Greg Koch

[MikeBikerKickstand]

Yeah, I suppose he's an "alright" guitar player - kidding.  This guy can melt the face off just about anyone. I'm surprised he doesn't hurt himself with some of those licks - yikes!!!

[Strat642001]

If you ever get the chance to see one of his clinics, GO! Extremely entertaining stuff.

[rockandrollmetalhead]

I even got to play the tele that he was playing

[rockandrollmetalhead]

Cool!! I met him at guitar center

[CleverNameHere81]

Not only is this guy great, he is hilarious! Lol

[Mamertum345]

FUCKING AMAZING.....

[coltranelovetrain]

Koch's an astonishing virtuoso that possess the visceral quality of the finest bluesman! Truly one of the finest electric players on the planet, up there with Guthrie in my book! he should have getting that dictator job in North Korea! He'd be terrorising the west with a 1000,ooo,ooo what fender amp and licks of doom!!!

[gamergeek3000]

@coltranelovetrain Guthrie Trapp? or another Guthrie?

[WrathchildPL]

amazing :O

[meandmydevilblues]

Heartbreaker solo!

[axe187187]

This is the only koch i like.

[Maafa1619]

This is who John5 wants to be when he grows up.

[faridzayish]

great cock

[ErlofCambridge]

Just noticed 42 dislikes - it's sad to realise that some people have absolutely no Musical Intelligence at all!

[Luc88Cole]

The thing is, this is just the stuff he enjoys playing. He's also a jazz phenom, and can probably shred it up in any other genre you can think of.

[megajames3000]

i met him today at willis music, i bet you didn't know he's 6 foot 7!!!! this is a big guy. makes a tele look little

[TheStoneAlexander]

Badass, but Guthrie Govan is better.

[bushidobonce]

The man's a certified genius, fanfurkintasticatious as the man might say...

[skateguy4ssns]

Hah i came here cuz i know him lol

[CherubicGuardian]

That's some mighty fine picking there sir.

[guitargeniusofficial]

Excellent guitarist! 

[tequila5]

Wow!! No conocia a Greg pero ahora soy su fan!!!

[moonjelly84]

how does this not have 100 million views. pop music stiiiinks.

[kmwilliams57]

I'm still waiting on him to make a single "Rock Out With Your Koch Out"

[Jakobane]

@kmwilliams57 I can't wait wait to see that album cover!

[seusfdp]

I thought my tele sounded amazing until i watched this video =\

[hallo403]

whats the lick at about 3:20 ? just from greg himself or is it a cover?

[Ottotune]

@hallo403 Ted Nugent's Stranglehold

[ydnarnosfatsug]

wow imagine what he could do if he used his pinky lol!

[VSNROCKS]

By far the most amaxing guitar player I have ever seen.

[bakersfieldmusicnow]

man..the whoooole band is smoking!yeah!

[bakersfieldmusicnow]

smoooooking!! wow..rock dude!!!!yeeeee haaaayyy

[RightBrainsMusic]

I love how he put Heartbreaker riff at 2:17 !!! genious !

[TheAlexkru]

@RightBrainsMusic alot of people probably didn't notice, nice observation

[colwatzek]

magic absolute genius and a great guy to boot

[catwanger]

this is a copy of the Hellecasters song he just copied it but not near as good.

[huntermdp]

way to much muting for me... cant hear the cool tele!

[fracarciofo]

He barely uses the pinky and tyet the virtuosity is amazing o_0 it's a very funny playing... but sometimes it's over the top , you know, wayyyyy too much I think...

[xJustynLx]

Fuck, I'm pregnant now

[SuperFenderStratman]

bloody brilliant........nailed Jimmy Page to a T!

I'd love to have a few pint with this guy!

[Bongus75]

@SuperFenderStratman I had them.....and he paid the stuff ;-) *reminiscingaboutgoodoldtimes*

[guitaristdho]

This guy is a true virtuoso, that lick he did at 2:09 was amazing.

And lol at stairway to heaven .

[eddiefor]

7:34 XD



[HELLENKOCH]

EXCELENT!!!!!!!



[Zebula77]

Cool. Sounds like his guitar is spitting. :)

[jilguerotube]

Stupendo



[HELLENKOCH]

@jilguerotube EXCELENT

[nismoboy29]

2:16 => Iron Man

[LedZeplican]

@nismoboy29 no it was zeppelin.... heartbreaker...

