“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

Cory Wong plays his new signature StingRay II guitar.

Cory Wong has issued a hot take on Instagram, claiming that players can’t call themselves advanced guitarists unless they can ace one specific test.

“Gentle call out to the folks that consider themselves advanced guitarists,” he says in a new reel with his new Ernie Ball guitar sat on his lap. “If you can't do this exercise, I wouldn't consider you an advanced guitarist.”