November 11th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 358, Tom Bukovac, “The Death Of America’s Team”

Chapters
00:00 - Taking that Gretsch higher
05:28 - Beatles - The Sun King (singing and playing)
07:24 - John Lennon bashes Rolling Stones and Mick Jagger
09:04 - Roland JC-120 (Jazz Chorus 120) / Blackface Twin Reverb
10:13 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
10:47 - Pontiac GTO delivery
11:29 - Sam Bettens
12:21 - Lesson: Raised 5th on minor
13:20 - Child rearing comments
14:10 - "Stupid Boy"?
15:35 - Twisters movie / Recycled stuff
16:26 - Originality / David Essex - Rock On / Herbie Flowers / John Deacon
18:51 - "You don't talk about women"? / Private life and class
19:56 - Otis Gibbs, Guthrie, Jedd
20:31 - NFL
23:05 - "Most amateurs get wrong"
24:58 - "Is tone in the hands?" / Nothing to do with gear
25:55 - Making up a Will and writing the letter


Notes
Uncle Larry covers a wide swath of VCB in one swell foop on this Veteran's Day holiday….
Everything from gettin’ laid to the Abbey Road medley.

here is that Lennon interview i mentioned
• John Lennon vs Mick Jagger

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November 10th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 357, Tom Bukovac, “The Art Wall”

Chapters
00:00 - Some strumming
04:10 - Hello, friends! / Video games
05:50 - Dead strings / In tune
06:40 - Acid hands and strings
08:21 - Youtube videos about trips (Truck House Life)
09:26 - Negative visualization about life / Stay calm
12:55 - Comment about harsh child teaching / Understanding of life through kids / 100% selflessness
16:52 - "Life goes so fast"?
18:30 - Lesson: Fast scale
18:57 - Early Scorpions - Sails of Charon / Captain Beyond
21:00 - Lesson: "Snake Charmer Scale"
21:50 - Uli Roth at Wacken story (Playing Sails of Charon)
22:44 - Otis Gibbs (new YouTube channel) & Todd Sharp (Nashville Amp Repair)
23:42 - Rust Valley Restorers show
24:53 - Rolling Stones - Angie


Notes
Uncle Larry gives ya the REAL truth about having kids.....ya' know, all the stuff that's not in the brochure.
If any of you boys out there are on the fence regarding this particular subject, maybe this will give ya a nudge...in either direction...

only slightly unrelated, dear Leo and I are very proud of the art wall we put up in the new house last night ...some of his finest works, new and old.
such a good boy, very creative soul.

on the subject of music, people will sometimes ask me things like
"uncle larry, what is your definition of REAL soul and feel on the guitar?..."

i ALWAYS respond the same way....i just say "watch THIS friends"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hYPo2py77A

October 18th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 350, Tom Bukovac, “Small Block”

Chapters
00:00 - Cover: Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
02:44 - What's up? / Playing
05:55 - Night Rider - Jimmy Bryant
07:00 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
07:45 - "Blowing your musical mind lately?" / Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey by Paul McCartney
09:00 - Lesson: Beautiful off chords / E6/9 [0 2 6 4 2 2]
09:40 - Lesson: Fmaj713 [8 8 7 9 10 8]
10:56 - "What's on the horizon?" / Producing
12:43 - "What does it cost to make a record?" / $40,000 - $45,000 / Brett Papa course
15:57 - ' 61 - '62 Gibson SG & story
17:18 - Arena tone
19:14 - Old Western playing


Notes
Uncle Larry answers a few questions in the VCB and caterwauls one of his all time favorite songs for your listening pleasure.

September 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Special Treat “The Coolest Guy On Earth”

Chapters
00:00 - Dean DeLeo showing it properly


Notes
Well friends, I got clearance from corporate to show you these two EXTREMELY cool videos I have been sitting on for ages. I hope you enjoy as much as I have.

Learn how to play a couple of your favorite STP songs from the guy who actually played the parts on the record.

Dean literally is the coolest guy on the planet…such a sweet cat and so freakishly talented.

