December 8th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 374, Tom Bukovac, “The Song Remains Strikingly Similar”

Chapters
00:00 - '63 Gibson ES-335 on the workbench


Notes
Uncle Larry does a bit of a deep dive on one of the most brilliantly designed guitars ever conceived by “mankind”…the Gibson ES-335 semi-hollowbody electric

To really understand the word “mankind” we must first break it down into two smaller words….

“mank” and “ind”

Birthed in 1958, a full decade before the author/director of this video, the es-335 (aka “the 335”) took the music world by storm with it’s exceptional tone, playability and versatility.

Special thanks to a particularly clever Homeskooler for today’s video title…I believe the fellas name was Chester…
nice one mate….i sometimes wish I was smart and funny enough to think of something that hilarious …I guess I’ll keep trying

Speaking of 335s, you may remember a cherry late 65 335 with bigsby holes that I sold on this channel several months back…it used to belong to my dear old friend Bubba….
Anyway, the guy that I sold it to recently contacted me saying that he wants to sell it ….
I think it’s 10k
If you want his email just ask and I’ll send it…all I ask is that you only do that if you are very serious about potentially buying it

It’s a good guitar

Also if anyone out there has a clean original case for my 63 that’s in this video please let me know …it would be black with yellow insides in 1963

I would pay handsomely if anyone has one that doesn’t smell like cat piss and mold

Over and out Homeskoolers

December 8th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 373, Tom Bukovac, “Eight Is Enough”

Chapters
00:00 - '61 Gibson SG on the workbench


Notes
Larry is joined by his dear son Marshall, who just turned 12 a couple days ago for a Sunday restringing session of a 1961 Gibson SG/Les Paul….the guitar was purchased new in 1961 by a dear friend of mine’s ex father in law for 275.00 as you can see by looking at the thumb nail of this upload. The photo shows the original receipt surrounded by the second best pink in the world.

December 7th, 2024

Uncle Larry’s Garage Sale “Early Winter Utilitarian Price Point Edition”

Chapters
00:00 - Led Zeppelin, "where did they steal that lick?"
02:17 - Fender Telecaster
03:10 - Fernandes Tele
04:09 - '79 Gibson SG
05:59 - Led Zeppelin - "No Quarter", "where did they steal that from?"


Notes
Three guitars

79 sg 1250
80s Fernandes tele custom 500
97 MIJ tele custom 1750

Plus shipping

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if interested

Local pickup always preferred

Package sale REALLY preferred

December 6th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 371, Tom Bukovac, “Iced Tea Dreams”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Steely Dan - "Reelin' in the Years"
00:54 - Elliott Randall and iconic guitar lead / Ampeg bass amp with Stratocaster
02:53 - Introduction to Homeskoolin'
03:15 - '64 Epiphone Alcala
06:25 - Jumbo frets
07:06 - Switches / Bad engineer hypothetical
08:02 - Switch #2 - "Maggie May" / Garden hose sound
09:07 - Epiphone guitar company history
10:20 - Playing: Rush - "New World Man"
11:00 - Neil Peart lyrics / Son's critique of the song
14:03 - Morgan Wallen and day off / Thanks
14:26 - The Who - "My Generation"
15:21 - Vemuram - Shanks ODS-1
17:25 - Pentatonic wizard / Whipping ass / Impersonation Contest / NFL


Notes
Royal Tan my ass

Uncle Larry gets into the weeds with some total stream of un-consciousness ramblin

Lord I was born a ramblin man

December 4th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 370, Tom Bukovac, “The Ceramic Man”

Chapters
00:00 - Singin' and a playin' - Chuck Cannon - God Shaped Hole
02:18 - Hello, friends! / Not impersonation / Asphalt paving work
03:48 - Chuck Cannon - God Shaped Hole
04:15 - Birthday gig - 3rd & Lindsley
05:48 - '64 Gibson J-50
06:20 - Camera freeze look
06:38 - Son wanted to drum / Jeff Senn guitar son likes / Eastwood guitar
08:51 - Inexpensive guitar
09:54 - Impersonation Contest love
11:52 - Lesson: Favorite chord (minor 9) (Dmin9) [x x 0 2 1 0] [x x 5 3 5 5]
15:40 - Gibson J-50
16:55 - New York gig with Anton Fig (David Letterman) / Ace Frehley - Rip It Out / Drum solo & guitar solo
19:00 - Singing


Notes
Uncle Larry gives ya whatever is left in the tank after another long day of sessioneering friends...

So…if you happen to enjoy people that can write fucking amazing songs and amazing lyrics, you should check out the REAL version of that old song i butchered at the beginning of this video….with these poor beat up old node-soaked vocal cords of mine....

