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.
@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 TH-cam Gutar Channel who worshipped DragonForce "as the greatest". I will not say the names but you'll probally know it.
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
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.
ive seen this vid many time mainly bc of greg koch, but after watching it again i was somehow blown away more and then i realized something was off and i had the speed set to 1.25 faster listening to a song before i went to bed lastnight which i then realized ive been listening to youtube for the last few hrs with everthing sped up and i swear its made my day more frantic lol but either way ppl watch when you set the speed of a song it can do mysterious thing to your life.
An interesting illustration of the old line, said by an admired pro guitarist to a young hero-worshiper, "It's not the equipment. You could play my guitar and my rig, and I could play yours - but you'd still sound like you, and I'd still sound like me." Particularly Greg Koch, who sounds NOTHING like Tosin, although both can play very well.
Wow that Quayle is downright amazing. Sure he can sweep and legato all day long. What I find impressive is his right hand, my god the magic and ease in which he can use all his picking fingers in coordination with the left hand. Has the pick going and the rest of the fingers pick up the rest. Never seen anything quite like it before. Tons of guitarists can do that. Just not so damn mechanically clean. WOW
Spent the first 20 seconds of this video going “that looks like an abasi guitar” before seeing the name ABASI written huge in the background and only then noticing Abasi himself was the guy on the floor 😂
These videos inspire me to get back into guitar. I have three guitars looking at me right now and their collecting dust. I think I will do something about it.
"Demonstrations in Muscle Memory". (I'm a weird guitarist: i do all kinds of stunts to BLOCK muscle memory! Otherwise, we get stuck in the same rutts, AUTOMATICALLY.)
you're arguement is a bit invalid or contradictory because this demonstration is precisely for the "painters" non painters in this instance I don't think the guitarists care about what they/you think honestly right here, they are showing off for other guitarists, not casual radio listeners, not saying your opinion isn't important cause we're performers and it is, but not at this venue.
The funniest thing about Jason playing Tempting Time isn't the reaction from Tosin. The funniest thing is the ballsy eye contact as he switches the pickup selector after
@@cody181818 He's a solo artist, considered one of the all-time great fusion guitarists. But he's very sinewy, and at times you can also see all his muscles moving around.
Well was hoping that Vernon Reid was going to play but Greg was the best and most creative. Tom and Jason just kept playing the same riffs in different keys and sounded like guitar center noise. Anyway great sounding guitars they sound very tight and studio ready. KIU
@Abasi Concepts .. Mr Tosin at about the 1:50 mark you dialed in a vicious overdrive tone for Tom Quayle..exactly what was that and which Morgan amp were you using to get that tone ?
Anyone know of the picking finger style used here and there in this video (for example, a short fast phrase starting at 1:33 in the vid, and also at 2:25)? Any tutorials on how it's done (in slow motion)? I see finger picking in there but don't know exactly how it's used to achieve that type of speed.
Can’t believe all the hate in these comments ,key board warriors here trying to convince people who is better from the safety of the step dads basement. All these players have payed there dues and both have amazing abilities, it would be stupid if they all sounded exactly the same.
@@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.
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
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
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.
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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 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
Buckethead has entered the chat
@@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.
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 TH-cam Gutar Channel who worshipped DragonForce "as the greatest". I will not say the names but you'll probally know it.
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...?”
I love how much Tosin appriciates this moment
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.
7:30 sounds like a chiropractic adjustment
I think Tosin felt that one, nervous chuckie
Lol
ahahahajhahjnahjna
6:48 you can hear tosin say “gotdamn!”😂
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.
I could recognize Quayle's playing from miles away; I damn near memorized his blistering style of play and patterns.
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.
Greg is unreal. I dont know what he was doing but I want more of that every day!
All three are incredible players just wow.. But Greg has so much variety in his style I could watch him all day long.
My fav part is the two and half grands worth Morgan SW50R head being used as a stool
my fav is when they let woodhead go to the patriots for washed up and phony talent rbs
My god I swear Tom Quayle's legato is out of this world.
