October 22nd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 351, Tom Bukovac, “Garbage Time”

Chapters
00:00 - Slammin' those strings into soaring goodness
07:34 - How you doing friends / NFL gruesome game / Baker Mayfield & Chris Godwin
09:24 - Lesson: Guitar swells [3 7 3 3 3 3]
10:12 - '53 Fender Telecaster / Neck shape
11:55 - Weak and dark pickup / Remagnatized / Modern wiring
12:24 - Too dark example
13:20 - Overused R&B lick
14:09 - 'Guitardom have had it' with pet peeve licks
15:23 - How fleeting life is / Sylvester Stallon documentary / Life goes faster and faster
16:55 - Playing
17:16 - Breaking into song :)
17:48 - Dan Auerbach studio
18:16 - "Being creative is happy space" / Producers being track guys
19:07 - Breaking into song again :)
20:18 - Too much to learn to summarize for someone to be a session player / Study great music / Creativity
25:00 - Capturing the creativity
26:38 - Ideas for the toolbag
28:10 - Brett Papa
28:32 - Trip The Witch


Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep into it with ya on a lovely Tuesday

Football and more with the boy from Willowick

September 5th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 334, Tom Bukovac, “The Arc Of Life”

Chapters
00:00 - Some traditional guitar
03:25 - Hello, friends!
04:00 - '57 Gibson Les Paul / Mark Bright, Carrie Underwood connection
05:41 - Looking back on life ("Arc of Life")
09:19 - Black Keys stuff / Dan Auerbach & Pat Carney
09:38 - Creative studio vs Corporate studio / Music as a painting and delivering
13:47 - Randall Bramblett / Putting your hearts into it vs. time and budget radio play
14:52 - Playing the Goldtop / Good guitar gives you everything / Thanks
16:04 - Led Zeppelin stealing, but amazing / Blues


Notes
This is the tune I mentioned, but check out this whole record friends…
Randall Bramblett

April 8th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 300, Tom Bukovac, “When Chairs Fly”

Chapters
00:00 - The Black Keys - On The Game
01:18 - Hey, early morning Larry / 100,000 Subscribers plaque / Fishing
02:55 - "Eclipse Monday" / Homeskooler Tweed Deluxe buy
03:43 - The Black Keys
05:00 - '63 Gibson Southern Jumbo / Old Gibson beater, run of the mill acoustic
07:43 - "The booze guy" / Negative connotation and cannot conform to everyone
10:44 - Morgan Wallace "chair" incident
12:53 - "Kalamazoo Corral" Gibson shootout video comments
13:38 - "Which one do you like to play?" / Refretting the Goldtop
15:06 - '57 Gibson ES-175
16:00 - Signing out


Notes
Sorry I had to repost this as there was a problem with the first upload


Southern jumbos, eclipses, 300th episodes…you name it we got it in this video friends.
Thank you guys again for being so cool and supporting the cause to bring chords back to music throughout the last 4 years and throughout 300 episodes and 900 plus videos.

It truly means a lot to Larry.

Larry’s PayPal tip jar feed hose pipe is connected to this address
Tombukovac@gmail.com.
His Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

April 6th, 2024

Homeskoolin' Volume 298, Tom Bukovac, "Something Borrowed Something Black"

Chapters
00:00 - Session take on the goldtop
01:45 - Playing some ZZ Top montage riffs into full rock n' roll into Joe Walsh on a black Gibson Les Paul Custom
08:58 - The 3 best guitars I've played but don't own (Dan Auerbach - '60 Tele Custom, Jim Bagget - '38 Martin D-18, Elliot Michael - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom)
09:27 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
10:23 - Acoustically played
10:50 - Bridge pickup
11:32 - Playing like Jimmy Page
11:58 - Out-of-phase bridge and middle pickup (shit sound)
12:24 - Neck pickup
13:10 - Trying to buy the guitar / Headstock repair, doesn't care


Notes
"well the bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar"...

The opening bit is one of Nicky G's soulful masterpieces...from the sessions we did this week.

