March 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 289, Tom Bukovac “Pablo Escolar Pt.2”

Chapters
00:00 - Continuation / Cookie dough treats
02:14 - Music City Bridge
04:00 - On being a dinosaur / Old man costume
05:43 - Tuning
06:52 - Goodrich volume pedal
07:30 - Garage Sale: Electric Mistress (the rarest) / Epiphone guitar
09:25 - "Why you selling?" / Tuning and playing
13:20 - Thanks and 55 years of pain


Notes
Hello friends…Uncle Larry discusses the finer points of sushi and the new cult of modern day Gibson haters in this two part docu-series filmed on his garage shop work bench.

i accidentally called the guitar that's for sale in the Uncle Larry's Garage Sale portion of this video a 1961 Epiphone Crestwood...it's actually a 1961 Epiphone Wilshire. (sorry i was moving fast)

if you are interested in it or the EXTREMELY rare blue graphics 1977 Electric Mistress just email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

if you want one of these bad ass bridges here ya go...


and....since we have a lot of new viewers coming along recently...
let me tell ya' how shit works around here...
first off, i NEVER ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....

if you do indeed learn some useful stuff from this channel and feel like it is indeed helping you as a player, all i ask is that you just throw a little something in the tip jar...especially since it's tax season ferchrissakes


You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

a person could potentially purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merch..including several different extremely comfortable and nice feeling T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...i pride myself on having the comfiest t shirts on earth...no scratchy bad fitting horseshit here people.. check it out at
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to... one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

March 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 289, Tom Bukovac “Pablo Escolar Pt. 1”

Chapters
00:00 - Changing strings / Endorsements
03:20 - Homeskoolin' love / Music City Bridge / Colossal waste of comments out there
05:20 - Gibson hate
07:18 - Comments on video: "I love how everybody is an expert."
08:28 - Golden age Fenders and Gibsons craftsmanship
09:30 - Remakes and replicas versus putting together parts
11:04 - "Fender: The Sound Heard Around the World"
12:30 - Old tricks stringing


Notes
Hello friends part two…Uncle Larry discusses the finer points of sushi and the new cult of modern day Gibson haters in this two part docu-series filmed on his garage shop work bench.

i accidentally called the guitar that's for sale in the Uncle Larry's Garage Sale portion of this video a 1961 Epiphone Crestwood...it's actually a 1961 Epiphone Wilshire. (sorry i was moving fast)

if you are interested in it or the EXTREMELY rare blue graphics 1977 Electric Mistress just email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

if you want one of these bad ass bridges here ya go...
https://musiccitybridge.com/products/the-stud-finder-guitar-bridge

and....since we have a lot of new viewers coming along recently...
let me tell ya' how shit works around here...
first off, i NEVER ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....

if you do indeed learn some useful stuff from this channel and feel like it is indeed helping you as a player, all i ask is that you just throw a little something in the tip jar...especially since it's tax season ferchrissakes

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1


a person could potentially purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merch..including several different extremely comfortable and nice feeling T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...i pride myself on having the comfiest t shirts on earth...no scratchy bad fitting horseshit here people.. check it out at
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to... one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

March 7th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Uncle Larry’s Hillbilly Square Dance”

Chapters
00:00 - Lightin' up the guitar


Notes
Just got home from a long day of sessioneering with the great Jamey Johnson…still feel like playing.

Too bad these guys couldn’t find a good singer…or play good live…fuckin aaaaa
38 Special - Hold On Loosely - Live At Rockpalast 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kivx9cLGe5E

March 6th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Rare Recently Unearthed Session Footage…Hermanos Gutiérrez”

Chapters
00:00 - In the studio creating


Notes
Hello friends, Estevan Gutiérrez of the band Hermanos Gutiérrez sent me this little clip this morning that he filmed last summer when I was overdubbing a part on their new single “Sonido Cosmico” at Easy Eye Studios in Nashville TN.

