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November 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 359, Tom Bukovac, “The Bitter End”

Chapters
00:00 - Bluesy playing on the Strat
06:07 - What's up, friends! / Playing
07:38 - Some singing (Cops), called the "New York Blues"
10:25 - Name That Lead - $2 / Sam Bettens / Name That for a $1
12:00 - Update / Pontiac GTO / Gibson GA-83s
13:40 - Lesson: Key of E to the V
14:42 - Playing Layla (Rita Coolidge, Jim Gordon, Eric Clapton)
16:04 - Outro / Special Fuck-offs / Playing


Notes
Hey GT and Jedd-o…this sounds pretty damn New York-y to me…you fellas wanna play it at the show?

I can already picture it…

you guys…with your heads back and your feet up on the intermittent monitor wedges…lettin’ it eat while helpless droves of excitement drenched female onlookers with heavy Brooklyn accents swoon and sway….pointing your bolt on necks heavenward in the glowing red halo of a poorly aimed par can …

Here’s a link for the gig we have booked in Chicago in February for all you early bird
https://www.axs.com/events/757974/guthrie-trapp-tom-bukovac-tickets

January 9th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “A Nice Fit For A Fool”

Chapters
00:00 - Close look at Eric Clapton's old guitar, The Fool


Notes
Uncle Larry having a little fun with the lads on his way out to a gig in LA.
Starring
Sweet Riley the flight attendant
Jeffrey Gorman, the Voice Of The Colts
Kenny Wayne
Camera work by Mikey Wanchic

November 18th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 256, Tom Bukovac, "Remake/Remodel/Remaster"

Chapters
00:00 - Developing some sounds
05:51 - John Lennon guitar playing
06:15 - Day at Gruhn's
07:25 - Gibson Burst / "Beat the Burst" / Pulled from pain
08:45 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Buck-ees - "The most American thing"
10:25 - "Worst songs in Rock history?" / Statlin Bros., Elton John, Clapton - Forever Man / Clapton
12:20 - Lifting, stealing, borrowing songs (Led Zeppelin, Taurus, 70's)
13:17 - Remastered records thoughts? / Thank yous!
16:20 - Greg Voros checking out the Burst


Notes
Larry discusses the "great trilogy of pain" and plunks on his old very lightly flamed 1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard and answers a few questions in the VCB

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

thank you friends

September 26th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 244, Tom Bukovac, "Thrill To The Exciting New Sound Of Stereo"

Chapters
00:00 - Plicking some Doors on '70 Mustang
01:10 - "Woke up this morning" / Doors / "Iconic Band" question?
03:31 - Episode 244 / Volto / Fall weather
04:55 - Garage Sale thank you
05:20 - Garage Sale: 1970 Fender Mustang for sale / Give away guitars
06:27 - Garage Sale: 1952 Gibson Les Paul
08:38 - '52 Les Paul playing
10:13 - Tube reverb
11:18 - Tone shaping with Ebo Customs E-Verb
13:20 - How good can a guitar sound?
14:14 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Favorite song to play live?
15:03 - Hit songs and the power
17:58 - Gibson's biggest fails?
23:30 - Electro-Harmonix (EHX) best pedal company
25:30 - Bought entire collection
28:35 - Biggest regret selling guitar? / Not a hoarder / '59 Jazzmaster (the best)
30:30 - '61 Gibson SG TV Junior / Pulling the trigger / Doubleneck
33:30 - "Soft porn" YouTube instrument lessons
35:17 - Footage of Eric Clapton & Stephen Stills


Notes
There's a lot here...

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you want one of these old plunks

March 13th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 199, Tom Bukovac, "The One Before 200"

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' it
03:00 - Uncle Larry home coming / Guthrie studio
05:08 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Ziggy prints
06:15 - Studio session
06:57 - Favorite show of all / Thanks for this vehicle to deliver
08:30 - Having albums of your own
09:50 - Firebird 5 and models
11:21 - Album joke with guitar terms as song names
12:20 - Prediction of 1,000,000 subscribers / Keeping it real
13:20 - Return of Rolling Rock, but prefer beer in general
13:45 - YouTube is the only one worth as shit part II / Mercedes clock
15:10 - BTPA cables
15:28 - Cream & Eric Clapton / How music makes a person feel
17:18 - New viewers and comments
18:00 - KISS / Ace Frehley - Rip It Out
19:20 - 200th episode / Going from Major to minor


Notes

Uncle Larry reminisces fondly about today's studio happenings and stuffs his arm way up inside the VCB pipe to remove some clogged comments.

Thanks for watching the show people...we got a pretty good thing going here.

...and speaking of good things, check out this bad boy

Steve Cox....a dear old friend from Cleveland,
He taught a young Uncle Larry some very valuable musical lessons back when Larry was just a mixed up kid living in some shit rental house with a carpeted kitchen in Antioch.
I owe Steve a lot.....i still use some of the things he showed me on a daily basis...and ol' Larry never forgets anyone who helped him anywhere along "the journey".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqpGPulPYpQ&t=0s
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