Greg Koch

In this picture you can see Greg playing a Fender Stratocaster with a sunburst finish on stage

In this picture you can see Greg playing a Fender Thinline Telecaster with a natural finish

In this picture you can see Greg playing a Fender Telecaster on stage

In this picture you can see Greg playing a Gibson Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar

In this picture you can see Greg playing a Gibson SJ-200 Bob Dylan Players Ed.

Greg is seen here playing a Gibson ES 335 with his band. He has commented on owning one at other times.

According to Greg's own website found at: http://www.gregkoch.com/gristle-arsenal.html Greg says that...

This succulent Morsel of the Night, is the Tele I have been seen lurking around the world with since the summer of '15. It is a Fender Custom Shop, Wildwood 10, '55 Tele outfitted with my new, Fishman Fluence Gristle-Tone pickups. Like all Wildwood 10's it has a 10" radius and 6105 frets on a quarter sawn, maple neck. This guitar's body is made out of very light swamp ash and the color is faded Fiesta Red. It screams like a banshee in heat...Dig it!!!

Greg Koch has been working with Fret King Guitars in order to manufacture Greg's own Signature Telecaster. Although as of currently (2018) the guitar has not yet been released and Greg is the owner of the current prototype. The Guitar will come in a Sonic Blue finish and it will also be loaded with Greg's signature Fluence Pickups. In the Link provided Greg can be seen playing his Fret King telecaster prototype live.

Greg Koch's First signature Guitar with Fender was done in a limmited run of 40. This limmited run included Greg Koch's Signature "Gristlecaster". (The Strat version and the Tele version share the same name) The link provided shows an article interview with Greg talking about his 'Gristlecaster" and what its specs are.

Greg Koch has a Reverend Eastsider T equipped with his signature Fishman pickups. He also has a signature model in development that is based upon this model.

In this picture you can see a Fender Mustang I V.2 20 Watt DSP Combo Amp behind Greg

Greg Koch rcently released his new signature Koch amplifier as of earlier this year (2018). The Amp is an all tube guitar combo amplifier with built in Spring Reverb, OTS circut, Tremolo, and early 60's brown era Fender Harmonic Vibrato. The Amp also Includes a Clean Channel (With Boost) and an OD Channel (With Boost). The Speaker layout includes two 10-inch speakers (Vibrolux style). The Amps are available for purchase at the official Koch Amps webite found at: http://www.koch-amps.com/guitar_combo_thegreg.html

Greg Koch's Tone is most well defined by his early 90's Fender Vibrolux. This Fender amplifier reissue is one of the hardest to find due to limmited production, but a few pop up for sale occasionaly on the internet. Greg's Vibrolux is the standard Vibrolux curcit, however this particular model did not have bright switches on the front pannel. The exterior load-out included two 10-inch speakers and a blonde tolex finish. Greg Can be seen at the link provided using his Vibrolux in a demo video for Jam Pedals.

In the earlier days of the Tone Controls Greg used a Fender Super Reverb. He can often be seen sswitching between a blackface and silverface version of the amplifier. The Super Reverb Includer a Normal and Vibrato Channel, Bright Switches, Spring Revrb, and Tremolo. The exterior loadout includer four 10" Speakers and a black tolex finish. Greg can be seen in the video link live at the Mountian Troll playing through a Fender Blackface Super Reverb.

According to Maxon's website, Koch uses the Maxon OD808 overdrive pedal.

Greg's go to overdrive pedal. As of 2017, the current reincarnation dubbed the "Triple Gristle"

Previously used an assortment of Fulltone Pedals

Greg has been using his own signature "Gristle" Pedals for many years. This Pedal includes a clean boost, fuzz, and of course the iconic Gristle Overdrive tone that we all know and love from Greg's Albums. These Pedals and former versions of Gregs "Gristle" Line-up are available for pruchase at Greg's official website located at: http://www.gregkoch.com/store/p49/Triple_Gristle_Pedal.html

Greg Koch has signature pickups with Fishman

In this demo for guitar center Greg uses a pair of fishman classic humbuckers. He states that he uses these pickups in alot of his humbucker guitars

In this video, Greg demos fishman strat pickups. He uses this pickup set in his strat or single coil type guitars

The second of Greg’s main guitars: Swamp Ash body Flame maple custom ’56 V-shaped neck “Mother of toilet seat” pickguard Fender Abigail Ybarra-wound pickups (this photo from 2007 shows a Duncan humbucker which was installed at a select point in the guitar’s career). Bottom tone control is push-pull for tele (“Gretsch sounding”) bridge and neck pickup combination and all-three-at once pickup combination. Middle tone control is push-pull for out of phase pickup combinations (“For that Albert King tone”). American standard bridge resistor cap mod on the volume control (“so you don’t lose any highs when you turn the volume down”) 22 frets 9.50? radius Jumbo frets Spertzel locking tuners Gold hardware. ~ Wildwoodmusic.com