Cory Wong
Latest Cory Wong news, guitars, gear, music, performances, and collaborations covered by Guitar Radar.
Guitar Radar has 2 stories about Cory Wong, tracking new music, tours, collaborations and gear. Most of it sits under gear and music. The most recent story, from Sep 25, 2026, is “Sterling and Cory Wong put the StingRay II guitar into production at $749”. Coverage here goes back to Sep 9, 2026.
About Cory Wong
Cory Wong is an American guitarist known for rhythm-first, funk-driven playing, a member of Vulfpeck and a prolific solo artist. He is best known as a Stratocaster player, and in recent years he has worked closely with Ernie Ball Music Man on a different design: the StingRay II, a humbucker-equipped six-string based on the StingRay bass, built because he wanted more girth than single-coils gave him.
The Ernie Ball Music Man version has custom-wound Cory Wong humbuckers and Schaller locking machine heads and is made in the USA. A more affordable Sterling by Music Man version carries the same design at a lower price.
His pedal collaborations include the Hotone Wong Press, a four-in-one volume, expression and wah pedal tuned to his specifications, and the Wampler Cory Wong Compressor, a variation on the EGO Compressor that has long been part of his sound, with a boost function and an XLR output.
Sources: Guitar World: Sterling by Music Man Cory Wong StingRay II · Premier Guitar: Sterling Cory Wong StingRay II · Wampler: Cory Wong Signature Compressor (dealer listing)
Stories
Sterling and Cory Wong put the StingRay II guitar into production at $749
The new offset takes cues from the StingRay bass but uses dual humbuckers, a roasted-maple neck, locking tuners and vintage-style tremolo.
Vulfpeck preview new album 'Decay Of The Aura' with Cory Wong-led instrumental
'The Beachcomber' is the funk band's first new music since Theo Katzman stepped away from touring, with Cory Wong carrying the melody on guitar.