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January 8th, 2024
Homeskoolin' Volume 268, Tom Bukovac, "Panties Applied For"
Chapters00:00 - Homemade Evel Knievel stunt
00:45 - Plucking that Goldtop
03:27 - Episode 268 and Homeskoolin' Inc. / Hardest thing about playing guitar (bending content)
05:00 - Cookin' with Larry thanks / Taking things too literally / Nick Gordo shame
06:20 - Heavy double-stop tangent into Marilyn Manson
06:56 - Cleveland into the playoffs
07:23 - Working with Steely Dan's Michael Omartian (Omar)
08:19 - Comparison of PAFs
09:27 - Burst PAF (Bridge)
10:42 - Goldtop PAF (Bridge)
11:45 - ES-335 PAF (Bridge)
12:54 - Burst PAF (Bridge)
13:20 - Goldtop PAF (Bridge)
13:48 - Goldtop PAF (neck)
14:54 - Burst PAF (neck)
15:47 - ES-335 PAF (neck)
16:33 - Goldtop PAF (neck)
18:11 - Burst PAF (Bridge)
18:47 - ES-335 PAF (Bridge)
Notes
Uncle Larry lines up a couple PAF equipped suspects in a tone identification interrogation...
a 57 Les Paul Standard, a 58 Les Paul Standard and a 63 es-335
We all know that it's impossible to REALLY hear anything in this iPhone mic'ed scenario, but let's just act like we can hear, and play along for fun.
Which one ya like best?
August 15th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Goes To Gruhn’s Volume 4
Chapters00:00 - Intro to Corey Terrell, Eric “Ebo” Borash, Greg Voros
02:47 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (John Forgerty)
04:27 - Fortunate Son tuning, playing, and son realizing playing incorrectly
05:48 - Tom's parts playing with John Fogerty
06:18 - Bad Moon Rising
07:11 - Discussing fucking cool guitars and P90s
12:40 - '56 Gibson Junior / '56 Gibson Junior Double Cut / Comparison
14:50 - Playing '56 Gibson Junior #1
15:45 - That acoustic guitar quality when turning it down
16:45 - Playing '56 Gibson Junior #2 / No one plays those frets
18:10 - Lower output of #2
18:46 - Back to #1 and brighter
19:05 - Gibson Double Cut with Music City Bridge
20:30 - Playing Double Cut
21:28 - Lesson: Mashing fingers bends / Playing
23:23 - Bending tip with vibrato / Playing
26:05 - Fucking awesome faux delay
27:05 - '56 Gibson Junior TV
28:25 - Led Zeppelin - Misty Moutain Hop / Playing
30:00 - Pickup height
35:00 - Bursts
46:00 - Repaired guitars, ethics, and price differences
57:00 - George Gruhn's wisdom enters the picture
65:00 - "Is there a change in the air?"
Notes
Starring the usual cast of characters
Special thanks to Heavy Duty for filming this mess.
May 16th, 2023
Homeskoolin' Volume 217, Tom Bukovac, "Generational Boogie"
Chapters00:00 - Soft touch playing
04:26 - Hello, friends! / Loop and off the cuff playing
05:15 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Shit attitude
05:52 - Song stuck in the brain
06:24 - "Audio sounds better"...in free lessons
06:40 - "Murdering a whale" / Bending in tune
08:29 - Boomer bends
09:30 - Copies of a copy is far removed from Boogie origins
12:33 - Gov't Mule praise
12:55 - Blackbird Studio / Ever challenged on gigs?
14:25 - Downbeats and being exposed
19:20 - Lesson: Play along loop (D -> C, D -> C, G, C/Bb) / Fmaj scale to get back
Notes
Uncle Larry plays, talks, etc....
Thanks for getting involved in the contest friends..its fun to watch all the submissions.
February 23rd, 2023
Homeskoolin ' Volume 193, Tom Bukovac, "The Hounds Of Hell"
Chapters00:00 - Starting out with the "Hounds of Hell" / Hello, friends!
01:22 - Lynryd Skynyrd love
02:55 - Lesson: Unison bend - you know that one thing
03:45 - Skynyrd using it to great effect
04:33 - "Working for MCA" study
05:55 - Devilish bend / Prog music
06:50 - Lesson: Overbending the root note (Tony Iommi too) / "Hounds of Hell"
07:40 - "Poison Whiskey"
08:45 - Example of "Hounds of Hell" (Poison Whiskey)
10:00 - "I Ain't the One" / Reverse cymbals
10:37 - Good hook (I Ain't the One)
10:49 - Behind the solo / Rehearsal and work
11:28 - Genius example and never the same (I Ain't the One)
12:13 - Weird groups of 3 / So tight and rehearsed
12:48 - The Allman Brothers Band vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd (Don't get pissed)
13:25 - Iron fist of Ronnie Van Zant
14:30 - Back to weird transistions (Saturday Night Special) / Counting out bars
Notes
Early morning bed head Larry gets a little choked up reminiscing about one of his alltime favorite bands.
August 9th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam, “On A Bender”
Chapters00:00 - Crazy good acoustic string bending
Notes
Filmed late last night…you know you’ve been on the road for a while when bending .012 gauge acoustic strings feels the same as bending .010s on an electric
Thanks for watching guys
Trip The Witch vinyl is shipping!!
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June 20th, 2020
Homeskoolin’ Volume 43, Tom Bukovac, “Fathers Day”
Chapters00:00 - Intro loop jam
03:02 - Hello, class! / Thanks
05:04 - Viewer Comment Bin / That Pedal Show
05:56 - MXR rubber knob
07:01 - Cleveland Browns
07:26 - Boxing match
07:57 - Don't get excited / Blooming notes
09:33 - A rare edit
10:00 - Loop jam lesson
11:35 - '64 SG - Best one
Notes
A brief exploration of poly chords and a little taste of "Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting". Homeskoolin' T shirts available at guitarhouse.net if you like the show, PayPal tip jar: tombukovac@gmail.com
June 9th, 2020
Homeskoolin’ Volume 39, Tom Bukovac, “Funky Little Guitar Man”
Chapters00:00 - Intro montage / blues jam
04:26 - Hello, class!
05:14 - T-Shirt idea contest
06:37 - Lick idea / bends lesson
09:44 - Another blues lesson
Notes
A brief exploration of country guitar twang...and an invitation to design a t shirt. PayPal tip jar: tombukovac@gmail.com
