November 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 359, Tom Bukovac, “The Bitter End”

Chapters
00:00 - Bluesy playing on the Strat
06:07 - What's up, friends! / Playing
07:38 - Some singing (Cops), called the "New York Blues"
10:25 - Name That Lead - $2 / Sam Bettens / Name That for a $1
12:00 - Update / Pontiac GTO / Gibson GA-83s
13:40 - Lesson: Key of E to the V
14:42 - Playing Layla (Rita Coolidge, Jim Gordon, Eric Clapton)
16:04 - Outro / Special Fuck-offs / Playing


Notes
Hey GT and Jedd-o…this sounds pretty damn New York-y to me…you fellas wanna play it at the show?

I can already picture it…

you guys…with your heads back and your feet up on the intermittent monitor wedges…lettin’ it eat while helpless droves of excitement drenched female onlookers with heavy Brooklyn accents swoon and sway….pointing your bolt on necks heavenward in the glowing red halo of a poorly aimed par can …

Here’s a link for the gig we have booked in Chicago in February for all you early bird
https://www.axs.com/events/757974/guthrie-trapp-tom-bukovac-tickets

November 7th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 355, Tom Bukovac, “Build Sheet Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Getting those hard blues ZZ Top tones from Junior
06:16 - Hello, friends!
07:20 - Lesson: Ever heard of a 145?
08:37 - Pick / Jed Hughes show / Guthrie Trapp / Warm environment gig
09:50 - Kid Rock / Cigar smokin'
11:00 - Sons as music critics
11:40 - All The Young Dudes - Mott, Bowie, Ozzy
12:06 - Lesson: All The Young Dudes
14:17 - Western Swing Bumblebee type playing
14:46 - Lesson: Focus - Hocus Pocus (Am, Em7, Fmaj7, Bb, E7#9) -> (Am, Em7, D, B, E)
15:42 - Name that song / Sessions / Jed Hughes gig / Playing
16:32 - Lesson: Pull-offs
17:48 - "No politics/religion on this channel"
18:25 - Gibson Les Paul Junior - Tom Boots guitar
18:39 - Pontiac GTO / Fender Telecaster Blackguard sold / Playing and singing


Notes
Uncle Larry treats another old Gibson with very little respect, and checks the pulse of America a day or two after the keys to the Castle were given to the Orange Man…

Come out to the basement tonite and see Jedd…..damn he’s good

November 1st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Nashville Guitar ER”

Chapters
00:00 - Show off Lin Crowson shop


Notes
Lin Crowson fixes my chopper 63 Fender Azz Ass

You can reach Lin on instagram (i_got_broke_guitars) and Facebook

October 30th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 354, Tom Bukovac, “The Muse....(Gran Turismo Omologato)"

Chapters
00:00 - Dancing on that Strat
05:40 - What's up!? / Scars on the face
07:00 - "The muse" is gone and waiting for it to come back
10:24 - Dan Huff new inspiration
12:00 - Real stringed instruments / Shelby Lynne
13:26 - Lake Placid Blue Fender Stratocaster (Jeffrey Moore)
13:43 - GTO / Do it while you can
15:55 - Dan Huff track


Notes
Uncle Larry discusses the delicate matter of burn out amongst lifer musicians with no hobbies.


as my dear old grandma used to always say "son, there ain't no better way to fight career burn out than buying the exact car you've been dreaming about since you were 15 years old...."

check out this rust bucket POS friends...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rOXOhWfTD8

October 25th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 352, Tom Bukovac, “The Ballad Of John Dust”

Chapters
00:00 - Country lickin'
01:17 - Hello, friends! / '70 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
02:32 - Riding a horse
03:30 - Rough night of football / What are refs for?
04:45 - Collector's edition of Guthrie Trapp & Tom Bukovac - In Stereo
05:25 - Lesson: Ole good lick for ya
06:25 - Brett Papa class
06:58 - Hang nails
07:36 - "New gear that caught your eye?" / Jack White Fender amp / Leslie / Fractal Audio
09:00 - Collosion Devices new pedal
09:32 - Son learning Van Halen - Running with the Devil / 10 points in popularity
10:31 - Oliver Anthony and Tom's sons / Remembering who played on albums


Notes
Uncle Larry cyber-busks on a 63 Telecaster….a 63 Telecaster that is so clean and original that the switch still sounds new when you flip it

RIP John Dust….

here's where you can get the CD
https://bakedalaskarecords.com

Totally unrelated, this vid is amazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhC4imHiJUM

