April 6th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ “Music To Sleep To”

Chapters
00:00 - You read it


Notes
Put this on when you’re ready to crash tonite after two glasses of red wine and a couple episodes of forensic files

April 6th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 424, Tom Bukovac, “Sunday Morning Acoustic Shootout"

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming
01:38 - Hello, friends! / Playing
02:40 - Lesson: Unexpected cool chords
06:25 - '64 Gibson J-50
06:56 - Martin D-28 Age Authentic
10:17 - J-50
11:15 - '64 Gibson J-200
13:14 - The Who and cell phones banned rant
16:05 - '43 Gibson J-45 Banner Head Mahogany
21:38 - J-45 Banner Head
21:59 - J-200
22:24 - D-28
22:50 - J-50
23:22 - Lesson: "What song are we playing"


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the dark corners some sweet old acoustics on a nice relaxing Sunday morning....grab a nice coffee and enjoy the ride.

friends....why do we all have all these different instruments?

is it an obsession? maybe

is it because we never know what song we are gonna be playing next? probably

if you are indeed enjoying this fine Sunday morning sermon, the collection plate is being passed through the aisles

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

April 5th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam, “The Wind Beneath My Strings”

Chapters
00:00 - Just amazing...with a '55


Notes
Sometimes Larry gets tired of talking…

April 4th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 423, Tom Bukovac, “Foxhole Friends”

Chapters
00:00 - Stringing up a ES
02:41 - '83 Gibson ES-335 Pro
03:45 - Double break / Tal Wilkinfeld
12:22 - Pickup height
16:00 - Skank and old cars
22:00 - Playing / Bridge height
23:05 - Alex Lifeson gear $6,500
32:30 - Tal Wilkinfeld


Notes
Uncle Larry tweaks on some Norlinry and waxes rhapsodic about the days events

…and of course my phone ran out of storage right as Tal was startin to get f-o-n-k—y…

oh and never mind that one of none dead original 57 anodized guard p bass with factory ORIGINAL gold sparkle finish she is playing in this video…please disperse people, there’s nothing to see here…

April 4th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Studio Trickery, “Lo-C”

Chapters
00:00 - In a session recording


Notes
Here’s 40 minutes of your life you’ll never get back…

One for the hard core Homeskoolers here…

Working on a track for a fella named Danny Anderson…produced by my dear friend Brandon Hood

Chris mchugh-drums
Mark hill-bass
Charlie Judge-keys
Seth Morton-engineer

April 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 422, Tom Bukovac, "Tone-nado Alley"

Chapters
00:00 - Putting those chords back into the music
01:48 - Hello, friends! / Lightning, thunder, and storms
03:00 - Playing with a cast of friends
06:10 - Firebird bridge (Volume 10)
06:55 - Firebird bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
07:21 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow
07:51 - Special bridge (Volume 10)
08:36 - Special bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
09:18 - '61 Gibson SG Special / Music City Saavy Bridge / Tweed Twins
10:37 - SG bridge (Volume 10)
11:36 - SG bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
12:08 - Treble bleed circuit
12:57 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow
13:10 - Junior bridge (Volume 10) / tuning
13:50 - Cont.
14:01 - Junior bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
14:37 - eBay '59 Gibson Junior
16:25 - '60 Gibson ES-330 / Not DIY
17:20 - ES-330 bridge (Volume 10)
18:00 - ES-330 bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
19:00 - ES-330 neck (Volume 10)
19:29 - ES-330 neck (Volume 7 or 8) / Junior neck skip
19:57 - SG neck (Volume 10)
20:27 - SG neck (Volume 7 or 8)
20:55 - Special neck (Volume 10)
21:00 - Special neck (Volume 7 or 8)
21:50 - Firebird neck (Volume 10)
22:00 - Firebird neck (Volume 7 or 8)
22:33 - Conclusion / Sonic differences


Notes
Uncle Larry dodges endless tornado attacks in an effort to provide you with some useful information regarding the sound of the most dangerous rock and roll sounding pickup ever be installed into an electric guitar...the Gibson P-90

Here it is some various instruments...let me know your thoughts about which one looks....uh...i mean sounds the best

April 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Attention All Rush Fanatics”

