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February 26th, 2024
Homeskoolin' Volume 286, Tom Bukovac, "The Great Healer"
Chapters00:00 - Deep acoustic playing (K's Choice - Wait)
02:59 - Hello, friends! / Session / Mystery episode
04:09 - Lidor "Homeskooler" Ellis quiz (Answers below)
06:02 - #1. Name of music store sells Homeskooler merch?
06:18 - #2. What is Uncle Larry's favorite key to play in?
06:24 - #3. What was the name that almost won before Homeskoolin'?
06:45 - #4. What was the first "edit" video?
06:54 - #5. T-shirt brand Larry hates?
07:01 - #6. First guest?
07:11 - #7. Restaurant that named a sandwich after him?
07:23 - #8. What would Larry be doing if he wasn't a sessionman?
07:35 - #9. Beatle band member Larry played with?
07:45 - #10. Prog-Rock band Larry likes?
08:00 - Fun gig played / Nicky G / The fun to play and where it is at
09:30 - Walter Peyton and record game and the flu
10:13 - Jerry Garcia on TV
#1 - The Guitar House
#2 - B minor
#3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPAixw05PQ&t=144s (Tom Time)
#4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16JmESuiTPc&t=09m33s
#5 - Gildan
#6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y35aPlus-Kw
#7 - Farmland
#8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AwDNSMeN1U&t=395s (Restore old cars)
#9 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knDeT3YBy0Y&t=776s (Ringo Starr)
#10 - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Notes
Uncle Larry enjoys a post work greyhound and plays a solo version of one of his alltime favorite songs...that probably 99 pct of you out there won't recognize....
The "so you think you're a Homeskooler test" was put together by Leo "Lidor" Ellis.
February 21st, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 285, Tom Bukovac “The Top 5 Most Asked Homeskoolin’ Questions”
Chapters00:00 - Hello, friends! / Elaborate full production
00:32 - Jacob Collier / "Greatest Night in Pop" (We Are the World)
02:13 - Martin D-45 / "Then I'd be happy" (Black hole inside us all)
03:19 - "What are the top 5 questions?"
- "New, cheap guitar as good as old?"
- "What New pickups as good as old?"
- "Desert island guitar and amp?"
- "Will you evaluate my playing?"
- "Are new Nobels pedals as good as old?"
06:20 - Duesenberg bridge
06:50 - Duesenberg neck
07:09 - Burst with PAFs bridge
07:49 - Burst with PAFs neck
08:21 - 2006 SG Special Lollar P90s bridge
09:01 - 2006 SG Special Lollar P90s neck
09:17 - '61 SG Special original P90s bridge
09:49 - '61 SG Special original P90s neck
10:30 - Fender Tele with '62 and Ellis bridge
11:26 - Esquire with original bridge
12:03 - "What New pickups as good as old?" / Don't know
12:32 - "Desert island guitar and amp?" / Goldtop and Princeton
13:00 - "Will you evaluate my playing?" / Don't always have time / Lessons
13:33 - "Are new Nobels pedals as good as old?" / Nothing as good as original
Notes
The title pretty much says it all here kids....
today's test gear...
amp: dead original 1965 Fender Princeton Reverb with original 10" Jensen
pedals: original no-balls ODR-1, strymon el cap slapback, tiny bit of reverb from the amp
full disclosure...i completely forgot to mention that the bridge pickup in the 1954 esquire is actually an original wound fender pickup taken out of a 1960 tele custom, so not original to the guitar, but still over 60 years old.
If you guys are getting something useful out of these ridiculous videos please feel free to visit the tip jar...
paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com
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Thank you for watching...and i TRULY mean that. Uncle Larry realizes that you have PLENTY of other choices when it comes to Youtube travel.
February 20th, 2024
Homeskoolin' Volume 284, Tom Bukovac, "Lord Loves A Workin' Man"
Chapters00:00 - Helium fun
00:18 - Strumming away
02:44 - Starship Tommy, Dan Auerbach, Sheryl Crow and working on Stevie Nicks track
04:16 - Kay Jumbo with Hank Williams Sr. pic
04:44 - Nice guitar book (Vic DaPra)
05:50 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "What guitars have you never owned?" / Dean Cadillac
07:20 - Thanks for the nicest emails viewers send!
11:40 - Lesson: Altered tuning / Chool Chord
Notes
Uncle Larry recaps a week of heavy sessioneering and dips a toe in the dark dark waters of the VCB.
February 20th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 283, Tom Bukovac, “Hot Marshall Sundae”
Chapters00:00 - SG Rock 'n' Roll tone
01:00 - Old Uncle Larry on Plexi Sunday
02:00 - "Favorite Homeskoolin'?" / "Hate everything I play"
03:00 - Jeff Steele and Scott Bagman
03:45 - Foreigner and "Corporate Rock" formula
04:35 - "Crazy-ass lick" to torture someone
05:00 - Lesson: Pull-off
06:00 - Dio - Holy Diver (demon bleat)
06:45 - Joni Mitchell - Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm (Lakota Indian chant)
07:15 - Hot Rod Lincoln (George Frayne)
08:35 - "What rockstar that died early would you like to see to continue?" / Jimi Hendrix
09:38 - Rush
10:35 - Drummers interested in old guitars? / Greg Morrow and vintage drums
13:30 - What guitar do you want?
