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Trey Anastasio performs during the 2025 Love Rocks NYC Benefit for God's Love We Deliver at Beacon Theatre on March 06, 2025 in New York City
Phish's Trey Anastasio thinks all guitar music sounds the same – so he radically switched up his songwriting process

By Janelle Borg Published

Anastasio says that, in an effort to push compositional boundaries, he writes a lot of his guitar parts on piano

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Cory Wong plays his new gold Ernie Ball Music Man signature StingRay II and wears a striped longsleeve
How to layer guitar parts like a pro (with a little help from Cory Wong)

By Cory Wong Published

In this exclusive video and tab lesson, the funk maestro serves up a big ol' slice of rhythm layer cake that reimagines the guitar as keyboard, bass, as everything in the band

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Cory Wong plays an Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay II electric guitar
Rhythm guitar master Cory Wong shares his secrets to perfect pick-hand timing

By Cory Wong Published

Cory Wong's strumming boot camp will sharpen those rhythm instincts

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Nile Rodgers plays his Hitmaker Stratocaster onstage at OverOslo 2025. He wears a black bandana.
Cory Wong on the most important technique you can learn from Nile Rodgers

By Cory Wong Published

The kingpin of funky strumming defers to the O.G. – as Wong explains what he learned from the Chic master

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Cory Wong wears a green tracksuit and plays his blue Highway Strat. James Hetfield plays his white Flying V copy on a stage lit up in green.
What funk maestro Cory Wong learned from James Hetfield

By Cory Wong Published

Papa Het has got a brand new bag when it comes to downpicking, and it’s full of lessons for the funk guitar player

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Cory Wong plays his new gold Ernie Ball Music Man signature StingRay II and wears a striped longsleeve
Cory Wong on why approaching rhythm guitar like a drummer makes you a better guitar player

By Cory Wong Published

One of the great rhythm guitar virtuosos teaches us how not only to play to the beat but to be the beat itself. This video and tab lesson explains all...

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Cory Wong wears a Breton-stripe shirt and poses with his new gold Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay II signature guitar
Cory Wong on the making of his signature StingRay and how Vulfpeck just, y’know, made an album during a show

By David Mead Published

The funkmeister guitarist is back with a whirlwind of new recording projects in his wake, and a fresh new signature guitar by his side

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Cory Wong and the Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay II
Cory Wong on collaboration and how to stack and blend guitar parts that complement the song

By Cory Wong Published

Looking for the perfect part to play with another guitarist? Wong says it's all about finding the compositional "hook" – and he has some practical examples to show us

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Left-Cory Wong performs at The O2 Institute Birmingham on October 12, 2023 in Birmingham, England; Right-Guitarist Joe Satriani performs on the Palomino Stage during day 3 of the Stagecoach Music Festival on April 27, 2025 in Indio, California
Joe Satriani responds to Cory Wong's controversial statement about what it takes to be an advanced guitarist

By Janelle Borg Published

Wong recently stirred the pot by saying that guitarists should only call themselves “advanced” if they know every note on the fretboard

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Cory Wong and the Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay II
Cory Wong was on a quest for the perfect humbucker guitar – when an iconic bass design sparked a collaboration

By Janelle Borg Published

The StingRay II – which was unveiled at this year's NAMM – is the six-string, humbucker-laden twist on the iconic StingRay bass design

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