Herman Lee is over there checking out the shredding.
Who are this guys and why aren't they playing Stairway to heaven like we all do? Who did let them in?
Rubén Gálvez 🤣🤣🤣
The only thing cooler than having your own signature guitar. Is having one of your idols playing it!
ive seen this vid many time mainly bc of greg koch, but after watching it again i was somehow blown away more and then i realized something was off and i had the speed set to 1.25 faster listening to a song before i went to bed lastnight which i then realized ive been listening to youtube for the last few hrs with everthing sped up and i swear its made my day more frantic lol but either way ppl watch when you set the speed of a song it can do mysterious thing to your life.
11:25 watching the muscles in richardson’s forearm switch when he is sweeping is also incredibly cool to watch hahahah
1:32 thought he was gunna play Cliffs of Dover.
Greg's business card: Have Pick - Will Travel
I would put thumbs up for each guitarist. goddamn talents
More...more notes! Good thing Greg is here, taste arrived lol
so if hes in a room with 10 other country jazz wizards is he still tasty? think not. hes the most boring filler guitarist ever!
Vanguard hell yeah he is. Any 10 other country jazz guys will tell you Greg is the man.
You know you are a good player when Abasi looks at you like that while playing.
At 3:10 you can see Tosin go from 6 to midnight LOL
When you're making Abasi's eyebrows hit the back of his head, you know you're an amazing player.
I love the look of this guitar. Definitely Tele inspired but very cool take on a classic guitar
An interesting illustration of the old line, said by an admired pro guitarist to a young hero-worshiper, "It's not the equipment. You could play my guitar and my rig, and I could play yours - but you'd still sound like you, and I'd still sound like me."
Particularly Greg Koch, who sounds NOTHING like Tosin, although both can play very well.
The Guitar and Tom's playing are so sick !
Saving up and selling gear to have my own Abasi Concepts guitar.
You will regret it
Videos like this will make you think you'll play better or sound like them. It's a mistake you'll soon regret.
Greg makes anything sound phenom.
He played all 24 frets.... amazing considering it only had 22.!
Man that abasi space T is amazing. The ergonomics look awesome.
Woh bass to treble swells. Mind blown! 🤯
Did you tune the guitar in 4ths for Tom? If not that dude is a monster to be able to improv that well in both standard and 4ths.
penguindrum264 that dude is a monster either way. He destroys worlds with his playing
You know you're good when tosin abasi bends the knee
OMFG, Greg Koch just have kicked my little shredder ass ! =)) Love those fantastic talented players !
Yep, that's pretty badass
Wow that Quayle is downright amazing. Sure he can sweep and legato all day long. What I find impressive is his right hand, my god the magic and ease in which he can use all his picking fingers in coordination with the left hand. Has the pick going and the rest of the fingers pick up the rest. Never seen anything quite like it before. Tons of guitarists can do that. Just not so damn mechanically clean. WOW
Yes this is called hybrid picking and his is indeed phenomenal. He makes every string ring so evenly
Spent the first 20 seconds of this video going “that looks like an abasi guitar” before seeing the name ABASI written huge in the background and only then noticing Abasi himself was the guy on the floor 😂
that hair challenged gentleman sure can type
These videos inspire me to get back into guitar. I have three guitars looking at me right now and their collecting dust. I think I will do something about it.
Great playing, all of em holy smokes!
Quayle seems to be playing the same one lick and pattern over and over.
Very clean player but all his demos sound the same.
Do better, then talk shit.
"Demonstrations in Muscle Memory".
(I'm a weird guitarist: i do all kinds of stunts to BLOCK muscle memory! Otherwise, we get stuck in the same rutts, AUTOMATICALLY.)
A lot of people can't paint or draw worth a shit..but those same people know a shit painting when they see it.@@kellybright240
you're arguement is a bit invalid or contradictory because this demonstration is precisely for the "painters" non painters in this instance I don't think the guitarists care about what they/you think honestly right here, they are showing off for other guitarists, not casual radio listeners, not saying your opinion isn't important cause we're performers and it is, but not at this venue.
