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=== | ===1995 - Europe Jan/Feb=== | ||
No significant change. In | No significant change. In Europe the band had to rent some gear, so it is possible that at least speaker cabinets were rented. These would be some form of Marshall 4x12. | ||
===1995 - Spr/Sum Touring=== | ===1995 - Spr/Sum Touring=== | ||
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===1996 - Fall USA=== | ===1996 - Fall USA=== | ||
The Black Warmoth Strat was introduced around this point. The earliest footage there is of the guitar is from December 18th, 1996, when the band played at Deep Ellum in Dallas, Texas. The black strat was used on “No One Else” up until “Why Bother?” | The Black Warmoth Strat was introduced around this point. The earliest footage there is of the guitar is from December 18th, 1996, when the band played at Deep Ellum in Dallas, Texas. The black strat was used on “No One Else” up until “Why Bother?” | ||
===1997 - Japan/Thailand=== | ===1997 - Japan/Thailand=== | ||
In '97, we finally ordered several back-up Stratocaster copies, to complement the sonic blue one. Only one, a black one, showed up before all Weezer touring stopped in August 1997. This black one went on to become Rivers main guitar for performing "older" songs (the Blue album and Pinkerton are in "E flat" tuning, whereas the newer stuff is not, so they need 2 sets of guitars and basses onstage), and appears on the cover of the Green album ( | In '97, we finally ordered several back-up Stratocaster copies, to complement the sonic blue one. Only one, a black one, showed up before all Weezer touring stopped in August 1997. This black one went on to become Rivers main guitar for performing "older" songs (the Blue album and Pinkerton are in "E flat" tuning, whereas the newer stuff is not, so they need 2 sets of guitars and basses onstage), and appears on the cover of the Green album (ironically a CD full of songs that cannot be properly played on that black guitar). This guitar has had numerous modifications made, as it had serious electrical errors when it arrived. The idea was to duplicate the innards of the blue guitar, but since no one really knew what was going on in the blue guitar at the time, it didnt turn out right. After several years of tinkering by various experts, its all good now. The main difference beetween the black one and the original blue one is that the body was made of solid maple, which is very heavy and difficult to get a good tone with. | ||
===1997-1998 - Homie/Rivers Cuomo Band=== | |||
Certain photos have surfaced online with Rivers playing a Silvertone 1449. Also in some of the [[The Black Room]] demos released in 2020, there are files named '''Silvertone riff''', and '''Silvertone Blues'''. Other photos have also surfaced of Rivers using a gold Fender Stratocaster. In certain fan accounts of these shows, he was also seen playing an acoustic guitar. Rivers also used a Fender Vibro-King amp, which he also used during 1998 rehearsals. | |||
===1998 - | ===1998 - Rehearsals + GP shows=== | ||
[[Image:Rivers_brian_1998.png|right|thumb|200px|Rivers with his Les Paul Junior during the summer of 1998, an unknown Fender guitar can be seen on the left.]] | |||
Photos have surfaced of Rivers using his Gibson Les Paul Junior he acquired after the Blue Album sessions in fall 1993 during the failed 3rd album rehearsals. According to [[Pat Finn]] at the time "rivers got his marshall back out, but he is still using the fender vibro-king in a stereo chorus set up. rivers said it sounds huge and seemed real happy about it." <ref> https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Indecision_and_Abandoning_the_Past </ref> | |||
===1999 - | ===1999 - The Black Room=== | ||
While next to nothing is known about this time, it appears an unknown drum machine was used on a majority of the C.O.R demos, as well as real drums. It is possible he used his (now cracked) sonic blue strat he used on the Blue/Pinkerton tours, as well as his Les Paul Junior, and gold Stratocaster. | |||
===2000 - USA/Japan=== | ===2000 - USA/Japan=== | ||