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Rivers Cuomo is the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the "geek" rock band Weezer. His guitar rig has consisted of various gear and equipment over the past 15 years, which I have tried to include in the article.
Before showing River Cuomo's guitar gear rig and equipment, I thought it would be interesting to share some cool facts about Cuomo.
Rivers Cuomo Graduated from Harvard University with a degree in English (2006). He actually lived in a dorm room.
"Weezer" the name of his rock band, is actually his childhood nickname.
Weezer was originally signed to record the main song for Shrek 2 soundtrack.
Was a metal head as a teenager.
Alrighty, enough fun facts, let's see what Rivers Cuomo's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment looks like. If you have any gear info to add here, please contact us! Below you'll see the guitars, effects, amps, cabinets, strings picks, and more!  Rivers Cuomo  Want to sound like Rivers? Click the gear for more info & to buy at Musician's Friend
Guitars
Charvel Stratocaster-style guitar, a "Model 2" - One of Rivers Cuomo first guitars
Fender Stratocaster with two of the pickups replaced with a black Seymour Duncan TB59B1, AKA the "Trembucker 59", and a red and yellow DiMarzio "Humbucker From Hell"       Warmoth Stratocaster style guitar
red 60's Fender Jaguar  Gibson Les Paul Junior Special, double cutaway  Gibson Les Paul Junior   1974 Gibson Acoustic J-45  Gibson Flying V  Gibson Explorer  Various Stratocaster copies
Red Gibson SG with the Thai word Farang on it, meaning "a white foreigner."  Gibson Les Paul guitars
Amps and Cabinets
Randall 120 watt non-tube head powering a Randall 4x12 cabinet (used back in the day)
Tall '68 Marshall 4X12 cabinet (looks like an 8x10)
1993 Marshall 100 watt JCM-900 "SL-X" Model amplifier (Rivers Cuomo got this in 1993)
1992 Marshall 30th Anniversary 6100LM amp
Diezel amp
Vox AC-30
Marshall JCM 2000 head  Marshall slant 4x12 cabinet w/ 25 watt green back Celestion speakers 
Effects and more
Line 6 POD Pro - Weezer used these solely on some tours, without any amps or cabs.  Jim Dunlop "Crybaby" Wah Wah  Shure U4D wireless system  Boss Turbo Distortion overdrive pedal  Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer Overdrive  Z-Vex pedals - Fuzz Factory
The Big Muff  Boss TU-2 tuner 
Strings and Picks
GHS Boomer strings, size .10' to .46 gauge  Jim Dunlop plain gray pics, the .73's from 1992-1999, and most recently uses the .60s 
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