14:01 - '68 Marshall Plexi Super Tremolo 100W
Notes
Uncle Larry explores the absolute zenith of humankind’s experiments with tube amplification...the late 1960's Marshall Plexi panel....
File this one under "stuff Uncle Larry thinks is really fuckin' cool"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMEuibX4c04
so we have a lot of new viewers recently and here's the real inside shit folks...for realz.
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...
and where is this tip jar you say???
You can make PayPal donations to this address:
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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
February 17th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 282, Tom Bukovac, “Pet Smells”
Chapters00:00 - Foreigner - Double Vision
01:40 - Dio - Don't Talk to Strangers (with singing)
03:00 - Different version of Bad Company - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
04:00 - 800+ videos and Homeskoolin' community
04:55 - Amp buzz vs hiss
05:18 - Brian Wilson work / Mills
05:55 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
06:25 - "Why hate for Foreigner" / Painful lyrics / Hot Blooded ("Three Blind Mice")
09:23 - "New guy" rukus causer (Bum petty)
10:12 - Learning songs exactly like the record
12:38 - Ray Charles and Jimi Hendrix play the same way?
13:40 - John Waite exploring / Fine line in changing the song's melodgy
15:20 - Pet peeve with covers
16:30 - Pay attention to the singer and lyrics / "Hit lyrics"
17:25 - "Marriage again?" / Bachelor life
18:40 - "Perfect Rock 'n' Roll guitar tone?" / Gretsch Playboy amp
Notes
Uncle Larry plays some ol’ honk and wades into some heavy VCB swamp…
February 16th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 281, Tom Bukovac, “The Cleveland Weatherman”
Chapters00:00 - Covering Country - Hank Williams Jr. and more
03:44 - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln
04:43 - Lyrics are important / Singer is direction
06:15 - Hank Williams Jr.
07:30 - Steven Tyler
08:00 - Hermanos Gutierrez
09:50 - Careful about putting something over someone else's work
10:42 - '65 Epiphone Frontier
12:20 - Brian Wilson and playing on record
12:55 - Tom Britt and paintings
Notes
Uncle Larry reminisces a bit about his undying love for real country music and real singers....
here is the new Hermanos Gutierrez track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrRkXjJpXUU
and check out some of Tom Britt's amazing art work...i love this shit
https://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Britt-Art/100077778759684/
February 15th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 280, Tom Bukovac, “Twang Newton”
Chapters00:00 - Twanging
05:30 - Good morning / Flatwounds on the Duesenberg Danelectro
06:45 - Click bait videos
07:00 - New rented gear has no "danger" / Old pickups vs. new
08:08 - "Bent out of shape" guy "coming in hot!" - Pitch correction content
11:00 - Click bait != hot chicks / "Sounds good" compliment
11:45 - 99% of tone is in your hands / 1% in gear is very important / Inspiration factor
13:28 - Red Gibson Firebird I
14:10 - T-Shirt drawer and how many t-shirts
14:35 - We are here for the content
14:52 - Fender Tweed Deluxe / With mic
16:10 - Getting old / Old crappy equipment looks good / MIJ Fender Strat
17:35 - Japanese Tele with Van Zant
18:49 - Blackguard Teles
19:57 - Pitch correction on Rolling Stones record?
Notes
Uncle Larry, sans click bait, with some early mornin’ flat wound twang served up Southern style on a cheapo guitar…
February 15th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 279, Tom Bukovac, “Uh Oh”
Chapters00:00 - Remember when songs had chords
01:43 - Hello, friends! / Thanks
02:44 - '60s Gibson Firebird I
03:27 - Comparing acoustic sounds of guitars
03:45 - Clickbait is REAL, it's just fun
06:00 - Gwen and Blake
07:16 - Selling piles of stuff
08:14 - 10 thumbs down
08:45 - Making up your own questions
09:11 - Pitiful video about Rick Beato / Tuning vocals (pitch correction)
11:32 - Only in Nashville story - Amp left in the studio
04:00 - Music City Bridge on Gibson Theodore
14:26 - Acoustic test - Gibson Theodore, Gibson Firebirds
16:26 - Electrified test - Gibson Theodore, Gibson Firebirds
Notes
in this clip Uncle Larry weeds through some corporate VCB and waxes rhapsodic about the acoustic benefits and harmonic richness of the beloved Music City Bridge…
Here's that new Gwen and Blake single kids...fun little number just in time for spring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46T0LDRsHCc
and here's this ridiculous video where dude acts like putting some slight tuning on a lead vocal in 2024 is some sort of unspeakable act.
this is basically like saying that using your new GE dishwasher instead of hand washing your dishes is a sign of laziness and you should be absolutely embarrassed by it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpzmqgluc50&t=0s
and....since we have a lot of new viewers coming along recently...
let me tell ya' how shit works around here...
first off, i NEVER ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....
if you do indeed learn some useful 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...especially since it's tax season ferchrissakes
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
February 14th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Young Man Blues”
Chapters00:00 - Organ lessons
Notes
8 year old Leo gives us a tour of the legendary 1958 Hammond B3/Leslie 147 combo whilst simultaneously showing off the temporary tat he got from a vending machine at a Japanese restaurant
Friends, I have been on this earth for 55 years…and I am STILL absolutely mesmerized by a Leslie speaker…or any speaker that rotates for that matter….
in the end, after all the cars, money, drugs and women have faded away, the Leslie speaker stands alone as the coolest thing on earth..
