaded photo on Blogger.

In the Music Video for Beginning of The End (Wyld Stallyns Edit) we can see Rivers playing this Purple Kramer Barreta Special at 1:52, the guitar is used to play the main solo and the following verse.

In the "We Are All On Drugs" music video, Rivers can be seen performing with a cherry red SG.

Rivers is using it in this performance.

Rivers used this guitar (Black version) during the Green Album era and was even on the album cover. Also covered in stickers given to him by fans.

In this photo, you can see Cuomo playing SG Original.

He used a Gibson Les Paul during the "Maladroit" tour throughout 2002. He had two color models: a gold, as seen in the picture and a sunburst, which he used when the band was on Letterman in 2002.

In this photo, Cuomo is visible playing black Ibanez V70CE. This photo comes from Weezer's concert at Virgin Mobile Freefest, on 30th of August, 2009.

Rivers is seen here at Weezer's Bethlehem 2019 set playing an alpine white '61 reissue Gibson SG Standard. He's seen using the guitar in the music video for the band's single "If You're Wondering If I Want You To (I Want You To)".

Used in the Pork and Beans and We are all on Drugs videos.

In this video, Cuomo is playing "Unspoken", in a video he has done for Rolling Stone, somewhere in 2010.

In this Youtube video of the encore at a Weezer Road Trip tour show at Breese Stevens Field in Madison, Wisconsin, Rivers Cuomo can be seen playing a Fender Player Plus Meteora HH in Belair Blue. Cuomo seems to use it exclusively for the encore of the shows on this tour.

In the first paragraph of the ''PRE 1992'' section of River's Equipment it says, '' Rivers had a Charvel Stratocaster-style guitar, a "Model 2" that was plain white, but was repainted by Rivers in purple acrylic paint, including the headstock, which was originally black. According to a fan who is familiar with Charvel guitars, the Model 2 didn't have a pickguard, had a bolt-on neck, only had one humbucker, and had a Jackson made Floyd Rose copy for its bridge. This guitar was left over from Rivers's metal days and was only used reluctantly at this point. This guitar met its end during a Weezer practice sometime later, when it was smashed to pieces. The broken headstock visible inside the first album photograph of the garage is from that guitar. No pieces remain today as far as I know. ''

In this image of the Reading Festival 2002, Rivers can be seen playing a Fender Stratocaster with a sunburst finish with a humbucker on the bridge and a single coil sized humbucker jb jr on the neck. Also the guitar appears to be full of stickers of Elmo and Pikachu for some reason.

Rivers Cuomo might have used a white Fender Telecaster with a rosewood neck and a neck humbucker, during the recording of the Blue Album. This guitar was given to Jason Cropper after Rivers was given Jason's modded Strat. This is confirmed by a user-uploaded photo.

In this user-uploaded photo, Rivers Cuomo is seen with a 1960 Gibson Les Paul Junior Doublecut in Cherry Red, which belonged to Blue Album producer Ric Ocasek. This guitar was used to record the rhythm parts for the album's tracks.

https://www.facebook.com/share/XA81kMujhJDvtJJv/?mibextid=LQQJ4d You can see the guitar here

Rivers Cuomo uses a Tobacco Sunburst Gibson Les Paul Custom, as mentioned in the "1995-1996 - Pinkerton" section of the article on Weezerpedia. Several photos show Rivers playing this guitar during the sessions for Pinkerton, and the headstock indicates it is a custom model.