March 9th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Saturday Guitar Repair Pt 2”

Chapters
00:00 - Picking sessions to play on / Good musicians (Dan Auerbach)
02:00 - Stringing mess / Good days vs. bad days
02:50 - Main thing is the singer / Little goals
05:14 - High E wrap
05:48 - Robert Keeley (Angry Orange, Blues Disorder, Super Rodent)
07:05 - Earthquaker call for help
07:36 - Saddles
08:00 - "Wang Bar" adjustment / In tune
11:04 - When someone doesn't tune
13:00 - Irsay update


Notes
well friends, if you made it this far you are definitely a real Homeskooler....

the instrumental record i made with dearest Guthrie Trapp is scheduled for release on May 1st...very exciting.

and....since we have a lot of new viewers coming along recently...
let me tell ya' how shit works around here...
first off, i NEVER ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....

if you do indeed learn some useful stuff from this channel and feel like it is indeed helping you as a player, all i ask is that you just throw a little something in the tip jar...especially since it's tax season ferchrissakes


You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1


a person could potentially purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merch..including several different extremely comfortable and nice feeling T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...i pride myself on having the comfiest t shirts on earth...no scratchy bad fitting horseshit here people.. check it out at
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to... one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

February 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin' Volume 284, Tom Bukovac, "Lord Loves A Workin' Man"

Chapters
00:00 - Helium fun
00:18 - Strumming away
02:44 - Starship Tommy, Dan Auerbach, Sheryl Crow and working on Stevie Nicks track
04:16 - Kay Jumbo with Hank Williams Sr. pic
04:44 - Nice guitar book (Vic DaPra)
05:50 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "What guitars have you never owned?" / Dean Cadillac
07:20 - Thanks for the nicest emails viewers send!
11:40 - Lesson: Altered tuning / Chool Chord


Notes
Uncle Larry recaps a week of heavy sessioneering and dips a toe in the dark dark waters of the VCB.

January 31st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 271, Tom Bukovac “Orange County Blossom Special”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro playing
01:39 - Starship Trooper from Cleveland / Dan Auerbach / Thanks
03:03 - LA Duesenberg trip
04:25 - Shitty glasses
04:54 - Joey Landreth / Duesenberg Germans
06:00 - Rick Beato / Lovers and haters / Teddy Boy & Silviu
08:12 - Gibson Theodore
09:45 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Peavey Amps
10:20 - How loud do you like to play? / Tinnitus / 100W Marshalls (Valve Power)
11:15 - "Music sounded better when I was younger" / Shawn Colvin - Polaroids / Frank Zappa
13:07 - Pedal reviews / Hologram - Chroma Console
14:00 - Today's guitar player (need more rhythm and balls)


Notes
Uncle Larry takes you through the last week or so of life as a session man and makes a psychic prediction about the future value of the world’s latest “lawsuit guitar”….

so we have a lot of new viewers recently

here's the real inside shit folks...i NEVER ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....

if you do indeed learn a lot of stuff from this channel and feel like it is indeed helping you as a player, all i ask is that you just throw a little something in the tip jar...

i'm not gonna lie people, it helps pay for beer, food for me and the boys, bills, and old guitars...that is truly all i use it for....oh, and maybe the occasional football bet...

where is this tip jar you say???

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

AND THERE'S MERCH TOO!!!!

a person could potentially purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merch..including several different extremely comfortable and nice feeling T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...i pride myself on having the comfiest t shirts on earth...no scratchy bad fitting horseshit here people.. check it out at
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to... one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

August 31st, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Special Edition, “Hermanos Gutiérrez”

Chapters
00:00 - At the Easy Eye with the Gutierrez brothers
06:00 - Getting to know the gentlemen


Notes
A special treat for all you guitar lovers out there…Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez of Hermanos Gutiérrez.


These guys have a new record coming out next spring.

Check out some of their videos on YouTube…super cool music and beautiful dudes.

Hope you enjoy

June 6th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 226, Tom Bukovac, "Strat Tuesday"