• Poison

Chuck is a very dear old friend of mine (and Guthrie’s) and will be singing a couple songs with me at my little bday show Dec 20 at 3rd and Lindsley...a truly beautiful human...supremely talented and very gifted when it comes to " putting the pen to paper" as we say

Incidentally, this particular record you are hearing here was recorded when your uncle Larry was a much much younger man

Pre-kids…

Crazy to think about

December 3rd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 369, Tom Bukovac, “Brazilian Wax”

Chapters
00:00 - Recall humor / Fender Telecaster string setup
06:00 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale - Gibson Flying V


Notes
Special thanks to dear Nick Drushel at Glaser Instrument Repair for kickin this old 60 tele custom through the uprights.

I truly appreciate it bro

Here is the link to the upcoming Guitar Bomb show in Chicago

That’s a pretty good name ain’t it? I just thought of it right this second
https://www.axs.com/events/765962/guthrie-trapp-tom-bukovac-tickets

And here’s a link to the tele saddles you need
https://musiccitybridge.com/products/groove-master

December 1st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 368, Tom Bukovac, “The Tone Zone”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing a new Eastwood Guitars Senn
02:23 - Eastwood Senn guitar
04:26 - NFL
05:36 - Impersonation Contest
07:00 - '60 Fender Telecaster Custom (Burst side?)
09:34 - Glaser adjustiable saddles
10:12 - Fret job
10:51 - '60 Tele
12:11 - '63 Tele
12:57 - '60 Tele again
13:45 - Special thank you
14:14 - Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry shows ya a coupla cool guitars on a crisp Sunday

Here’s a couple things you need friends
https://musiccitybridge.com


Check out the new Eastwood Senn Model One guitar at Eastwoodguitars.com

Special thanks to Eric Mann at Blackbird Vintage guitars in Orlando FL for the smooth transaction

November 30th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 367, Tom Bukovac, “Big Boy Guitar”

Chapters
00:00 - Cranking on the guitar
01:05 - Music City Bridge
02:20 - Hi friends! / NFL / 8 days of my life
03:46 - Impersonation Contest
05:46 - 1960 Gibson Les Paul Junior - Tom Boots with matching amp / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
08:20 - $15,000 guitar and amp fixed by Ebo
09:35 - Another Fender Telecaster incoming


Notes
Step right up friends and secure the rights to the best guitar you have....

Email tombukovac@gmail.com


check out this sweet kid...fuckin awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VTdVhFW35E

November 29th, 2024

Homeskoolin Volume 366, Tom Bukovac, “Leftovers”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking a Tele on the workbench
01:42 - What's up?
02:58 - Cool lick to not steal
03:48 - Camera angle
05:00 - Start of the video
05:53 - Lesson: Vocal type quality
09:23 - NFL
10:45 - Thanksgiving
11:22 - Pinned comment
12:55 - '63 Fender Telecaster (beater)
14:21 - Jimmy Page, Alister Crowley and haunted Boleskine House
17:23 - Uncle Larry impersonation contest
17:50 - Need resurrect Homeskoolin' merch
18:22 - Good "doink" and "pllinky" sound
19:56 - Bought new Fender amp
20:42 - Reverb playing / NFL and betting


Notes
Uncle Larry covers a wide range of subjects in a Tryptophan haze

November 26th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 364, Tom Bukovac, “Firebrand X”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' the SG
08:49 - What's up? / Experimenting with beer
09:28 - '79 Gibson SG Firebrand X


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a stroll on a VERY affordable instrument from the dark days when Norlin The Magician ruled the world...

There is something just so inherently wrong about any guitar with a fret marker on the first fret …please forgive me

and you'll probably get a kick outta this friends...

• Is Great Hair the Secret to YouTube G...

if you like what you are hearing and seeing please throw something in the offering plate

PayPal is tombukovac‪@gmail.com‬
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

November 18th, 2024

Homeskoolin' Volume 362, Tom Bukovac, "The Return Of The Click"

Chapters
00:00 - Showing how to play a ES-335 - AMAZING
06:15 - What's up? / Tom Bukovac introduction
07:45 - Living off playing music / Playing
10:39 - ES-335 click
11:49 - Rehearsal / Nicky G
13:07 - Putting in energy / Giving a Fuck vs. Not giving a Fuck = Disgruntlement
14:06 - Dickhead comment on Guthrie channel / Lashing out
17:21 - Cheering you up for the win / Playing
18:13 - '63 Gibson ES-335 / Light bulb cherry
19:36 - NFL - Cowboys
21:22 - PAF pickup
21:50 - Lesson: Sexy slide


Notes
Uncle Larry rambles on about the mundane, the absurd and the magnificent....

