November 22nd, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Rare Gear Review

Chapters
00:00 - Ruby Tuesday intro
00:40 - 'Hot pedal review' explanation
01:28 - Recommended pedal Chroma Console
04:00 - Good stuff


Notes
This morning Larry discussed the Hologram Chroma Console and more importantly, shows the genius of Brian Jones

November 21st, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 257, Tom Bukovac, “Common Chemistry”

Chapters
00:00 - Blue Grass mountain strummin' and a pickin'
02:10 - Get your fingers moving
02:58 - Brett Papa, free lessons, and proper subscription
05:10 - Cooking episode comments
06:20 - Not a religious program, nor pro-Aleister Crowley
07:45 - Gibson GA-83-S online / NFL
10:00 - Flight of the Conchords
10:24 - George Benson - Breezin' background cookin' music
11:30 - Plea for a cook ("Cool old woman" not "creepy dude who wants me to give him pedals")
13:00 - Travis Bean Wedge
13:30 - How can you hate anything Bruce Springsteen?
13:55 - Lesson: Springsteen


Notes
Larry talks about gridiron ergonomics and finding a cook.

cool voice...
https://youtu.be/UNS37Niqsc4?si=Y522P...

November 19th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Hey Kid, You Like Music?”

Chapters
00:00 - Larry gets Heavy, chunking Heavy Metal into light playing
00:35 - NFL favorite team
01:20 - Laugh out loud, funny comments
01:50 - Foreigners cannot comprehend Buck-ees
02:15 - Led Zeppelin cool stuff vs. cover band / Keith Richards low 6th
02:40 - Lesson: Open G tuning (Led Zeppelin) / Satanic sound
05:47 - Hated songs continued - Cheap Trick, Aerosmith....
08:05 - Film music?
08:30 - Guitar case for Les Paul...what is it? / More hated songs - Roxanne, Breakfast at Tiffany's
10:30 - Amp cannot find? Gibson GA-83-S
11:52 - Guitar cannot find? Lake Placid Blue Stratocaster turned green
12:30 - Remastered songs


Notes
Larry gets a major kick out of perhaps the most enlightened comment section in all of the Youtoobz...good stuff friends

Thank you guys for all the kind words and generous donations.

Happy Sunday folks

if you are a football fan and you haven't seen this already, you are in for a treat...cuz this is some funny ass shit right here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z8244-TWKQ

November 18th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 256, Tom Bukovac, "Remake/Remodel/Remaster"

Chapters
00:00 - Developing some sounds
05:51 - John Lennon guitar playing
06:15 - Day at Gruhn's
07:25 - Gibson Burst / "Beat the Burst" / Pulled from pain
08:45 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Buck-ees - "The most American thing"
10:25 - "Worst songs in Rock history?" / Statlin Bros., Elton John, Clapton - Forever Man / Clapton
12:20 - Lifting, stealing, borrowing songs (Led Zeppelin, Taurus, 70's)
13:17 - Remastered records thoughts? / Thank yous!
16:20 - Greg Voros checking out the Burst


Notes
Larry discusses the "great trilogy of pain" and plunks on his old very lightly flamed 1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard and answers a few questions in the VCB

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

thank you friends

November 17th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Nashville Thursday”

Chapters
00:00 - '63 Gibson SG Special just bought
00:40 - Music City tailpiece replacement
01:30 - Acoustic guitar repaired
02:55 - Duke Levine in the studio
04:07 - Back in the kitchen playing some nice tunes with the new SG


Notes
Three parts for ya in this vid....

1) a nice peek at the LOVELY guitar repair work of my dear old friend Nick Drushel at Glaser Instrument Repair in Nashville…615-298-1139
Nick is a gifted repair man…he uses his boundless creativity and skill to solve any problem I or anyone else can ever come up with.
He loves a challenge and ALWAYS finds a way to make it work in the end...mad respect bro.

2) a quick look at the session I’ve been in the last two days at Curb Studio in Nashville on a Wade Bowen record.
Been having an absolute blast playing with Duke Levine and the rest of that amazing band.
Check out the little call and answer thing between him and I on that intro.
i play the major 7 riff and then he does those bad ass slide down answers... the end result sounds like one big awesome guitar.

