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.
Sep 25, 2026
Credit: Sterling by Music Man (via source)
Sterling by Music Man has released the StingRay II, a guitar developed with Cory Wong that translates visual cues from the StingRay bass into a compact double-cutaway six-string. The production model is now available at $749.99.
Unlike the single-coil sounds most closely associated with Wong, the StingRay II uses two ceramic humbuckers. An alder body, roasted maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, 25.5-inch scale, 12-inch radius, locking tuners and vintage-style tremolo complete the design. Wong has described the collaboration as a way to add the thicker humbucker colors he felt were missing from his usual palette.
The result is less a lower-cost copy of his familiar Strat-style setup than a different branch of his signature gear, aimed at broader rock, R&B and rhythm-guitar territory.
Credit: Ernie Ball
Official Ernie Ball demo of the StingRay II featuring David Kim.
Why it matters
It turns an earlier teased artist collaboration into an actually available, comparatively affordable signature guitar with a deliberately different pickup voice from Wong's best-known instruments.
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