Chapters
00:00 - Alex Lifeson story / Blackbird Studios / Maestro MPF-1 Parametric Filter, Deluxe Electric Mistress Flanger, Boss CE-1 Chorus (Westbury Sound)
03:40 - Playing through the guitar effect
06:50 - Maestro MPF-1 Parametric Filter
08:20 - All 3 together
08:50 - Old debate (Ford vs Chevy)
10:29 - Selling it (1 of 2)


Notes
Uncle Larry has been around a lot of really cool old gear in his life friends…but he has seen very few things quite as cool as this …

April 1st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “King Of The Flat Tops”

Chapters
00:00 - Play that guitar, player


Notes
Good evening dear friends...
since the dawn of country and western music, there is only one guitar that ever earned the title “king of the flat tops” undisputedly.

the Gibson J-200….

any acoustic player knows that these gargantuan jumbos are VERY hit and miss…(mostly miss in my personal experience)

sadly, they rarely ever sound as cool as they look….BUT, when you luck out and find a special one, they can take ya' for a ride that no other acoustic can match

Thanks for watching Homeskoolers

editor's note:
Creeky this might be a good one for you to create a tempo map on, so you can add your Night Court bass sounds and Alesis HR-16 drum sounds...oh, and your muddy high gain slightly out of tune PRS overdubs

April 1st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 421, Tom Bukovac, “Behind Blue Eyes”

Chapters
00:00 - Description says it all


Notes
Introducing the class to a fairly new member of the heavy rotation session scene…
Dear Alex Wright

March 31st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 4:20, Tom Bukovac, “Bongpacker' Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Guitar goodness
03:06 - "Apologies to Kenny Wayne"
04:20 - Lesson: Bending both notes / Dann Huff
07:07 - Paul Reed Smith, Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, Burst and shootout setup
08:28 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
10:07 - PRS bridge
12:00 - Burst bridge
13:57 - Goldtop bridge
14:57 - PRS bridge
15:55 - PRS neck
17:37 - Goldtop neck
18:47 - Burst neck
19:41 - Burst bridge
20:13 - Goldtop bridge
21:03 - PRS bridge


Notes
I can already hear y'all complainin'.…

“Jesus Larry, i haven’t seen this many shootouts since i watched “Gunfight At OK Corral”…ease up man…”

well. i'm sorry friends...but this one was by request

ya' see friends, Uncle Larry don't smokes no weeds...but he can still dedicate an episode to all you stoners out there...

Volume 4:20

hope you enjoy

look around the corner friends...right down the hallway, just past the bathroom...
there is a tip jar...any money that you put in there goes to helping bring chords back to music

venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1
paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com

and one more thing i probably should mention... all of the sudden i've gotten into turkey hunting...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu8vzgYZDkA

March 31st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 419, Tom Bukovac, “Human Steak”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking away some tunes
04:08 - Jedd Hughes birthday
04:49 - Lesson: Vince Gill lick
05:32 - Lesson: Brett Papa and the I IV V (one four five)
07:10 - Tornado warning
07:42 - Rare video mix
09:50 - Dann Huff
12:01 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / When a guitar player doesn't have it
12:41 - Music and sex and banging human steak
16:06 - Happiest you've ever been (20s vs 50s) / Cred
23:05 - '65 Fender Stratocaster Lake Placid Blue


Notes
Uncle Larry puts on some rubber boots and wades out into a sewer back up of messy VCB

March 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 418, Tom Bukovac, "Pack A Lunch"

Chapters
00:00 - Messing with the bar
04:02 - Dann Huff and Brett Papa promotion
05:40 - Trip The Witch announcement
09:15 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / PRS McCarty
13:30 - Boutique gear
17:40 - Uncle Larry guitar or pedal?
19:58 - Lesson: Dr. John piano lick
22:28 - VCB return alien language comment
23:58 - Comparing guitars
24:41 - Stalker Guy
25:12 - Dean Z (Zelinsky)
25:52 - Nice comments
26:39 - Duesenberg lick at 18:01
27:02 - Lesson: Hendrix type lick
27:52 - Intonation
38:28 - '65 Fender StratocasterLake Placid Blue
39:08 - '65 Strat neck
39:17 - '65 Strat middle
39:50 - New Strat bridge


Notes
Ok Larry, this over-posting is getting a little out of hand don't ya think?

