December 26th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 381, Tom Bukovac, “Lake Placid Christmas”

Chapters
00:00 - Spacey Rock jam
01:04 - Hello, friends! / Christmas
02:21 - Betting games and winning money /  Chris "Sticks" McHugh setting up drum kit
04:02 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / What Rocks harder Strat or Tele?
04:20 - Strat Rock
04:39 - Tele Rock
05:03 - Tom needs to Rock Out more / What's wrong with mellow?
06:18 - Sports Bar Blues vs. airport "Tootsie's Bar" Alt Country?
07:28 - Why do you like old stuff? / Old stuff is made better
08:14 - Fender solid state amps analogy
09:27 - Forgotten era of sound
10:03 - John Cordy video distorted story / Modeling amps vs old amps
16:05 - Insane burst feud with Voyxu
20:32 - '65 Fender Stratocaster Lake Placid Blue & matching bass
22:13 - Lesson: C#min cool buzz sound



Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep into some post Christmas VCB

Happy holidays dear friends

December 23rd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 380, Tom Bukovac, “Holiday Tele Abuse”

Chapters
00:00 - Morning commute on the highway
12:24 - Control room contest video


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a break from watching some absolutely RIVETING videos on Voyxu’s channel long enough to get a bit naughty with this innocent old 63 Tele…

and a bit of comic relief by Jaime French and her sidekick Zack doing their best Uncle Larry’s


Hope you guys have a great holiday

December 22nd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 379, Tom Bukovac, “Thank You”

Chapters
00:00 - Electric Larry Land
04:54 - What's up friends! / Thank you attending show
08:49 - Gibson Les Paul
09:13 - Son Marshall at the show
10:15 - Numbnuts talking shit / Old Les Paul trash talking
12:15 - Football and thanks


Notes
The entire point of this video is to say THANK YOU to everyone who attended my little birthday show the other night…it was truly one of the best nights of life

The other point of this video is….who the fuck is this jackoff talkin shit about one of my friends?
This guy needs to stop…like now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fOfsWvfTXI

December 19th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 378, Tom Bukovac, “Sad Guitar Boogie”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming a familiar tune
02:44 - Lesson: Saddest chords of all time (I -> I/VII)
04:40 - Investigation into the I/VII
05:14 - Lesson: John Lennon - Mind Games
07:00 - Weird guitar the whole song / Oh, Hi, guys! / Bullshit vs. planned
07:41 - The Cliffs and Jedd Hughes and Tom Bukovac at The Basement / Jedd Hughes
09:58 - '64 Gibson J-50 / Sad guitar
10:49 - The Cliffs / Tom's 12yro son playing guitar on stage (respect privacy please)
12:41 - Thanks to D'Addario
13:14 - Two special Fuck Offs / Playing from memory vs. learning / Van Halen
17:17 - Friday night friends
18:44 - Tired of live streaming an event vs. being there live / What it was really like vs cell phone
20:32 - NFL?
21:04 - Movie with special friend / Twightlight Zone / Dan Aykroyd / Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)


Notes
So glad I went down to the Basement last night and saw my dear friends…
See y’all Friday

December 18th, 2024

Hey Kid….Ya Like Rock And Roll??

Chapters
00:00 - A little Van Halen
00:44 - "Do you like Rock 'n' Roll?" / The Cliffs


Notes
Wednesday night Cliffs at the Basement

December 17th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 377, Tom Bukovac, “5:30AM Me”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming a calming tune
01:41 - Hello, friends! / Cold in the house
03:18 - Hornet nest comments about Paul Reed Smith
04:01 - NFL and gambling
04:57 - Level of player and gear
05:46 - Jack Nicklaus golf clubs joke
06:53 - Cocaine and whores joke
07:22 - Comments about 'Mall Jazz'
07:45 - Lesson: (F# walking it up) (“The Great Gear Trap”) / (Fmaj9/G -> Dmaj9/E) / Larry Carlton
09:25 - Modelers vs. real amps / "The audience doesn't know the difference"
11:31 - Bubba and pain pills
12:10 - Boone's Farm
13:03 - Producing / Tuning and finesse the strings
16:19 - What the fuck is Gibson making the nut out of?
17:32 - The Rolling Stones stay in tune? / Jim Dickinson
18:45 - Tuning, out-of-tune, and everyone good out-of-tune
19:42 - 12-string and math for a pleasant tuning / Evertune guitar


Notes
Still dark out and Larry is already up trying to deal with the VCB.
I thought i would use a cool clickbait thumbnail that has absolutely nothing to do with the video just to draw in unsuspecting viewers.


There’s 2 parts to this video…here is part 1

Watch both parts of this …fuckin fascinating

Especially when he talks about how the Stones refused to tune any of their instruments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2gZyTNKikc

December 16th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 376, Tom Bukovac, “The Great Gear Trap”

Chapters
00:00 - Looping some 70s goodness
06:05 - Alright / Shitty kind of sound to sound good (poke)
07:15 - NFL
07:31 - Thanks for new camera view / Muscle memory
09:47 - Lonely Christmas and cheer
11:00 - Willie's 90th Birthday lookback / Benmont Tench, Gabe Witcher, Greg Leisz, Terence Higgins, Beck
13:25 - Drugs...never have done them...just a joke
14:10 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Jamie French
14:50 - Modeling and marketing / "Am I good enough for the gear" / Pool playing analogy
18:58 - New amp made by Paul Reed Smith / Jimi Hendrix & Duane Allman bullshit
21:35 - Cool outro



Notes
Uncle Larry glances off several cars in the VCB parking lot before finally crashing into the side of a building

December 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Audiophilia”

Chapters
00:00 - Exploring the notes in between notes


Notes
Uncle Larry continues down the paths of the micro-tonal experiments he has been conducting over the past several years…


who says there are only 12 notes?
I’ll tell ya who says that…boring people….and piano players

December 14th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Back In Black”

Chapters
00:00 - Blackface Twin Reverb history
05:25 - NFL Cards
06:07 - Hall of Fame of blocked YouTube users


Notes
Uncle Larry provides an extremely basic primer guide for the legendary blackface Fender amps that were built between 1964-67.