Lovely to work with these sweet guys, I really like their music, and i like them as people....that goes a long way with me.

here is the finished track....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrRkXjJpXUU

thanks for watching

March 5th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 288, Tom Bukovac, “Triggered Hippies”

Chapters
00:00 - Little acoustic strumming
02:23 - Hello, friends! / Little background of Tommy Bukovac
03:14 - "Oh, Southern Man" / Compare North to South / Social animal
05:03 - Nicky G and plane crash story (Nashville)
05:50 - Garage Sale over / '57 Goldtop & '58 Burst, why anything else? / Scarlett Johansson
07:30 - Old beer cans thanks
08:01 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / '84 Gibson J45
09:45 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Listen to records you like and study the emotion
12:00 - What makes a musician great? / Connection between sound and emotions (that's the secret) / Good records have 'worlds'
13:23 - "'Dead zone' after football?"
13:34 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV)
15:00 - Trigger Hippy days with Nicky G, Joan Osborne
17:50 - Analytical mind in great musicians


Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep into the VCB here….we might want to send a search party to retrieve him…

March 4th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Uncle Larry’s Early Spring Collection Garage Sale”

Chapters
00:00 - Picking a good tune out (Ann Wilson - This Is Now [Tom Bukovac])
01:15 - Hello, everybody!
01:40 - Nicky G / Vance Powell
02:17 - Lesson: This Is Now / Chords that test intonation
04:30 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / Thanks
05:52 - Princeton Reverb
06:45 - BC Rich Mockingbird
08:10 - Fender Esquire
10:58 - Digitech Whammy


Notes
Ok friends…as always, the first responder/committer gets it.

if you want any of this stuff email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

65 Princeton reverb…I WILL NOT SHIP THIS…LOCAL PICKUP ONLY 4250 cash…this thing is painfully straight and in EXTREMELY condition.

77 bc rich mockingbird 7k plus shipping

54 esquire …a VERY reasonable 20k firm on this plus shipping…look on reverb, people are asking 20k for refinished 54 and 55 esquires on there

Original digitech whammy with power supply
600 plus 30 bucks shipping

March 4th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ “The World’s Most Natural Doubling Effect”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming the whole thing


Notes
Happy Sunday friends

March 1st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Big Ol’ Boy”

Chapters
00:00 - Finger picking goodness


Notes
Uncle Larry gets a little late night toe tappin’ music on for ya' on a borrowed SG…

play it pretty for Atlanta now…

February 28th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Session Update “Darrell Ellis Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Hunt for Goldtop owner?


Notes
Apparently he lived in Iowa most of his life and died in 2015…if anyone out there has any info about him please tell me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfG5EG9Xm_Q

February 27th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 287, Tom Bukovac, “Session Man”

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic playing and some singing (Hank Williams Jr., The Blues Man)
03:49 - Love that song! / Howya doing / Blues and R&B gig
04:48 - Ole riff played at Mom's bar story
06:25 - Rickey Medlocke, Blackfoot, Highway Song
06:54 - Listen to this tone
07:36 - Lesson: Ricky Medlock song
08:54 - Thanks
09:25 - Pop quiz results / Day 2 session
10:45 - Being an Ironman recording
11:25 - Patrick McNally #1 Homeskooler
12:00 - Hank Williams Jr.
12:17 - Lesson: Hank song chords and hook
13:13 - Phase guitar intro and verse riffs
14:30 - Little hooks and riffs to enrich a song


Notes
Uncle Larry relives the old days of the juke box at the Surfside Lounge in Eastlake Ohio in the late 70's.

This one goes out to my dear friends Matt Warren...and James Mitchell, who was the first guy to ever teach me about the "blues man"....love you cats

and totally unrelated....how the hell can anyone sing this good live?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmqBmIR7f6I

February 21st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 285, Tom Bukovac “The Top 5 Most Asked Homeskoolin’ Questions”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends! / Elaborate full production
00:32 - Jacob Collier / "Greatest Night in Pop" (We Are the World)
02:13 - Martin D-45 / "Then I'd be happy" (Black hole inside us all)
03:19 - "What are the top 5 questions?"

