October 18th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “I’m Slovenian, I’m Nationwide”

Chapters
00:00 - Black and white plugged in acoustic


Notes
Uncle Larry fingerpicks through dark waters, traversing the dangerous ocean waves of harmony and searching for familiar shore

October 17th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Day At The Office “Anything Else Jaime?”

Chapters
00:00 - Working as a session / producer


Notes
Some days at work are just very relaxing…finishing up this record i am producing for Jaime French and I gotta say, sitting at the console listening to Wendy Moten sing backup vocals all day is not a bad way to make a living friends.

The hardest part of the day was deciding what to order for lunch

Trust me, this ain’t the way it goes every day…as much as I wish it was.

Surround yourself with extremely talented people and life is a hell of a lot more interesting

Check out Jaime French on YouTube …she is a well known comedian who also happens to be an amazing singer

Really enjoying this project …hope you enjoy as well friends

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 “BIG Bang For The Buck”

Chapters
00:00 - 'TOP of clean sound' amp


Notes
You would be AMAZED if you knew how many of your favorite guitar parts were recorded with one of these legendary grossly underpriced beasts.

The Roland Jazz Chorus 120

There was a time in music history when basically EVERYONE was using one of these amps…
you know why? Cuz they sound fucking amazing

For what it costs to buy one of these , there is really no excuse not to have one

Certainly not the right amp for everything, but the stuff it IS right for? There ain’t nothing better

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’ Volume 347, Tom Bukovac, “Water Damage”

Chapters
00:00 - Heavy strumming
02:17 - Hello, friends!
03:00 - Heartbroke message to those in the disaster
04:47 - Morgan Wallen work / How the sessions work
06:21 - Getting a demo copied live
08:36 - 2019 Martin acoustic
10:01 - Budget brand stuff?
11:10 - Thanks to the small, mighty community


Notes
Words can’t describe how much my heart goes out to anyone out there who is dealing with this colossal flooding nightmare …what a fucking mess.

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 23rd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 344, Tom Bukovac, “Rock And Roll Mountain”

Chapters
00:00 - Bringing out those tones
04:23 - Hi friends!
05:17 - More tones
05:54 - I Love Rock 'n' Roll
06:27 - Wings of Pegasus crusade
08:50 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / East Lake Ohio bar / Surfside Jack drawing
10:17 - Thanks / 5 minutes to sell guitar / "How long does it take to know if it has it or not?"
14:15 - Not my first PA head (Paul Kossoff)
14:41 - Break off toothpick / Rickenbacker
16:20 - Marshall Basketweave cab
16:49 - "Would you just use modeling gear?" / "Kemper, it's good enough"
19:00 - Drunk emails?
19:43 - Placid Blue Strat
20:22 - NFL games


Notes
Uncle Larry gets into some knee deep VCB on a fall Monday

September 22nd, 2024

Bachelor Cooking With Uncle Larry (Episode 3)

Chapters
00:00 - Cooking chili


Notes
Bachelor step by step tutorial on how to make Uncle Larry’s award winning “Bachelor Chili” on a beautiful Sunday afternoon

Special thanks to Leo for assisting with camera work and commentary

September 22nd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Sunday Bonus “Mapleglo Syrup….”

Chapters
00:00 - '66 Rickenbacker 360 look over
04:00 - '66 Marshall Plexi amp head


Notes
for your Sunday pancakes friends…

Welcome to Larry’s house of guitar horrors…where we take in the neglected brutalized stray dogs of the old guitar world and spend waaaaaay too much time and money trying to turn them in to well behaved domesticated studio pets.

Special thanks to Phil Bennett and Greg Germino for placing this BEAUTIFULLY manicured turn key old plexi into my life.
I can already tell I’m gonna have a LOT of fun with that one….

#whitebackpanelsforevah

…and a little word of encouragement for those of you out there who grew up with that legendary percussive plexi thunk that you can literally feel in your nutsack…that you can ONLY get out of an old Marshall or an old Hiwatt…it’s OK that you absolutely cannot stand modeling amps…neither can i……sssssshhhhhh

September 21st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Short….”Well Done Please...”

Chapters
00:00 - Day by the pool


Notes
At age 55, Uncle Larry is finally figuring out what Saturdays are for

September 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 343, Tom Bukovac, “Late Night Larry”

Chapters
00:00 - Some quick pickin'
02:24 - Lesson: Simple pull-off lick
04:02 - Doc Watson hello
04:25 - The Cliffs / Boys
06:04 - '63 Gibson Southern Jumbo
08:00 - Rickenbacker / Marshall
09:15 - Thanks, Guthrie, Underdog
12:25 - Australian Robert Plant
14:00 - Working with friends today / Lucky to be alive and playing live music together / Perspective
17:28 - Someone lashing out...insecurity driven / Cool to be alive
19:42 - Beatles - You Know My Name
20:40 - Lesson: Cool lick
21:10 - Lesson: Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing strum


Notes
Uncle Larry reminds you of some stuff you probably already know, but maybe tend to forget from time to time.

5500 for this 63 Gibson southern jumbo friends

Nice old guitar with no excuses and original hardshell case

Local pickup with cash VERY MUCH preferred

Claim it by emailing me at tombukovac@gmail com

September 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “You Had To Be There”

Chapters
00:00 - Guthrie Trapp playing


Notes
This crummy iPhone vid captures about 1 percent of what it was REALLY like tonite at the Underdog

Guthrie and the boys kickin ass in front of a packed house

Great night, lots of really sweet people and big music fans