Cory Wong of Vulfpeck on His Funky Right Hand Picking Technique

Cory Wong of Vulfpeck on His Funky Right Hand Picking Technique | Reverb Interview

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Vulfpeck (and guitarist Cory Wong) has become a major name amongst a new wave of funk-influenced musicians. Today, Cory sits down with us to talk about his personal method of bringing rhythmic guitar instinct into his lead playing.

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@BennieSmithJnr 4 жыл бұрын

Can't believe his parents named him after a Vulfpeck song

@user-oj8ij2pg5e 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jrepjdCSscyWn2Q.html

@matthewchunk3689 4 жыл бұрын

can't believe someone's using the neck pickup

@blue-tb2fd 4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Chunk 3 - oh yeah what a rare occurance

@room36beats81 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7FgddKDlpm8hIk.html

@dfifty2 2 жыл бұрын

It‘s called the fourth position

@MirMarksman 6 жыл бұрын

Let's be honest, Cory's right hand technique is good, but the true power comes from his incredible funk face.

4 жыл бұрын

Just as that drummers face I love it

@iaial0 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone gets a stank face with Cory Wong!

@bueller8278 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I have to look away. I cannot help but think its the same face he makes during intercourse

@woOOui 4 жыл бұрын

@@bueller8278 WHY THINK ABOUT THAT?

@StefanReich 4 жыл бұрын

What are you doing here, FUNK FACE

@DavidDiMuzio 4 жыл бұрын

This video gave me a whole new appreciation for how sick Cory's playing is.

@BeforeTheDarkAge 6 жыл бұрын

Don't judge a book by its cover. This band has an amazing funky groove. While having the fashion sense and look of the IT department.

@yumadapaka 6 жыл бұрын

they are an amazing band, amazing musicians, but they look like they hired a stylist to dress them up.

@GTrules123 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah thats not VULFPECK thats just some reverb musicians backing up cory for this vid

@HadesWTF 6 жыл бұрын

It sounds awesome, but that drummer is the goofiest looking son of a bitch I've ever seen.

@Nathan_Lundstrom 6 жыл бұрын

Not Reverb musicians. The drummer and keys are local guys from Minneapolis, where Cory is from.

@scampoli25 6 жыл бұрын

says a guy proudly wearing a denim shirt-bandana combo

@Wintergatan 6 жыл бұрын

5:08 repeated guitar and rhodes slides. Just wanted to let you know. GOLD

@alexwood3932 6 жыл бұрын

Wintergatan amazing to find your comment here, love your work man, pumped for that world tour

@Griffinstorm09 6 жыл бұрын

oh hey martin

@stocchinet 5 жыл бұрын

Actually it's a Wurly

@jacobkantor3886 5 жыл бұрын

what is this, a crossover episode?

@barscanavc8611 5 жыл бұрын

@@jacobkantor3886 I see what you did there

@jakobmorningstar 5 жыл бұрын

Cory needs to team up with the Slow-no Guys to get his right hand in super slow-motion

@letmeooze 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! You should get Joe Dart to do some bass videos. Love that band.

@babykaho1 6 жыл бұрын

woody should come in and play some classic woody goss lines................actually i need the boys to all show up

@AcornFox 5 жыл бұрын

And Theo for singing solos. WTAF.

@umphreak9999 5 жыл бұрын

"Ok, so what i do here, is I be Joe Dart, and it just kinda happens"

@elvis_chen 6 жыл бұрын

Damn it is so funky, even their looks.

@connorbrozny1402 6 жыл бұрын

Elvis bro you gotta listen to vulfpeck. They're so good!!!

@saedt 6 жыл бұрын

the faces, man, the faces

@wenting2457 6 жыл бұрын

They're so white.

@jpaulmusic8389 6 жыл бұрын

Reccomend me an album. Sounds great. Found this in my suggested videos and decided to give it a watch.

@SidnerTheNiceGuy 6 жыл бұрын

JPaul Music First of all, listen to their EPs, a lot of their best work on there. But if you wanna hear Cory Wong you should listen to The Beautiful Game, and if you like that then maybe check out Mr. Finish Line. And if you like those, you can listen to The Thrill Of The Arts (no Cory Wong on this one, though). Hope this helps

@NimeuMusic 6 жыл бұрын

That tapping impression made my day. 0:40

@iaial0 4 жыл бұрын

You can truly appreciate his foot long fingers

@loontil 4 жыл бұрын

Tapping is a bit shit. It's for teenagers in cheap sport socks.