October 22nd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 351, Tom Bukovac, “Garbage Time”

Chapters
00:00 - Slammin' those strings into soaring goodness
07:34 - How you doing friends / NFL gruesome game / Baker Mayfield & Chris Godwin
09:24 - Lesson: Guitar swells [3 7 3 3 3 3]
10:12 - '53 Fender Telecaster / Neck shape
11:55 - Weak and dark pickup / Remagnatized / Modern wiring
12:24 - Too dark example
13:20 - Overused R&B lick
14:09 - 'Guitardom have had it' with pet peeve licks
15:23 - How fleeting life is / Sylvester Stallon documentary / Life goes faster and faster
16:55 - Playing
17:16 - Breaking into song :)
17:48 - Dan Auerbach studio
18:16 - "Being creative is happy space" / Producers being track guys
19:07 - Breaking into song again :)
20:18 - Too much to learn to summarize for someone to be a session player / Study great music / Creativity
25:00 - Capturing the creativity
26:38 - Ideas for the toolbag
28:10 - Brett Papa
28:32 - Trip The Witch


Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep into it with ya on a lovely Tuesday

Football and more with the boy from Willowick

October 14th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 349, Tom Bukovac “Please Come To Cleveland (For The Springtime)

Chapters
00:00 - Slow, down home playing
08:08 - Hey, friends! / Triple sessions is a lot of work / Break into song
09:35 - Fender kick
09:51 - Roland JC-120 / More than 1 amp setup and a great soundman
11:24 - Jim Croce / Tight bands and rehearsing
14:16 - Jamie French work / Fall weather
14:49 - Lesson: E to A interesting changes / Barring the A with 1 finger
18:06 - Making a loop out of it
19:51 - Lesson: Little finger hammer pulloff / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry comin at ya on a Monday nite…after the big game…after the long ass day of triple sessions…a little bit toasty but still checkin in with his beloved Homeskoolers before bed.

Crystalline tone courtesy of Roland Incorporated Of Japan

October 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam…featuring Tom Bukovac…”Low Neck Sweater”

Chapters
00:00 - Amazing jam on the Strat


Notes
The next installment in the ocean green Strat series …naturally

A little jazz blues direct from the mind of a converted yankee

October 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Saturday Night Bonus Jam “Slant 6”

Chapters
00:00 - Pickin' those strings to a loop


Notes
Remember friends, if you don’t get called for fouls you ain’t playin basketball.

October 10th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 348, Tom Bukovac, “The Age Of Guitar”

Chapters
00:00 - Old Folk, Country type songs
04:27 - Hello, friends!
05:22 - Age of guitar / Jedd Hughes channeling Grady Martin
06:48 - Worst gig of life (Underdog) / Unprepared nervousness, shakiness
09:06 - No more experiemental gigs (phones)
10:37 - Rare cut
11:06 - Stage neurosis
11:33 - Great book - Fender the Sound Heard Around the World (book)
12:15 - Update / Grammy nomination for Album Engineering
13:00 - Smokestack (Paul Moak studio)
13:57 - '53 Blackguard Fender Telecaster / Compensated saddles / Lost saddles
15:45 - Lesson: Cool lick (Key A: V back to the I) / Playing and singing
19:42 - Lesson: Cool chords
20:50 - In studio drumming


Notes
Uncle Larry catches us up on his last week of internet delinquency

Let’s say a few prayers for the folks down in Florida ok friends?

October 7th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Civil War Boogie”

Chapters
00:00 - Patriotic loopin' and singin'
04:23 - PSA: Randall Bramlett & Riverside Revival / Underdog
05:45 - Gecko and music on the turntable


Notes
A quick PSA (preceded by some caterwaulin hillbilly from Cleveland)

…with apologies to Ry Cooder

October 7th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Neck Set Saturday”

Chapters
00:00 - Greg Voros intro about neck setting
02:46 - Telecaster lookover


Notes
A little hodge podge fun to get you through a rainy Saturday afternoon

Firstly, the first Homeskoolin’ video in the history of the channel that I had absolutely nothing to do with ….but I think is fuggin awesome.
Greg Voros and Nathan Golliher performing the impossible on a ‘47 Martin

A neck set so good you don’t even need glue…wow

Followed by a look at this sweet old 53 blackguard that recently floated across Uncle Larry’s transom

And then lastly a few string bends that the kids who invented the term “boomer bends” can stick directly up their ass pipe…

