Greg Koch has got to be the one of the few dudes who can play something that's both really fun and absolutely terrifying to listen to at the same time.
@@adriankovacs4133 that's just simply untrue... no wankary going on with buckethead he is amazingly versatile and skilled, he literally has more songs then you can count covering very many genres.
Greg is the only guy I know that can make the guitar sound humorous, like he plays some licks that straight up make me laugh cause they sound so wacky but in a good way lol
@@claudiocruzat8777 Yes interesting topic. I personally love when players are able not, only to produce notes in a rapid succession, (that is sometimes great too), but rather to come up with musical ideas at great speed. It kind of overwhelms my mind I find it an addictive sensation.
Greg Koch is probably the guitarist with the most "playful" and "lively" playing of all time. In a hundred years, midi programmed music still won't be able to replicate such life.
Greg's articulation is insane. Also I bet Greg got to the point where he couldn't get any better from a musical standpoint, so now his practice sessions just consist of him seeing what kind of weird noises he can make on the guitar.
Koch could probably do what these other 2 guts do, but I doubt they could do what he can. Koch is always musical, he plays with lyricism and phrasing--not just shredding for its own sake. The last guy was just awful... How you can coax such bad sounds out of 10 grand worth of gear is beyond me.
@Cédrik Coutu watch any of their live shows. None of them can keep time. LEAST of all is Herman. Sloppy, barely discernible note playing and a bad example of what professional musicianship looks like.
@Cédrik Coutu yup, dont believe on other UA-cam Gutar Channel who worshipped DragonForce "as the greatest". I will not say the names but you'll probally know it.
Tom is a sick, sick player, but after about 2 mins of those speed runs it just sounds like white noise to me. I could watch/listen Greg all day. Those guitars are beautiful.
@@vanguard4065 Elitist musicians are far more stupid than you take for granted. Lots of people listen to Greg Koch, get the fuck over yourself you hipster.
Great diversatility of talent on here....The Jazz Master, The Country Shredder,The Master Technician! fantastic players in their perspective own rights! Thumbs up!
I can only imagine what would happen if I am the one siting there with that sick guitar, struggling to remember connecting arpeggio I to arpeggio V, all the faces watching me would be more interesting to watch...
i would probably stand up from that chair and said "Ohh i forget to bring my picks, let me check if i have one in my car..." And that's it, never coming back to Namm Lol
My first time hearing Greg Koch here. Wow. How inventive. I'm probably mistaken in his true influences, but parts of his playing reminiscences of Jan Akkerman, Roy Buchanan, etc. Great post. Can't wait to hear more of this player.
You're hearing the Buchanan influence correctly. I've seen videos where he talks about taking Roy's tone swells. Greg's playing is an amalgamation of a HUGE amount of players. You can't watch just this little bit and here even close to what he can do.
Man this was the first time I seen him too. I've went down the rabbit hole the last 2 years or so. He's an incredible musician. I've picked up so much just off of watching him play. The guy is critically underrated and a real Giant in modern guitar day.
Tom Quayle is a true guitarist's guitarist, and a gentleman at that. All of the best review and demo videos I've seen were done by either Tom or Rick Graham. They're both powerhouses in their own right.
1:272:24 I swear, I love Tom's playing at the beginning (2:42 Zakk Quayle LOL! and 3:02 is sick!), and Tom's truly a "human metronome" (LOL!), but I find Greg's 4:47 onwards to be just as technically awe inspiring and - actually - more entertaining. I found myself laughing at some of the sounds he was making with that guitar (like what the heck is 4:49 "ting" bend sound!!? LOL!). Greg's such a great musical humorist!
First off, I’m so glad we got to see some Greg and Tom get some love. MASSIVE PLAYERS! But at 11:40 Jason playing the tempting time lick was awesome! These modern guitar designs are really growing on me and I never thought they would lol
Greg is the best person to play these guitars, show how versatile they are, looks like he was just comfy playing!!! These guitars you are making can be used for any style. Just amazing
Tosin, thank you very much for being a great part of the community. You have changed my outlook and so many other peoples on playing writing and imagination. Now your making your own guitars. You rock dude. Thank you
That Space T is one of the coolest axes I've ever seen. The contrast of futuristic design with the classic "Tele" hardware is really doin' it for me. Totally bitchin.