Chapters
00:00 - Intro cover
00:40 - Hello, class! / The Stratocaster
04:23 - Booker T. Jones / Playing by ear vs. knowing chords
05:25 - J.D. Simo / Wah-wah
07:40 - Setup / Jeff Senn pickups? / Suhr silent system
09:18 - Jeff Senn - Bridge pickup
09:45 - Bridge on a Strat will cut your face off
11:16 - '62 Strat - Bridge pickup / Vince Gill
12:43 - '63 Strat - Bridge pickup
13:35 - Senn Strat - Bridge pickup part II
14:03 - '62 Strat - Bridge pickup part II
14:37 - '63 Strat - Bridge pickup part II
15:05 - '63 Strat - Neck pickup
15:40 - '62 Strat - Neck pickup
16:23 - Senn Strat - Neck pickup
17:00 - Lesson: Bob Schmidty lick
17:58 - '63 Strat - Neck pickup part II
18:31 - 3-way switch
19:00 - '63 Strat - Middle pickup
20:00 - Out of hundreds of pre-CBS Strats - "this is the best"
20:34 - Senn Strat - Middle pickup
21:05 - Trigger Hippy & Senn Strat story
22:40 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Expound on Chuck Berry
23:47 - Plexi Soul part II?  Guthrie project, then Dean project
24:30 - Tone is heavy... / National New Yorker thanks and donations
25:17 - Recipe for a good comment? / "Hey Tom!"
26:03 - Flatwounds vs. Roundwound & raunch / Dan Auerbach / Pre-aged strings
28:25 - Favorite album cover art
30:00 - Marshall's hiss? / Some old 100W Marshall heads are quiet
31:18 - Blind tests
32:19 - Tape hiss...love it
32:30 - Sound wizard
32:50 - Lesson: Capistan reverb sound / Firebird video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztsptU_XIPk
34:48 - Wynonna Judd memories & Dave Letterman


Notes
Uncle Larry cracks open the VCB and gives you a tour of all 3 pickups.

May 13th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 216, Tom Bukovac, "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em"

Chapters
00:00 - Beatle-esque intro playing
01:05 - Hello, friends! / Fun night with Gov't Mule and playing with them
03:00 - Plugging in and there's no audio (Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs3Yf82sVsE)
03:45 - Collage of sound and loudness - "God's Stereo System"
04:30 - Rock'Em Sock'Em
05:36 - Nick, Audley, Warren story / Dreams
07:12 - VCB / Dan Auerbach project / Guitar shop
08:19 - More testosterone playing?
09:33 - Skipping the talking vs. skipping the playing / Free channel
11:09 - Fastest Tom can play? BPM
11:40 - Lesson: Cascading harmony moving all around and the unexpected
13:18 - Lesson: A lot of Tom's playing style
14:15 - Lesson: Cool chord (Absus/E [0 x 6 6 4 4])
14:42 - Mama's and the Papa's - California Dreamin'
16:00 - John Unitas card



Notes
Uncle Larry with the news of the day.

This day.

Summer is here...make sure you keep those ants out of the kitchen folks.

and...everyone knows that chiropractic porn is one of the fastest growing industries of 2023.

this channel is pioneering the way with some cutting edge content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvAemQx8pV8&t=0s

April 11th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 210, Tom Bukovac, "He Came From Somewhere Back In Her Long Ago"

Chapters
00:00 - Pickin' with the best of them
04:04 - Hello, friends! / Trip The Witch mugs
05:00 - Some amazing picking ascending into finger picking
06:02 - Lesson: Cool lick
06:52 - Twang like a Jazzmaster / Mosrite Combo
07:28 - Back to picking
08:54 - 50% hit ratio on licks
09:25 - Sweet gifts (NFL puzzles, Spuds lamp)
11:50 - The Gear Page comments
13:20 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Percentage of wankers?
14:57 - Certain artists' insecurity / Having a good time / Dan Auerbach
17:10 - Building your own studio?
17:58 - The Gear Page comedy / Chumbawamba
19:27 - Trip The Witch with Dean DeLeo / Guthrie project


Notes
Uncle Larry damn near strangles this poor old 64 Jazzy to death in a desperate search to find the lost chord.

Followed by an awkward transition into the VCB.

Trip the witch mugs available here
https://shop.bandwear.com/collections/trip-the-witch-shop

February 17th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 129, Tom Bukovac, “Nantucket Hayride”

Chapters
00:00 - Amazing playing w/ a little Nazareth
01:31 - Hello, class! / Kids
03:15 - 60's movie soundtrack sound
03:41 - 3rd person talking
04:10 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Rock n Roll heart
04:47 - Clarity of voice when playing
05:35 - Bringing out the sound / Voice leading
07:08 - Putting out a peaceful calm
08:21 - Hatemail / Captain Caveman
08:47 - Trip The Witch merch
09:31 - YouTube - Vice Grip Garage
13:08 - Ann Wilson day 2 / Paul Moak
14:04 - D Chord and "Smoke on the Water"


Notes
A brief chat about surf music and a look into the always fascinating viewer comment bin.

