Groove3 – Guitar Tone & Effects Workshop

Do you ever wonder how your favorite players get that tone? Well, wonder no more. In this 13-lesson video guitar course, you’ll learn everything you wanted to know about guitar tone and effects – from basic amp/guitar settings to lessons on practically every type of pedal to grace a pedal board, such as phasers, flangers, chorus, distortion, fuzz, wah, and more. Greg Koch and Tom Kolb share their insights from decades of touring the world and equip you with the knowledge to develop your sound exactly as you want to hear it. These lessons are designed for beginner to intermediate players looking to improve their tone or learn more about various effects.

To start off the course, Greg Koch delivers his general thoughts on tone in two lessons, both of which feature his unique combination of humor and virtuosity that makes learning a blast. The first is focused on the amp and guitar, while the second deals with effects. Then Tom Kolb presents a similar all-around lesson that touches on similar concepts.

The course then moves on to specific effects, and Tom breaks each one down, detailing their parameters and demonstrating common applications with plenty of great-sounding licks, riffs, and phrases. You’ll learn all about distortion/volume-related effects (distortion, overdrive, fuzz, boost, tremolo), modulation effects (chorus, flanger, phaser), and others like wah pedals and looper pedals.

Altogether, this course represents a comprehensive look at the subject of guitar tone from several different viewpoints, and your understanding of each link in the tonal chain will grow exponentially. You’ve put it off long enough; it’s time to get serious about your tone!

Have you ever wondered how your favorite musicians achieve their sounds? Now you don’t have to wonder anymore. In this 13-lesson video course, you’ll learn everything you ever wanted to know about guitar tone and effects—from basic amp and guitar settings to lessons on virtually every type of pedalboard pedal, including phasers, flangers, chorus, distortion, fuzz, wah, and more. Greg Koch and Tom Kolb share their knowledge, garnered over decades of touring the world, and equip you with the tools to develop your sound exactly the way you want it. These lessons are designed for beginners and intermediate players looking to improve their sound or learn more about various effects.

At the beginning of the course, Greg Koch shares his general thoughts on sound in two lessons, demonstrating his unique blend of humor and virtuosity to make learning engaging. The first lesson focuses on amps and guitar, and the second on effects. Tom Kolb then presents a similarly comprehensive lesson covering similar concepts.

The course then moves on to specific effects, with Tom breaking down each one, detailing their parameters and demonstrating typical applications with a variety of great-sounding licks, riffs, and phrases. You’ll learn all about distortion/volume effects (distortion, overdrive, fuzz, boost, tremolo), modulation effects (chorus, flanger, phaser), and others, such as wah pedals and looper pedals.

Overall, this course offers a comprehensive look at guitar tone from several different perspectives, and your understanding of each link in the tonal chain will grow exponentially. You’ve put it off long enough; it’s time to get serious about your tone!

Content

• Tone Tips: Amp and Guitar (08:17) – To start off the course, you’ll get some general tone tips from Greg Koch on both amp (settings) and guitar (wiring modifications, components, etc.) to get you in the ballpark quickly.
• Tone Tips: Effects (13:57) – Next, Greg offers his thoughts on effects, giving tips on delay pedal settings, wah and Univibe-style techniques, overdrive/boost preferences, and more.
• Killer Guitar Tones (16:03) – Another well-rounded lesson, this time Tom Kolb presents tips on guitar/amp/effects settings that will help you achieve a great sound in any genre.
• How to Use Chorus Pedals (14:10) – In this lesson, you’ll learn how to add a lush shimmer to your sound with chorus.
• How to Use Flanger Pedals (12:40) – Get the lowdown on how to add interdimensional-sounding swirling and modulation effects with a flanger.
• How to Use Fuzz Pedals (11:32) – If you love those rich, molten distorted sounds prevalent in so many hits of the sixties, you gotta have a fuzz pedal. Learn all about them here.
• How to Use Overdrive Pedals (11:37) – A milder alternative to straight-out distortion and fuzz pedals, an overdrive pedal is often used as lead boost (famously employed by Stevie Ray Vaughan, among many others) to really make your solos stand out. But it has other uses as well, all of which are covered here.
• How to Use Phaser Pedals (12:59) – From Eddie Van Halen’s early solos sound to swirly arpeggios and wobbly, Leslie-style riffs, a phaser pedal can go from subtle to hyper and everything in between.
• How to Use Tremolo Pedals (16:18) – Another staple of early rock from the fifties and sixties, the tremolo pedal, which automatically raises and lowers the volume at a steady rate, has remained popular throughout the decades. In this lesson, Tom demonstrates its many common uses.
• How to Use a Boost Pedal (10:54) – The boost pedal is a deceptively useful unit that flies under the radar for many folks. See why that’s a mistake in this lesson.
• How to Use a Distortion Pedal (16:27) – The good ol’ distortion pedal – a staple on countless player’s pedal boards for decades – is still an incredibly useful pedal, as demonstrated in this video.
• How to Use a Looper Pedal (14:58) – Looper pedals became all the rage after several notable artists (Katie Tunstall, Ed Sheeran, Reggie Watts) showed what they can do. In this lesson, you’ll learn exactly that!
• Basic Wah-Wah Techniques (14:11) – Got wacka wacka? Learn the secret to getting the most out of this expressive pedal, from funky scratch rhythms and incredibly vocal lead articulations to fixed filter riffs and more.