Abasi is such a humble guy and genuinely excited about his new line of guitars. He is a genius of the instrument, yet appreciating genuinely of all these good players who are no way near his calibre
Tosin isn't as much of a god as he's cracked up to be dude. He has cool and unique techniques but someone like greg koch clearly knows the neck better and is more versatile
kock stands in a puddle of fifty year old same plain jane chicken pickin diatonic triads done to death! the guy is a musical dummy wasted his whole life on pop music.
hes the king of over the hill chicken pickin diatonic triad fifty year old same shit pop music. he has no knowledge of harmonic structural functions and modulations. hes a pop dummy.
@@vanguard4065 Anybody who would trash a player of Greg's ilk has two things going on with him. First off, you have no taste and clearly know next to nothing about actual guitar playing and music. Secondly and of a far more obvious nature, you're hopelessly jealous of Koch. Maybe you should go find some.
I'm definitely going to buy one of these guitars. They are the most innovative design we've seen and heard in the last century. I'm very happy Tosin decided to build his own thing. He was pushed into making history.
Can you imagine being Tosin? You are such a good guitarist all the other great guitarists flock to play your new guitar, they all love it, and you're just humbly kneeling on the floor personally helping them dial in their tone. Tosin is THE man.
I usually never care about guitars outside the standard classic electrics we all know and love. But these are really cool and I want the Tele one. Great playing here. Koch always so interesting and fresh. But all of them were really great.
I came back to watch this after remembering how amazing all of these players sounded on Tosin’s futuristic Tele played through that incredible pedalboard.
I feel like the space T started out as high tosin saying “yo, what if larada... but tele” and ended up so bloody amazing I can’t even begin to describe the idea
To all of the unsung heroes of shred, arpeggio ripping, guitar masters... I raise my volume and salute you! Just think of all the time these guys spend,.... PHEW!
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Greg Koch has got to be the one of the few dudes who can play something that's both really fun and absolutely terrifying to listen to at the same time.
Guthrie govan
The man scares the sheet out of me, and I fought in Viet Nam. 1967
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@@MadGunnywell, most people would put him under shred wankary, even guitarists.
@@adriankovacs4133 that's just simply untrue... no wankary going on with buckethead he is amazingly versatile and skilled, he literally has more songs then you can count covering very many genres.
Greg Kock is so dam different, it's nice to hear that contrast
"greg kock" lmao
@@bejited6932 "greg cock" there, I said it
Greg Kochs playing is I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E
I hope it's in a DADFAG tuning
In so many styles
Everybody thinks they're a pro guitarist until Greg shows up.
Very talented!!
Hes the most authentic player by a mile here. Everyone else is just trying to show off.
Greg is the only guy I know that can make the guitar sound humorous, like he plays some licks that straight up make me laugh cause they sound so wacky but in a good way lol
Give Les Paul a try.
Guthrie govan
was about to say that lol
@@Pzahhh
@@dr_drungus3167 Guthrie Govan is the master at making the guitar a literal joke machine imo.
im gonna buy one of these and then play smoke on the water
Smoke on the water requires the 8 string version.
Awesome! Lol!
I play guitar and im truly amazed on how obsessed we are with SPEED. The faster...the "better".
@@claudiocruzat8777 Yes interesting topic. I personally love when players are able not, only to produce notes in a rapid succession, (that is sometimes great too), but rather to come up with musical ideas at great speed. It kind of overwhelms my mind I find it an addictive sensation.
For the $6,600 starting price you can play whatever the f*ck you want! ;-)
jason richardson sounds like the guy who goes into guitar center to sweep pick for 3 hours and not buy anything
thats me
@@raymartinez5389 Me too, but my GC are friendly and don't mind:)
Lol!!!!