Rock on Homeskoolers

September 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Uncle Larry’s Grueling Upcoming Live Gig Schedule”

Chapters
00:00 - Beatles and more montage
00:46 - Thank you care package / Calendar schedule update
04:12 - Epiphone Olympic / Excellent chopper guitar / "And then you'll be happy"
05:28 - Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby call out to Dean DeLeo how to play "Sour Girl" and "Interstate Love Song"
06:58 - Birthday gig


Notes
Lots of gigs comin up kids

Get your pencils out

9/19 at underdog for “guitar night”

10/4 at riverside revival guesting on a couple songs with Randall Bramlett

10/5 sitting in on a couple songs at underdog for “undie fest”

11/6 & 7 with Jedd Hughes at the basement

11/13 with Joe Walsh at Vets Aid

11/19-21 at bitter end in NYC with Guthrie

12/20 my intimate birthday show at 3rd and lindsley

July 25th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 326, Tom Bukovac, “Junk Food Larry"

Chapters
00:00 - Nice calming vibrations
02:56 - What's up, friends! / Intro / Nashville guitar day / Fretboard Journal call
04:56 - "Insufferable" Larry in the studio / Visions
05:55 - Guthrie Trapp & Tom Bukovac - In Stereo vinyl final product
06:42 - Gruhn's, Guitar Magazine, Eric "Ebo" Borash
08:09 - Album thanks
08:28 - The Gear Page guy equates videos to "junk food"
09:57 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Cast of characters
12:21 - Les Paul measuring tool for the safe
12:34 - "Need to see curled lip"
13:05 - Guthrie Trapp New York trip and gigs in November
14:30 - Joe's Shanghai, Blue Ribbon Sushi / Drinking beer from glass
15:00 - "Guitar players mostly playing for other guitar players?"
16:12 - Musicians that constantly use the volume and tone / Nuances in tone
17:58 - Compression (compressor / 1176) / Darkening the tone
18:45 - Football season
19:23 - Sessionman get paid? / Never ask someone about finances / Unspoken bro code
20:33 -'57 Les Paul Gibson getting refretted at Gruhn's


Notes
Uncle Larry strums a little tune for ya' on a chunky old Gibson with “double grams" as they say in the biz...

can you play like this?.....yeah me neither...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol09CeTzm0

so let's say you feel like you are indeed learning a lot from these silly videos i make...and maybe you are starting to feel a liiiiiiiiittttle bit guilty that you haven't thrown something in the tip jar to help with my personal one man crusade to bring chords back to music...well friends, you can fix that today....

my PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

July 4th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Holiday Bonus “Independence Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - National Anthem


Notes
Happy 4th to all cats

March 21st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 292, Tom Bukovac, “Fresh Out Da Bed”

Chapters
00:00 - Testing out the Junior and letting it ring out
04:40 - Hello, Larry! / Fresh out the bed / Thanks for 100k subscribers / Buk-o-Vac / New mugs
06:00 - 4 years to the day - 100,000
06:30 - Ticketmaster situation for Weezer / Appreciation for Homeskoolers / Road trip?
08:03 - '57 Gibson Les Paul Junior
09:04 - Try that chord see how it sounds
09:20 - Packing material trick / Open the bottom of guitar box first
10:50 - Brett Papa work
11:01 - In tune chord [0 11 x 13 14 14]  (E69)
11:34 - "Whatcha been listening to?" / Sly and The Family Stone
13:07 - "Whatcha been watching, Larry?" / "What Went Wrong"


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the deepest crevasses of a 60 junior he just got….and gives ya a life hack that you might actually use.

new coffee cups!
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/tom-bukovac-homeskoolin-mug.html

and if you have never heard this total awesomeness, you're welcome...the funkiest, blackest shit EVER recorded by human beings on this planet if ya ask me...
dig the guitar/horn stabs in the verse...how the FUCK did they do that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6xhSqz_4m8

November 24th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 258, Tom Bukovac, “The Lazy River Of Phase”