1. "New, cheap guitar as good as old?"
2. "What New pickups as good as old?"
3. "Desert island guitar and amp?"
4. "Will you evaluate my playing?"
5. "Are new Nobels pedals as good as old?"

04:50 - Today's setup
06:20 - Duesenberg bridge
06:50 - Duesenberg neck
07:09 - Burst with PAFs bridge
07:49 - Burst with PAFs neck
08:21 - 2006 SG Special Lollar P90s bridge
09:01 - 2006 SG Special Lollar P90s neck
09:17 - '61 SG Special original P90s bridge
09:49 - '61 SG Special original P90s neck
10:30 - Fender Tele with '62 and Ellis bridge
11:26 - Esquire with original bridge
12:03 - "What New pickups as good as old?" / Don't know
12:32 - "Desert island guitar and amp?" / Goldtop and Princeton
13:00 - "Will you evaluate my playing?" / Don't always have time / Lessons
13:33 - "Are new Nobels pedals as good as old?" / Nothing as good as original


Notes
The title pretty much says it all here kids....

today's test gear...
amp: dead original 1965 Fender Princeton Reverb with original 10" Jensen
pedals: original no-balls ODR-1, strymon el cap slapback, tiny bit of reverb from the amp

full disclosure...i completely forgot to mention that the bridge pickup in the 1954 esquire is actually an original wound fender pickup taken out of a 1960 tele custom, so not original to the guitar, but still over 60 years old.


If you guys are getting something useful out of these ridiculous videos please feel free to visit the tip jar...

paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com
venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

Thank you for watching...and i TRULY mean that. Uncle Larry realizes that you have PLENTY of other choices when it comes to Youtube travel.

February 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 283, Tom Bukovac, “Hot Marshall Sundae”

Chapters
00:00 - SG Rock 'n' Roll tone
01:00 - Old Uncle Larry on Plexi Sunday
02:00 - "Favorite Homeskoolin'?" / "Hate everything I play"
03:00 - Jeff Steele and Scott Bagman
03:45 - Foreigner and "Corporate Rock" formula
04:35 - "Crazy-ass lick" to torture someone
05:00 - Lesson: Pull-off
06:00 - Dio - Holy Diver (demon bleat)
06:45 - Joni Mitchell - Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm (Lakota Indian chant)
07:15 - Hot Rod Lincoln (George Frayne)
08:35 - "What rockstar that died early would you like to see to continue?" / Jimi Hendrix
09:38 - Rush
10:35 - Drummers interested in old guitars? / Greg Morrow and vintage drums
13:30 - What guitar do you want?
14:01 - '68 Marshall Plexi Super Tremolo 100W


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the absolute zenith of humankind’s experiments with tube amplification...the late 1960's Marshall Plexi panel....

File this one under "stuff Uncle Larry thinks is really fuckin' cool"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMEuibX4c04

so we have a lot of new viewers recently and here's the real inside shit folks...for realz.

i NEVER ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....

if you do indeed learn a lot of stuff from this channel and feel like it is indeed helping you as a player, all i ask is that you just throw a little something in the tip jar...


and where is this tip jar you say???

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1


a person could potentially purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merch..including several different extremely comfortable and nice feeling T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...i pride myself on having the comfiest t shirts on earth...no scratchy bad fitting horseshit here people.. check it out at
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to... one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

February 17th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 282, Tom Bukovac, “Pet Smells”

