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February 6th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 275, Tom Bukovac, “You Go On TV With Hair Like That?”
Chapters00:00 - Strumming some Heavenly tunes
03:15 - Hello, friends! / That Pedal Show / Episode 275
04:23 - Gibson Doubleneck and some sounds
05:06 - Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made of Sand
06:52 - Toby Keith, RIP
10:00 - Rick Beato video
10:22 - Epiphone rabbit hole
11:22 - Lesson: Cool lick / Gibson Doubleneck sounds
12:09 - Movies: Mighty Wind & Best In Show
13:25 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Ever get nervous? / Don't read music
15:23 - Nervous about getting sick on stage / In charge of a gig and something going wrong
16:50 - Andy Gellison rework of Doubleneck
17:30 - Mortified at past recordings at all?
Notes
bed head Larry plays ya' a little early morning blues and pays tribute to a dear old departed friend
tube amp and guitar tones straight from 1958…amazing how believable the sounds were back then, even without the modelers...
and now for some fucking GENIUS comedy...
February 5th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 274, Tom Bukovac, “Poser”
Chapters00:00 - Epiphone P90 rockin' into AC/DC
01:50 - Hello, friends! / PAN aramic amp
02:26 - Drawing guitars / Larry hello and giving time
03:15 - Guthrie birthday / Nashville hangouts
05:35 - Mysterious characters / Ebo
08:00 - Love of Epiphone guitars
10:36 - Epiphone Crestwood
12:06 - Epiphone Wilshire
13:35 - "When is enough?"
14:00 - "Who has the most Soul?" / Ray Charles
14:57 - "How do you approach fills?"
16:06 - Official fills chart and mixing it up...no bullshit
18:10 - Carl Weathers send off (R.I.P.)
Notes
Uncle Larry extols his great adoration of Epiphone guitars of the 50s and early 60s…
February 5th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 273, Tom Bukovac, “Soul & Bowl Revue”
Chapters00:00 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone nice rendition blend into Beatles ending
03:28 - How's everyone doin'?
04:40 - Galavanting Nashville / Gruhn's / Brett Papa collaboration
05:52 - Horshoe Bigsby on '62 Crestwood
07:02 - Nicky G show
08:47 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Guitar temptations NAMM
10:50 - Lesson: Playing slide w/o slide
13:15 - Wedding gigs hate / Twist and Shout
14:30 - "G string 'out of tune'?"
15:30 - 100,000 subscribers and plaque
16:30 - Lynyrd Skynyrd phaser?
Notes
Uncle Larry gushes about his life eternal love of the “horseshoe Bigbsy” and recaps some details of the weekend.
and...if you can't feel something from this, you might wanna go to a doctor and have him check real carefully to see if you are still alive...
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
Thanks for watching the channel friends....if you feel like you are indeed getting something out of these bizarre yet extremely low cost musings, please feel free to visit the old Paypl tip jar at
tombukovac@gmail.com
or venmo
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February 2nd, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Bird Of A Different Feather”
Chapters00:00 - Rockin' the Super Eagle
Notes
Uncle Larry takes a Saturday stroll on some Hawaiian Acacia Koa from 1977
There’s a certain guitar sound that I refer to as the “covers off” tone….every lifer rock and roller knows that thing a good humbucker does when there is no pickup cover to impede its world domination efforts.
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February 2nd, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Art Of Guitar Repair & Restoration”
Chapters00:00 - Followup Episode to Goes to Gruhn's Volume 5 about a '59 Burst repair
Notes
As promised…a follow up video on a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard that had a very hard life…
I first showed you guys this guitar 4 months ago in a video called “Homeskoolin’ Goes To Gruhns Volume 5”
Sadly it was chopped to pieces by a previous owner.
Tony Nagy and Greg Voros give it to you straight about what separates the men from the boys when it comes to guitar repair and restoration.
Hope you enjoy
February 2nd, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 272, Tom Bukovac, “Hit It Maestro”
Chapters00:00 - Statesboro Blues into Bad Company into Led Zeppelin - No Quarter into playing
03:03 - Classic Rock tone Maestro Accordian Amp / Ebo cosmetic magician
04:43 - Back to playing that Rock sound / Thanks
05:50 - Party fun and Black Jack
06:30 - The Cliffs
08:45 - Playing to remember
09:13 - Rebelling against the YouTube Police / Genius of Allman Brothers Band
10:30 - Lesson: Ghostly move from bend to next note
11:58 - Allman Brothers greatest guitar shit
13:10 - Lesson: Half-step slides
Notes
Uncle Larry explores the creepy ghostly qualities of the much overlooked half step slide.