Chapters
00:00 - Some straight from the heart playing
01:30 - Hello, friends! / No food coma / NFL
03:00 - Mu-Tron - Phaser sound is supposed to sound like
04:46 - Best Big Muff? / Kit Rae website / Ram's Head Big Muff and bypass
07:33 - Never know what to expect...mix it up / Gruhn's and special guest
08:15 - Life's pretty good, zoom out and look at life from a different perspective
10:30 - Rolling Stones and the genius of Brian Jones
11:23 - Lesson: Ruby Tuesday and riding the sus
12:33 - Dumble amps / Pre-70's Marshalls cult / Cults
14:00 - Subscription based addition to Homeskoolin' / Liking free shit
15:10 - The Boss Bruce Springsteen


Notes
Uncle Larry exits the chaotic world of Gen Z cellphone tone and goes back to his analog roots....

here's a couple things you guys might like...
http://www.kitrae.net/music/music_big_muff.html

full original broadcast with commercials and all...fuckin' rad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBAVqhaCwd8&t=0s

November 22nd, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Rare Gear Review

Chapters
00:00 - Ruby Tuesday intro
00:40 - 'Hot pedal review' explanation
01:28 - Recommended pedal Chroma Console
04:00 - Good stuff


Notes
This morning Larry discussed the Hologram Chroma Console and more importantly, shows the genius of Brian Jones

October 29th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Big Owl”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' it
01:25 - Practicing / Serious thank you!
02:57 - NRBQ Big Al Anderson and garage sale
05:05 - Asher
05:48 - Fulltone Tape Echo
06:04 - Vox AC15c
06:32 - Hamer Newport
08:00 - Big All home footage
09:59 - Session footage


Notes
Hello friends.

Thank you for the purchases of the Plexi Soul vinyl. If you haven’t got one yet here’s the two links you can use:

https://thesessionman.myshopify.com/

https://thesessionman.com/

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you wanna buy some of Al’s gear

Asher tele 2500 (will ship)
Fulltone tape echo 1500 (local pickup only)
2 Vox “Maroon Bronco” AC15C 1x12 combos with nice covers 500 apiece (local pickup only)
2009 ish (I think) Hamer Newport hollowbody electric, plays nice 1200 (will ship)

September 28th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Cereal Box Blues Mach II”

Chapters
00:00 - Nice feedback, slide guitar


Notes
Larry being driven around by one of the cleanest late 50’s Danelectro U-2’s a man could ever find after a long day of sessioneering.

June 12th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Saturday Night Family Jams

Chapters
00:00 - Covers by Uncle Larry's family


Notes
Uncle Larry and his two sweet sweet boys get their ya ya’s out on a Saturday night….
starring:

Leo (age 7) on the Hammond B3

and

Marshall (age 10) on the 1990 Gibson Flyin’ V he just got today at Rumbleseat Music

May 19th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 219, Tom Bukovac, "The Phases"

Chapters
00:00 - Remember when songs had chords
01:24 - Hello, friends! / Talent show "Back In Black"
02:30 - Contest update / Strumming away
04:10 - Text thread
05:45 - Strymon Flint secret
06:40 - Magic setting (Give credits to Renn)
07:30 - Theory of phases of guitar player's life (Pedal Steel, Pawn Shop, Bass, Acoustic, No pedals, Princeton)
09:45 - Harmony, Kays, and pawn shop guitars
12:00 - Being a bass player / Most fun instrument
13:00 - Acoustic only / No pedals
14:36 - Friendly commentor saying something offensive / Messing with someone's business
16:20 - Sharkline / Things that don't fly in the bro code
18:06 - Photo montage


Notes
Strymon Flint owners...you are welcome.

Please give all the credit to dear Renn...I am only the messenger....i want you to SOLELY visualize Renn when you are taking care of business after your girlfriend/wife etc is instantly seduced by the tone you are conjuring with the "magic setting".
Here he is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efeezC9Lwgg

a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after 219 free guitar lessons...despite Dominic Hudson's best efforts to deter them.