@jimmywashington1976 6 жыл бұрын

The greatest rhythm player of this generation! Anyone who has tried to get the consistency in tone he gets knows how hard this shit is.

@DustinDollinsShinBone Жыл бұрын

It's because he's really a bass player at heart.

@XLBiker13 6 жыл бұрын

I had never heard of Cory Wong or Vulfpeck and I'm blown away. That is some insane, tight, in-the-pocket, funk rhythm that is just off the chain amazing. Thank you Reverb! Keep 'em coming.

@andreasjohansson221 6 жыл бұрын

Saw him and Vulf at ACL this year. They opened with Cory Wong (the song) and I have never seen people start dancing that quickly. They honestly outplayed RHCP which says something

@tj6111 6 жыл бұрын

the VulfPack

@crispwhite9068 6 жыл бұрын

What's the song called?

@Oweng40000 6 жыл бұрын

crispwhite it’s called Cory Wong

@crispwhite9068 6 жыл бұрын

Owen Anderson you know a good live version? The album cut is not as good as the performance in this video

@andrewt248 6 жыл бұрын

This is all I know.

@joem3082 6 жыл бұрын

I remember being a 16 year old and locking myself in my room for 6-8 hours a day for weeks to practice funk style guitar playing . It really took me a while to get a hang of it, the whole getting used to only letting the notes/strings you want to play sound while you're strumming the whole thing constantly and separating the left and right hand rhythmically, but i got so proud when i did. It's really versatile and you can do a lot of fun stuff in that style.

@DroneCorpse 6 жыл бұрын

Cory Wong's got clock hands. Tight pocket feel 100% of the time.

@max_mittler 6 жыл бұрын

agreed. he's making it look easy just like fooling around but everything he's playing is record quality

@indiefruit 5 жыл бұрын

He used to be a line drummer, and played in clubs in Minneapolis for years. Years of timing practice paying off.

@AirGuitar 5 жыл бұрын

Every funk guitarist should be LOCKED in the pocket!!

@burnsy55 6 жыл бұрын

Even if it’s not my style, I’m loving these videos from lesser known but really interesting guitarists like Cory Wong and Isaiah Sharkey. I grew up on the big names of classic rock, but young guitar players need some new inspiration. Keep it up Reverb!

@Guitarisforgrins 6 жыл бұрын

Totally agree... How many more Kurt Hammet GuitarWorld magazines really need to come out?

@wartimemodels 6 жыл бұрын

Agree. Reverb’s content is soooo much better than it has to be for the channel to serve its basic purpose, but they do it anyway which awesome and tells me there are really passionate people doing these.

@austra77777 4 жыл бұрын

Lesser known.Dude cory wong is a legend

@OdaKa 4 жыл бұрын

@@austra77777 A young legend who is lesser known worldwide than, say, Van Halen and Prince

@markussukram9290 4 жыл бұрын

Great guitar player...I'm amazed at how so many great guitar sounds and riffs you can find in the disco-funk style...gino soccio...cerrone...donna summer...voyage..chic...earth wind and fire...brothers johnsons..kool and the gang...kc and sunshine band...jamiroquai...level 42...chaka khan...change...bbqandband...insane!!!

@marinotomas 4 жыл бұрын

One of the most talented artists I've heard lately.

@ohmycosh 6 жыл бұрын

FOURTH POSITION.

@brentcrude8565 6 жыл бұрын

IT'S SO FUNKY AND IT'S LOW VOLUME.

@danieletoroma867 6 жыл бұрын

The funkiest position!

@carlorivera7274 6 жыл бұрын

STEVE

@Moss-qe9uf 5 жыл бұрын

Shifts into M A X I M U M F O U R T H P O S I T I O N D R I V E

@MM-vs2et 5 жыл бұрын

AH *barely audible*

@ryanward6230 4 жыл бұрын

Damn I love this dude - absurdly competent "rhythm" guitarist, with a palpably humble self-awareness at all times. Peck was right to name a song for him, and his parents were right to name him after the song, as has been said.

@Andrew-on5do 6 жыл бұрын

Funk is a sound and also a face you make when you accomplish that sound.

@goncalomarques2711 6 жыл бұрын

Well... Now we all want Joe Dart in here

@omnacky 5 жыл бұрын

Everyone luvs joe dart

@DroneCorpse 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Reverb. Love this series!

@djankokahn4392 6 жыл бұрын

drummer is from an other dimension. at least his face.

@stevengregory3991 5 жыл бұрын

Years of face take its toll on ones face

@mikewattdisciple 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you! Love Cory's work with Vulf, and his new solo album is excellent as well.

