August 24th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “White Funk Railroad”

Chapters
00:00 - Doing that funky playing with a loop


Notes
You can bust some shit up real good with just two chords…music is mostly about rhythm.
The rhythm and the phrasing of the notes gets noticed by the human ear more than the actual notes themselves get noticed

In this example it’s just the 1 to the 4 back and forth in the key of C

If you get bored by just two chords, keep in mind that this groove actually has one more chord than “chain of fools” by ‘Retha does

August 23rd, 2024

Uncle Larry’s Early Fall Garage Sale, “Utilitarian Edition”

Chapters
00:00 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / Marshall Amp
01:23 - Marshall Cabs


Notes
Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you want either of these items friends

Local pickup only

Once I deem you the first responder/buyer you can PayPal me an earnest money deposit to hold the items using the same email above, which is also my PayPal address

August 22nd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 330, Tom Bukovac, “Idiometry”

Chapters
00:00 - That Country type thing
07:57 - Uncle Larry hello/update (Morgan Wallen / Dan Auerbach) / Thanks
09:10 - '52 Gibson Les Paul
10:04 - Lesson: Staying withing idioms or it just sounds untrained
12:42 - Playing into singing
13:49 - Buying a Plexi / Update / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry checks in in the middle of a long week of plunkin’ on guitars to pay the rent.

If you haven’t seen this yet, please do yourself a favor and watch this video friends

• I interviewed legendary guitar player...

Please understand, my interest in this video has absolutely NOTHING to do with the fact that he mentions a couple things about uncle Larry here and there…what I TRULY LOVE about this video is how it so clearly showcases what a beautiful person Dann is and always has been

so sweet , so genuinely humble..so supremely talented….such a special guy

August 22nd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ “Evolution Of A Rock Star” Pt. 2

Chapters
00:00 - Son playing guitar


Notes
He’s 11…there are plenty of virtuoso kids out there that are 8 years old shredding Yngwie kicks, but what i don’t ever hear in a kid’s playing is that Rust Belt groove.
You can’t teach pocket…you’re either born with it or you’re not.

August 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Hamburgers With Legs”

Chapters
00:00 - Geckos
05:25 - Gruhn's secret way of pressing guitar guards /
10:15 - Bent/cupped guard
10:58 - Old Strat tilted pickup twisted



Notes
If you don’t consider yourself to be a TRUE homeskooler you might want to skip this one lads.

Long form TOTALLY random content…a little something for everyone here in this patchwork quilt of slice of life moments from your old pal Uncle Larry.

Starring:
Marshall
Leo
The Leopard Gecko gang (Drake and Dotters)
Bubba
Greg Voros
Drew
Joel
Corey

…and the rest of the Gruhn Guitars family

August 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Bringin’ Back The Brown Pants Of Yesterday”

Chapters
00:00 - Little song in the control room.


Notes
Hello friends, one of the many people that showed up during yesterday’s 12 hour cavalcade of stars session that I was on was this kid Josh Weathers…I like his voice, but I LOVE them brown pants

Cast of characters for your records….

Sweet Little Danny Friszell was producing and engineering

Tony Lucido on bass

Moose Brown on Hammond

Pat McGrath on acoustic

Russ Pahl on steel

August 18th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus….”Thank You”

Chapters
00:00 - Image montage of friends
00:30 - Hello, friends / Appreciation for the fans at Guthrie Trapp & Tom Bukovac gig


Notes
Still buzzin’ from this amazing weekend friends…just a sincere thank you to all that came along to see and be a part if this celebration of music and life

I can’t find the words to explain how special it was for me to spend the entire weekend with all my best friends, who also happen to be some of the finest musicians to ever roam this earth

Nothin but love to you all

August 14th, 2024

Tom Bukovac, “Gold Digger”

Chapters
00:00 - Looping some amazing shit


Notes
A little tone from way back before the patent was actually granted …

August 14th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Western Bonus “Swangin’”

Chapters
00:00 - Western licks
01:55 - Live stream of Guthrie Trapp and Tom Bukovac $20


Notes
Here is the link to the livestream of this weekends gig friends...
https://volume.com/t/oIiehV/

August 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Milestones” (w/ special guest Blake Shelton)

Chapters
00:00 - Intro to questions with Blake
01:15 - The Session Man Shirt
02:13 - Favorite thing and least favorite thing?
03:01 - Favorite stuff Tom did on Blake's record?
03:25 - Jealous of Gwen on show?


Notes
One of my alltime favorite humans, my dear old friend Blake Shelton, joins the program for a very special occasion.

And PLEASE tell all your friends, here is the link if you wanna purchase the livestream of these upcoming live shows of Guthrie and I’s record release party this weekend.

https://volume.com/t/oIiehV/

August 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin' Volume 329, Tom Bukovac, "I Can't Gopher That"

Chapters
00:00 - Singing a Country song
02:45 - Hello, friends! / Jeffrey Steele / Thanks
04:15 - Sold out show
04:30 - Hanging with John Oates / David Kalmusky
05:41 - Tape on guitar to kill ring / Good sympathetic vibration is good
06:38 - Martin D-38 guitar / Checklist of things to buy
08:14 - Lesson: Cool way to play an Emaj7 [0 11 13 13 0 0]
09:23 - Job begging / "Must be present to win" (email from viewer) / Earn your place, no short cuts
13:09 - John Oates in session


Notes
Peter Blacklarge caterwauls a simple country song for ya'....


speaking of old country...this shit right here is so fucking bad ass....one day i am going to be in a band this good friends, i swear i am...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh2LU1K21DQ

August 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Danger Will Robinson”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro, Jeff Senn
01:08 - '54 Fender Stratocaster
01:46 - Fender Middle pickup
02:04 - Senn Middle pickup


Notes
As part of my lifelong effort to defend the honor and virtue of old guitars, I offer you this short comparison

Check out how much more fucking DANGEROUS the bridge pickup on this time capsule 150k early production 54 Strat is compared to the shit I normally use.