January 17th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 123, Tom Bukovac, “The Element Of Surprise”

Chapters
00:00 - Funky, blues mixed jamming
01:06 - Shredding it
01:56 - Hello, class!
02:23 - Snowy Nashville
03:30 - Rick Reith thanks
04:26 - Duesenberg guitar contest
05:25 - Opening tuning and figuring it out
05:56 - Duesenberg Starplayer (Limited Edition)
06:26 - Trip The Witch / shop.bandwear.com / Plexi Soul
07:45 - Viewer Comment Bin (VCB) / Least favorites form of music
09:42 - The best guitar you've ever played?
12:10 - Being a "YouTuber"
14:22 - Element of surprise / Unpredictable playing
16:00 - Paul Davids video (YouTube Link) / "Fuck-off Gilbert"
17:00 - A friend passing


Notes
A brief chat on all kinda shit…and here's all the links you need people....

Trip The Witch merch, like CD's. posters and comfy ass t-shirts: https://shop.bandwear.com/collections...

Tom Bukovac Plexi Soul digital download: https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album...

Tom Bukovac Plexi Soul CD's (yes, actual CD's that you can play in your 2005 Camry): https://reverb.com/item/47719071-tom-...

Homeskoolin’ merch like t-shirts, kick ass coffee mugs: www.guitarhouse.net

If you want to donate something to the guy in this video using Paypal use this address: tombukovac@gmail.com

If you want to donate something to the guy in this video using Venmo use this address: @Tom-Bukovac-1

October 17th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 74, Tom Bukovac, “Campin’ Man”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro bluesy jam
03:00 - Stratocaster, vibe trick
03:28 - Hello, class!
06:01 - Viewer Comment Bin / EVH
09:03 - Nervous during sessions?
10:22 - Cheap guitar playing
12:06 - Blues lick lesson / Power of the 5th


Notes
A brief discussion on the flatted fifth and the recently departed master of the pick scrape. Wish me luck today, I aint much of a wilderness man.

PayPal tip jar is tombukovac@gmail.com
T shirts and mugs available at www.guitarhouse.net

September 3rd, 2020

Homeskoolin Volume 67, Tom Bukovac “Rattlin’ Tube Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Long raunchy rock jam intro / "I'm in a mood today."
03:50 - Hello, class!
04:10 - Video / "Boys being boys" / Gambling
04:38 - Dave Stewart project / Sweet Dreams tracks
05:32 - 40,000 Subscribers / Thanks
06:02 - Viewer Comment Bin / Motorcycle?
06:50 - Go for it / Make mistakes
07:42 - Been to the Crossroads? No, Cleveland.
08:30 - Teach your parts to recording artist?
09:18 - Rob Thomas beat boxing
10:26 - Pick lesson / Major to minor blues lick
12:53 - How to get out of a rut?


Notes
A brief look through the VCB and a good illustration of why octal tubes suck.

PayPal tip jar is tombukovac@gmail.com
T shirts and mugs available at www.guitarhouse.net

August 23rd, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 65, Tom Bukovac, “Cadillac Larry”

Chapters
00:00 - Slow rock intro jam
03:01 - Hello, class!
04:25 - 80's Dean Cadillac
05:20 - Speight custom made baffle
05:52 - VCB / Everything going to be alright
06:27 - Chordal ideas and progressions?
08:12 - Greatest guitar tone? Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
09:06 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / Gretsch 6150T
10:02 - Black Sabbath / Gothic progression lesson


Notes
Hey guys....thanks for reading this....ya know, the stuff i write in here in important to me. First caller wins the little Gretsch 6150T for 550 plus 100 shipping domestic US only....

PayPal tip jar is tombukovac@gmail.com

July 25th, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 57, Tom Bukovac, “Fade Into Cleveland”

Chapters
00:00 - Island music intro
02:36 - Hello, class!
04:02 - RIP Peter Green
04:20 - VCB name / Reasonable man
05:24 - "A Good Friend of Mine"
06:00 - The Pretenders / Lesson
06:48 - String changing
07:28 - Mosrite Combo / Noisy
08:27 - Horizontal layout of chords


Notes
A brief chat family discussion about the VCB.

PayPal tip jar is tombukovac@gmail.com
Homeskoolin' merch available at www.guitarhouse.net