March 15th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Uncle Rowdy”
Chapters00:00 - Playing
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Uncle Larry takes a ride on “Uncle Rowdy”, a particularly angry terminally pissed off chopped 59 Strat …he never wanted to be chopped, now he lives with a chip on his shoulder and a bad disposition in a lawless western town hiding from the Pinkertons and cheating every man he meets blind
…and in the end, all great songs just become one …
For example …over this I like to sing stuff like
“l’m gonna love you forever and ever, here’s a quarter call someone who cares”
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March 14th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “The Back Forty”
Chapters00:00 - Fender Jazzmaster
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Uncle Larry plows the back forty on an old blonde Jazzmaster
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March 13th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 591, Tom Bukovac, “Offset America 2”
Chapters00:00 - '63 Fender Jazzmaster
03:15 - '68 Fender Mustang (Competition Orange)
05:38 - Empty Marshall Columns
06:22 - Playing the Mustang
08:40 - Playing the 'Jazzy'
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Uncle Larry shows the class some of the gear that he recently acquired from a trip up to Bowling Green KY to meet with a fellow vintage gear enthusiast called Danny Dressler.
Very nice fellow…if you check out his Reverb site he has some very cool stuff for sale
His Reverb store is called Chromatone Music
March 12th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 590, Tom Bukovac, “The Half Step Mod”
Chapters00:00 - Tune from memory
01:31 - How's it going out there, friends? / Guitar safaris / Pedal steel
07:15 - Jizzboy
09:21 - Pedal steel
10:54 - Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)? / A.I. cuts into Demos / Will it take over?
17:09 - Lesson: Tablature [X 3 2 0 1 0]
18:00 - Marshall amp thanks
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Uncle Larry reflects on some current events while enjoying a hot cup of Gus’s tears.
This is the record that Paul played a steel solo on when he was friggin 13
He also mixed the congas at a level he thought was appropriate
• Gallery - Nice To Be With You
March 10th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Mr. Chewy” (#1963 Marshall JTM-45 Offset)
Chapters00:00 - '63 Marshall JTM-45
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A friend of mine wanted to hear this old 63 offset JTM-45 Marshall rig, so I made him this video .
Thought you guys might get a kick out of it too…this amp sounds so fuggin’ cool to me.
I can’t believe how chewy and gummy it is …such a unique sounding rig
March 9th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “First Day With The New Steel”
Chapters00:00 - Pedal steel playing
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Mike Bourque I’m comin for you pal!!
Seriously friends …don’t be too hard on me…just havin a little fun here trying to stay outta trouble
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March 9th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 589, Tom Bukovac, “Buddhism Made Easy”
Chapters00:00 - Raunch
01:33 - Hello, class! / Radio stations through the Watkins Scout / Chilling out
02:52 - Feeling like a dirty whore / Jamie French - The Hunter & Edge of Seventeen
06:37 - Hypochondria / CT scan and bloodwork
12:19 - Steely Dan body of work / Bodhisattva
15:09 - Acoustic change out and tuning
16:30 - Lesson: Steely Dan - Bodhisattva chords
20:28 - Drummer friend channel / Pedal steel
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Uncle Larry plays some post test results rock and roll for ya on a lovely old Gibson solid body.
March 9th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 588, Tom Bukovac “All The Petes”
Chapters00:00 - In depth with a pedal steel
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You may have thought that ol’ Larry’s pedal steel phase had already came and went many years ago…and you would be right ….
but…I recently got the urge to jump back in the fire and bought myself an old 1961 Fender 400
I had no idea how to set up the changes and pedals, so I called my dear old friend and legendary steel guitar man Bruce Bouton.
He was kind enough to burn a Sunday afternoon crawlin’ around underneath this archaic piece of Fullerton history, to help me get it up and running like it’s supposed to.
Bruce is a real country music historian, and I’m glad I had the cameras rolling to capture some of these great stories.
In the world of guitar , the name Steve is the most popular…there are a million great guitar players named Steve….
but in the pedal steel world , Pete is the magic name …Sneaky Pete, Pete Drake, Pete Wade…
Thanks for being on the progrum Brucey!!
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March 8th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “America’s Amp”
Chapters00:00 - Impossibly clean Super
03:51 - Inside the amp
05:44 - Getting it ready
08:25 - Playing the amp
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there was a time in American history when men rode Harley’s and played loud rude country music…and soulful rhythm and blues music…and rowdy rockin’ blues music for scantily clad nasty ho's that were built like brick shit houses in smoky sweaty bars across this great land….
and this was the amp that they used…
and when the gig was over they pushed the driver seat of their 2 door 1975 Pontiac Grand Prix forward and threw the thing in the back seat while it was still hot …and then they went back inside and bought an eight ball off the bartender so they could stay up all night banging some stripper in their mobile home…
and this was the amp that they used….
and they didn’t have to “go direct” or put “baffles” in front of the amp…and they didn’t have “expression pedals” for their “modeling device”…and if they DID have a pedal , it said “MXR” on it in big block letters …and it ran on a 9 volt …and it sounded fuckin great …
and this is the amp that they used…