Hahahah!!
Ray Martinez me too
11:40 haha Jason is such a dude, playing a part of tempting time, immediately looking to Tosin: "Did you recognize???" :D
The masterclass begins @ 4:58
This fella is in another universe.
Thats Lars Ulrich
You can hear a lot of Chet Atkins inspiration in there
Guitar rule #34: If it exists, there is a Tele of it.
Hey wait, that's not rule..... never mind.
That Abasi monstrosity? Damn, that is so unnecessary...Some of the other Abasis are cool, but...
For good reason. A tele is one of the most versatile machines known to man. Especially with stacked humbuckers that can be coil tapped.
HAHAHAHA
@@kitano0 I kinda like it
This is an appropriate video title.
Lol wat
Greg Koch is probably the guitarist with the most "playful" and "lively" playing of all time. In a hundred years, midi programmed music still won't be able to replicate such life.
Check out tommy emmanuel
04:47
@@midnightaustin9287 everyone knows who that is
Greg is just something else. 😎
guthrie govan
if Tosin Abasi, Tom Quayle, Greg Koch, and Jason Richardson was in the same area all day playing, I don't think I would ever leave.
Greg's articulation is insane. Also I bet Greg got to the point where he couldn't get any better from a musical standpoint, so now his practice sessions just consist of him seeing what kind of weird noises he can make on the guitar.
Koch could probably do what these other 2 guts do, but I doubt they could do what he can. Koch is always musical, he plays with lyricism and phrasing--not just shredding for its own sake. The last guy was just awful... How you can coax such bad sounds out of 10 grand worth of gear is beyond me.
HarveyCan 58 this man said Jason Richardson is awful💀
All 3 players were mind blowing in their own way you just let your preference get in the way of seeing a player’s talent and musical fingerprint
@@harveycan5820 and youre 100x worse
When you're so good at shredding that you accidentally summon Herman Li
When you're so unoriginal you have to copy other people's comments.
Hilariously, Herman Li is an absolutely terrible guitar player.
@Cédrik Coutu watch any of their live shows. None of them can keep time. LEAST of all is Herman. Sloppy, barely discernible note playing and a bad example of what professional musicianship looks like.
@Cédrik Coutu Herman Li is ass dude.
@Cédrik Coutu yup, dont believe on other UA-cam Gutar Channel who worshipped DragonForce "as the greatest". I will not say the names but you'll probally know it.
first guy sounds like he's trying really hard not to play Cliffs of Dover sometimes lol
Was thinking the same thing
Damn I thought the same. Was just waiting for cliffs of Dover to pop-up
"First guy" is the amazing Tom Quayle. His legato is legendary
That's Tom Quayle🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
He even starts to at one point
Greg Koch is such a Monster. A true guitarist's guitarist. I'm proud to say I'm from Milwaukee, WI when I see him shred.
Hell yeah man, I'm from Milwaukee too. My guitar teacher is friends with Greg and I've actually met him before
I'm from milwaukee. I got to high school of the arts. Lmao
i didn't know i needed to hear Jason Richardson playing tempting time until now
Yeah, some people say Tosin lacks recognizible riffs, hehe.
Greg Koch is the guitar hero we need!
LOL
Koch is a fuckin' wanker.
THE BEST GUITARIST IN THE WORLD.
3:25
Tom Quayle shreds so hard he summons Herman Ree.
lmao
haha
😂😂😂😂
lmfao
😂
Greg's bends are freaking nuts, holy balls.
Tom is a sick, sick player, but after about 2 mins of those speed runs it just sounds like white noise to me. I could watch/listen Greg all day. Those guitars are beautiful.
Yeah I think he was just trying to see how comfortable it felt playing fast. Nobody really likes to listen to that mindless shredding
yeah cause everyone really listens to greg koch all day lmao. ill listen to Volodos. guitar players who only listen to guitar players are dumb lmao.
@@vanguard4065Agreed. Glad I don't do that. It's sweet to know I'm not dumb. Thanks.
