Chris Buono makes music with a guitar in his hands and pedals at his feet. As a leader Chris heads the forward-thinking Chris Buono Collective and the genre-bending Duo Calvo.

As a sideman and/or guest soloist Chris Buono has performed and/or recorded with Dweezil Zappa, Snarky Puppy, Bumblefoot, Karsh Kale, Graham Haynes, David Fiuczynski, Oz Noy, Keith Carlock, Rodney Holmes, Steve Jenkins, Tony Grey, Dave Martone, Sophia Ramos, Dopapod, Consider the Source, Kung Fu, JAZZ IS PHSH, James Chance & The Contortions and many more.

As an educator Chris teaches guitarists from all over the world through various platforms. Currently Chris is a prolific TrueFire artist and an in-demand private instructor.  Other platforms have been Berklee College of Music, Guitar Player magazine, Guitarinstructor.com, Guitar One & Just Jazz Guitar magazines in addition to published works through Hal Leonard, Alfred and Course Technology. Chris Buono is responsible for nearly 50 TrueFire products including the celebrated Guitar Gym series, eight instructional books on guitar and music technology and over 50 guitar magazine articles.

Chris Buono uses guitars, pedals, accessories and software made by the wonderful people at Rick Toone, Downes Guitars, D’Addario, DiMarzio, Fractal Audio Systems, Mesa/Boogie, Fusion Bags, SKB, Pigtronix, Source Audio, Chase Bliss Audio, Eventide, TWA, Alexander Pedals, Studio Slips, Graph Tech, Ableton, Arobas Music and Neck Diagrams.