March 28th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Trucker Speed”

Chapters
00:00 - Some great ole Blues


Notes
Uncle Larry has a go with an old broken headstock 65 Epi Olympic that he bought at the guitar show on the cheap….i was out of MCB bridges so I threw an old Badass bridge that i found in the parts drawer on there….it ain’t no MCB but it works ok.
Hope you enjoy friends

March 27th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 293, Tom Bukovac, “Upstroke Me”

Chapters
00:00 - Changing the stroke on the doubleneck
06:58 - Hello, friends! / Update
07:45 - Baltimore bridge crash / Life perspective
09:18 - Sitar effect / Melatron
10:11 - Gibson Doubleneck
10:34 - Ann Wilson thanks (video)
11:12 - "Life change after 100,000 subscribers?" / Heavy sessioneering
13:20 - Lesson: Upstrokes
14:08 - Lesson: Loop chords (G D F C)
15:28 - Lesson: Upstroke chord (x x 5 0 3 3]
16:21 - Upstrokes vs. Downstrokes


Notes
Uncle Larry says two necks are better than one….could be a winner but maybe just a sinner now….

here's that video about making Ann's latest record...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dlor1o5r2g

and...if you need something cool to put your coffee in try this friends...
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/tom-bukovac-homeskoolin-mug.html

March 26th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Inner Mounting Cleveland”

Chapters
00:00 - Trance, sitar-like guitar
01:21 - The holy temple of Marshalls


Notes
Awaken…with Uncle Larry…

March 23rd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Guitar Show!!”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking and singing
00:22 - Hey friends! / Dealer day in Nashville


Notes
Check it out today and tomorrow friends

At the AG CENTER in Williamson county

March 21st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 292, Tom Bukovac, “Fresh Out Da Bed”

Chapters
00:00 - Testing out the Junior and letting it ring out
04:40 - Hello, Larry! / Fresh out the bed / Thanks for 100k subscribers / Buk-o-Vac / New mugs
06:00 - 4 years to the day - 100,000
06:30 - Ticketmaster situation for Weezer / Appreciation for Homeskoolers / Road trip?
08:03 - '57 Gibson Les Paul Junior
09:04 - Try that chord see how it sounds
09:20 - Packing material trick / Open the bottom of guitar box first
10:50 - Brett Papa work
11:01 - In tune chord [0 11 x 13 14 14]  (E69)
11:34 - "Whatcha been listening to?" / Sly and The Family Stone
13:07 - "Whatcha been watching, Larry?" / "What Went Wrong"


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the deepest crevasses of a 60 junior he just got….and gives ya a life hack that you might actually use.

new coffee cups!
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/tom-bukovac-homeskoolin-mug.html

and if you have never heard this total awesomeness, you're welcome...the funkiest, blackest shit EVER recorded by human beings on this planet if ya ask me...
dig the guitar/horn stabs in the verse...how the FUCK did they do that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6xhSqz_4m8

March 21st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 291, Tom Bukovac, “Greenville Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Monte Carlo driving into setup video
02:15 - Studfinder didn't fit / 100,000 subscribers
03:20 - Weezer
08:52 - Gibson Les Paul Jr is in tune
10:07 - Nik Drusel and Music City Bridge what guitars will work


Notes
Uncle Larry throws a stud finder on a recently acquired 1960 LP Junior....

if you have questions about what bridge to get for your guitar, email Nick at
howdy@musiccitybridge.com

March 16th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Fisher Price My First Univibe”

Chapters
00:00 - Uni-Vibe testing with son


Notes
So do you remember the first time YOU ever heard an old Univibe?

My dear 11 year old son Marshall got to play one for the first time today….I think he kinda liked it actually.

Vintage 1980 Fender T shirt that Marshall is wearing courtesy of Lupco Kotevski....long time Homeskooler...thank you for the care package brother.

Also thank you to Jon Siemens for the 1979 MXR catalog he sent.

March 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ “Hey Man Show Me A Cool Lick” (expanded edition)

Chapters
00:00 - Interview with Bryan Sutton in session
02:13 - Show me a good lick
02:50 - Acoustic bliss
03:18 - Lesson: Jerry Reed-ish change
04:08 - Lesson: Decending lick
05:30 - Lesson: Dmin decension to G7 with sweep
06:50 - Lesson: Bluegrass vs Rock open chords picking
07:38 - Picks
10:35 - Lesson: Rhythm (important deep dive)
13:48 - Joey Moi interview
16:05 - Danny Dugmore appearance


Notes
Starring
Bryan Sutton
Joey Moi
Danny Dugmore

March 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Session Man Pt. 2”

Chapters
00:00 - Recorded track for album coming out


Notes
Oceanway Studios…

Lauren Watkins “Settlin’ Things” in case you are really bored and want to match it to the record when it comes out.