Chapters
00:00 - Foreigner - Double Vision
01:40 - Dio - Don't Talk to Strangers (with singing)
03:00 - Different version of Bad Company - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
04:00 - 800+ videos and Homeskoolin' community
04:55 - Amp buzz vs hiss
05:18 - Brian Wilson work / Mills
05:55 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
06:25 - "Why hate for Foreigner" / Painful lyrics / Hot Blooded ("Three Blind Mice")
09:23 - "New guy" rukus causer (Bum petty)
10:12 - Learning songs exactly like the record
12:38 - Ray Charles and Jimi Hendrix play the same way?
13:40 - John Waite exploring / Fine line in changing the song's melodgy
15:20 - Pet peeve with covers
16:30 - Pay attention to the singer and lyrics / "Hit lyrics"
17:25 - "Marriage again?" / Bachelor life
18:40 - "Perfect Rock 'n' Roll guitar tone?" / Gretsch Playboy amp


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some ol’ honk and wades into some heavy VCB swamp…

February 16th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 281, Tom Bukovac, “The Cleveland Weatherman”

Chapters
00:00 - Covering Country - Hank Williams Jr. and more
03:44 - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln
04:43 - Lyrics are important / Singer is direction
06:15 - Hank Williams Jr.
07:30 - Steven Tyler
08:00 - Hermanos Gutierrez
09:50 - Careful about putting something over someone else's work
10:42 - '65 Epiphone Frontier
12:20 - Brian Wilson and playing on record
12:55 - Tom Britt and paintings


Notes
Uncle Larry reminisces a bit about his undying love for real country music and real singers....

here is the new Hermanos Gutierrez track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrRkXjJpXUU

and check out some of Tom Britt's amazing art work...i love this shit
https://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Britt-Art/100077778759684/

February 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 280, Tom Bukovac, “Twang Newton”

Chapters
00:00 - Twanging
05:30 - Good morning / Flatwounds on the Duesenberg Danelectro
06:45 - Click bait videos
07:00 - New rented gear has no "danger" / Old pickups vs. new
08:08 - "Bent out of shape" guy "coming in hot!" - Pitch correction content
11:00 - Click bait != hot chicks / "Sounds good" compliment
11:45 - 99% of tone is in your hands / 1% in gear is very important / Inspiration factor
13:28 - Red Gibson Firebird I
14:10 - T-Shirt drawer and how many t-shirts
14:35 - We are here for the content
14:52 - Fender Tweed Deluxe / With mic
16:10 - Getting old / Old crappy equipment looks good / MIJ Fender Strat
17:35 - Japanese Tele with Van Zant
18:49 - Blackguard Teles
19:57 - Pitch correction on Rolling Stones record?


Notes
Uncle Larry, sans click bait, with some early mornin’ flat wound twang served up Southern style on a cheapo guitar…

February 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 279, Tom Bukovac, “Uh Oh”

Chapters
00:00 - Remember when songs had chords
01:43 - Hello, friends! / Thanks
02:44 - '60s Gibson Firebird I
03:27 - Comparing acoustic sounds of guitars
03:45 - Clickbait is REAL, it's just fun
06:00 - Gwen and Blake
07:16 - Selling piles of stuff
08:14 - 10 thumbs down
08:45 - Making up your own questions
09:11 - Pitiful video about Rick Beato / Tuning vocals (pitch correction)
11:32 - Only in Nashville story - Amp left in the studio
04:00 - Music City Bridge on Gibson Theodore
14:26 - Acoustic test - Gibson Theodore, Gibson Firebirds
16:26 - Electrified test - Gibson Theodore, Gibson Firebirds


Notes
in this clip Uncle Larry weeds through some corporate VCB and waxes rhapsodic about the acoustic benefits and harmonic richness of the beloved Music City Bridge…

Here's that new Gwen and Blake single kids...fun little number just in time for spring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46T0LDRsHCc

and here's this ridiculous video where dude acts like putting some slight tuning on a lead vocal in 2024 is some sort of unspeakable act.

this is basically like saying that using your new GE dishwasher instead of hand washing your dishes is a sign of laziness and you should be absolutely embarrassed by it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpzmqgluc50&t=0s

and....since we have a lot of new viewers coming along recently...
let me tell ya' how shit works around here...
first off, i NEVER ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....

if you do indeed learn some useful stuff from this channel and feel like it is indeed helping you as a player, all i ask is that you just throw a little something in the tip jar...especially since it's tax season ferchrissakes