Have a great weekend friends

October 2nd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Day Four”

Chapters
00:00 - In the studio gear mess
01:20 - '53 Fender Blackguard Telecaster
02:35 - Collision Devices - Black Hold Symmetry / Ebo E-Verb


Notes
You studio guys out there know what a mess can be created after 4 days of recording

If you suffer from Agearophobia you might want to skip this video

October 2nd, 2024

Homeskoolin' Bonus "Led Boots"

Chapters
00:00 - Tom Boots '55 Gibson Les Paul Jr.
03:16 - Hello friends / '55 Gibson Les Paul Jr.
04:00 - In tune with Music City Bridge Studfinder
04:18 - Cars / Low E string and Tweed Deluxe
05:47 - Comparison with Gibson SG Special P90
07:00 - Gibson SG Special
07:52 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Special
08:25 - Thomas Boots Jr. / Thunky and chunky / On 10 and The Who - Pinball Wizard


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class a piece of Nebraska history.
R.I.P. Thomas Boots

September 25th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 346, Tom Bukovac, “18 Strings And A Dozen Roses”

Chapters
00:00 - Feeding back through the doubleneck
02:45 - What's up
05:23 - Thanks for playing / Greco
05:51 - Greco Doubleneck / Sympathetic ring
06:37 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / New house / WiFi
09:26 - Blackbird Studios and Lauren Watkins
09:53 - New guitars
10:14 - Nice chord progressions
10:48 - Fuckstick, dickweed comment with a throat punch / Confrontation via keyboard warriors / Restraint in playing
14:55 - Finding a good balance and not jacking on guitar all day
17:03 - NGD (New Guitar Day) '54 Les Paul Jr. with Gibson GA5 amp / '53 Fender Blackguard
18:29 - Richard Smith - Fender the Sound Heard Around the World (book)
20:57 - Paul Simon / Writing the book of the shit I could never say


Notes
Unclectric Larryland


I’ve been told that the new Gwen Stefani record is out friends…it’s chock full of Cleveland guitars…let me know if it’s any good

September 24th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 345, Tom Bukovac, “Hitchhike From Saginaw”

Chapters
00:00 - Plunking, looping, and soloing
06:10 - Hard to stop looper
06:19 - Fucking amazing Reggae
06:55 - "Everything's hard" / Amazing playing cont. / Blackbird Studios / Singing and playing Alex Harvey Band Cheek To Cheek
08:21 - Lesson: Simon and Garfunkel - America / Yes
09:40 - Lights out / Complaining about lighting in free videos
10:30 - Amp guessing game
12:07 - Tweed Deluxe / Thanks for gifts
13:00 - Marshall Plexi / Good people getting ahead
14:06 - Lesson: A little finger work
15:15 - Lesson: Harmonies - Steely Dan - Led Zeppelin
16:05 - Play that sound all night / New room vs kitchen
17:12 - Lesson: That guy got the lick wrong / Fast pull-offs
19:56 - PayPal thanks / Rental house? / Thanks for the help / Dave Grohl scandal mention / Dating apps and advice
24:25 - Listen to America by Simon and Garfunkel / Vocal Harmonies, counter-rhythms
25:45 - Yes - America (version)
25:53 - Lesson: Yes - America part / Creamy center of songs, sweet little moments
27:31 - "Slightly different than the original" / Doing covers
28:28 - Giveaway


Notes
Uncle Larry gets in the weeds after a long day of sessioneering with some stream of consciousness music and speech

September 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 341, Tom Bukovac, “1000 Rainy Days Since We First Met”

Chapters
00:00 - Magic arrangements (Police, Sting, Every Little Thing She Does)
03:00 - Sting / NFL Betting
03:50 - Gear setup / Princeton Reverb / Gruhn Versitar guitar
04:44 - Back to magic playing / Picking vs finger picking
06:35 - Police - Bring on the Night vs Sting
07:45 - Gruhn video thanks
08:46 - Lesson: Own version of Sting song / Saddest chord of all time Amaj7/C#
10:00 - Lesson: Tune to frets [2 4 4 2 0 4] (F#min9sus)
11:09 - Greg Voros and PAFs in Dean guitar / "Joint on the lawn of a ZZ Top concert"
12:15 - Fender Twin Reverb
13:00 - "Mint" condition / 1957 Fender Telecaster brand new / Clean guitars
16:31 - JCM 800 and fact checking commentor
17:53 - Dear old friend getting wasted / Getting drunk
19:00 - Gruhn guitars


Notes
Larry gets down with Leslie

Thank you sincerely for the ongoing support of this channel my dear boys and girls


if you wanna throw a little something in the jar so we can put gas in the go cart go ahead friends...every little bit helps

my PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
my venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

if any of you guys out there are looking for a REALLLLLLY special 335 you should just buy that clean ass '60 that was in the Gruhn's video yesterday.