3) a little late night Buk jam for all you night owls out there…been fine tuning and tweakin' this old SG after getting it back today from a killer refret by Nick.
Those offset conversion posts he designed to be able to put an ABR-1 on your old Gibson using the original stud holes are gonna be a game changer for everyone when they come out.
Check the music city bridge website people...
https://musiccitybridge.com

November 13th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 254, Tom Bukovac, “Deluxe Rentverb”

Chapters
00:00 - Nice pickin' n slidin'
05:00 - Hello, friends! / Back home / Monday Night Football and the unders
07:12 - Furious titanium slide / Joe Walsh
10:25 - Nathan East (Bass)
11:13 - Alienating my audience / Pissing people off
11:57 - Paul Kossoff
12:58 - And we're off playing
13:19 - Lesson: Tucked pick, hybrid picking (Em7, G, Asus, C)
15:00 - Gibson SG P90 expressiveness / 'Deluxe Rentverb'


Notes
Uncle Larry talks about road life and rentals….and titanium slides…

November 11th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 253, Tom Bukovac, “The Two Things I DESPERATELY Try To Avoid”

Chapters
00:00 - Blues in the hotel room


Notes
Uncle Larry gives us a primer on a new genre of guitar playing called “thoughtful blues”….

The use of the tiny practice amp and extremely low volume also makes this a a good illustration of how a guitar player breathes when he is playing haha

November 10th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “90,000 Bored People”

Chapters
00:00 - Some beautiful plucking into the epitome of raunch
02:23 - Hello Homeskoolers! / 90,000 subscribers and some thanks / Born to play
04:14 - Joe Walsh, ELO, Jeff Lynne gig for Veterans
04:54 - '60 Gibson ES-335
06:43 - VCB / John Lennon's gibberish
07:14 - Love the Beatles / Crying vs biggest piece of shit


Notes
Thanks for stickin’ with me through this whole bloody mess dear friends....

what a ride

in today's news, there are 70 of the original 1000 vinyl copies of Plexi Soul still left...if you want one go to either of these two links...there will not be any more made.
https://thesessionman.myshopify.com/

https://thesessionman.com/


if you care to make a donation to the Homeskoolin' cause...
my PayPal address is
tombukovac@gmail.com

my venmo address is
@Tom-Bukovac-1

November 2nd, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “J’Sol”

Chapters
00:00 - What it's all about singing


Notes
Havin a blast in the studio on a break with these bad bitchezzz

Alaina Renae
Stephanie Allen Stevenson
Staci Mccrackin
Renee Merrifield
Corri Bethel

November 1st, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 251, Tom Bukovac, "Halloween Candy Hangover"

Chapters
00:00 - Some straight off the press raunch
03:47 - Hello, friends! / Halloween hangover
04:15 - Firebird is back / Amazing intonation
05:40 - Intonation and bending out of tune
06:08 - Lesson: Ziggy Stardust intro out of tune (YouTube)
06:48 - Firebird I description sheet
08:15 - Halloween adventures
08:45 - Gig at 1979 studio
09:03 - Shootout Firebird I vs Firebird V
10:00 - '63 Firebird V
10:58 - Differences Firebird I vs Firebird V
11:35 - Try again
12:00 - 250 episodes of Homeskoolin'
12:47 - Firebird I
13:33 - Acoustic test / Firebird I
13:55 - Firebird V acoustic / 0.5 as loud
14:22 - Firebird I loud test / Why the difference in loudness
15:00 - VCB / Favorite song from The Cure - Facination Street / Sppreciation
15:39 - Kirk Hammett respect
16:12 - Lesson: Genesis - Turn It On Again
17:44 - More vocals / Mick Ronson - Soul Love
18:58 - Rather be in a band? / Getting bored
20:15 - 80's documentary, Husker Du, Bob Mould


Notes
A little wednesday morning blooze for ya on two different '63 birds.

Very special thanks to dearest Lin Crowson at Gruhn Guitars for breathing some new life into this wounded old bird.

Dig this great old 90's power pop....getting guitars THIS loud in a mix where they don't hurt at all is no easy feat. Brilliant track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsJkN_ODUPM

go to www.ziggysartstudio if you want to check out one of the rad limited edition prints he drew up to commemorate episode 250

and...we are getting damn close to 90K prescribers....wow

and i think there are a couple hundred vinyl copies of Plexi soul still left...if you want one go to either of these two links folks

https://thesessionman.myshopify.com/

https://thesessionman.com/

a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after 248 free guitar lessons

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

November 1st, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 250, Tom Bukovac "Special Halloween Edition"

Chapters
00:00 - Little Halloween music / Happy Halloween / Playing
04:30 - EQ pedal trick / Playing
07:50 - The Cure and Ziggy Stardust
09:30 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Studio etiquette change from youngsters
11:39 - "Screwed on a guitar deal, ever?"
13:07 - Hot stuff on Quora digest
13:30 - Kirk Hammett playing (YouTube)
14:00 - Best thing being a session player vs. band / Watching the trends from afar / Giant marriage
15:35 - Jefferson Airplane
16:41 - Janes Addiction
17:27 - Gibson 335
17:45 - Big Al stuff