By the way that matchless is sold...
The model of the amp i am playing in this video is Maestro GA-45T with four gold 8" Jensen speakers in it, listed in the original catalog as a "Maestro Standard"...circa 1960....apparently harp players love these amps....harp, accordion...reeds...get it?
Bub always knows about the cool shit.
February 2nd, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Gear Bonus “Quality Control”
Chapters00:00 - Playing the Gibson Theodore again
01:13 - Follow up video about the Ted guitar
01:45 - Gibson Theodore - Bridge pickup and acoustically / Music City Bridge impending
03:33 - Gibson SG - Comparison acoustically
04:11 - Gibson SG - Bridge pickup
05:48 - Gibson Theodore again
06:53 - Gibson SG again
07:45 - Gibson Theodore again
08:00 - Matchless Chieftain
08:25 - Gibson Theodore - Neck pickup
08:50 - Gibson SG - Neck pickup
09:25 - Gibson Theodore again
09:57 - Gibson Theodore cleanup
10:31 - Gibson SG cleanup
12:08 - Gibson Theodore - Neck pickup, cleanup again
Notes
A very rare gear-centric Homeskoolin' episode for ya.
however, this little opening tune goes out to my dear old friend Carmen Vandenberg.
As promised, Larry does a follow-up video after raising up the bridge pickup so you can hear this new Gibson Theodore as it is supposed to sound..…and while he was at it, he thought maybe he should compare it with some ancient golden age Honduran Hog. ...so maybe then we might all learn somethin'....
Let Larry know what you guys think in your comments.
Apologies as usual for the shit iPhone recording...corporate clearly realizes that it makes critical listening a bit "challenging"
If you guys like these videos and are looking to throw a little something in the tip jar to help the cause, you can do so here
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tombukovac@gmail.com
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if anyone wants to take over ownership of this 1995 Matchless Chieftain 2x10" combo they can do so my emailing me at tombukovac@gmail.com
i am only asking 3200 cash....pretty fair for some old Samsonite people
the amp has spring reverb too praise Him
February 1st, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Red Ball Train Blues”
Chapters00:00 - Sliding that Country in
Notes
This one goes out to my dear friend Tom Britt…thank you for showing me the way 30 some years ago
January 31st, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 271, Tom Bukovac “Orange County Blossom Special”
Chapters00:00 - Intro playing
01:39 - Starship Trooper from Cleveland / Dan Auerbach / Thanks
03:03 - LA Duesenberg trip
04:25 - Shitty glasses
04:54 - Joey Landreth / Duesenberg Germans
06:00 - Rick Beato / Lovers and haters / Teddy Boy & Silviu
08:12 - Gibson Theodore
09:45 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Peavey Amps
10:20 - How loud do you like to play? / Tinnitus / 100W Marshalls (Valve Power)
11:15 - "Music sounded better when I was younger" / Shawn Colvin - Polaroids / Frank Zappa
13:07 - Pedal reviews / Hologram - Chroma Console
14:00 - Today's guitar player (need more rhythm and balls)
Notes
Uncle Larry takes you through the last week or so of life as a session man and makes a psychic prediction about the future value of the world’s latest “lawsuit guitar”….
so we have a lot of new viewers recently
here's the real inside shit folks...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...
i'm not gonna lie people, it helps pay for beer, food for me and the boys, bills, and old guitars...that is truly all i use it for....oh, and maybe the occasional football bet...
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
AND THERE'S MERCH TOO!!!!
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
January 31st, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Leaving Las Vegas”
Chapters00:00 - Taking songs to the next level
Notes
Remember that scene where Nic Cage is cleaning out the booze aisle with a shopping cart while Mike McDonald kills it in the background?
January 29th, 2024
Homeskoolin' Bonus Jam "Ain't No Marshall Loud Enough"
Chapters00:00 - Mastery
Notes
Larry explores the Motown Sound on a thin slab of Honduran Hog.
TAGS
January 26th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Anaheim Boogie”
Chapters00:00 - Two great players playing the shit out of those things we call guitars
Notes
At the lovely Duesenberg showroom making a few promo vids for all the new Duesenberg models.
Getting to hang out and jam with Joey Landreth is quite a treat. Lovely guy and fantastic player.