@tomnir3906 2 жыл бұрын

I've watched this video so many times and it still amazes me every damn time

@DelScully 6 жыл бұрын

how the fuck this man making slap bass sounds on a strat, legend.

@hoodedman07 6 жыл бұрын

DelScully that's what I was thinking

@malenky4057 6 жыл бұрын

compression, reverb

@saint-cetacean 6 жыл бұрын

Looks like he's going straight into the front of the amp so probably not.

@kiefdemon1979 6 жыл бұрын

DelScully it's his picking, that's the whole point of the video

@TiagoLageira 5 жыл бұрын

Nobody: Cory Wong: *take the bones off your hand*

@harveycamilleri 4 жыл бұрын

Tiago Lageira Why is Cory taking bones off my hand?

@elijahw1931 6 жыл бұрын

Two days later, and this band is one of the best most refreshing feeling bands I've heard in a while. Wow.

@MrDw44 5 жыл бұрын

This guy is insightful and humble. Their is so much quality information in this video.

@rudyklobas2437 4 жыл бұрын

God damn that guitar tone is so great 😍

@marijnstam7374 6 жыл бұрын

That space echo in the back is eyeing at me.

@basilandrigsby 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant. Thank you!

@Clown321321 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that great quality material!

@CaptPostmod 6 жыл бұрын

Funkiest Mormon missionary I ever did see 😄

@jarodivey9033 6 жыл бұрын

CaptPostmod 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

@iwillnevergetone5 5 жыл бұрын

truth

@jamesashwell976 5 жыл бұрын

@Alice Karlsson Mormon, then.

@umphreak9999 5 жыл бұрын

I'd like to talk to you about our lord and savior, Jesus Coomes

@talkingstone6308 4 жыл бұрын

EVERYBODY STAND UP AND DO THE JESUS DANCE !!!!!

@SafelandingRecords 6 жыл бұрын

That drummer is a damn legend lmfao

@troytsapatolis6657 5 жыл бұрын

the pianist and drummer look so disappointed

@cleverprofilename2312 5 жыл бұрын

He's horrifying

@fullysickrockstar 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe i should get some stank face pointers if it lets me pull off tasty as fuck fills like 2:56

@emmywillow6599 5 жыл бұрын

Peter Janjic. Pretty cool leftie drummer

@CD-rt8wj 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you guys did this! And thanks Cory!

@MarcelGrieder 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for introducing me to these guys, @Reverb!

@MisterGuitarItalia 6 жыл бұрын

Great and very inspiring playing... made me reach for my guitar and try some of this stuff out. Man, is this guy's wrist loose...

@Twoholesofman 6 жыл бұрын

The key to funky: making weird faces.

@cameronkueneman2519 6 жыл бұрын

Christopher Bloom it's not so much making the face but having the face be made by the sheer *uhhhHH*

@kevans32163 6 жыл бұрын

Christopher Bloom u

@82camino96 6 жыл бұрын

And this dude doesn’t hold back a BIT. Watch him in the video for Hero Town. When I saw those faces, I instantly thought wow this Cory Wong know how get down holy shit!

@cleverprofilename2312 5 жыл бұрын

It's the Trey logic.... Very effective

@Generalbas1972 5 жыл бұрын

@Christopher Bloom nah man that's the key to play Jazz. the key to play funk is Jerk off *ALOT*

@PhishyBongwaters 5 жыл бұрын

i love this guys style. LOVE IT

@chuckamok12 6 жыл бұрын

Nice. Thanks for taking about how you find the right pattern and combine melodic and percussive ideas

@eddisonbuenano5282 6 жыл бұрын

Saw the update on my phone and HAD to SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON

@yo_itsjordy9606 4 жыл бұрын

Cory wong making his rhythmic stuff intentionally "sloppy" is like the equivalent to when girls style their hair to look sloppy and it's so freaking genius

@maxwellbrand 6 жыл бұрын

Recently saw them at Red Rocks as an opening act, and was only a little familiar with them. Cory's amazing tone and tight playing caught my ear immediately. Awesome show.

@johnb2476 6 жыл бұрын

Super interesting to see these parts isolated. Thanks, Cory! Thanks, Reverb!

@vincemincevince 4 жыл бұрын

this guys playing is incredible and i love the drummers serial killer glasses

@BillKilmerslayer 3 жыл бұрын

@Vincent Wright They all wear wires or frameless, often tinted, right? It's bizarre.

