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08/06/23
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Excellent learning from Greg Koch in a light hearted way
Gristleman Guitar
Interactive Video Masterclass with Greg Koch
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Greg Koch
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About this course
“I believe Greg Koch is pound for pound the best guitar player in the world today. His, tone, feel and style are unrivaled in today’s guitar playing community. He is scary good. It was a true honor to do shows with him.” - JOE BONAMASSA
Greg Koch has been at the top of our wish list, not to mention our students’ wish lists, for a very, very long time. He’s been busy releasing 15 records, authoring over a dozen best-selling instructional materials, writing countless articles for top guitar mags, serving as an ambassador for Fender and Fishman, touring the globe as bandleader, and posting 4,000 plus video gear test drives and lessons generating over 50-million views.
The stars have finally aligned and we are now thrilled to welcome Greg to the family with his first TrueFire course, Gristleman Guitar!
”Finding your way as a guitar player means more than learning licks and phrases. It means digging deep and honoring the nuances of many of the guitar greats in an identifiable and flavorful way - their expressiveness, the techniques, and all of their melodic and rhythmic sensibilities.
But at the same time, you have to put your own twist on those roots. You have to personalize them over time, and make them your own. That's truly where all the flavor comes from, and that folks, is what I like to call Guitar Gristle. It’s the intersection where all that’s right meets all that’s wrong.
I’m excited to share with you fourteen of my go-to techniques and concepts for all out guitar savagery. We’ll look at my approaches to chicken picking, vibrato, hybrid picking, all kinds of bends, travis picking, pinch harmonics, double stops, standard tuning slide and a ton more.”
Greg will explain and demonstrate each of the 14 Gristleman techniques sharing some of his own creative twists for each. Using backing tracks from his own records, Greg will also perform an example for musical context followed by a detailed breakdown.
”We’ll play over a chicken pickin’ onslaught I like to call “Spank It”, a greasy little shuffle named “Quarantonne”, there's some swing tunes, some laid back funky soul grooves, a sinuous rock conflagration, slick jazzy shuffles, and of course there’s even a pungent and filthy blues too.”
You will play your way through all 14 sets of lessons including: Poultry Pluckin' and Cluckin’, Hybrid Picking Leads, Travis Picking, Vicious Vibratos, Beastly Blues Bends, Pre-bent Chords & Hybrid Harmonics, Pinch Harmonic Savagery, Comping in "Shuffle & Swingland”, Double-Stops with Drones, Funky Finger Picked Comping, Sultry Slide Soloing in Standard, Rock Double-Stop Soloing, Constructing Longer Solos, and Triple-Stop Comping Like an Organ.
”Maybe you’ll take a few things from here verbatim, but my hope is that this course will at the very least inspire you to try something new on the guitar and take these ideas into a totally new place yourself. You know what they say; ‘where there’s fat, there’s flavor!’”
You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the playing examples and performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson.
You can also loop or slow down any of the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are also included to work with on your own.
Grab your guitar, and let's ‘pound the gristle’ with Greg Koch!
Greg Koch has been at the top of our wish list, not to mention our students’ wish lists, for a very, very long time. He’s been busy releasing 15 records, authoring over a dozen best-selling instructional materials, writing countless articles for top guitar mags, serving as an ambassador for Fender and Fishman, touring the globe as bandleader, and posting 4,000 plus video gear test drives and lessons generating over 50-million views.
The stars have finally aligned and we are now thrilled to welcome Greg to the family with his first TrueFire course, Gristleman Guitar!
”Finding your way as a guitar player means more than learning licks and phrases. It means digging deep and honoring the nuances of many of the guitar greats in an identifiable and flavorful way - their expressiveness, the techniques, and all of their melodic and rhythmic sensibilities.
But at the same time, you have to put your own twist on those roots. You have to personalize them over time, and make them your own. That's truly where all the flavor comes from, and that folks, is what I like to call Guitar Gristle. It’s the intersection where all that’s right meets all that’s wrong.