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

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

and a LOT of people don't seem to know that they can go here to purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merchandise..including several different T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

March 31st, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Special Episode, “Uncle Larry's Hearing Test”

Chapters
00:00 - Pedals, pedals, and more pedals (Duelist, Memory Man, etc.)
04:30 - XTS pedal tester
07:18 - Test setup
10:32 - Test starts / Klon
12:18 - Ibanez - Mostortion
13:22 - Nobels - ODR-1
14:30 - Ibanez - Tube Screamer
14:39 - Klon
16:15 - Analog Man - King of Tone
16:48 - Nobels - ODR-1
18:07 - Redo / Ibanez - Tube Screamer
18:29 - Klon
18:39 - Stand outs / Nobels - ODR-1
18:50 - Ibanez - Tube Screamer
19:07 - Analog Man - King of Tone
19:25 - Results of old pedal test
20:40 - More modern pedals / Test setup
22:35 - MXR - Timmy / Brighter hands (Ford Thurston)
23:49 - KingTone - HeavyHand
25:05 - Pedaltrain - Nightlight Distortion
25:25 - Comparison: HeavyHand vs. Nightlight / Cars - Dangerous Type
27:50 - Strymon - Sunset / Randy Rhoads - Crazy Train
30:36 - Browne Amplification - Atom / Atom vs. Nightlight
32:15 - Results of new pedal test
33:45 - Nobels vs. Nobels / Differences
38:10 - Clean sound
38:40 - Marshall - Bluesbreaker
39:17 - Roger Mayer - Voodoo-1 / Michael Landau
40:32 - Nobels vs. Nobels test setup
41:11 - Nobels mini (4)
41:43 - Nobels (2) / Mini (4) vs. (2)
42:45 - Nobels (1)
43:08 - Nobels (2)
43:26 - Nobels (3)
44:11 - Swapped pots
44:30 - (3) vs. (1)
45:00 - Mini (4) vs. (1)
46:00 - Roger Mayer - Voodoo-1 (palate cleanser) / Runthrough test
47:15 - Pedal runthrough
50:28 - Results of the Nobels / Runthrough again with matched volume


Notes

Uncle Larry doing a blind pedal shootout where it is absolutely impossible to “listen with your eyes” like people sometimes do....special thank you to all the sweet friends who helped put this video together....credit list below.

Starring
Ryan Nixon and Brett Moore from guitareffectspedals.com
https://www.guitareffectspedals.com

And:
Barry O Neal and Greg Walton from XTS pedalboards
https://xacttone.com/info/

March 16th, 2023

Homeskoolin' VOLUME 200!!!! "A Special Treat"

Chapters
00:00 - Intro 200th episode / Pacifico and wine
03:08 - Homeskoolin' thanks / Dann Huff as a producer
06:18 - Collaboration and dictatorship / No right way to finish line
12:24 - Moment knew when making big
15:45 - Dann's take on guitar tone
18:00 - Dann bought Tom's pedalboard
18:53 - No greatest tone / Leslie West story
21:00 - Van Halen (tuning)
23:15 - Midrange / Small guitar tones
27:00 - Cool Dann story (Van Halen)
30:50 - Bass content with guitars
34:00 - Most genious overdubbing
35:50 - Great guitar tones / Billy Gibbons stories and Guthrie Trapp
38:19 - Great tones continued / Billy Gibbons - Jesus Just Left Chicago
41:16 - Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile
43:08 - 50% more distortion / Distortion and guitar
47:22 - Marshall Plexi tone / Foreigner - Hot Blooded / Greatest power chord Foreigner - Juke Box Hero
53:45 - Roxy Music - Love is the Drug solo
55:55 - That one note of Steely Dan
58:10 - Cooper Time Cube - 100 ft of garden hose (doubling effect) / Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good
63:10 - Steve Miller Band


Notes
One of my favorite humans on this planet

Sweet Dann Huff

March 14th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Bonus "Super Echo Twin"

Chapters
00:00 - Jamming away on the Silvertone
02:35 - '64 Ampeg Super Echo Twin ET2


Notes

You gotta admit...people really knew how to name shit back in the 50's and 60's...