Yeah, right who cares about that fast playing. Give me a good song!
@@vanguard4065 Elitist musicians are far more stupid than you take for granted. Lots of people listen to Greg Koch, get the fuck over yourself you hipster.
Great diversatility of talent on here....The Jazz Master, The Country Shredder,The Master Technician! fantastic players in their perspective own rights!
Thumbs up!
This is the first accurate thing I’ve read on here.
I can only imagine what would happen if I am the one siting there with that sick guitar, struggling to remember connecting arpeggio I to arpeggio V, all the faces watching me would be more interesting to watch...
i would probably stand up from that chair and said "Ohh i forget to bring my picks, let me check if i have one in my car..." And that's it, never coming back to Namm Lol
I'd just rock Jingle Bells.
My first time hearing Greg Koch here. Wow. How inventive. I'm probably mistaken in his true influences, but parts of his playing reminiscences of Jan Akkerman, Roy Buchanan, etc. Great post. Can't wait to hear more of this player.
You're hearing the Buchanan influence correctly. I've seen videos where he talks about taking Roy's tone swells. Greg's playing is an amalgamation of a HUGE amount of players. You can't watch just this little bit and here even close to what he can do.
You can hear him at Wildwood guitar youtube channel. Greg is an absolute beast
Wow you don't hear Jan Akkerman mentioned so often! Great player
Man this was the first time I seen him too. I've went down the rabbit hole the last 2 years or so. He's an incredible musician. I've picked up so much just off of watching him play. The guy is critically underrated and a real Giant in modern guitar day.
Greg Koch is INCREDIBLE. Holy.
It’s hard not to smile when Greg plays
It's awesome watching how happy Tosin is while Tom is playing. Seeing your creations in the hands of another sick guitarist has to be a good feeling.
Tom Quayle here using several scales that don't exist.
He is just doing some finger exercises.
im sure if you can see him doing them they must exist! no?
Darn...7:45...what the heck!!! Killer phrasing.
He's playing in K major
I wonder if he took the guitar and tuned it all 4ths or if he left it
Man, Greg is such an awesome player. Amazing he manages to stand out even in a video with such talented dudes.
Those chord bends with the volume swells from Greg, class!
Just getting into guitar, I have never heard that before. This changes everything.
And the tone swells. Every guitar with a tone knob has a wah in her, you just need to be exceptional to make something out of it :/
class my ass. the guy ran out of music and licks.
I get the feeling the pot taper is not exactly what Kochery would spec on a guitar but yes. Greg likes some slightly esoteric playerish things.
jason nailed that AAL riff at 11:40 and looked up at tosin like 😏
Did he do something like that last year?
Tempting time
@@threatball yes, thank you
That’s was so dope. Serious riff.
That whole interaction made me so happy. Just two good friends supporting each other acknowledging how sick the other is.
Tom Quayle is a true guitarist's guitarist, and a gentleman at that. All of the best review and demo videos I've seen were done by either Tom or Rick Graham. They're both powerhouses in their own right.
Greg Koch might might just be my favorite guitar player. Beastly.
Lol I like how Herman Li is just standing there like "damn"
I was hoping someone else saw that, lols.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 Yeah and Tom somehow not even giving him a look? Yeah it's just Herman Li.
Daveiscasual where
Actually, he was thinking to himself....” I hope they don’t ask me to follow that.”
“I practiced so much for this...?”
1:27 2:24 I swear, I love Tom's playing at the beginning (2:42 Zakk Quayle LOL! and 3:02 is sick!), and Tom's truly a "human metronome" (LOL!), but I find Greg's 4:47 onwards to be just as technically awe inspiring and - actually - more entertaining. I found myself laughing at some of the sounds he was making with that guitar (like what the heck is 4:49 "ting" bend sound!!? LOL!). Greg's such a great musical humorist!
He is a giant guitarist and a very, very humorous being, just awesome axciting and unsurpassed. 🙏
He played a harmonic note ABOVE the nut lol.