Sorry friends...this one is over 40 minutes so you might wanna just stick this one under your bed for a rainy day in case you need it down the road when the next Homeskoolin drought happens ....

March 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 417, Tom Bukovac, “Sunday Drive”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing the PRS McCarty
03:06 - Hello, class
05:13 - Paul Reed Smith
06:13 - PRS bridge / Intonation
07:34 - Stalker Guy imploding YouTube channel / Jumping the Shark
10:08 - Dean Z bridge
12:34 - PRS McCarty
13:06 - Duesenberg Session Man bridge
14:12 - Duesenberg summary
14:41 - PRS McCarty bridge
15:23 - Dean Z bridge
16:27 - Duesenberg bridge / Bridge height / Voxey AC30 sound
17:19 - Duesenberg neck
18:01 - The lick on the Duesenberg
18:30 - Dean Z neck fantastic sustain
20:10 - PRS McCarty neck
21:57 - One more time (PRS)
22:31 - Same horseshit (Dean)
23:33 - Duesenberg


Notes
Uncle Larry puts on his driving gloves and takes a few humbuckers out on a little trip through the country….


best 20 bucks i ever spent right here...the walrus was Paul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0WJO5iDa6Y

March 29th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 416, Tom Bukovac, “Mr. Click & His Friends”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends / Update / Playing
04:34 - Neck pickup
07:30 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow / Playing
11:00 - Music City Bridge / Playing
11:55 - Paul Reed Smith McCarty
13:30 - PRS Prototype / McCarty playing
16:30 - Gibson ES-335 playing
17:38 - McCarty bridge
18:07 - McCarty neck
20:04 - ES-335 neck
20:48 - John Coltrane lick
22:00 - PRS Prototype
23:24 - PRS Prototype neck
24:18 - Lesson: Kenny Wayne Shepherd swipe


Notes
Uncle Larry shows off how ridiculously in tune he can make an old Gibson with just some simple household tools…AND shows you a couple new guitars

March 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 415, Tom Bukovac, “Offset Contour Body”

Chapters
00:00 - Pink Floyd nickname
03:00 - La Bella strings - Deep Talkin' Bass / Stringing
06:14 - PRS video
13:45 - J45 acoustic for sale $13,000 plus shipping
17:24 - Gordon Mote update
18:50 - The Cliffs


Notes
Uncle Larry puts some sweet high dollar flat wound strings on this tasty old hippie refin 63 jazz...
this one will forever be known as the "Azz Ass"

thank you guys for the ongoing support of the channel.

March 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 414, Tom Bukovac, “Lord Of The Shims”

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction to Nick Govrik's new album
02:57 - In the studio
03:34 - Hello, friends / Bench video Gibson ES-330 spacers/shims
04:56 - Epiphone Casino / Keith Urban
05:13 - "I like short shorts" sticker / '60 Gibson ES-330
05:45 - Pickup too low / Mo Pitney
08:47 - Shims
17:33 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom / Backstory
20:40 - Custom middle position
21:54 - Pickup height
22:02 - Custom neck pickup
22:33 - Custom bridge pickup
24:55 - Lesson: Double hammer-on
25:00 - "Retro doink"


Notes
It won’t be long now friends…til Uncle Nick’s record will be available for purchase on CD and vinyl!!

Nick Govrik
“One More Time For The Man”

I ain’t gonna lie , we are so damn proud of this thing…truly a labor of love.
The boy can write a song and that’s no joke

…and in other news , we got a quick little clip from todays country and western session AND a failed bench experiment that gets saved by the glory of some ancient Alnico…can I borrow your stapler?

March 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 413, Tom Bukovac, “American Plumber”

Chapters
00:00 - Chugging on a PRS Prototype
02:20 - Hello, friends!
02:38 - Paul Reed Smith / New pickups
03:24 - Alpha male
04:00 - New no truss rod neck
04:44 - New PRS pickups
05:30 - Rickenbacker video comment
06:00 - Endless sustain
07:00 - PRS bridge pickup
07:36 - PRS neck pickup
08:15 - Stratocaster single coil
09:15 - Gibson SG P90 / Not as crystalline as Strat
10:36 - PRS one more time / Cross between: Strat sounding P90
12:20 - PRS neck pickup
12:50 - Les Paul Special P90 neck
13:58 - PRS same lick
14:35 - Sessions today


