July 4th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 470, Tom Bukovac, “1776”

00:00 - Singing that Country
00:45 - Hey friends all the way to Zimbabwe
02:35 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
03:17 - Ever so lightly holding the pick
05:54 - Blues Junior amps?
06:45 - Tweed 410 / Blues DeVille
07:30 - Boss GE-7 Equalizer / EQ after the drives
08:30 - Thanks
10:12 - All that matters - Right-hand pocket
12:06 - Joe Walsh playing and amps choice
14:12 - Side Fills
15:19 - Course
17:19 - Inner peace / Clarity of life
19:15 - '64 SJ-200
19:30 - Tuned-down Rickenbacker
22:00 - Don't blow your fuckin' fingers off
Notes
Uncle Larry gets heavy into some current day VCB
I was gonna call this episode “carnival of pain” but I changed it to “1776”…it’s a little more snappy and upbeat
Here’s the link to my new course that just came out a couple days ago
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
Pictured in the thumbnail photo …the amazing band from the last two weeks of recording over at Vince Gill’s studio
From left to right
Matt “Hazmatt” Rausch (engineer)
Jedd Hughes (guitar)
Fred Eltringham (drums)
Jimmie Lee Sloas (bass)
Yours Truly
John Jarvis (keys)
Jim “Moose” Brown (keys)
Boss Man
Paul Franklin (pedal steel)
Justin Niebank (engineer)