I mean holy SHEEPSHIT that thing is killllllller....

Featherweight...
Perfect neck....
you heard it.
it's 70K, which is a lot of dough....but you could potentially get it if you sold all your current guitars....
that would be a lot of work and a major pain in the ass...but trust me on this friends, if you actually DID it, it would be the smartest move you could ever possibly make....
this is the only guitar you would ever need or want to play.

i would buy it myself if i could swing it....i also really like that red '63 i currently have so it's not EATING at me....but i'm just telling you guys straight up, if you have been looking for a fucking MAGIC old guitar, there it is.

September 14th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 340, Tom Bukovac, “Camera Shy”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking those unusual chords beautifully
01:07 - Changing it up to an amazing progression
01:32 - Lesson: Dm - Gm - C - F - Ab/C - Caug - F (Etta James - At Last) / Best R&B Singer
03:21 - Gibson Les Paul Special from the '50s / What friends' guitars do you like?
05:27 - Greetings first (pet peeve) / Family
06:15 - The Doors - Love Me Two Times
07:35 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "Sonically Pleasing Record?" AC/DC - Back in Black
08:50 - Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name Of (damn good sonic pleasing properties)
09:48 - Lesson: Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name Of
11:00 - Dodge Ram truck stereo with Zach Bryan music
11:43 - Forgotten how good records can sound
12:46 - Keith Urban
13:07 - V vs. Explorer
14:11 - "Has YouTube changed you?" / Ham in front of a camera now
16:30 - "Guilty pleasure album?" / CDs and multi-load CD player / Liz Phair
18:17 - Banding together in Nashville / Variety
19:48 - Bruce Springsteen concert best ever / Bad muther fucker
21:53 - "Good guitar sound live?" / Blackface Deluxe Reverb & Tweed Deluxe


Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep in the weeds early on a Saturday morning ….

What’s he building in there??

September 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Uncle Larry’s Grueling Upcoming Live Gig Schedule”

Chapters
00:00 - Beatles and more montage
00:46 - Thank you care package / Calendar schedule update
04:12 - Epiphone Olympic / Excellent chopper guitar / "And then you'll be happy"
05:28 - Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby call out to Dean DeLeo how to play "Sour Girl" and "Interstate Love Song"
06:58 - Birthday gig


Notes
Lots of gigs comin up kids

Get your pencils out

9/19 at underdog for “guitar night”

10/4 at riverside revival guesting on a couple songs with Randall Bramlett

10/5 sitting in on a couple songs at underdog for “undie fest”

11/6 & 7 with Jedd Hughes at the basement

11/13 with Joe Walsh at Vets Aid

11/19-21 at bitter end in NYC with Guthrie

12/20 my intimate birthday show at 3rd and lindsley

September 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 339, Tom Bukovac, “Solid Gold Party Rock Redeaux”

Chapters
00:00 - Tele-craziness with a "annoying" loop
06:35 - Try not to rush tempo
07:30 - Lesson: Loop with crazy plucking tempo
08:35 - Hello, morning beer / Favorite coffee cup
09:07 - Thanks race car connections / John Oates honor / Guthrie Trapp
09:47 - Lesson: Last minute learning songs / Playlists
10:57 - Lesson: Good ole lick (hammering and plucking claw)
12:20 - Tele love / Rattle and clank
12:39 - Lesson: Loop and Good ole lick together / Mixing Major and minor 3rds
14:48 - Lesson: Whole tone scale
15:24 - Twightlight zone and tv montage
15:38 - Steve Gorman "latchkey kid" story
18:10 - Solid Gold Party rock commercial memorization
19:54 - Lesson: Method of practice
21:43 - Lesson: Notes and feel vs. note for note all the way to too professional
24:48 - Thanks and salutations / McLaren "cuntiest" comments / Auto hate showing off (old cars, guitar players, etc.)


Notes
Thank you guys sincerely for all the ongoing support of my pitiful little channel…I really truly appreciate it.
Sometimes I feel like I don’t tell you guys that enough.

It’s not you, it’s me I swear…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1qdmKUOytA