Greg Koch on His New Live Album, Secret Gear Plans & Life on Tour

Greg Koch joins us at Guitar Summit 2026 to talk touring with the trio, his new live album "Larger Than Life Live", the Brett Papa course, Fishman Fluence pickups and a few teases about what's coming next. What's your favorite Greg Koch moment, or the one thing you'd ask him next time? Tell us in the comments! Enjoyed it? Please like & subscribe and hit the bell so you don't miss the next interview. Recorded in Fender Studio Pro: http://tho.mn/cr4s5 Recorded and mixed with Universal Audio: http://tho.mn/uadx1 Monitors optimised through Sonarworks: http://tho.mn/sonar We use Cordial cables exclusively: https://www.thomann.de/intl/cat_brand... Interesting bits and pieces: 0:00 Intro 0:19 Guitar Summit vs. the NAMM glory days 0:31 Why being in the room beats online 1:18 On tour with the trio: Germany, Ronnie Scott's, UK & Ireland 3:10 Greg vs. the German portion sizes 3:45 New 10-hour Brett Papa guitar course 4:48 Hal Leonard years & what Greg learned about deals 6:17 New live album "Larger Than Life Live" 8:10 Joe Bonamassa cruise 8:35 Playing with his son 9:40 How his son took over the marketing 11:20 The Rick Beato effect & Greg's YouTube strategy 13:05 The podcast "Chewing the Gristle" 14:11 What's next: West Coast & Midwest US runs 15:12 The most requested question: chicken picking 16:06 Gear teasers: a possible deal with an iconic manufacturer 17:19 Why Greg plays Fishman Fluence pickups 19:25 Battery life: 300 hours (and what happens when it runs out) 20:51 Outro Webshop: https://www.thomann.de Facebook:   / thomanninternational   Instagram: @thomann.music   / thomann.music   Pinterest:   / thomannde   TikTok:   / thomann.music   Visit our blogs: GER: https://www.thomann.de/blog/de/ ENG: https://www.thomann.de/blog/en/ FRA: https://www.thomann.de/blog/fr/ ESP: https://www.thomann.de/blog/es/ ITA: https://www.thomann.de/blog/it/ NED: https://www.thomann.de/blog/nl/ FIN: https://www.thomann.de/blog/fi/