Notes
Wow...250 episodes...thanks for coming along for the ride friends...

go to www.ziggysartstudio if you want to check out one of the rad limited edition prints he drew up to commemorate episode 250

and...we are getting damn close to 90K prescribers....wow

and i think there are a couple hundred vinyl copies of Plexi soul still left...if you want one go to either of these two links folks

https://thesessionman.myshopify.com/

https://thesessionman.com/


a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after 248 free guitar lessons

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

October 29th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Big Owl”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' it
01:25 - Practicing / Serious thank you!
02:57 - NRBQ Big Al Anderson and garage sale
05:05 - Asher
05:48 - Fulltone Tape Echo
06:04 - Vox AC15c
06:32 - Hamer Newport
08:00 - Big All home footage
09:59 - Session footage


Notes
Hello friends.

Thank you for the purchases of the Plexi Soul vinyl. If you haven’t got one yet here’s the two links you can use:

https://thesessionman.myshopify.com/

https://thesessionman.com/

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you wanna buy some of Al’s gear

Asher tele 2500 (will ship)
Fulltone tape echo 1500 (local pickup only)
2 Vox “Maroon Bronco” AC15C 1x12 combos with nice covers 500 apiece (local pickup only)
2009 ish (I think) Hamer Newport hollowbody electric, plays nice 1200 (will ship)

October 19th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Bonus "Blues For Paul Hornung"

Chapters
00:00 - Some fuckin' great rauchy sounds!
05:13 - Hello, friends! / Mister Vertigo sent a pedal
05:48 - Electronic Audio Experiments - Citadel demo
08:03 - Firebird video thanks / Firebird Prototype
09:00 - Doug and Pat Show
09:43 - Football cards


Notes
I have always been a huge fan of the gorgeous dissonant rub of sliding two note scales...there is so much good shit in there, and NO ONE does it....but i do it....cuz i think it sounds fuckin' cool.

check out this pedal kids....i can't find a single thing to complain about with it...and that is pretty rare.
https://www.electronicaudioexperiments.com/pedals/citadel

THANK YOU TO ALL you sweethearts for all the recent PayPal and Venmo donations...i really appreciate the comments saying that you guys are getting a lot out of these videos.

Well, ya' know, i never got to replace CC in Poison... which was my dream all along.

i might have failed the BIG dream...but at least i can show you guys a few licks now that I'm old

October 18th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Special Gear Edition, "Two Birds With One Stoned”

Chapters
00:00 - Bluesy intro jam ending with speed picks
03:20 - Hello, friends! / Gibson Firebirds
04:00 - '64 Gibson Firebird V
04:09 - History lesson of Firebirds (I, III, V, VII)
05:27 - Design of the Firebird guitar
06:10 - The first Firebird ever made? / '62 Gibson Firebird Prototype
08:25 - Another Firebird Prototype guitar? montage
09:07 - ...and we're back / Differences and similarities of first Firebirds
11:35 - Testing out the '62 Firebird Proto and the '64 Firebird V
13:26 - '62 Gibson Firebird Prototype another look


Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep in the weeds discussing Gibson's early dealings with the legendary Ray Dietrich.

Just for the record, the refin prototype bird i am showing in this video is currently owned by Drew Winn from Guitar House in Tulsa and he is actually selling it. I think it's in the 35K range, let me know if you are interested.

a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after 248 free guitar lessons

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.

There are still a few more of the hand signed limited edition Uncle Larry prints that Ziggy O'Leary did left....if you wanna check one out go here:
https://www.ziggysartstudio.com

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

October 17th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 248, Tom Bukovac, "Sight Unseen"

Chapters
00:00 - Getting down with early morning rock 'n' roll
03:08 - Intro / NFL season
04:03 - Feelin' sick and having a session
05:45 - Flipping guitars and finding wonderful guitars
07:30 - Gary Rossington slide guitar trick with screwdriver
09:11 - Firebird I redo
10:25 - "Can you help tweak my guitar?" question (Cannot)
11:09 - Buying guitars sight unseen / Buying Firebird I
15:10 - Lesson: Speed picking / All in the wrist


Notes
Larry discusses many topics here...some perhaps a bit graphic in nature.

a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after 248 free guitar lessons

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.