March 14th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 290, Tom Bukovac, “The New Jazzmaster”

Chapters
00:00 - Quiet blissful notes that form something else
02:25 - Hello, Homeskoolers'! / New chair
03:00 - Beer, thanks, Gwen, staying up for a minute
03:17 - Lesson: Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (Steve Lukather)
04:55 - Gwen Stephani / Learning all the time / Gear brought to session
07:03 - The sound of the Jaguar / Unique compared to Jazzmaster / "Jazzmaster harder to fit into track"
10:38 - Unbelievable tone of the Gibson Les Paul Special / Love John Cougar
12:45 - Using the Burst in conjunction with poinky guitar in session is great
14:18 - Old Gretsch guitars and their sound / No sustain in Gretsch for studio / ES-335 & P90 jangle for alternative


Notes
Uncle Larry gets pretty deep into the mindset of recording guitars….I apologize as this one may quite possibly bore the hell out of anyone who isn’t a studio rat.
Thanks for watchin’ anyway!


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 taxseason
ferchrissakes

you can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

but wait....THERE'S MERCH TOO!!!!

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

March 14th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Hollaback Larry”

Chapters
00:00 - Gwen Stefani interview


Notes
Gwen Stefani joins the Homeskoolin’ community.

March 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Bros Before Hoedowns”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing like there is no tomorrow
03:43 - Hello, Homeskoolers'! / Sessions and scheduling (The Triple) / Gwen Stephani
05:35 - Thank you for setup videos
05:50 - Livestream
06:40 - Lesson: Mountain jam


Notes
Uncle Larry STILL tickin’ after 11 straight hours of intense sessioneering….

Why does he do it you ask?
Because he knows that one day he is gonna look back on these times as the REAL good old days and he knows that one day he is gonna really gonna miss the shit out of all this music and all these people.

End of day one of two solid days of Gwen Stefani sessions…a little tired, but absolutely thrilled to playing with such an amazing band in an amazing studio with an amazing artist.

March 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Calgary’s Own”

Chapters
00:00 - A pre-listen to some created art
05:23 - Dave Cohen interview


Notes
A brief chat with with my dear friend Dave Cohen…keyboardist to the stars.

Here is a link to his album credits
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-cohen-mn0002523497

and totally unrelated...you guys know how i sometimes talk about how after all these years of buying and selling thousands of "vintage" (we used to just call them "old") guitars, that i can literally tell just by looking at detailed photos when a guitar has THE MAGIC??
i promise you...i am rarely ever wrong about this.

if i lived in Oz i would buy this fuckin' thing in a SECOND....i swear to the Lord Almighty i have no affiliation whatsoever to the seller....i have no dog in this race i swear....but i just KNOW in my heart that this guitar right here is BANGIN'...and one of you Australian viewers out there should buy it immediately.
https://reverb.com/item/75563786-gibson-sg-special-1965-cherry-red

March 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 289, Tom Bukovac “Pablo Escolar Pt.2”

Chapters
00:00 - Continuation / Cookie dough treats
02:14 - Music City Bridge
04:00 - On being a dinosaur / Old man costume
05:43 - Tuning
06:52 - Goodrich volume pedal
07:30 - Garage Sale: Electric Mistress (the rarest) / Epiphone guitar
09:25 - "Why you selling?" / Tuning and playing
13:20 - Thanks and 55 years of pain


Notes
Hello friends…Uncle Larry discusses the finer points of sushi and the new cult of modern day Gibson haters in this two part docu-series filmed on his garage shop work bench.

i accidentally called the guitar that's for sale in the Uncle Larry's Garage Sale portion of this video a 1961 Epiphone Crestwood...it's actually a 1961 Epiphone Wilshire. (sorry i was moving fast)

if you are interested in it or the EXTREMELY rare blue graphics 1977 Electric Mistress just email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

if you want one of these bad ass bridges here ya go...