I’m excited to share with you fourteen of my go-to techniques and concepts for all out guitar savagery. We’ll look at my approaches to chicken picking, vibrato, hybrid picking, all kinds of bends, travis picking, pinch harmonics, double stops, standard tuning slide and a ton more.”
Greg will explain and demonstrate each of the 14 Gristleman techniques sharing some of his own creative twists for each. Using backing tracks from his own records, Greg will also perform an example for musical context followed by a detailed breakdown.
”We’ll play over a chicken pickin’ onslaught I like to call “Spank It”, a greasy little shuffle named “Quarantonne”, there's some swing tunes, some laid back funky soul grooves, a sinuous rock conflagration, slick jazzy shuffles, and of course there’s even a pungent and filthy blues too.”
You will play your way through all 14 sets of lessons including: Poultry Pluckin' and Cluckin’, Hybrid Picking Leads, Travis Picking, Vicious Vibratos, Beastly Blues Bends, Pre-bent Chords & Hybrid Harmonics, Pinch Harmonic Savagery, Comping in "Shuffle & Swingland”, Double-Stops with Drones, Funky Finger Picked Comping, Sultry Slide Soloing in Standard, Rock Double-Stop Soloing, Constructing Longer Solos, and Triple-Stop Comping Like an Organ.
”Maybe you’ll take a few things from here verbatim, but my hope is that this course will at the very least inspire you to try something new on the guitar and take these ideas into a totally new place yourself. You know what they say; ‘where there’s fat, there’s flavor!’”
You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the playing examples and performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson.
You can also loop or slow down any of the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are also included to work with on your own.
Grab your guitar, and let's ‘pound the gristle’ with Greg Koch!
What you'll learn
- Use fretting with slide technique for precise pitch control
- Use shell voicings for walking bass lines within chord progressions
- Apply hybrid picking to create organ-like chord textures
- Use slide harmonics effectively in melodic context
- Control slide tone using guitar volume and tone knobs
Release date: 10/26/2021 • 3h 55m runtime
Sample lessons
Hybrid Picking Leads
Demonstration
Spank It: Solo
Performance
Comping in "Shuffle & Swingland"
Demonstration
Tons of Shuffle Fun
Overview
What's included
58 lessons • 28 charts • 11 Jam Tracks
Gristleman Guitar
Hey, it's Greg Koch here. Welcome to Gristleman Guitar!
Finding your way as a guitar player means more than learning licks and phrases. It means digging deep and honoring the nuances of many of the guitar greats in an identifiable and flavorful way - their expressiveness, the techniques, and all their melodic and rhythmic sensibilities.
But at the same time, you have to put your own twist on those roots. You have to personalize them over time, and make them your own. That's truly where all the flavor comes from, and that folks, is what I like to call Guitar Gristle. It’s at the intersection of where all that’s right meets all that’s wrong.
In this course I’m excited to share with you fourteen of my go-to techniques and concepts for all out guitar savagery. We’ll look at my approaches to chicken picking, vibrato, hybrid picking, all kinds of bends, travis picking, pinch harmonics, double stops, standard tuning slide and a ton more.
I’ll first demonstrate each lesson for you and talk about some of my creative twists on each technique or concept, and then I’ll play you an example over a backing track that I’ve pulled from one of my own records.
We’ll play over a chickin pickin onslaught I like to call “Spank It”, a greasy little shuffle named “Quarantonne”, there's some swing tunes, some laid back funky soul grooves, a sinuous rock conflagration, slick jazzy shuffles, and of course there’s even a pungent and filthy blues too.
Maybe you’ll take a few things from here verbatim, but my hope is that this course will at the very least inspire you to try something new on the guitar and take these ideas into a totally new place yourself.
You know what they say: “where there’s fat, there’s flavor!” So you ready?! Grab your guitar and let’s pound the gristle!