@sertrincia 5 жыл бұрын

4:40 Hitting us with The Cup stacker 1 year in advance :oo

@TheOriginalArchie 4 жыл бұрын

i use to play funk exclusively but i got more into fusion the last ten years, about to go jam some funk now. didnt realize how much i missed it until they were all in the groove together.

@thomalexander4120 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome, well rounded. What a guitarist should be. This kid gets it.!

@RafeLavine 5 жыл бұрын

I could be in heaven seeing Cory and Nile on stage together.

@douggarrett5288 4 жыл бұрын

When that hand goes to cartilage, how does he keep from losing the pick ?

@xandert23 4 жыл бұрын

he still has a decent grip as you would when regularly strumming

@nealixd.3011 4 жыл бұрын

Love VULFPECK and all their various ensembles and members. These guys are just fun to watch as well as hear.

@nealixd.3011 4 жыл бұрын

You ain't got a thing, if you ain't got that swing! :-)

@nealixd.3011 4 жыл бұрын

So much of smooth, dynamic, and/or powerful guitar playing really is in your strumming/picking hand, whether you are a righty or leftie, for sure.

@J4ck1140 5 жыл бұрын

Cory Wong x Slo Mo Guys collaboration video, please. Love to see that at 100,000 FPS

@shiansho2716 6 жыл бұрын

dream guitar tone here

@rayhoodoo847 6 жыл бұрын

Shian sho yea. Anyone has any clues on how to getting that?

@shelbyabb2516 5 жыл бұрын

@@rayhoodoo847 4th Position Strat. Fender amp. Super dry signal. A compressor might help. The tone is mainly from the 4th strat position and how you play it.

@rayhoodoo847 5 жыл бұрын

@@shelbyabb2516 what do you mean with dry signal?

@shelbyabb2516 5 жыл бұрын

@@rayhoodoo847 Oh that just means little to no reverb or modulation like delay. Wet generally means reverb and delay, and dry means none of that.

@rayhoodoo847 5 жыл бұрын

@@shelbyabb2516 ah, thanks a lot mate

@CamBlow 6 жыл бұрын

Just so clean.

@Hardworlder 5 жыл бұрын

I love how it has full caption explaining what type of music is being played. For all the deaf music fans out there.

@Ceb773 5 жыл бұрын

bones: *turned off*

@southtoe3607 4 жыл бұрын

b o n e l e s s

@robynthebank919 3 жыл бұрын

LMFAOOOOOO........d e b o n e d

@thisguy9560 6 жыл бұрын

At 3:25 his hand looks like a rubber chicken

@jonasdamion1627 6 жыл бұрын

hahaha

@Ralph2 6 жыл бұрын

I was going to say a spastic octopus but you nailed it!

@gewuerzgurkeev 4 жыл бұрын

A rubber chicken... So similar to a funky duck?

@ts4gv 4 жыл бұрын

gold

@johnhuldt 6 жыл бұрын

This is awesome. Super funky playing.

@Esbenmad 6 жыл бұрын

Complete awesomeness!

@GTrules123 6 жыл бұрын

Cory is the fucking best

@HippieGTA 6 жыл бұрын

any chance for that hand to get filmed in slomo?

@adhithyaravisankar4846 6 жыл бұрын

troy grady should do a video on his right hand technique, he's got a great series on his channel

@godwantsplastic 5 жыл бұрын

Kosher Harmonics slow down the play back...

@lawrence-yx1ew 5 жыл бұрын

Legend has it that no camera is fast enough to capture the speed of Cory Wong's hand

@sandgaijin 5 жыл бұрын

KZfaq has that ability in the settings. You slow it down 0.25

@bernhardkrickl3567 4 жыл бұрын

@@godwantsplastic That doesn't help. It needs to be filmed with a higher frame rate.

@ejph12 6 жыл бұрын

Vulfpeck is amazing live and this dude is so so good.

@TheGuitarShawn 5 жыл бұрын

It's nice to see someone playing like this. Looks like he's angling the pick the opposite direction that most people do, instead of leaning towards the bridge "\" as a traditional right-handed player does; the pick attacks the strings like "/" (I've been told it's essentially lefty-style picking angle on a righty setup). Which really lends to the fast-strumming and funky Strat-style he's got. I also do this, it's extremely hard for me to play funk rhythms and feel loose if I try it the other way.

@XSimonEntertainmentX 6 жыл бұрын

Is there a full version of the thing he plays at 5:10?

@Sweence 6 жыл бұрын

Cory almost turns the guitar into a percussion instrument. He's a brilliant rhythm guy!