To say that these amps made a “significant impact” on many types of music would be a massive understatement.

The early ones that say “Fender Electric Instruments” (1964 through mid 65) under the model name on the front panel and have no metal Fender logo on the top left of the grille cloth are particularly desired by collectors and tube amp lovers.

I also take you on a tour of the “douchebag hall of fame”….a little stroll down memory lane of the legions of teddy boys that tried to disrupt your free music education

It was heartwarming for me to see all those names again …..nice work lads

December 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Mad Loop Friday”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing bass to a loop
01:04 - Switching to overdub guitar
02:14 - Another overdub


Notes
Uncle Larry gives it to ya on a Friday night old school r&b style

A little thing I made up through a luscious old 64 electric instruments twin reverb

When I was a young man, you were TRULY SOMEBODY if you had yourself a twin reverb…it was a rite of passage…still is I suppose

December 11th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 375, Tom Bukovac, “Castles Made Of Salmon”

Chapters
00:00 - Slow and steady Jimi-style?
05:41 - Hello, friends!
06:03 - Rickenbacker 360 / Rumble Seat / Playing
09:35 - Continuation
10:20 - New Novo guitar / Playing
15:25 - The Cliffs (Uncle Larry produced band) / Jed Hughes and Tom Bukovac opening
16:30 - Novo Guitars
17:12 - Playing: Jimi Hendrix - "Castles Made of Sand" (singing)
21:12 - Playing
23:13 - "Jive Bullshit" / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry tries his hand on a couple fresh horses

Special thanks to sweet Doug Jarrell at Rumbleseat Music for bringing this neglected old heap of parts from the 60s into 2024

Go see them Cliffs at the Basement on Dec 18 friends

Congrats to the folks at Novo for building a new guitar that can actually keep up with the likes of a Duesenberg Session Man

Thank you for your continued support of the channel friends….it means a lot to old Uncle Larry

December 10th, 2024

Homeskoolin Bonus…”And The Winner Is…”

Chapters
00:00 - Announcement of winner and videos
04:50 - Late 1960's Fender Telecasters - two!


Notes
Uncle Larry stops in to his favorite pedal store in Nashville…Guitar Effects Pedals Dot Com…after a day of sessioneering at Auerbach’s place finishing up dubs on new Black Keys record that I am very excited about

I thought that the pedal shop would be a lovely place to announce the winner(s) of the Uncle Larry impersonation contest

Thanks to all that participated…some gave all

If someone would be kind enough to post links to all four winners I win pin them for all to see…and then i would be happy

i also ask that the four winners please email me their mailing addresses at tombukovac@gmail.com

I also want to tell you guys that that amazing young rock band from Bloomington that i produced a while back called Cliffs, is playing a gig at the Basement here in Nashville on Dec 18th.

Myselfeth and dearest Jeddeth Hugheseth are gonna do a quick little opener set

Please come down and show some support for these talented young lads…they are a great band and amazing young dudes

December 9th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Metallurgy”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro - Lamb of God - "Laid to Rest" video / Mark Morton of Lamb of God / Lesson straight from the man
02:57 - Lesson: Mark Morton - Lamb of God - "Laid to Rest"


Notes
Sincere and heartfelt thanks to dear Mark Morton from The Lambs of The Gods for taking time out of his busy life to send these private instructional videos to my spoiled rotten son Marshy.

I suspected that Mark must have kids of his own to be so acutely aware of the impact that something like this can have on a young man...

It turns out he does…I KNEW it

Hope you metal heads enjoy

Mark is a sweet sweet guy....Lamb Of God is a fuckin' cool band...let's rock people.

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 372, Tom Bukovac, “Strat Fury Volume 4”

Chapters
00:00 - Showing some wizardry to a loop
07:30 - Alright, hey, friends / Humidifier
09:09 - Avon Silicon Glove hand lotion
10:02 - Lesson: Blues in E (Em7 -> A -> G7sus)
11:14 - Lesson: Soloing over
13:18 - Thanks for fixing wang bar
13:46 - Lesson: Solo tricks


Notes
Old Uncle Larry comin' at ya with some real helpful advice that’s gonna help you deal with this winter
friends

Get on Amazon and get yourself a tube of this shit right away…like tonight
Avon

This stuff has been around forever, and it is the ONLY hand lotion for guitar players ....dries IMMEDIATELY and doesn't get sticky

…and you can also use it with your vacuum cleaner too String Locker …ya know, if you get tired of playing guitar …

I also recommend you buy a couple of these and use them religiously through the next 4-5 months or so
Amazon

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 4th, 2024

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

Chapters
00:00 - Funky playing


Notes
Uncle Larry does an early morning dissection of one of pop history’s greatest vocal performances

Dig this live vocal, all being delivered while he is yelling at the monitor guy…

The GOAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t45QGRSXS1I