January 24th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Now And Senn"
Chapters00:00 - Robert Plant - Ship of Fools the way it should sound
Notes
A re-visit of one of my all-time favorite Bob Plant numbers...
this one goes out to my dear old friend Seth Morton…the pride of North Florida
January 20th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Smoking Lounge”
Chapters00:00 - Some effects and somber playing
Notes
Late night Larry and some expensive chords...
so...if you like the sound of this amp email my main man Ebo:
Ebo@ebocustoms.com
and talk to him about it....his soldering iron never goes cold, even in this weather
oh, and call him Eric, that’s his real name, it will freak him out totally…his wife and i are the only people that call him that
you will not regret it…and yes that amazing sounding spring reverb you are hearing is coming from that naughty little amp...this garish old 62 white falcon is plugged straight in
January 18th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Whipping Wind Blues 2024 Style”
Chapters00:00 - Snowing / Ronco microphone commercial / Playing some raunch
Notes
Uncle Larry takes one of his old compositions down a dark dirty road…with a guitar that has a nazzzzzzty little built in amp ….
Someone recently asked what kind of mic I use to record all this shit…those who REALLY know the inside story of Homeskoolin know that it’s always been a Mr. Microphone by Ronco all along.
Marshall and I are very proud of the football field we built out of Home Depot lumber…he did all the numbers on the field free hand
Dad used his prodigious math skills to get the hash marks measured out perfectly
January 18th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “College Boy”
Chapters00:00 - Squeezing the mojo out of the SG
Notes
An old 68 Uncle Larry, an old 62 SG, a cord, and an old 65 Princeton Reverb he got from his main man Bubba…
Sure Larry has owned about as many old Fender Princetons Reverbs in his life as he has Fender Medium picks…but this little amp is special…the best sounding one,and of course it came from the Bub.
Larry doesn’t get attached to much, but he would be VERY sad if the old original Jensen speaker in this amp ever blew up…in fact he would rather have a beer with that asshole Teddy Boy than to ever go through the pain of that…
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January 17th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 270, Tom Bukovac “See Tommy Play”
Chapters00:00 - Bellowing the acoustic
04:55 - Hello, friends! / Starstruck Studio (Reba McIntyre)
06:30 - Norm Snead
07:30 - Thanks / Tele jam
08:05 - Stream of consciousness / Natural flow
10:35 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
11:09 - Lesson: Cool, odd picking lick
13:36 - Bukowski poem
13:50 - Great singers and Irsay gig singing
14:40 - Homeskoolin' learning / Guthrie record
16:11 - In the studio
Notes
RIP Norm Snead
January 16th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Fretted America”
Chapters00:00 - Rippin' it on a Tele
Notes
there is always that space there
just before they get to us
that space
that fine relaxer
the breather
while say
flopping on a bed
thinking of nothing
or say
pouring a glass of water from the
spigot
while entranced by
nothing
that
gentle pure
space
it's worth
centuries of
existence
say
just to scratch your neck
while looking out the window at
a bare branch
that space
there
before they get to us
ensures
that
when they do
they won't
get it all
ever.
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January 16th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 269, Tom Bukovac, “Got My Mojo On Temporary Hiatus”
Chapters00:00 - Plucking Beatles and jamming on a tele
04:53 - Intro / Snow day
05:45 - Jim Irsay gig / Comfortably Numb / Stephen Stills
07:54 - Cigarette tuner / T-shirt / NFL
09:03 - '66 Tele & Goldtop / Sex appeal
10:53 - Strings brand (DR Pure Blues)
12:20 - Doors - People Are Strange
13:30 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Collectables / Topps cards / Beer cans
15:18 - Modeling amps / Deluxe / Princetons
16:10 - Best arm in the NFL?
17:18 - Playing with Billy Gibbons
17:52 - Selling guitar for son / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
Notes
Uncle Larry covers a ton of snowy frozen ground in today’s episode...
the week in recap....plus a few attempts at quelling the insatiable needs of the VCB...
and a little neck squeezin' on 6 pound maple cap transition logo tele.
so we have a lot of new viewers recently ...and dearest Rick Beato told me that the video we made together a while back should be coming out very shortly, so i'm imagining there will probably be a few new arrivals from that world...
here's the real inside shit folks...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...
i'm not gonna lie people, it helps pay for beer, food for me and the boys, bills, and old guitars...that is truly all i use it for....oh, and maybe the occasional football bet...
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
AND THERE'S MERCH TOO!!!!
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
January 11th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “East Westerly”
Chapters00:00 - Nice guitar playing
Notes
Uncle Larry goes down to the crossroads to make a deal