<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Cory-wong ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/cory-wong Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:20:12 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “If you talked to me when I was 25 years old, I would have been frightened to take a solo after Joe Satriani…” Why Cory Wong is no longer afraid to trade leads with his heroes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/cory-wong-no-longer-afraid-to-trade-solos-with-his-heroes NAPU3X7TK674q2uThFEYDY Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:20:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I get up to the counter and the guy’s like, ‘Ah, you know what? I just don’t like that guitar. I’ll give it to you for a few hundred bucks’”: Cory Wong on not buying the Klon hype and vintage unicorns lost and found ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/cory-wong-life-in-gear Z72sHAf4aUYNtsVF5toNJ8 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The tune was inspired by legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius’ Teen Town”: Cory Wong on why doubling the bassline is one of the “most badass” things a guitarist can do ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/cory-wong-doubling-basslines-on-guitar WfwAxuvhCkjmKgLf3XogHL Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It can make the solo sound and feel like an integral part of the song”: Cory Wong shows you how to solo over chords in a meaningful way ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/cory-wong-guitar-solos-with-meaning DK4wZ7cQG3KSsT63NbjyfJ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:35:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Can do everything the Strat doesn’t do”: Sterling by Music Man rolls out a more affordable version of Cory Wong’s signature StingRay II – plus the brand’s first-ever baritone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/sterling-by-music-man-cory-wong-signature-guitar-and-brand-first-baritone xGeGRiLmkVbsozMFzJtdcj Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:51:52 +0000 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:38:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The downstrokes and palm muting give the riff a very specific sound and feel that’s almost marimba-like”: Cory Wong on how you can use double-stops in a melody or solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/how-to-use-doublestops-in-a-melody-or-solo n4F32wcZYPjzXN9jkHGiHA Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:27:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My inspiration for this tune was Flight of the Bumblebee, but through a funky lens, as if Tower of Power had written and recorded the melody”: Cory Wong on how to arrange guitar and keyboards ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/cory-wong-on-how-to-arrange-guitar-and-keyboards SBu4kd2e79YdbTEbqENBMd Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:03:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve seen people cover the tune, and one thing most get wrong about it is they’re not intentional about the sections in the way they should be”: Cory Wong on how to create a bigger, wider sound by layering baritone guitar parts ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/cory-wong-on-how-to-layer-baritone-guitar-parts hbG8kncXYfhuHFz6BXmBxQ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:07:00 +0000 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:51:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “On a guitar, it's built so weird with that one string in the wrong position, and so everybody plays the same crap all the time”: Phish's Trey Anastasio thinks all guitar music sounds the same – so he radically switched up his songwriting process ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/phish-trey-anastasio-on-composing-guitar-parts-on-piano SRzNfP8SrqZpZ6UoxHtESJ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:08:54 +0000 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:43:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My objective is to find a purposeful role for each guitar part”: How to layer guitar parts like a pro (with a little help from Cory Wong) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/cory-wong-on-how-to-orchestrate-guitar-parts anG7LeYSXYrpRwesSYgta5 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 10:08:00 +0000 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:18:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The pick hand is thetimekeeper, and I’ve spent a lot of time working on exercises designed to bolster my strumming competence”: Rhythm guitar master Cory Wong shares his secrets to perfect pick-hand timing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/cory-wong-pick-hand-strumming-secrets 2E9uR44ZaHpaATUU2dvmD Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:43:31 +0000 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:02:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If I were to strum a full barre-chord voicing for each chord, it would feel too ‘chunky.’ Instead, I do what Nile advised me to do”: Cory Wong on the most important technique you can learn from Nile Rodgers ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/cory-wong-on-what-he-learned-from-nile-rodgers TvsnxkeKbxTAtUF3CfszwH Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:44:23 +0000 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 15:14:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If you think about the approach to guitar I’m known for, it seems to have little in common with Hetfield’s. But I would argue that it has much to do with it”: What funk maestro Cory Wong learned from James Hetfield ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/cory-wong-on-what-he-learned-from-james-hetfield-of-metallica C755uvQZN278ESqmCzjMr9 Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:52:35 +0000 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:12:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Add the hi-hat, and it’s, ‘Tss, tss, kahh, boom, boom-boom, kah, tss, boom, kahh’ etc. We can emulate these different elements on the guitar”: Cory Wong on why approaching rhythm guitar like a drummer makes you a better guitar player ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/cory-wong-on-what-guitarists-can-learn-from-the-drummer sr5HpAeb6w8dXPNGegexJW Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:26:08 +0000 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:41:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I love my Strat; I’m a Strat guy through and through, but I just needed a guitar with humbuckers”: Cory Wong on the making of his signature StingRay and how Vulfpeck just, y’know, made an album during a show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/cory-wong-vulfpeck-stingray i68cu4NKTUZ3rcnGgkdqHd Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:24:47 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:42:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The