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

AND...you can purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merchandise..including several different T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to... one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

February 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 278, Tom Bukovac, “I Never Thought I Would Say This”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking a special guitar
03:40 - The cleanup! / Lynyrd Skynyrd licks
04:43 - This Gibson wants to Rock / Listen to the raunch
06:42 - '58 Gibson ES-350
07:16 - Hello / How many sessions do you do?
07:50 - Older career
08:30 - Clickbait and bought that easy
09:10 - Wayne Killius and echo drums
09:50 - Mattel Football and Foosball and Darts
11:16 - "Using pedals as a sign of weakness?" / You need more than 1 sound for session work
12:49 - "Did you meet Zakk Wylde?" / Loud / Metal is a different world
14:20 - "Why do you hate modeling gear?"
16:12 - Get a buzz and shop on Reverb / Lightweight guitar
17:16 - "I am drunk all the time at night"
17:45 - "Guitar you wanted to love?" / Gibson ES-175


Notes
Uncle Larry still conducting some experiments with shock factor click bait titles to attract hip younger viewers that listen to John Mayer and use the latest high end beard grooming products.

February 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 277, Tom Bukovac, “Bait And Click”

Chapters
00:00 - Rocking the V
01:40 - Lesson: Lick of the day
02:20 - Lesson: Another one / Exploring the V
04:50 - '90 Gibson Flying V / Spoiling the kids
06:25 - End of football season
07:06 - "The World Series" / Watching the NFL Super Bowl / Proposing to Taylor Swift
08:48 - Clickbait thumbnails and titles
09:42 - Pantera show / Metal world / Bass drum hits
11:58 - Mattel electronic football
12:45 - Rollin' Rock Uncle Larry pedal
13:27 - Robert Baker guitar show (Black Les Paul Deluxe) / Low stress, beer drinking lifestyle
15:47 - Piano player which one? (Wakeman or Banks)
17:00 - Something died /re
17:50 - Wayne Killius echo drums explanation
18:45 - Killius playing drums
20:45 - Cool drum licks
22:00 - Echo drumming!


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on the NFL’s decision to let Taylor Swift win the Super Bowl and gets into some hot VCB

amazing drum lesson courtesy of Wayne Killius

February 9th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 276, Tom Bukovac, “How To Be Great At Guitar In 15 Minutes”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin'
00:41 - Session Man Rule #1: "Never write a lick you can't play."
01:11 - Pantera and Lamb of God
02:28 - Roll out of bed episodes
03:15 - '58 Gibson Les Paul TV Junior
05:54 - Gibson Doubleneck photo recognition / Historian (Eric Ernest) / Original owner
07:30 - Nick Drushel / Gibson SG break and restoration with CNC
09:04 - Argent - Hold Your Head Up / Organ madness
10:30 - Lesson: Lots of techniques & over the I
11:11 - Listening to the amazing solo
12:44 - Lesson: Guitar part
13:35 - Musicians are better now? [heavy sarcasm alert]
14:25 - "The Panteras"
15:15 - Common thread between listeners / Family playing / Malcolm Young
16:15 - Pickups (PAF, P90, minihumbuckers, etc) / Favorite pickup of all Gretsch Filtertron


Notes
Hello friends, several YouTuber friends of mine have recently suggested that I should start experimenting with clickbait video titles and thumbnails to get more views…so I thought “how to be great at guitar in 15 minutes” would REALLY get some people’s attention…even if the video has nothing to do with that

…and then I’m gonna find a picture of some really delicious looking cheesecake to put in the thumbnail…I mean, they HAVE TO click on that right?

February 7th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Man Hunt”

Chapters
00:00 - Singing and a strummin'
01:36 - Quick episode & thanks
02:05 - Recognize this owner?
02:28 - Gibson EDS 1275 Doubleneck


Notes
Just wondering if any of you old guys out there might recognize this fella

One of the previous owners of my 58 Gibson EMS-1235 double neck