@jamescrue 6 жыл бұрын

awesome video. this is the stuff guitarists like to see

@noahhuneycutt4861 4 жыл бұрын

That hand technique is beautiful with the precision I've mostly only seen it with ukulele or basically pickless, love how he knows he doesn't have to overcompensate and can mute as much as he does reminds me that maybe there can be people in small genres with unique skills that get very popular.

@pedrohnqtoledo 6 жыл бұрын

Metal bands should learn how to do mean faces with funk/disco guys.

@zissimoskalarrytis3865 6 жыл бұрын

Pedro Toledo YEESSS

@felipandule 6 жыл бұрын

4rd position!!

@rayflanagan1519 6 жыл бұрын

This dude is sick. I’ve watched this like 5 times today.

@redhorse69 6 жыл бұрын

This is amazing!! Cory's playing style is superb, after hearing turning bone into cartilage I immediately hit the like button, awesome!!

@simonmartens2255 6 жыл бұрын

His right hand is like a metronome on its own. Now get Joe Dart in there!

@naccienac 6 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know the name of the first song that they play?

@MaxwellCWong 6 жыл бұрын

"Rubens" - Cory Wong and the Green Screen Band

@betweenthemultiverse1629 6 жыл бұрын

I've gotta share this, great clip!

@MrKalle2222 5 жыл бұрын

So cool. Love VULFPECK ❤️

@chioma916 6 жыл бұрын

cory muthafuckin wong. yeeee

@crispybacon4240 6 жыл бұрын

_"yeeee"_ I have cancer now.

@ryannchristopherpolon737 4 жыл бұрын

Boi that right hand has got some serious divinity going on.

@69madcow69 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing tone and Rhythm. Thats why I love Strats.

@bentertainment6932 6 жыл бұрын

Refreshing!

@lopizz1002 4 жыл бұрын

Song pls(?)

@zacharymcelgunn9391 6 жыл бұрын

I bet this dude could tear it up on a Bodrhan with like an hour of practice.

@tomasloome1960 6 жыл бұрын

That comp though 😍

@absinha6209 6 жыл бұрын

That funky playing is the 💥!!!

@emob0mb 6 жыл бұрын

Such a low volume dude

@JaneDoe-yj1ki 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta keep it tight

@Ditch901 6 жыл бұрын

Get Blake Mills!

@jessebarrera159 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome, something different for a change and some what new and unique.

@MrOwenagetv 4 жыл бұрын

The sound of that guitar is so good I can’t even comprehend it

@CentaurusRelax314 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been trying to play this type of funk rhythm for the last few weeks, after decades of ‘other genres,’ and I’m constantly surprised at how challenging this stuff is. It looks simple, because of the repetition and there aren’t lightning fast solo bits. But the right hand “motor” and syncopation with the left hand muting all those strings…. Difficult. I’m even having problems just holding onto the pick. Trying a dozen different picks, and even bought little gripper adhesive thingies to help, but I’m not there yet. Not yet..

@TriteNight1218 Жыл бұрын

Haha…I know the struggle man. I’ve messed around with funk guitar for a while now, but I’m nowhere near Cory Wong’s level. I’ve been using Dava Grip Tip picks for funk rhythm (I believe Cory uses the same pick) and I put adhesive grips on the pick as well which really helps a lot. It’s difficult to get a consistent attack across the strings with both up and down strokes. To help with hitting notes on the right beat, I’ve found that practicing accents on different beats seems to help. Reverb actually posted a video of Cory Wong’s practice routine where he talks about this.

@gasperturk4126 6 жыл бұрын

Could you do an episode of Riffs in the key of Johhny Marr? That would be great.

@migpapi8141 5 жыл бұрын

Love that he credited Dave Matthews. First person I thought of when I saw his strumming

@ThomasG77 5 жыл бұрын

So good

@ValererelaV 6 жыл бұрын

he doesn't play the guitar, he plays the stratocaster.

@User-jk8wq 5 жыл бұрын

*stratocaster in the fourth position

@dansaunders1655 4 жыл бұрын

@@User-jk8wq *Jack Strattoncaster in the fourth position in the French Alps

@ozanghani7230 4 жыл бұрын

pretty sure he's playing a gibson les paul

@modestoney1577 6 жыл бұрын

Hello Reverb, i have one question, is that a 68 Vibrolux Cory is playing through and is that his go to amp or did he use it just for this video because you had it around. Thank you very much.

@Reverb 6 жыл бұрын

The Vibrolux lives in our studio. We'll have to ask Cory about his amp preferences next time he drops in. :)

@modestoney1577 6 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks for the reply.