September 4th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 332, Tom Bukovac, “Reclaimed Youth”
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00:00 - Just an intro tune
02:44 - What's up cats / Lennon's vocals on Sexy Sadie
03:21 - "One of the coolest piano sounds"
04:15 - Martin acoustic / "Everybody should have a Martin" / Playing
05:22 - Recapture youth
06:43 - First guitar Applause acoustic
07:49 - First electric Crestline SG copy
08:22 - Lesson: First lick Chuck Berry
08:45 - Arya / Gibson Les Paul / Fairweather band
10:21 - Fairweather story cont. / Jeffrey Moore guitar rig / '65 Lake Placid Blue Stratocaster
11:18 - 2 Deluxe Reverb amps facing each other
12:36 - "Still have that Strat?" / Worked out a deal for the guitar
14:53 - Thanks / Heated discussions / StringLocker cleaning the carcusses
15:38 - Update
16:45 - Lesson: Chord progression with DbMaj7 with the claw -> F#Maj7 -> BMaj7 -> EMaj7 (Cycle of 5ths)
Notes
Uncle Larry gets a bit sentimental on a Wednesday morning.
June 22nd, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Southern Fried PAF’s”
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00:00 - Hank Williams Jr. - A Country Boy Can Survive
01:00 - Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
01:17 - Eagles - Hotel California
01:45 - Hello, friends! / White T-shirts
02:21 - Idea for teaching guitar / Critique
05:23 - ES-335 fire story with PAF's
07:01 - Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
08:13 - Playing along with video
08:53 - Lynryd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama / Huey Lewis & The News - Do You Believe in Love / Chris Hays
11:41 - Lesson: Name that song
Notes
Uncle Larry rolls up on some Indian food tinged country music and comes up with a crazy new groundbreaking idea for YouTube.
If you like the idea of having your golf swing analyzed by a pro golfer and all of his students, then this episode is for you
(editor's note) i have had several emails from people that somehow got the impression that i am offering free evaluations of people's playing....
just to be clear, i am offering these evaluations for the same 500.00 fee i charge for my in person guitar lessons.
sorry if i was somehow misleading in this video....
June 1st, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Standing Room Only”
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00:00 - Mellow day playing
02:57 - Hello, friends / Tickets for Aug. 16th & 17th at 3rd & Lindsley / Special guests
04:34 - Dave Cohen (keyboard/producer)
04:53 - Brought newer gear to a session
05:54 - Piezo pickup / Duesenberg Session Man
07:00 - Old Fender blonde 2x12 with Electrovoice (EV) SRO speakers
09:00 - Pic of speakers and cab
Notes
Uncle Larry talks about some new wood and some old speakers...
If you wanna come see dearest Guthrie and myself at the "In Stereo" record release party gig on August 16 and 17 check out this link friends...
https://www.3rdandlindsley.com/event/13550324/tom-bukovac-and-guthrie-trapp-in-stereo-with-very-special-guests-/
May 8th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 307, Tom Bukovac, “Next Stop, Buffalo”
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00:00 - Playing that guitar!
04:43 - Duesenberg Session Man / Fender Pro Reverb
05:29 - Ryman update, Hermanos Gutiérrez / Quiet, instrumental performances
07:17 - Best Duesenberg Session Man / Piezo?
08:35 - "What I really want to say"
10:00 - Dear friend passed away
11:27 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / People pleaser vs. brutal honesty
14:04 - You're supposed to be lost in your 20s
15:40 - In Stereo record / Create something you like / Watching careers wax and wane
18:02 - Big producer story / Taylor Swift and Sarah Buxton
21:13 - Movies to watch: "Being There", "Smoke", "Simple Plan", "Skin"
Notes
Uncle Larry plunks on his namesake guitar and regales the Homeskoolers with story time.
May 6th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “No User Serviceable Parts Inside”
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00:00 - Strumming along
00:37 - Hey friends! / Gildan
01:26 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special
02:15 - Strymon Flint Reverb
03:03 - Reverb comparison
03:33 - Back to the guitar
05:21 - Another '58 Gibson Les Paul Special
06:08 - Quarter inch up on the pickup
07:21 - Back to the '56 bridge pickup / Pukey middle sound
08:16 - Bukovac & Guthrie Record
Notes
Don’t adjust your set, you are not seeing double…it's just two TV specials from the golden age…
In the video I failed to mention that the neck on the 56 that’s for sale is a good bit chunkier than the one on my '=58.