I love how much Tosin appriciates this moment
First off, I’m so glad we got to see some Greg and Tom get some love. MASSIVE PLAYERS! But at 11:40 Jason playing the tempting time lick was awesome! These modern guitar designs are really growing on me and I never thought they would lol
insane! seeing these different types of players makes it even more special.
Greg Koch looks like if Slavoj Žižek dieted and started shredding guitar like a god
Hybrid picking and so on
@@fred8097 'But what if *prrrsshhhhht* the opposite is true?'*sniff*
Greg is the best person to play these guitars, show how versatile they are, looks like he was just comfy playing!!! These guitars you are making can be used for any style. Just amazing
I strive to have a much fun as greg does on guitar. Watching him play makes me smile
7:30 sounds like a chiropractic adjustment
I think Tosin felt that one, nervous chuckie
Lol
ahahahajhahjnahjna
Tosin, thank you very much for being a great part of the community. You have changed my outlook and so many other peoples on playing writing and imagination. Now your making your own guitars. You rock dude. Thank you
7:20 is the most favorite part
It’s sooooo sick
KNIGHTRIDER
@@Dagazur HAHAHAH you're kinda right
I was like WTF!!!!!!!!!!
I came here just to comment the same timestamps. Such a neat thing.
I could be off here, but it seems to me that these guys have probably been practicing for some time...
Believe me I know I'm 51 and still play at least 2 hours a day
It's a life long commitment
At least 10,000 hours lol
Greg can play anything man, never get tired of watching him
this... this is passion in a product. Love seeing Tosin's enthusiasm with the guys demoing.
I've learned more trying to nail some of these Koch licks in the past 2 days than I have in the past year or so, holy shit man.
6:48 you can hear tosin say “gotdamn!”😂
Greg Koch is just a ridiculously gifted player.
I could recognize Quayle's playing from miles away; I damn near memorized his blistering style of play and patterns.
1st guitar player Tom Quayle playing some very fast melodic lines. Damn it was super solid
Greg is such an incredible personality on the guitar and his technique is mind blowing.
That Space T is one of the coolest axes I've ever seen. The contrast of futuristic design with the classic "Tele" hardware is really doin' it for me. Totally bitchin.
All three are incredible players just wow.. But Greg has so much variety in his style I could watch him all day long.
Its awesome to see high level skills in different styles.
Funnily enough I enjoyed both Tom and Greg's playing, amazing.
Jason Richardson and Greg Koch's playing is really impressive. They are so good
Abasi is such a humble guy and genuinely excited about his new line of guitars. He is a genius of the instrument, yet appreciating genuinely of all these good players who are no way near his calibre
Dude, these are as good as him. Greg Koch is even more creative!
Tosin isn't as much of a god as he's cracked up to be dude. He has cool and unique techniques but someone like greg koch clearly knows the neck better and is more versatile
@@lukaskuipers7791 Greg is more versatile?? LOL 😂
@@mellowmonsoon278 yes. It would appear so.
Just the fact that herman li was standing there watching in awe, made this video worth watching.
Certainly a great display of articulate playing...! Nice instruments as well!
After about 2 min of each, the Koch stands alone
kock stands in a puddle of fifty year old same plain jane chicken pickin diatonic triads done to death! the guy is a musical dummy wasted his whole life on pop music.
DON SWANSON ... I agree wholeheartedly...
Vanguard pop music?
Vangaurd wtf r u talking about
Greg Cook stand in the middle of a puddle of useless licks that have been done to death since the dawn of man enjoy dummy
12:46 "My thumb doesn't bend backwards and touch my wrist"
>_
Well, it was very enlightening. I also can't use Tosin's thumb/slap technique and my hand's size and shape are very similar to Jason's.
@@trasibleonYou don't have to have his hands to do this. Watch chicken6111 channels for some good lessons on this. He has normal hands :)
solve et coagula I second that’s lol
This video introduced me to Greg Koch and I'm incredibly thankful for that.