I see proprietary strings in the future. Abasi is the apple of guitar.
This guy never hits a wrong note
Smashing........ Truly
Excellent playing!
The funniest thing about Jason playing Tempting Time isn't the reaction from Tosin. The funniest thing is the ballsy eye contact as he switches the pickup selector after
OMG. Tosin and Tom. Guitar Gods.
Guy with toboggan is really funny on his own review channel and very good player!
2nd guy is wow!! wonderful!
Tosin must be proud seeing this.
What song is Greg playing at 8:56 ? And what style/genre would that be considered ? Also, 8:31 sounds familiar too. Someone help meowt
Herman Li has entered the battle!
i would totally rock this. currently sold out.
greg = infinite invention.
13:22 Black dude felt the *NASTYNESS* of that riff !
Beastly Tom Quayle
These guitars sounds great
Greg Koch is a pretty damn sweet player. Great vocabulary and knowledge of music, wow
His chicken pickin is on point
11:24 look at his right forearm the muscles move with the tapping looks crazy lol
Majin Studio It happens basically the same just knocking your fingers on the table. Cool, isn’t it??
Ever watch Greg Howe play?
@@YaoEspirito No i dont think so . What band was he in?.
@@cody181818
He's a solo artist, considered one of the all-time great fusion guitarists. But he's very sinewy, and at times you can also see all his muscles moving around.
@@cody181818
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Tom Quayle! That man is an anomaly.
Greg Koch is the best!
TQ humbles the best of them!
7:15 Buckethead could feel a disturbance in the force.
@ 7:31 Was that gristle I just heard popping?
Only monsters at abasis! crazy
Well was hoping that Vernon Reid was going to play but Greg was the best and most creative. Tom and Jason just kept playing the same riffs in different keys and sounded like guitar center noise. Anyway great sounding guitars they sound very tight and studio ready. KIU
I just came back saw my comment got likes. Thank you. I’m having a shitty day and it actually made me feel better.
The second guy has my vote
Cool jam
Gotta have big balls to pickup one of those guitars after Greg.
Greg Is a Beast!
Tom (the first guy) just sold his soul to play guitar
Need one!
Herman Li casually standing there watching...
First guy reminds me of harmonically tame Holdsworth. Great sounding guitar in everyone's hands.
I would love if Buckethead showed up and melted the place
Look for my Sister Laura at the 2020 Namm. She is with Traveler guitar!
I saw a clip of John Mayer playing this guitar.
@Abasi Concepts .. Mr Tosin at about the 1:50 mark you dialed in a vicious overdrive tone for Tom Quayle..exactly what was that and which Morgan amp were you using to get that tone ?
Awesome! Man
Anyone know of the picking finger style used here and there in this video (for example, a short fast phrase starting at 1:33 in the vid, and also at 2:25)? Any tutorials on how it's done (in slow motion)? I see finger picking in there but don't know exactly how it's used to achieve that type of speed.
Ok, found it, at 1:16. Very detailed... th-cam.com/video/AUhxf1_pXeE/w-d-xo.html
4:47 Lars Ulrich is a hell of a guitarist
Bro, SHUT THE FUCK UP. 😂
Ahahahahahajajaja
12:45 the respond though 😂
Those fingers can MOVE
First guy is like your regular scale run basement practice nerd player. The Koch tho, oh yeah!
kock is horrible. hes all filler.
Did this guitar start out as a tele?
Can’t believe all the hate in these comments ,key board warriors here trying to convince people who is better from the safety of the step dads basement. All these players have payed there dues and both have amazing abilities, it would be stupid if they all sounded exactly the same.
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
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
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
Greg Kock is so dam different, it's nice to hear that contrast
"greg kock" lmao
@@bejited6932 "greg cock" there, I said it
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.
This is an appropriate video title.
Lol wat
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.
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.
11:40 haha Jason is such a dude, playing a part of tempting time, immediately looking to Tosin: "Did you recognize???" :D
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