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

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

March 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 289, Tom Bukovac “Pablo Escolar Pt. 1”

Chapters
00:00 - Changing strings / Endorsements
03:20 - Homeskoolin' love / Music City Bridge / Colossal waste of comments out there
05:20 - Gibson hate
07:18 - Comments on video: "I love how everybody is an expert."
08:28 - Golden age Fenders and Gibsons craftsmanship
09:30 - Remakes and replicas versus putting together parts
11:04 - "Fender: The Sound Heard Around the World"
12:30 - Old tricks stringing


Notes
Hello friends part two…Uncle Larry discusses the finer points of sushi and the new cult of modern day Gibson haters in this two part docu-series filmed on his garage shop work bench.

i accidentally called the guitar that's for sale in the Uncle Larry's Garage Sale portion of this video a 1961 Epiphone Crestwood...it's actually a 1961 Epiphone Wilshire. (sorry i was moving fast)

if you are interested in it or the EXTREMELY rare blue graphics 1977 Electric Mistress just email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

if you want one of these bad ass bridges here ya go...
https://musiccitybridge.com/products/the-stud-finder-guitar-bridge

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


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

March 9th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Saturday Guitar Repair Pt 2”

Chapters
00:00 - Picking sessions to play on / Good musicians (Dan Auerbach)
02:00 - Stringing mess / Good days vs. bad days
02:50 - Main thing is the singer / Little goals
05:14 - High E wrap
05:48 - Robert Keeley (Angry Orange, Blues Disorder, Super Rodent)
07:05 - Earthquaker call for help
07:36 - Saddles
08:00 - "Wang Bar" adjustment / In tune
11:04 - When someone doesn't tune
13:00 - Irsay update


Notes
well friends, if you made it this far you are definitely a real Homeskooler....

the instrumental record i made with dearest Guthrie Trapp is scheduled for release on May 1st...very exciting.

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


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

March 9th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Saturday Guitar Repairs Pt 1....."it's NEVER the tuners”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
02:14 - Fender Strat
03:00 - Change string? / Can't tune them with dents (D'Addario)
04:11 - Horseshit about not staying in tune
05:00 - Nut, nut slots, and tuning / Tuners
06:00 - Yuengling / Rolling Rock
06:36 - Update / Door Dash / Jamie Johnson
08:55 - Correction / Garage Sale thanks
09:35 - "The harder you work the luckier you get"
10:36 - "Records you played on?" / Allmusic.com (search credits: Tom Bukovac)
12:13 - Sam Bettens
13:10 - Lesson: D & G string winding


Notes
Long form Larry with what might be the most boring Homeskoolin’ video of all time.

This one is for the real die hard Homeskoolers…you know who you are.

the instrumental record i made with dearest Guthrie Trapp is scheduled for release on May 1st...very exciting.

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

but wait....THERE'S MERCH TOO!!!!

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

March 8th, 2024

Uncle Larry’s Garage Sale “Super Thrifty Edition”

Chapters
00:00 - Ampeg Super Echo Twin
01:48 - Memoryman
02:25 - Grand Canyon
02:46 - Tranzformer GT
04:06 - National New Yorker
06:12 - Tone Ring cab
07:00 - Local pickup only


Notes
If you want any of this stuff email me at tombukovac@gmail.com....if anyone emails me asking the prices before they watch the whole video they are immediately disqualified from this garage sale, and will be promptly pinned to the spitball wall of shame...i know all of you guys's tricks

today's list
1964 Ampeg Super Echo Twin LOCAL PICKUP ONLY 1500.00
EHX Stereo Memoryman 150.00 ( will ship for an additional 18.00)
EHX Grand Canyon 150.00 (will ship for an additional 18.00)
API Tranzformer GT 500.00 (will ship for an additional 25.00)
1940 National New Yorker (all the work already done) no case 3K (local pickup preferred but if i can't find someone to buy it locally i will ship it)
1962-63 Fender 1x15 Tone Ring cab (Ebo just told me the speaker is an original old orange basket Fender labeled JBL D140 reckoned by Weber with D130 guts) 600.00 LOCAL PICKUP ONLY

March 7th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Uncle Larry’s Hillbilly Square Dance”

Chapters
00:00 - Lightin' up the guitar


Notes
Just got home from a long day of sessioneering with the great Jamey Johnson…still feel like playing.

Too bad these guys couldn’t find a good singer…or play good live…fuckin aaaaa
38 Special - Hold On Loosely - Live At Rockpalast 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kivx9cLGe5E

March 7th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Livin’ On Tulsa Time”

Chapters
00:00 - Gretsch / Welcome / Ashville
01:11 - Vintage guitar prices
06:18 - Fender Precision Bass
07:45 - '52 Gibson Goldtop
09:20 - New merch / Designer


Notes
Drew Winn of Guitar House of Tulsa stops by for a visit.
Come see him at the vintage guitar show in Asheville this weekend, and come see him at the Amigo’s Nashville show in March 23-24.

If you want to place a hold on either of these fine instruments email me at tombukovac@gmail.com