February 13th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 278, Tom Bukovac, “I Never Thought I Would Say This”
Chapters00:00 - Plucking a special guitar
03:40 - The cleanup! / Lynyrd Skynyrd licks
04:43 - This Gibson wants to Rock / Listen to the raunch
06:42 - '58 Gibson ES-350
07:16 - Hello / How many sessions do you do?
07:50 - Older career
08:30 - Clickbait and bought that easy
09:10 - Wayne Killius and echo drums
09:50 - Mattel Football and Foosball and Darts
11:16 - "Using pedals as a sign of weakness?" / You need more than 1 sound for session work
12:49 - "Did you meet Zakk Wylde?" / Loud / Metal is a different world
14:20 - "Why do you hate modeling gear?"
16:12 - Get a buzz and shop on Reverb / Lightweight guitar
17:16 - "I am drunk all the time at night"
17:45 - "Guitar you wanted to love?" / Gibson ES-175
Notes
Uncle Larry still conducting some experiments with shock factor click bait titles to attract hip younger viewers that listen to John Mayer and use the latest high end beard grooming products.
February 12th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 277, Tom Bukovac, “Bait And Click”
Chapters00:00 - Rocking the V
01:40 - Lesson: Lick of the day
02:20 - Lesson: Another one / Exploring the V
04:50 - '90 Gibson Flying V / Spoiling the kids
06:25 - End of football season
07:06 - "The World Series" / Watching the NFL Super Bowl / Proposing to Taylor Swift
08:48 - Clickbait thumbnails and titles
09:42 - Pantera show / Metal world / Bass drum hits
11:58 - Mattel electronic football
12:45 - Rollin' Rock Uncle Larry pedal
13:27 - Robert Baker guitar show (Black Les Paul Deluxe) / Low stress, beer drinking lifestyle
15:47 - Piano player which one? (Wakeman or Banks)
17:00 - Something died /re
17:50 - Wayne Killius echo drums explanation
18:45 - Killius playing drums
20:45 - Cool drum licks
22:00 - Echo drumming!
Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on the NFL’s decision to let Taylor Swift win the Super Bowl and gets into some hot VCB
amazing drum lesson courtesy of Wayne Killius
February 12th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Sunday Glue”
Chapters00:00 - Repair of an ole acoustic
02:42 - Pantera footage with Greg, Corey, and Eric
Notes
Dearest Nathan Golliher shows us how to glue up some funky old binding.
Thanks to all for watching the channel...we are almost at 100K subs...wow
if you guys are getting some inspiration and good ideas out of these videos please visit the tip jar
Paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1
Thank you folks
February 9th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 276, Tom Bukovac, “How To Be Great At Guitar In 15 Minutes”
Chapters00:00 - Rockin'
00:41 - Session Man Rule #1: "Never write a lick you can't play."
01:11 - Pantera and Lamb of God
02:28 - Roll out of bed episodes
03:15 - '58 Gibson Les Paul TV Junior
05:54 - Gibson Doubleneck photo recognition / Historian (Eric Ernest) / Original owner
07:30 - Nick Drushel / Gibson SG break and restoration with CNC
09:04 - Argent - Hold Your Head Up / Organ madness
10:30 - Lesson: Lots of techniques & over the I
11:11 - Listening to the amazing solo
12:44 - Lesson: Guitar part
13:35 - Musicians are better now? [heavy sarcasm alert]
14:25 - "The Panteras"
15:15 - Common thread between listeners / Family playing / Malcolm Young
16:15 - Pickups (PAF, P90, minihumbuckers, etc) / Favorite pickup of all Gretsch Filtertron
Notes
Hello friends, several YouTuber friends of mine have recently suggested that I should start experimenting with clickbait video titles and thumbnails to get more views…so I thought “how to be great at guitar in 15 minutes” would REALLY get some people’s attention…even if the video has nothing to do with that
…and then I’m gonna find a picture of some really delicious looking cheesecake to put in the thumbnail…I mean, they HAVE TO click on that right?
February 8th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Rock Band”
Chapters00:00 - Bukovac family rockin'
Notes
some rare rehearsal footage of “B-U-K-O-V-A-C” back in the days when they still did the occasional cover song…
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February 7th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Man Hunt”
Chapters00:00 - Singing and a strummin'
01:36 - Quick episode & thanks
02:05 - Recognize this owner?
02:28 - Gibson EDS 1275 Doubleneck
Notes
Just wondering if any of you old guys out there might recognize this fella
One of the previous owners of my 58 Gibson EMS-1235 double neck
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
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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