[hendrixkixas]

@nismoboy29 Actually it's Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin.

[nismoboy29]

@nismoboy29 Shit you're fucking write. I must have been exhausted. Sorry Jimmy Page.

[TheRooster456]

Just for one go, listen to the rhythm section. While it's Greg's video, the other guys are fantastic!

[VicRoseMusic]

Give a shoutout to Milwaukee, WI, Greg!!!

[STORYTASTIC]

makes Danny gatton look like a beginner...Koch RULES!!!!

[ReubenAdkins]

@STORYTASTIC I don't think so..........

Greg would be the first one to tell you otherwise.

[STORYTASTIC]

@ReubenAdkins i know but its sooo fun to comment!!!!!

[ReubenAdkins]

@STORYTASTIC I don't think so..........

Greg would be the first one to tell you otherwise, although he is one MONSTER player!

[BadPennyDonnie]

Is that Ron Jeremy playing bass? lol

[zzlong55]

Stunning guitar craft!

[langestock]

so like, where are all the guys complaining that hes playing too fast and that he doesnt have feeling and all that fun stuff or is country just exempt from that bullshit for some reason?

[guitarkis49]

Holy crap....where have I been all these years? I've never heard of this guy....he is insane! I've got to check out more of his playing right now!

[SimplyFaster]

Nice........

[amosrossiii]

Holy COW!!!! That hurt my head..... i had to give up playin along in my head and enjoying myself.

[ALLINCLUSIVEmusicDE]

Faster faster!;-) See you at Musikmesse Frankfurt - good job!

[musictlc1]

Wow!

[TheRooster456]

The only man who can do the nuge better than the nuge.

[Krehyv]

man, i wish i'd spent the last 17 years playing guitar and not using photoshop

[66frankzappa]

Tele is best !



[nelsop2]

what a scary player.. epitomizes all that is fun in music, while being humble and entertaining as all hell

[Trilobite8jesus]

Greg Koch + Les Claypool! fuck buckethead!

[bedofrazorsqwerty]

@Trilobite8jesus That's what I was thinking!

[slash1128]

what song does he start to play at around 3:28?

[ags397]

It's Stranglehold by Ted Nugent

[TheRooster456]

@slash1128

Stranglehold - Ted Nugent

[BlimpyBoy]

I honestly can't recall the last time I had this much fun watching someone play! This guy's something else!

[Doadmusic]

Ya sure never hear a lot of Teles played like this! Amazing. Ritchie Kotzen played some pretty tasty telecaster shredding too. Not nearly as much alt. chickn pickn though.

[Socioistic]

Golly gee I love me some Koch.

[19MoeZarella94]

this guy is awsome and i'm gonna see him on Friday :D:D:D

[stringmanipulator]

Greg Koch is an absolutely AMAZING guitar player, he can just rip of anything he wants it seems, and goofing around while doing it. He should do a guitarstandup world tour :)

//stringmanipulator

[markojev]

Fuck I don't even know what to write after watching this... I'm stunned :)

[guitrdone]

My new guitar God!

[xxwantedxx]

STAIRWAY BOOGIE!!

[biduda]

I did not see anything else, common ... and who in the world does not play Led? hahaha

[midniterunband]

You could cut off half of his fingers and they would still be able to jam!

[playandsinger]

no life as a kid and amazing!!!!

[TheGmcFilms]

Jerry Reed would be proud of you son...Incidently, for all those people who dont know who Jerry Reed is look him up on this tube as this guy will blow you away...G...

[srsteve12]

He's a chicken picken kind of guy

[fleafarteasy]

His middle finger is longer than my leg.

[meistergroe]

@fleafarteasy Right... And what the fuc... is he eatings every morning to play guitar like he do? I want to know that, because I hope to start to play only 10% like he do...

[tommyscustomcycle]

Greg is a genius of guitar. Innovative and kooky. He can take any style of music or song into another genre and still sound great. Truly a guitarists guitarist.

Anyone who doesn't appreciate Gregs guitar work is a guitar ignoramus.

[tmoodyband]

Man, that is AWESOME!!!!!! I want to play like that!

[sportboys10]

That is my neighbor.

