Cory WongPedalboard, 2022
Cory Wong's 2022 Brooklyn Bowl board is built for clean funk: a Shure GLX-D16 wireless, a Wampler Ego compressor and a Hotone Soul Press II treadle do most of the work, with a Beetronics Vezzpa fuzz and two overdrives kept for accents.
Brooklyn Bowl touring board
Order evidence: A source states the sequence
Inside the rig · 9 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Cory Wong's 2022 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.
Source-described orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.
Routing & Control
Shure GLX-D16 Wireless
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Opens the chain as the guitar's wireless link and reference tuner.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Dynamics
Wampler Ego Compressor
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Evens out the percussive right-hand attack that carries Wong's rhythm playing without dulling it.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Filter & EQ
Hotone Soul Press II
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Serves as the board's single treadle for both filter sweeps and level control.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Filter & EQ
GFI System Rossie
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Supplies the auto-wah vowel sweep used on the funk rhythm parts.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Beetronics Vezzpa
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Provides the only fuzz voice on an otherwise clean board, used for lead accents.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Vertex Ultraphonix Special
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Adds the first stage of amp-like breakup while keeping the clean core intact.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
Jackson Audio The Optimist
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Carries the main drive and solo lift, with EQ shaping ahead of the ambience stage.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Reverb & Ambience
Strymon BigSky
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Supplies the programmable ambience behind the clean rhythm parts.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Pitch & Synth
TC Electronic Sub'N'Up Octaver
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Closes the chain with sub and upper octave voices layered under the clean tone.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Documented equipment · Documented order · Serial path
Premier Guitar's rundown was filmed at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville with Wong walking his own board, and publishes the order from the wireless receiver through the compressor, treadle, envelope filter, octave fuzz, both drives, the reverb and the closing octaver. Boost Guitar Pedals independently documents the Wampler compressor, Jackson Audio Optimist, Hotone treadle and Vertex drive, though it describes a later rig and publishes no order. Amplification and the guitar are omitted, as are the signature Wampler and Hotone models that replaced these units after this date.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Cory Wong's 2022 pedalboard
- What pedals did Cory Wong use in 2022?
- This dated entry lists 9 units: Shure GLX-D16 Wireless, Wampler Ego Compressor, Hotone Soul Press II, GFI System Rossie, Beetronics Vezzpa, Vertex Ultraphonix Special, Jackson Audio The Optimist, Strymon BigSky, TC Electronic Sub'N'Up Octaver. This is the recorded inventory, not a claim that every connection or model identification is confirmed; see the evidence and routing notes.
- What order were Cory Wong's pedals in?
- A cited source states the order: Guitar → Shure GLX-D16 Wireless → Wampler Ego Compressor → Hotone Soul Press II → GFI System Rossie → Beetronics Vezzpa → Vertex Ultraphonix Special → Jackson Audio The Optimist → Strymon BigSky → TC Electronic Sub'N'Up Octaver → amplifier.
- Is this Cory Wong's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 9 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Cory Wong owned or used. Floor pedals, rack units and routing devices are included only where recorded; omitted equipment and uncertain connections are explained in the notes. It is not a complete or current rig inventory.
- When and where was this pedalboard used?
- Brooklyn Bowl rundown, March 2022. Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville. This is one dated setup as documented, not a career-wide gear list.
- How does the archive know what was on this pedalboard?
- 2 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Premier Guitar, Boost Guitar Pedals. Among them a rig rundown and a written article. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-08-09.