If interested email me at tombukovac@gmail.com
to buy the Guthrie Trapp "In Stereo" record click here friends
https://bakedalaskarecords.com/products/in-stereo-cd
March 14th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 290, Tom Bukovac, “The New Jazzmaster”
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00:00 - Quiet blissful notes that form something else
02:25 - Hello, Homeskoolers'! / New chair
03:00 - Beer, thanks, Gwen, staying up for a minute
03:17 - Lesson: Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (Steve Lukather)
04:55 - Gwen Stephani / Learning all the time / Gear brought to session
07:03 - The sound of the Jaguar / Unique compared to Jazzmaster / "Jazzmaster harder to fit into track"
10:38 - Unbelievable tone of the Gibson Les Paul Special / Love John Cougar
12:45 - Using the Burst in conjunction with poinky guitar in session is great
14:18 - Old Gretsch guitars and their sound / No sustain in Gretsch for studio / ES-335 & P90 jangle for alternative
Notes
Uncle Larry gets pretty deep into the mindset of recording guitars….I apologize as this one may quite possibly bore the hell out of anyone who isn’t a studio rat.
Thanks for watchin’ anyway!
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 taxseason
ferchrissakes
you can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1
but wait....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
March 5th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 288, Tom Bukovac, “Triggered Hippies”
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Chapters
00:00 - Little acoustic strumming
02:23 - Hello, friends! / Little background of Tommy Bukovac
03:14 - "Oh, Southern Man" / Compare North to South / Social animal
05:03 - Nicky G and plane crash story (Nashville)
05:50 - Garage Sale over / '57 Goldtop & '58 Burst, why anything else? / Scarlett Johansson
07:30 - Old beer cans thanks
08:01 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / '84 Gibson J45
09:45 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Listen to records you like and study the emotion
12:00 - What makes a musician great? / Connection between sound and emotions (that's the secret) / Good records have 'worlds'
13:23 - "'Dead zone' after football?"
13:34 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV)
15:00 - Trigger Hippy days with Nicky G, Joan Osborne
17:50 - Analytical mind in great musicians
Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep into the VCB here….we might want to send a search party to retrieve him…
February 20th, 2024
Homeskoolin' Volume 284, Tom Bukovac, "Lord Loves A Workin' Man"
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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.
February 16th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 281, Tom Bukovac, “The Cleveland Weatherman”
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00:00 - Covering Country - Hank Williams Jr. and more
03:44 - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln
04:43 - Lyrics are important / Singer is direction
06:15 - Hank Williams Jr.
07:30 - Steven Tyler
08:00 - Hermanos Gutierrez
09:50 - Careful about putting something over someone else's work
10:42 - '65 Epiphone Frontier
12:20 - Brian Wilson and playing on record
12:55 - Tom Britt and paintings
Notes
Uncle Larry reminisces a bit about his undying love for real country music and real singers....
here is the new Hermanos Gutierrez track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrRkXjJpXUU
and check out some of Tom Britt's amazing art work...i love this shit
https://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Britt-Art/100077778759684/
January 8th, 2024
Homeskoolin' Volume 268, Tom Bukovac, "Panties Applied For"
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00:00 - Homemade Evel Knievel stunt
00:45 - Plucking that Goldtop
03:27 - Episode 268 and Homeskoolin' Inc. / Hardest thing about playing guitar (bending content)
05:00 - Cookin' with Larry thanks / Taking things too literally / Nick Gordo shame
06:20 - Heavy double-stop tangent into Marilyn Manson
06:56 - Cleveland into the playoffs
07:23 - Working with Steely Dan's Michael Omartian (Omar)
08:19 - Comparison of PAFs
09:27 - Burst PAF (Bridge)
10:42 - Goldtop PAF (Bridge)
11:45 - ES-335 PAF (Bridge)
12:54 - Burst PAF (Bridge)
13:20 - Goldtop PAF (Bridge)
13:48 - Goldtop PAF (neck)
14:54 - Burst PAF (neck)
15:47 - ES-335 PAF (neck)
16:33 - Goldtop PAF (neck)
18:11 - Burst PAF (Bridge)
18:47 - ES-335 PAF (Bridge)
Notes
Uncle Larry lines up a couple PAF equipped suspects in a tone identification interrogation...
a 57 Les Paul Standard, a 58 Les Paul Standard and a 63 es-335
We all know that it's impossible to REALLY hear anything in this iPhone mic'ed scenario, but let's just act like we can hear, and play along for fun.