I mean..."super echo twin"...how bad ass is that???

Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster

Vibrolux and Tremolux

Think about what Ford was coming up with:

Ford Galaxie 500...Mustang...Falcon....Fairlane

and then there was
Chevy:

Camaro (which a lot of people don't realize is a little used Spanish word for "friend")
Impala....Corvette...Nomad....

AMC Rambler

Buick Skylark

Pontiac Tempest and GTO with fuckin' Tri-Power Ram Air

Plymouth Barracuda and Fury

Dodge Coronet with a goddamn Hemi Six Pack

I'm talking some bad ass names for some seriously awesome shit right here people.

Airstream

Chris Craft

You get what i'm saying.....

or maybe it was just that all the cool names weren't already taken back in those days.

Now we have "Veloster"..."Tiguan"...."Prius"..."Swift"

We are doomed

and totally unrelated...

If you want to relieve some of the massive burning guilt that has built up inside you from learning and stealing SO MANY of my licks and ideas for free, then i suggest you visit the Homeskoolin' PayPal tip jar at tombukovac@gmail.com
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January 5th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 183, Tom Bukovac, “But I Never Sarrr Them Winging”

Chapters
00:00 - Tranquil playing
02:39 - Hello, friends! / Gildan
03:30 - Stuffed toy
04:53 - Real estate agent
08:15 - Whackiness and friends
10:00 - The ole garage
10:47 - Pool and swimming
11:47 - Encompassing life
12:45 - Spontaneous fucking around videos
13:36 - Yards
15:30 - Find gear what works for you
16:25 - Various guitars vs. one / George Gruhn
17:53 - Billy Gibbons
19:16 - Gear doesn't matter
20:45 - Good guitar player can play anything
21:20 - Perfect pitch and great musician
21:45 - Jimi Hendrix thoughts / Little playing
23:43 - Lesson: Tritone substitution


Notes
Rant away Larry…rant away....

oh, and here's a song everyone should know
https://youtu.be/xydgLftj3M0

September 14th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 165, Tom Bukovac, “Flutter And Wow”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, class! / Video intro about loop building lesson / '62 Strat
01:17 - Loop: Starting the loop
02:04 - Loop: Changing loops
04:02 - Get the bass / Tuning
05:38 - Lesson: Chords and progression
07:30 - Harmony H22 hollowbody bass
07:56 - Loop: Bass recording and play along
10:49 - Getting ready to solo / Looper
11:40 - Loop: Practice soloing
13:00 - Marshall 50-watt Combo Amp / Cleaning it up
13:45 - Loop: Restarting the loop for solo
16:35 - Tone (pickup, pedals)
17:34 - Loop: Take 1 soloing
20:33 - Summarizing


Notes
Uncle Larry takes the class along on a leisurely stroll to looptown….with a cameo appearance by his son’s old Harmony H-22 hollowbody bass.

Ampluhmicatiun provided by a ‘78 Marshall JMP 50 watt 2x12” combo with master volume.

If you guys are indeed learning and enjoying these meager low cost tutorials…the tip jar is just a click away…and it’s TOTALLY on the honor system.

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Thank you for watching friends, i mean it

September 12th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 163, Tom Bukovac, “Charcuterie & Crudite Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Raw pickin' and chuggin' intro
03:40 - Hello, class! / Being back home / Upcoming gigs and musicians
06:00 - Jim Irsay private plane and hotel
09:10 - Danny Nucci
10:00 - Buddy Guy encounter
12:08 - Harmony Silvertone Jupiter / h47 Stratotone guitar (1423)
15:00 - Lesson: Nastiest G Minor 6th chord (Bluesy Pentatonic)


Notes
A brief discussion on how once you fly private one time, you’re basically ruined for life. And….a look at how nasty a minor 6th can be.