Surrounding yourself with some talent there Tosin, love the designs as well. Great stuff man, best wishes!
Greg is still the king of the hill.
hes the king of over the hill chicken pickin diatonic triad fifty year old same shit pop music. he has no knowledge of harmonic structural functions and modulations. hes a pop dummy.
@@vanguard4065 you got some opinions, man.
@@vanguard4065 Anybody who would trash a player of Greg's ilk has two things going on with him. First off, you have no taste and clearly know next to nothing about actual guitar playing and music. Secondly and of a far more obvious nature, you're hopelessly jealous of Koch. Maybe you should go find some.
There is not enough Tom Quayle on the internet! Lots of notes here but he is a hiiigh quality fusion player, we need an album!
amazing how good the greyish fanned fret one sounded with greg koch playing it clean....
Love Tom's demos, good to see him "in the wild"
Greg Koch is probably my favorite new guitar heroes on youtube Wildwood Guitars
That Tele-style guitar looks and sounds great!
JR man this guy's playing so precise that even his laugh is the same everytime... iconic
Greg is unreal. I dont know what he was doing but I want more of that every day!
Greg is just on a completely different level of guitar player. He’s a completely different level of musician, period. Always entertaining to watch!
Tom’s legato is out of this world
That Abasi T-Style is just... and those Fishmans... just superb!
I'm definitely going to buy one of these guitars. They are the most innovative design we've seen and heard in the last century. I'm very happy Tosin decided to build his own thing. He was pushed into making history.
Always a treat to see & hear Greg Koch play.
my ass. hes all filler. hes got nothing.
Playing your shit in front of Tosin: this is what I've been practicing in my basement for all these years!
Superb 'music shop' style playing. They're all incredible. The first guy looks like one of the greatest to ever pick up a guitar.
Now that's what I call a guitar picker. Quick and precise. I enjoyed watching this.
11:40 this made me smile :)
Tosin as well hehe
I love Tosin's reactions to Greg
Can you imagine being Tosin? You are such a good guitarist all the other great guitarists flock to play your new guitar, they all love it, and you're just humbly kneeling on the floor personally helping them dial in their tone. Tosin is THE man.
Hese happy to serve his brand
The longer top section of the body attached to the neck is the tone master... these guitars sound fantastic in EVERY playing style!
Could you imagine doodling with Abasi staring at you.
Holy shit Greg is amazing.
amazing at playing mediocre guitar music.
you should hear his FIshman demo! Monster player.
@@RadityoPramAdi HELLO..WHAT KIND OF DISTORTION USES T.ABASI IN THIS VIDEO?
@@marcosulit940 Probably Abasi Pathos?
@@vanguard4065 harder than it looks
That is a badass looking AND sounding guitar! 🙌🏻
The Guitar and Tom's playing are so sick !
Herman Lee is over there checking out the shredding.
You can tell this guy has been working on his scales.
I usually never care about guitars outside the standard classic electrics we all know and love. But these are really cool and I want the Tele one. Great playing here. Koch always so interesting and fresh. But all of them were really great.
I love watching people, who are really good, be amazed at others who are really good.
Greg Koch always on point
These are the kinds of guitars that Keanu Reeves should be playing in Cyberpunk 2077
I came back to watch this after remembering how amazing all of these players sounded on Tosin’s futuristic Tele played through that incredible pedalboard.
I feel like the space T started out as high tosin saying “yo, what if larada... but tele” and ended up so bloody amazing I can’t even begin to describe the idea
4:02 Hermans like "Sure, he´s good but can he play Through the Fire and Flames on expert?"
0:32 You can tell someone is good at guitar when Tosin raises his eyebrows like this.
Edu I like Tom but he really needs to add to his repertoire. Tom’s a great player but needs to expand his guitar playing vocabulary.
To all of the unsung heroes of shred, arpeggio ripping, guitar masters... I raise my volume and salute you! Just think of all the time these guys spend,.... PHEW!
Nice.. impressive tones and craftsmanship