Finding your way as a guitar player means more than learning licks and phrases. It means digging deep and honoring the nuances of many of the guitar greats in an identifiable and flavorful way - their expressiveness, the techniques, and all their melodic and rhythmic sensibilities.
But at the same time, you have to put your own twist on those roots. You have to personalize them over time, and make them your own. That's truly where all the flavor comes from, and that folks, is what I like to call Guitar Gristle. It’s at the intersection of where all that’s right meets all that’s wrong.
In this course I’m excited to share with you fourteen of my go-to techniques and concepts for all out guitar savagery. We’ll look at my approaches to chicken picking, vibrato, hybrid picking, all kinds of bends, travis picking, pinch harmonics, double stops, standard tuning slide and a ton more.
I’ll first demonstrate each lesson for you and talk about some of my creative twists on each technique or concept, and then I’ll play you an example over a backing track that I’ve pulled from one of my own records.
We’ll play over a chickin pickin onslaught I like to call “Spank It”, a greasy little shuffle named “Quarantonne”, there's some swing tunes, some laid back funky soul grooves, a sinuous rock conflagration, slick jazzy shuffles, and of course there’s even a pungent and filthy blues too.
Maybe you’ll take a few things from here verbatim, but my hope is that this course will at the very least inspire you to try something new on the guitar and take these ideas into a totally new place yourself.
You know what they say: “where there’s fat, there’s flavor!” So you ready?! Grab your guitar and let’s pound the gristle!
Poultry Pluckin' and Cluckin'
Let’s dive into some Pluckin’ and Cluckin’! This is a style I was inspired to play years ago when I first heard the great Mark Knopfler. Back then we didn’t have access to the “intergoogle” so I actually found out about Mark through Guitar Player Magazine. There was this picture of him playing his red Strat with this crazy grip. I knew there had to be something to this, so I ditched my pick and got to work, here’s what I learned!
Spank It: Main Theme
Now let’s jump into a tune that I have played for a long, long time!
This is a song called “Spank It”, I came up with this song years ago and can best be described as sort of a country onslaught. I didn’t grow up with Country Music, it wasn’t really my jam, but there was something I loved about the Chicken Pickin’ sound that made me carry it over into this tune.
Spank It: Main Theme
Now let’s jump into a tune that I have played for a long, long time!
This is a song called “Spank It”, I came up with this song years ago and can best be described as sort of a country onslaught. I didn’t grow up with Country Music, it wasn’t really my jam, but there was something I loved about the Chicken Pickin’ sound that made me carry it over into this tune.
Spank It: Main Theme
Now let’s jump into a tune that I have played for a long, long time!
This is a song called “Spank It”, I came up with this song years ago and can best be described as sort of a country onslaught. I didn’t grow up with Country Music, it wasn’t really my jam, but there was something I loved about the Chicken Pickin’ sound that made me carry it over into this tune.
Hybrid Picking Leads
Now let's talk about Chicken Pickin’ with pickin’ fingers. When I started Chicken Pickin’ I used to stash my pick between my fingers, and while this is something I still do from time to time, after hearing some great guitarists like Albert lee and James Burton I decided to give it a try. It wasn’t easy but it’s totally worth it.
Spank It: Solo
In this next series of videos I’m going to play two choruses of “Spank It”. This tune is played in a Blues progression. After that I’m going to break it all down for you in detail!
+ 51 more lessons
Reviews
23 results
jncinn
04/23/23
Explosive!
I've actually asked Greg personally if he was afraid of delivering away too many of his fantastic guitar secrets and may not have much left in the tank. Greg (ever the quick wit and fun guy he is) never batted an eyelash responding that he's got a nearly endless array of creative ideas! I firmly believe this!! Great material here to immediately incorporate into our own playing style here!! Jim C.
wkalau
Verified buyer
11/22/22
I like the humorous way to present his style of playing
Al
06/14/22
Great course
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