“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

Cory Wong playing the StingRay II deluxe.

NAMM 2025: Ernie Ball Music Man has teamed up with funk virtuoso Cory Wong to introduce the brand-new StingRay II guitar, directly inspired by the design of the iconic StingRay bass – a first for the brand.

While it’s not the first StingRay guitar model, it’s the first time EBMM has attempted to accurately reproduce previoulsy bass-only features, like the distinctive rounded scratchplate, on a guitar build.