Which one ya like best?
December 13th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Volume 263, Tom Bukovac, “Talking Buk”
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00:00 - Saying something with the guitar (Steve Wonder - I Believe)
03:33 - What's up! / Early morning breakfast
05:00 - Funny story (colonoscopy) / Pantera
07:45 - Bad to meet your heros? / John Oates
09:10 - Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
09:42 - Constructive fighting in the studio is good
10:45 - Ever walk out of a session? Yes
14:58 - Damn fine Boogie guitar playing / Bring Boogie and chords back
15:43 - Buddy Jolly
16:37 - Video Game Math Rock?
18:00 - Definition: Cloying
18:36 - Lesson: IV Minor Chord / Gordon Mote perfect pitch
Notes
Uncle Larry plays a deep album cut and relives some past horrors and painful memories solely for your amusement and viewing pleasure.
I sincerely appreciate those that have told me that this channel helps them get through the day...i can feel the love.
December 12th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Scenes From America”
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00:00 - Big double decker train / Car wash (Impala)
Notes
If you live in Nashville and you don’t already know about Brentwood Auto Wash…you need to get hip.
And you’re welcome…because the place is AMAZING.
My 65 impala was just FILTHY, covered in sticky tree sap…so I went for it, even though I knew the leaky convertible top had zero chance against the power of the automatic car wash.
December 8th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Volume 260, Tom Bukovac, “Uni-Friday “
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00:00 - Vibe'n
01:20 - Checking in
01:52 - Kid Rock is a cool cat
03:28 - Clean old Uni-Vibe
05:46 - Thanks for Brett Papa video
06:10 - Homeskoolin' "Code of Conduct"
06:54 - The Les Paul and laid in treble bleed (reversible mod)
08:40 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "What have you been listening to?" Robert Palmer
10:24 - Steve Morse being a fan and Day 444
12:49 - Uni-Fuzz
Notes
Uncle Larry discusses some obscure but not forgotten ancient modulation….the kind of modulations that perhaps inspired the “aliens” to create some of their finest works. The analog throb that may have built the Pyramids….
wanna hear something perfect?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tly96dDN5mk
where is the tip jar?
You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1
AND...you can 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/
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.
There are still a few more of the hand signed limited edition Uncle Larry prints that Ziggy O'Leary did left....if you wanna check one out go here:
https://www.ziggysartstudio.com
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
November 25th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Volume 259, Tom Bukovac, “The Black Cup”
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00:00 - Yes - Starship Trooper / Steve Howe - Close to the Edge
04:44 - All about flange / Ibanez, Electric Mistress / Nervous talk
06:00 - Blue Electric Mistress
07:08 - Green Electric Mistress
08:36 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Old photo of the 'mailbox letter burst'
10:27 - '62 Gretsch White Falcon
11:29 - New neon light
12:25 - Guild guitars
15:26 - Old Marshall amps (Plexi) hard to find
16:10 - Name Versus Game (vs.)
Notes
Uncle Larry takes a look at some 70s analog flanger pedals and answers some VCB
November 17th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Nashville Thursday”
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00:00 - '63 Gibson SG Special just bought
00:40 - Music City tailpiece replacement
01:30 - Acoustic guitar repaired
02:55 - Duke Levine in the studio
04:07 - Back in the kitchen playing some nice tunes with the new SG
Notes
Three parts for ya in this vid....
1) a nice peek at the LOVELY guitar repair work of my dear old friend Nick Drushel at Glaser Instrument Repair in Nashville…615-298-1139
Nick is a gifted repair man…he uses his boundless creativity and skill to solve any problem I or anyone else can ever come up with.
He loves a challenge and ALWAYS finds a way to make it work in the end...mad respect bro.
2) a quick look at the session I’ve been in the last two days at Curb Studio in Nashville on a Wade Bowen record.
Been having an absolute blast playing with Duke Levine and the rest of that amazing band.
Check out the little call and answer thing between him and I on that intro.
i play the major 7 riff and then he does those bad ass slide down answers... the end result sounds like one big awesome guitar.
3) a little late night Buk jam for all you night owls out there…been fine tuning and tweakin' this old SG after getting it back today from a killer refret by Nick.