[lordsong7]

Greg is a phenomenon

A touch of Zeppelin in there at 2:18 and 5:40

Some hint of The Guess Who "American Woman" in there too

All Along the Watchtower near 6:40

More Zepp after 6:00 Stairway to Heaven

Don't like his tone much though - too much trebley grit

Greg can do it all though, no wonder he's with the elite few on Vai's label.

[JeffJefferson95]

@lordsong7 3:57 is the heartbreaker solo :D

[Tate850]

The worst display of guistarsmanship I have seen.

[tleonard42]

This guy is entertainment personified

[Krehyv]

@tleonard42 i couldn't agree more :)

[Hoodrio]

Still BY FAR the sickest guitar display in all of YouTube land.

[keytarpimp]

Sweet

[shwalton75]

Genius...and just a hint of Cat Scratch Fever at the end. Ha!

[esgimasd]

This is great lol

[mrkystrky]

@kramer87 I bow to your obvious intellect and couth. COMMENT REMOVED...HM? I wonder why? Cool off, Man. It was you attitude that brought on my ire.  It's easy to get caught up in the moment and LOSE IT! i don't even know why i replied to this at all.

[mrkystrky]

@kramer87 go back to Twinkle, SHyzzle....tell us who is in this league. are you knockin' chicken pickin'? As Sylverster would say, "You're dith-spicable. " Post your solo..........

[mandoman2009]

You need to meet Greg or buy one of his instructional videos to understand him better. His fingers are long 'cause he's 6'5" or 6'6" (depends on the day) He is funny, humble, and amazing to watch. He could probably also make it as a stand-up comedian. Just enjoy some of the videos and practice every day you can. Greg, You Rock !!!

[mandoman2009]

When Kramer87gets a real guitar and learns how to play 1/10th as good as Greg does he can comment. This man plays guitar like few others can and has received the Kudos of many of the world's finest and most famous guitar players. He slowed it down a little so you could try to figure it out. Check out some of his other videos and start practicing. My friend Bobby was just saying last week..." If you practice for an hour every day for 10 years.... you still won't be able to play like Greg Koch"

[callasexperience]

B bender??? G string as pants

[ewmehmo]

3:56

is this from led zeppelin? what song is this?

[RosaRose168]

@ewmehmo Heartbreaker

[smokinbluzvalv]

Got all his instructional DVDs and Greg's one of the best hands down. He definitely does Jimmy proud. He's animated yet absolutely kills on the guitar. I chuckle at the fact that on one of his DVDs he stresses his last name, Koch, rhymes with chalk. Lifer fan.

[blameitonhoffman]

I want a B-bender now....

[MARTINBENITO]

speedshit

[fkhodada]

was he born with a guitar in his hands?!

[Moshechka]

wow...it looks so easy and fun...truly amazing....

[brossej07]

Man that's an old tele... anybody else notice the crazy round fingerboard radius? Looks like a 9 almost... whew

[mezatopia]

The Man is Insane

[tmoodyband]

Boy that is some barn burnin' there

[Nikkimetal666]

oh my fucking god

[MrPoppa2]

will tele's make you play this good, or do I need to grow longer fingers?...oops, gota run now its practice time...poppa

[horacrux]

would love to se this guy,buckehead and paul gilbert on stage together

[mmaxson61]

Amazing!

[lilshoelace]

Fucken awesome!

[gooviegoovie]

His fingers so long to fit the fretbord!

[randho8]

Without a doubt, the single most entertaining video I've ever seen on you tube

[Chromatype]

that's it...Greg was a Zep freak that heard Danny Gatton...and read Nicholas Slonimski before bedtime...

[jpbreeze]

This guy's a monster guitarist. Kinda too bad he wastes his abilities on this kind of "goofy-rock" nonsense. He's great at making goofy faces while playing Zeppelin riffs , and the chickin-pickin thing is pretty good, but watching this guy showing off and making cheezy poses, you can't help but wonder what it would sound like if this guy aimed his chops and abilities at making actual music? It would be interesting to see if Koch actually has anything inside him besides ham n' cheeze.

[ErlofCambridge]

@jpbreeze C'mon - His 9 to 5day job is selling guitars and having fun playing music (pretty damn awesomely) - what do you do for a living! So what that he's a salesman for Fender - Good on Fender I say! It's good to see a company selling musicianship.

[npgm1]

a good taxi driver knows his territory.. but watch out for the borders..