first thing you need to do islisten to what the other instrumentalist isplaying and see if what you’re doing can enhance that”: Cory Wong on the secrets of collaboration and how to stack and blend guitar parts that complement the song ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/cory-wong-video-tutorial-how-to-stack-and-blend-complementary-guitar-parts W9ZK3tvEEJF3EKVeCEhAVm Fri, 16 May 2025 09:55:08 +0000 Wed, 21 May 2025 10:31:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I would always insist that you know every single note right from the beginning”: Joe Satriani responds to Cory Wong's controversial statement about what it takes to be an advanced guitarist – and why he agrees with him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-satriani-responds-to-cory-wongs-statement-about-advanced-guitarists 5RxWWy9yQvJepddQfxrr45 Thu, 01 May 2025 16:11:13 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:45:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I emailed Brian Ball. I was like, ‘Hey, can you just slap six strings on there and a humbucker and send me one?’ He’s like, ‘No, I can’t’”: Cory Wong was on a quest for the perfect humbucker guitar – when an iconic bass design sparked a collaboration ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/cory-wong-ernie-ball-music-man-stringray-ii-collaboration 6EHRta57X3eKUhERre595J Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:40:51 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:27:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “For some players, their approach to rhythm guitar is, ‘Oh, someone else gets to do all of the fun stuff while I do this…’” Think playing rhythm guitar is boring? Cory Wong is here to change your mind ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/cory-wong-the-case-for-rhythm-guitar vBsdjFdN5KHmLFpSxCQTTZ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:16:02 +0000 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:55:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Didn’t know this would trigger so many folks”: Cory Wong says you’re not an advanced guitarist unless you can ace this one test ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/cory-wong-advanced-guitarist-challenge 5v6v6Kmqw6TtGkr2hJziBT Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:55:14 +0000 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:09:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I get the label as a blues rock artist a lot, and I hate that. That's not the type of music I make, nor is it the kind of music I listen to”: Grace Bowers on moving past the blues guitarist label – and where she’s headed next ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/grace-bowers-on-moving-past-the-blues-guitarist-label muFg27yG8akyvHyDhu3kKQ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:11:36 +0000 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:07:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I look up the tracks, I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s him.’ It’s the tone, the touch, the feel, the voicing choices”: Rhythm guitarists are harder to identify on recordings than lead players. But there’s one rhythm king that Cory Wong can pick out without fail ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/cory-wong-most-identifiable-rhythm-guitarist cAD6dDJvDjyKqzkaz2RnWZ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:42:33 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:34:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I've been a Strat guy my whole life, but this instrument is going to give me options to expand my color palette”: Cory Wong teams up with Ernie Ball Music Man on a StingRay bass-inspired electric guitar – while still keeping ties with Fender ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/cory-wong-teams-up-with-ernie-ball-music-man-on-a-stringray-bass-inspired-electric-guitar QRwfESRvvZgFHyZziMVai5 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:55:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If he were just a pop guitar player, he would be a legend – this cat is arguably one of the greatest players to ever exist”: Cory Wong and Andy Timmons on the brilliance of George Benson, and his essential contributions to the guitar vocabulary ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/george-benson-guitar-camp-cory-wong-andy-timmons M2YVr7HYxPJQrNtGD7yhSS Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:56:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “All of my favorite ones were huge. I wanted to have three-in-one in a smaller footprint”: Cory Wong’s new signature wah/expression/volume pedal might be the space-saving stompbox your pedalboard is crying out for ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/cory-wong-hotone-audio-wong-press-pedal Boc3rQyFHS7jjuwZWE8yua Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:18:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ If you can’t play syncopated rhythms, you can’t be a funk guitar player – and improving your groove will help your playing in all styles ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/improve-your-syncopation-funk-guitar e4duzGiAH3uynHQUrzWtnQ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 09:02:32 +0000 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:59:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When somebody signs up to listen to a guitar-led band, they might assume it's going to be a bunch of shredding”: Cory Wong subverts expectations of what a lead guitarist should sound like during rare acoustic set ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/cory-wong-on-subverting-expectations-of-what-a-lead-guitarist-should-sound-like QCurJWvLbevj6wqUzChyg Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:40:06 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:39:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m checking my sources, but it’s possible that we snapped here”: Vulfpeck guitarist Cory Wong joins anarchic electronic artist Marc Rebillet for a surprise frenzied funk guitar jam ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/vulfpeck-guitarist-cory-wong-joins-marc-rebillet-on-stage m9P2mweLXMJYdfZxR6jpN7 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:39:10 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d messaged Cory to see if he needed a bassist. He sent me his tour manager’s phone number and said, ‘See you in two days’”: Meet Vincen García, the Spanish bass virtuoso who joined Cory Wong’s band with 48 hours’ notice ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/vincen-garcia-with-cory-wong AQuKYM8fzik7LwrzSLtHxh Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:04:46 +0000 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:19:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ You don’t have to choose between rhythm and lead – ‘lead rhythm guitar’ has it all, and funk master Cory Wong is a master of the craft ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/cory-wong-lead-rhythm-guitar 63Hon6ZapHAf58kjt7cWfR Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:53:28 +0000 Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:54:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I never have to think about strumming patterns – it’s all taken care of because the motor is always going”: Cory Wong is the modern king of funk guitar – he shares his tips for tightening up your rhythm playing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/cory-wong-funk-guitar-rhythm-playing JFqKqac2A4U7EPBrAbHLyH Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:28:39 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:05:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fender unveils two new finishes for Cory Wong’s signature Stratocaster – and stunning doesn’t even begin to cover it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender-cory-wong-stratocaster-surf-green-daphne-blue KPAgeVgTjiv48GqYMBWQCV Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:11:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ From Prince to John Frusciante via Cory Wong: learn the rhythm approaches of the pop-funk masters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/prince-john-frusciante-cory-wong-pop-funk-guitar z2UP44ERvV8AZeQ4z3VHh8 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 15:03:47 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cory Wong and Wampler unite for the Wong Compressor – “the most versatile compressor that has ever existed” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/wampler-cory-wong-wong-compressor p7KTjcse4r2yCFr9WndbB9 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:49:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cory Wong on Jeff Beck: “I’m a diehard Strat guy. There are so many reasons why, but Jeff Beck was on that list of reasons” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/cory-wong-on-jeff-beck WsHqgdbqydZtVobC4dQLUL Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:18:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Eric Gales cameo with Cory Wong and unleash one of the best 5-minute live blues solos of his career ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/eric-gales-cory-wong-meditation-solo KM3KE6V7AZCFaAZWZXd6kQ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:08:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Seymour Duncan brings the funk with standalone release of Cory Wong signature Clean Machine pickups ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/seymour-duncan-cory-wong-clean-machine-pickups RSNzTQQNtkt9eRDYDSw8K8 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:01:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Julian Lage explains why he doesn’t use many effects pedals ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/julian-lage-effects-pedals-cory-wong 6qoYCYCVtebnMKBygFo2YM Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:49:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Satriani recruits Peter Frampton, Steve Lukather, Mateus Asato, Cory Wong, Nili Brosh and more for G4 V6.0 Experience 2023 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/joe-satriani-g4-experience-2023-lineup hYoH4KMiA32qiN8RZf9ptB Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:39:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Tim Henson, Plini and Cory Wong used their signature Neural DSP plugins to write one of the guitar instrumentals of the year ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tim-henson-plini-cory-wong-sunset T6ABVkWcJyXbc9DsBUyxH8 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 17:18:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ From genre-bending, jaw-loosening collaborations to soulful blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/genre-jaw-loose-collab-soul-essential-tracks RgNzw6nGJ3woNC5F3x2Xhj Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:12:07 +0000 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 20:46:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ 28 players name their favorite John Frusciante guitar moments ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/guitar-stars-john-frusciante-favorite-moments VZox2MSCAjjvfCe7RP5NJJ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:00:55 +0000 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:01:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to play funk guitar in the style of John Frusciante, Cory Wong, Melanie Faye and more ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/funk-guitar-lesson PmKrnbSGDPZyab8YVSf4nN Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:53:38 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cory Wong and Victor Wooten team up for hour-long bass showcase ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/cory-wong-victor-wooten-bass CnBQpEXjJtmccSMkFpybPM Thu, 05 May 2022 10:45:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cory Wong recruits Mark Lettieri and flexes his two-hand tapping skills on new single, Power Station ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/cory-wong-mark-lettieri-power-station LiSobGjtHhqajNznUPxdGR Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:07:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Vai recalls the time he went to Paisley Park to jam with Prince – but Prince didn’t show up ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-vai-prince-paisley-park-jam 74QjHqtdFiVjpUH32NAkdV Wed, 06 Apr 2022 15:59:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cory Wong's new Great British Bass Off comedy skit is a must-watch for bass players ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/cory-wong-the-great-british-bass-off ackyCTuJu3rT6sdUDQL2jP Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:34:49 +0000 Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:08:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Vai names 5 contemporary guitarists who are taking the instrument to the next level ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/steve-vai-5-guitarists-to-watch fP9fjbANyytoxueHfQJ7QH Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:36:32 +0000 Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:02:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cory Wong announces season 2 of his Cory and The Wongnotes talk show – and reveals its stellar lineup ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/cory-wong-the-wongnotes-season-2 witXSihkcdFCJrvGfNeSsW Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:12:50 +0000 Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:46:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Cory Wong: “Most people know me as a rhythm player with a clean sound. But I’ve been playing lead guitar since I was a kid, too” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/cory-wong-vulfpeck-wongs-cafe Sp7SMhZ8Nd9n2RaRb2QxdF Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:19:38 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:33:10 +0000