Those offset conversion posts he designed to be able to put an ABR-1 on your old Gibson using the original stud holes are gonna be a game changer for everyone when they come out.
Check the music city bridge website people...
https://musiccitybridge.com
November 2nd, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “J’Sol”
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00:00 - What it's all about singing
Notes
Havin a blast in the studio on a break with these bad bitchezzz
Alaina Renae
Stephanie Allen Stevenson
Staci Mccrackin
Renee Merrifield
Corri Bethel
September 26th, 2023
Uncle Larry’s Garage Sale (Part 6)
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00:00 - Gretsch 6129 playing / Garage Sale
02:43 - 1996 Gretsch 6129
04:20 - Playing: AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie
05:21 - Eventide H90
06:14 - Extremely rare '65 Firebird (P90) Non-reverse "Platypus"
Notes
1996 Gretsch 6129
2300.00
Eventide H90
750.00
1965 Gibson Firebird “Platypus”
20k
Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com
here is an EXTREMELY COOL website devoted to the Platypus P90 Birds
https://sites.google.com/view/1965-gibson-firebird-archive/home?authuser=1
September 5th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Sunday Leftovers”
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00:00 - That amazing thing Tom does - playing
03:17 - Bag Men band live footage
04:55 - Electric football
Notes
A classic Larry hodgepodge of random footage to help get you through the last NFL-less Sunday we are going to have to deal with for a good while….
the live band jam in the middle is the Bag Men…a new trio project starring Steve Gorman, Luther Dickinson and Nick “Nicky G” Govrik....caught in action at The Basement in Nashville TN....the OG Basement.
Chiefs/Bears electric football game ended up being stalled after a group decision to eat some Rao’s pasta....that segment stars Scank, Marshall and Mikey Gossin from the Gloriana's.
The board of directors wanted me to mention that if one was so compelled to throw a "Sunday offering" in the Homeskoolin' collection plate, one could do that by going to PayPal and using the address tombukovac@gmail.com
and totally unrelated...this is an AMAZING video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTHBl0irlaI
August 15th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Goes To Gruhn’s Volume 4
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00:00 - Intro to Corey Terrell, Eric “Ebo” Borash, Greg Voros
02:47 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (John Forgerty)
04:27 - Fortunate Son tuning, playing, and son realizing playing incorrectly
05:48 - Tom's parts playing with John Fogerty
06:18 - Bad Moon Rising
07:11 - Discussing fucking cool guitars and P90s
12:40 - '56 Gibson Junior / '56 Gibson Junior Double Cut / Comparison
14:50 - Playing '56 Gibson Junior #1
15:45 - That acoustic guitar quality when turning it down
16:45 - Playing '56 Gibson Junior #2 / No one plays those frets
18:10 - Lower output of #2
18:46 - Back to #1 and brighter
19:05 - Gibson Double Cut with Music City Bridge
20:30 - Playing Double Cut
21:28 - Lesson: Mashing fingers bends / Playing
23:23 - Bending tip with vibrato / Playing
26:05 - Fucking awesome faux delay
27:05 - '56 Gibson Junior TV
28:25 - Led Zeppelin - Misty Moutain Hop / Playing
30:00 - Pickup height
35:00 - Bursts
46:00 - Repaired guitars, ethics, and price differences
57:00 - George Gruhn's wisdom enters the picture
65:00 - "Is there a change in the air?"
Notes
Starring the usual cast of characters
Special thanks to Heavy Duty for filming this mess.
July 7th, 2023
Homeskoolin' Volume 228, Tom Bukovac, "The Sad Fate Of Frozen Meat"
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00:00 - Strumming and intro / Memories
02:00 - Coming sessions / Kid Rock / Irsay gig
03:30 - Many thanks
04:09 - Storm came through lost power and the generator
05:30 - Taylor acoustic
06:00 - Listening to music with boys / "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
06:48 - Loopers broke / Cat Stevens got to be the coolest guy
09:00 - Pete Townshend song writing / "You Better You Bet"
09:50 - Lesson: Chord sheet to "You Better You Bet"
10:10 - "You Better You Bet" playing
13:56 - Lesson: Chords progressions
18:00 - Many thanks again
Notes
Uncle Larry returns to the Homeskoolin' program after a long hiatus during which time he was in exhaustive "solo dad when kids are out of school" mode.
Please check out thesessionman.com
Lots of fun stuff on there...tons of photos, links, etc etc
AND... you can buy the digital download of the birthday concert!