[misosoupification]

well, he's a good player, but he seems like kind of a tool.

[esson123]

Thank you brill jn : -)

[GuillermoSmyser]

This guy is obviously talented but there is such a sense of humor to what he is playing as well as how he plays it.

[klank67]

Just met Greg and not only is he a killer geetawr player ... he's exceptionally cool!

If he comes to your town, stop what you're doin' and go check him out ... nuff said :)

[Razordance1]

Just went to one of his clinics today... Great player, and a really nice guy. Love his sense of humor...

[XxNaSaHxX]

@DonMichele1980 You're 30 years old and throwing insults about fucking people's mothers still? Congrats, you must lead a very accomplished life :)

[ItzhakWoolf]

I heard some jimmy page stuff in here..

[XxNaSaHxX]

@DonMichele1980 Go fuck yourself

[javamonkey1]

He took lessons from no other than "GOD"... Good job Greg... even though you were showing off... But isn't that what they come to see... Peace.

[oOoACFREEMANoOo]

that was like the entire history of guitar music in one song....

omfg?

[pmay222]

also...this clip really is the guitaring equivalent of...you remember terminator 2 i think it was...when the evil t1000 fell into the molten metal tank...and all the features and shapes it had adapted to throughout the film kept emerging in different forms as it died...well this guitaring is just that...its like all the styles greg has played and done in the past are all morphing out uncontrollably...but i love it..

[pmay222]

always impresses me...and what amazing versatility from a tele........

[Waltos]

AWESOME chops, great tone. Kick a*s Vid!

[skinandbones90]

this guy is just fan-tastic

[nancylanesmith]

He is the Frank Zappa of the Telecaster!

[dinzakos6]

is it true??

[timbojones23]

Doesn't use his pinky much does he?

[TheActionService]

@timbojones23 Really??? after all that... thats what you say? lol. This guy is killer though. I'd never heard of him till just now. awesome.

[myrabbitmoose]

@timbojones23 No he doesn't, I noticed that too. Using your pinky makes a HUGE difference.

[Schimmoller]

boring.....

[jamesbathke]

Only in Milwaukee! You's Polls and Germans gotta love this one! Way to go Greg!

[jamesbathke]

Hey Greg...backin' up J Beck on the 24th..I'll be watching...you should pull out all the stops! Maybe...do some axe disposal with fire? something! Jefferey doesn't have much of a better chop than you! OK...we now have ended as lovers!

[xavierstein]

yeah !!!!!! very cool riff

[stevehymer]

THE MAN. PLEASE TOUR, GREG!

[Ibik]

2.13 how do you do that? awesome video! do i detect some Stair way to heaven?

[snakester41]

absolutely sick!!!! I'm gonna go cry now!!

[jetlag51]

Holy spit

[MrAssbaron]

Phenomenal

[Zed1967]

Greg isn't just a great guitar player, he's a great entertainer. I could watch him for hours.

[stratthead]

First part reminds me of Primus and the bass playin'. Very garbled. It's cool but just weird. I only watched the first half of this....

[Soulfulshreddify]

@stratthead You only watched half, and missed out on epic.

[BannerOfBlasfemy]

3 57 led zeppelin communication breakdown

[noremorse146]

@BannerOfBlasfemy nope...it's heartbreaker

[BannerOfBlasfemy]

@noremorse146

you're right. i'm always mixing up these 2

[46ace]

Gregs bringing the forces of the night to our local fender dealer tonight@7!

[SAK47RAMENTO]

Greg plays good but he's just never blown me away...

[46ace]

Reccommended by "Festus McCorkindale and the all night pounders!" Greg's simply not of this planet!

chicken picken to zep in zero seconds flat

genius...

can't stop watching his brand of tonal insanity

[didgeboy287]

I love seeing musicians like this who can be PHENOMENAL performers but also silly and down to earth.

[FenderBender93]

@didgeboy287 Guthrie Govan in a nutshell!

[handeedude1]

Need more videos from this guy on youtube. I'm gettin' tired of playin' the same ones over and over and over,etc...

[ARNOLD1982DEAL]

Are you kidding me?!

[PageandPlant4Life]

oh my god, my new favorite guitarist

[tonelogman]

what fretboard mastery ! Why have I not heard of this fellow before ? Another lesser known guy to check out, take a gander at Sonny Landreth.