If you like me, even though I'm pudgy, please throw something in the tip jar friends

Paypal is Tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

November 17th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 361, Tom Bukovac, “The Downward Pull”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends...hello, friends...
01:22 - Changing strings
02:56 - "Downward pull"
05:24 - Mark Morton - Lamb of God story
14:40 - Less than 50 instruments
15:15 - Love YouTube comments
19:10 - Kick ass Electro-Harmonix pedals (Big Muffs, Ram's Head, Electric Mistress)
21:00 - Dead center on strings / Jeff Senn
23:03 - George Gruhn Versitar
23:37 - Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow
24:45 - NFL betting
25:50 - MXR Stereo Chorus / New York gig


Notes
Uncle Larry has a little chat with ya while changing the strings on one of his old mules.

Thanks for the continued support of the channel friends

November 16th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 360, Tom Bukovac, “The Pizza Guy”

Chapters
00:00 - Singing and a playing
06:49 - Hello / Cleveland connection / Netflix - Mike Tyson & Jake Paul
10:30 - Rick Beato & Rick Waitman
11:51 - Session buddy story Martin D-28 busted headstock
16:18 - Discover a song randomly / Dismantling a song to assimilate it / Old Flame song
19:47 - Playing the piano / Arturia
21:55 - Thanks
22:28 - Beatles - "The Sun King" / What analog sounds like / Abbey Road


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on the biggest money grab in recent memory, and tells a harrowing story of a pizza delivery gone terribly wrong

November 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Gordie Sampson”

Chapters
00:00 - Gordie Sampson - Waves


Notes
This beautiful creature emerged from the most remote regions of Canada

I first met him 25 years ago actually, I have always been absolutely ENAMORED with his talent and he has been a dear friend all these years

He has written several number one songs, and just like all my other favorite musicians, he can play any instrument and produce records all day long

Before you comment about how he kind of sounds like John Mayer, Gordie wrote this song is in 1998 and he was doing this shit long before john Mayer was

“Waves” is the first song I ever saw him play…he has never recorded it.
This may be the only known recording of it

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 9th, 2024

Homeskoolin' "FINALLY, He Talks About Pedals!!!"

Chapters
00:00 - Some crazy pedal modulation and fuzz
01:30 - Collision Devices - Tars
02:14 - Reason son isn't on camera / Worst product ever
03:10 - Bare minimum pedalboard / Heavy and hard to carry
04:45 - Pedalboard look / Brigadier / Vintage pedals selloff?
07:50 - Son, Marshall playing
08:34 - Marshall's pedalboard


Notes
Uncle Larry gets into some pedal talk...because he knows you've been patiently waiting for it

November 8th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 356, Tom Bukovac, “Metric Modulation”

Chapters
00:00 - Slow lullaby into pickin' madness
02:51 - Rare phone fall & restart / Hello / Guthrie & Jedd
03:53 - Jedd Hughes gig / Working together and not against
05:42 - Son's Chopped Les Paul
06:16 - John Fogerty series / Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi
07:26 - Groove on "Born on the Bayou"
09:23 - Airline amp
11:21 - Livestream / Big Apple vs. reclining / Big thanks to people all over
13:13 - CC Deville & Poison vs. Bob Dylan
14:01 - Lesson: 7/8 groove
15:25 - Playing the drums
15:57 - GTO
16:27 - Footage: Amazing drumming and groove / Guthrie show
18:37 - Snake man - George Gruhn


Notes
“Metric modulation” friends…the new hip phrase to replace that old fashioned “ hemiola” word we all grew up saying….(look that one up if you are not familiar)

Anyhoo, thanks for tuning in and supporting my pitiful little channel friends...sorry i'm a little out of tune today....i used to care

If anyone feels compelled to donate a little love to your socially challenged old uncle you can do so at these links

PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com.
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1


Here’s the link for the upcoming New York livestream people

https://volume.com/t/kRhYIQ/

Guess who the snake man at the end of this video is?

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 28th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 353, Tom Bukovac, “Low Hanging Chords”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking some good ole guitar
01:50 - Hello, friends! / Freak accident in baseball cage
03:04 - NFL channel / Washington v Bears game
04:12 - Lesson: How to view chords / Knowing the fretboard / Root, third, fifth
11:40 - Lesson: Sound like a baritone / Cmaj [3 3 2] Dmin [5 5 3] Emin [7 7 5] F [8 8 7]
12:29 - Out-of-phase sound '52 Gibson
13:10 - Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel into melodic playing
13:38 - Lesson: Climbing up from the V chord
14:20 - Deep Larry from Brett Papa videos / Just the 3 bass strings coolness


Notes
Uncle Larry explains why you are basically fucked if you don’t instinctively and instantaneously know the notes on the neck …and talks about the “miracle at northwest stadium”

it has been well proven in the past on this channel that you guys simply do not give a FUCK about any type of old school country swing guitar, no matter how difficult, involved, or challenging it may be, but i am still doing it anyway... cuz i like it.

if i was going for likes and views i would just play tenths using only 6min, 4, 1, and 5 chords and sing "uh...uh...uh...." over it, because i know thats what you guys REALLY want