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’ Bonus “Bring A Yacht”

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

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 3rd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Mother Nature’s Phaser”

Chapters
00:00 - Lesson: Fighting to be heard in an acoustic setting


Notes
The one and only Bryan Sutton

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 28th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Hot Holiday Pick

Chapters
00:00 - Happy Thanksgiving to all


Notes
Follow Larry to the pay out window today friends

Oh and happy thanksgiving


You gotta buy that half down to 3 boys

Gonna be 30 pct vig but it’s a lock

November 27th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 365, Tom Bukovac, “Dual Gate Shifter Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello friends / Jenn Senn in Shell Pink / Changing strings
04:19 - Gibson Firebrand X talk / Pickups
05:02 - Cutting the strings
05:39 - Spanish tuning
07:41 - Strings D'Addario
08:40 - Stratocaster string wraps
09:03 - Pontiac GTO / Looking for a mechanic
11:23 - Birthday gig Dec. 20th 3rd & Lindsley / Thanks
13:33 - NFL: Giants
18:53 - Playing: The Who - "Teenage Wasteland"
20:02 - Special 'Blues over Major' playing
21:35 - Strings stretching and changing intonation / Cutting the spring
24:54 - Lesson: Test chord (Bmaj/E) [0 14 16 16 16 0]


Notes
Uncle Larry tries to exhume a Senn Strat from a thick coated shell of acidic hand residue and waxes rhapsodic about ratchet shifters and the internet

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 23rd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, Tom Bukovac, “Hello Dolly”

Chapters
00:00 - Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas
04:52 - '44 Gibson J45 acoustic newly bought TR Crandle
06:57 - Hard Candy Christmas / Carol Hall / Artist making song their own
08:13 - Backing up Tommy Exley
08:41 - Thank you for New York / Birthday gig Dec. 20th 3rd & Lindsley


Notes
Just a little something to get all you Homeskoolers in the Christmas spirit…and a VERY special thank you to those who attended the NYC shows

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 “The Cutting Edge Of Technology”

Chapters
00:00 - Gordon Mote update on special glasses that read for him


Notes
This is definitely not how Hank did it friends…

Our dear friend Gordon Mote amazes us once again, except this time with some crazy new gear, instead of the usual musical wizardry