In a side by side comparison the senn sounds like a cheap model of the 54…

Granted, it’s all about context…what song are we playing etc etc…but you gotta admit, that shit sounds damn good.

Wish I could afford it friends

August 9th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Time Travel…1963”

Chapters
00:00 - Medley of everything from Beatles to the Flintstones
03:25 - Hello, friends!
03:45 - '63 Fender Telecaster / True Vintage / Frets & white case
05:50 - Guthrie Trapp gigs
06:12 - Vince Gill thank you at the Ryman
07:29 - In Studio with Cheap Trick


Notes
Uncle Larry displays a recently unearthed new old stock 1963 Telecaster and gets a little swampy with an old Beatle classic …even going as far as to change the title to “I Sawed Her Standing Hair”

August 5th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Hippie Strum”

Chapters
00:00 - Vince Gill gig up-close footage strumming away


Notes
Here’s an inside look at what is REALLY happening in the rhythm guitar engine room on these Vince gigs at the Ryman.

My dear mate Jedd Hughes and I are trying to make some comfy beds for the boss man to do his thing over all night long

These are also both good examples of the “hippie strum” on a jangly electric that I have basically worked my entire life to try to perfect…

so much harder than it sounds to make the hippie strum feel legit with the exact amount of jangle and just the right shimmer tone.

I’ll let you know when I get there.

August 4th, 2024

Chapters
00:00 - Mixture of style


Notes
Well I got home at 1am after night three of Vince Gill gigs at the Ryman

These are 4 hour gigs friends…play from 8pm to midnight…45 songs per night

But still after all that, the first thing I did when I got home was crack open a beer and bust some riffs on this sweet D28 I bought today

Ain’t nothin like playing an acoustic guitar

August 3rd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Garage Sale with your host Peter Blacklarge

Chapters
00:00 - '69 Gibson Les Paul Custom - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale


Notes
Thanks for tuning in friends

This is gonna be someone’s daily driver

Respond to tombukovac@gmail.com for in person pickup

That white 63 sg special I have with the vibrato arm is about to get thrown on the launch pile


That thing is TOTALLY tricked out Larry style…

Accepting offers on that

August 1st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Lord Loves A Workin’ Man”

Chapters
00:00 - Building some Blues
01:56 - Hello dear friends! / Checking in / Hot outside
02:54 - Vince Gill gig at the Ryman
03:17 - Julian Raymon (producer) garage sale
04:21 - Nashville commute to Cleveland delivery driver
05:10 - '65 Gibson Firebird I
05:45 - Guitar vault cartage
05:58 - Signing vinyl records (Guthrie Trapp & Tom Bukovac)


Notes
I forgot to mention one thing on my housekeeping list…I’m currently searching for a bad ass bug guy in the south Nashville area.

we used to call them “exterminators” in the old days but we can’t use that word anymore because the insects thought it was “insensitive”

Anyway, I need a bug NINJA…not just some big corporate bullshit company that gives everyone the same bullshit corporate treatment…I want some PERSONALIZED service…a guy I can text or call directly …a guy who is PASSIONATE about killing bugs

If anyone out there has has a REALLY good experience with any exterminating company PLEASE let me know

July 31st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Men At Work”

Chapters
00:00 - Vince Gill rehearsal footage


Notes
Jimmie Lee Sloas and I are old war buddies…..we have been in the trenches together for decades…literally hundreds of sessions…everything from terrible demos to classic hit records…we have done it all together.

the love i have for this boy cannot be measured

Jimmie is “ordained” in Nashville…he is on a very very short list of people that you will NEVER EVER IN A MILLION YEARS hear anybody talk shit on…

and if you ever DID hear someone talk shit on him, you would IMMEDIATELY know that that person is a total asshole and cannot be trusted for anything

This is not my opinion friends…this is FACT

July 31st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Who’s On Burst?”

Chapters
00:00 - 3 of the finest guitars on planet Earth.
01:14 - Vince Gill's 1959 Les Paul - Neck pickup
02:10 - Option B - Neck pickup
03:07 - Option C (1958) - Neck pickup
03:57 - Vince Gill's 1959 Les Paul - Neck pickup 2
04:42 - Option B (1959) - Neck pickup 2 (Lightest one in weight)
05:29 - Option C (1958) - Neck pickup 2
06:06 - Option C (1958) - Bridge pickup / B-string D note
07:22 - Option B (1959) - Bridge pickup
08:22 - Vince Gill's 1959 Les Paul - Bridge pickup
09:10 - "This shit makes me nervous" - Jedd Hughes / Second time around - Bridge pickups
09:52 - Option ? - Bridge pickup
10:46 - Option ? - Bridge pickup
11:25 - Neck shapes? / Bridge pickup
12:23 - Vince Gill's 1959 Les Paul - Bridge pickup
13:13 - Conclusion


Notes
Killin time at rehearsal with some golden age Kalamazoo…talent by Jedd Hughes

Lets hear your thoughts on favorite neck pickup and favorite bridge pickup…cuz we sure as hell can’t say

July 30th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Short, “Office Space”

Chapters
00:00 - Behind the scenes at Vince Gill gig


Notes
Uncle Larry’s cubicle