Notes
Uncle Larry gives ya an idea of what the new PRS guitars are all about

I’m really proud of Paul, he ain’t fuckin around …
I appreciate any man who wants to push the boundaries in this life

March 26th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 412, Tom Bukovac, “Retail Of Two Cities”

Chapters
00:00 - Buying a Gibson Les Paul at Music City Vintage / Best guitars in the store
05:46 - Graham Whitford story about rockstar dad (Brad Whitford)
10:30 - "Best walk in guitar?"
12:38 - Studio at the old house checkin out a session


Notes
well ok Homeskoolers, i would like you to meet a few more of my friends.

check out this cool store next time you are in the hood folks…Music City Vintage…very nice gear and very sweet folks....

Today's video starring:
Beau Carter
Graham Whitford
Ben
Tammy

I mentioned in the MCV video that I had a day off today…hahaaa.

I literally forgot that I did a quick overdub session this afternoon at my beloved old house that I owned years ago….

as i mentioned before to you guys, i should have never gotten rid of that studio...

#liferegrets

but... I am thrilled that my dear friend Mills Logan still has it and we can work there anytime we want…

so many memories in that room friends...i can't even begin to tell ya'

that’s the little home studio I told you guys about a while back where Brad Paisley made a lot of his earlier records. it was also the place where the Alison Krauss track “Whiskey Lullaby” was recorded.
i remember back in those days Zac Childs was Brad's guitar tech and he was always out there in my little garage.

I remember getting ready to go to work on an ordinary day, and I would open the door to the garage studio and someone like James Burton would just be standing there…
i never knew who would be out there at any given moment...fun times.

that session today was just a little pop country thing ….easy breezy…i worked for an LA based producer I had never met before called David Kershenbaum…very sweet fella

The folks in the studio with me were Mills Logan (amazing engineer) , Rowan Stewart (amazing drummer for Cliffs) and the studio assistant Riley

March 26th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 411, Tom Bukovac, “Jangle Reinhardt”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing a Rickenbacker
03:51 - Hello, friends! / Playing
04:41 - '67-ish Rickenbacker 360 / Doug at Rumbleseat
06:24 - Toastertop pickups / Maple Glo and other Rickenbacker colors
07:40 - Comment sticky / "Surrendered Tone" / Naming paint colors at Sherwin Williams
09:20 - Amatuer guitar player only playing what they know on different guitars
10:30 - Jedd Hughes / Know how to find the good section of the guitar
10:59 - Paul McCartney with Robbie McIntosh story / Can't every guitar the same
12:25 - Opening guitar playing is difficult / Gotta learn how to do it / Hard parts
15:49 - Nothing wrong with being a hobbyist / Doing it professionally...have to be able to do it
18:43 - Rickenbacker reminiscent of Dave Stewart
21:24 - Dave Stewart trip to Tahiti
22:30 - Fishing out a lesson


Notes
Uncle Larry takes you through the sordid experience of owning an old Rickenbacker…

I always thought the company motto should be

“Rickenbacker…lower your expectations”

but…just like an old Gretsch or Mosrite that plays TERRIBLY…it simply doesn’t matter…because THE SOUND is what people are after

friends, if you are truly getting some joy out of these videos...the tip jar is just around the corner....
paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com
venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

March 25th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Star Spangled Banner Heads”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing '43 Gibson Banner Head (logo) Mahogany
02:04 - '43 Gibson Banner Head - Mahogany
02:15 - '44 Gibson Banner Head - Maple
04:00 - Some G stuff
04:20 - '43 Mahogany
05:03 - '44 Maple
05:31 - "Which one you like better?" / Tuner-ette / Difference in sound with clamp on tuner
06:31 - Intonation on '43 Mahogany / Peterson tuner and incredible intonation
08:17 - Intonation on '44 Maple
08:42 - Lesson: Acoustic chord for tuning [0 11 x 13 0 0] E Major
09:02 - Playing: '43 Mahogany acoustic chord
09:32 - Thanks to Music City & Glaser Instruments, and more


Notes
Uncle Larry brings forth a rare comparison between two sweet old banner heads …a 44 maple and a 43 mahogany that just found it’s way into the Homeskoolin universe on the heels of the recent 62 sg sale …

Wood doesn’t matter right?

I