Rivers Cuomo

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.

In the "A note on strings and plectrums:" section of Rivers Equipment it says: Rivers has always used GHS strings, size .10's, He has experimented with both TNT's and .11's at various times.

In this recorded performance of The Blue Album for Spotify THIRTY, Rivers Cuomo uses the AEA KU5A microphone to record his vocals.

In this Conan O'Brien performance from June 2001, RIvers' Line 6 POD rack can be seen in the background behind him. The band switched to PODs during the Green Album Tour to save money on gear transportation and have a consistent sound at live shows.

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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.

In the official music video for "Grapes of Wrath," Rivers Cuomo is seen at various points beginning at 0:32 holding a red Epiphone Flying V guitar. This visual confirmation is provided by the video released by Weezer on YouTube.

According to the strings section on Weezerpedia, Rivers Cuomo has experimented with GHS Guitar Boomers .11-.50 strings.

In 1992, Rivers Cuomo used a Seymour Duncan JB Model Humbucker in the bridge position of his red Warmoth Stratocaster, as documented on Weezerpedia.

In 1992, Rivers Cuomo used a Seymour Duncan SHR-1b Hot Rails Strat Pickup in the middle position of his red Warmoth Stratocaster, as documented on Weezerpedia.

According to Weezerpedia, Rivers Cuomo primarily used Dunlop Nylon Standard 0.73mm Guitar Picks from 1992 to 1999.

A Reddit post by user Willtyrikos confirms that Rivers Cuomo uses Dunlop Nylon Standard 0.88mm Guitar Picks, as they obtained one of Rivers' used picks from a recent concert.

A Reddit post by user DJ_HardR confirms that Rivers Cuomo uses Dunlop Herco Flex 75 Nylon 1.01mm Guitar Picks, as they obtained one of his guitar picks at a concert.

In a photo posted on Instagram by Weezer, Rivers Cuomo is seen with seven Dunlop Tortex Standard 0.60mm Guitar Picks in a pickstand.

According to an entry on Weezerpedia, Rivers Cuomo used a ZVEX Fuzz Factory pedal during the recording of the song, "Photograph."

In Weezer’s music video for “What Happens After You?”, Rivers is seen playing a black Fender P-Bass with a lot of stickers on it.

In a photo from Bizarre Fest 1996, a Marshall JMP MKII Super Lead 100W is clearly visible directly behind Rivers Cuomo.

For the clean rhythm, Rivers Cuomo used a Bobby Schneck 1979 Gibson ES-335TD, utilizing the bridge pickup, through a Z-Vex "Super Hard-On" pedal into a Vox AC 30 amp to record "Island In the Sun" from the Green Album, as documented on Weezerpedia.

On the May 2002 issue of Guitar World magazine, Rivers Cuomo was on the cover of the magazine with a Kramer guitar that looks like the 1984 guitar