There are still a few more of the hand signed limited edition Uncle Larry prints that Ziggy O'Leary did left....if you wanna check one out go here:
https://www.ziggysartstudio.com


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

October 14th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Snake Bite Fever”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing a nice little tune
01:14 - Remeber that song? / Checking in, thank you
02:35 - '60 Gibson ES-335
03:27 - Trip The Witch signed copies


Notes
Uncle Larry checks in real quick and plunks ya out a good old country and western song on a recently acquired snake bit '60 335

if ya wanna buy some signed vinyl go here:
https://shop.bandwear.com/collections...


if you want to hear a perfectly written and produced old country song go here:
Every Which Way but Loose (2009 Remas...


Urban Guitar Dictionary:
snake bit: (adj) refers to any old Gibson ES-335 that has visible Bigsby holes on the top

mummy toes: (noun) the crumbling disintegrating tuner buttons found on many old 50's and 60's Gibson guitars

witch hat: (noun) a hat that a witch wears

October 11th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Uncle Larry Takes Grandpa’s Old Jalopy Down To The Crossroads”

Chapters
00:00 - '63 Firebird unboxing
02:05 - Testing it out


Notes
1963 Firebird I…clearly one of the first birds made.
My next project.

October 9th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 247, “Dak’s Blooze”

Chapters
00:00 - Blues
01:06 - Hello, I don't really have the blues / Talk about the weather
02:15 - Thanks (musical ideas) / Writer's block
02:59 - Great song about writer's block (Chicago 25 or 6 to 4) / Tom playing on Chicago XXX
04:20 - New Ann Wilson & Tripsitter - Another Door (new album) / Hipgnosis did cover
05:50 - Signed ZZ Top - Tres Hombre album
06:22 - Slapback echo, "what would we do without it?"
07:24 - Roxy Music - Avalon album / What was used on "More Than this" (Phil Manzanera)?
08:30 - '63 Gibson ES-335
08:40 - '65 Gibson Trini Lopez
09:30 - Talk about the Gruhn Versitar
10:18 - Playing the Trini Lopez
11:10 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
11:42 - Wet/Dry and complicated rigs? No
13:02 - Multi-channel amps? No
13:09 - Lesson: How Tom sets up his guitar rig (important deep dive)
15:00 - Creepy user comment / Clean your car before I steal it
16:18 - Israel craziness


Notes
Hello friends, hope all you Texans have recovered from last nights prime time drubbing.

October 3rd, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Goes To Gruhn’s Volume 5

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction / Tony Nagy shows a '59 Burst major repair
05:27 - Biggest pain in the ass repair?
06:59 - Woodwork is most important / Finish
09:38 - In depth look at Les Paul neck tenon
11:10 - Tools and other guitar tour ('53 Goldtop)
15:05 - '34 Martin 00-40H
16:45 - 1800s 7 string acoustic
17:00 - Larsen acoustic
19:00 - D'Angelico mandolin
20:26 - Gibson mandolin / Rebindings / '53 Goldtop
22:50 - '63 Gibson Explorer (verified)
24:50 - Strangest thing ever seen in repair?
25:29 - '58 Gibson Flying V and prototype together
26:45 - Fender mix matching bodies and necks
28:20 - Gibson TV
29:25 - Tremetone, Bigsby, Duesenberg, Cam Trem
32:09 - '53 acoustic / Separated neck
33:50 - What's the worst nightmare? / Pulling a neck / Neck resetting


Notes
“Oh yeah? Ask him if he does neck sets”

September 26th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 244, Tom Bukovac, "Thrill To The Exciting New Sound Of Stereo"

Chapters
00:00 - Plicking some Doors on '70 Mustang
01:10 - "Woke up this morning" / Doors / "Iconic Band" question?
03:31 - Episode 244 / Volto / Fall weather
04:55 - Garage Sale thank you
05:20 - Garage Sale: 1970 Fender Mustang for sale / Give away guitars
06:27 - Garage Sale: 1952 Gibson Les Paul
08:38 - '52 Les Paul playing
10:13 - Tube reverb
11:18 - Tone shaping with Ebo Customs E-Verb
13:20 - How good can a guitar sound?
14:14 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Favorite song to play live?
15:03 - Hit songs and the power
17:58 - Gibson's biggest fails?
23:30 - Electro-Harmonix (EHX) best pedal company
25:30 - Bought entire collection
28:35 - Biggest regret selling guitar? / Not a hoarder / '59 Jazzmaster (the best)
30:30 - '61 Gibson SG TV Junior / Pulling the trigger / Doubleneck
33:30 - "Soft porn" YouTube instrument lessons
35:17 - Footage of Eric Clapton & Stephen Stills


Notes
There's a lot here...

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you want one of these old plunks