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December 27th, 2024
Chapters00:00 - Playing/Singing: Police / Learning Police
03:05 - Lesson: Police
04:00 - Iconic records
04:51 - Canary in a Coal Mine
05:33 - NFL Bears
07:08 - Biggy Small and dog "fuck off"
07:36 - MN Guitars old CS9 analog chorus pedal / Early 80s
08:48 - "Brian Honey"
08:54 - Sports Bar Blues
10:54 - Cleveland fight back attitude
12:20 - Ancient German saying / Old sayings
13:22 - Painting guitar like Van Halen
15:02 - Lesson: Tune up to pitch, not down
16:35 - Guess what Police songs
17:08 - Teisco guitar / Thank you
Notes
Uncle Larry gets heavy into the Police and some VCB.
December 26th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 381, Tom Bukovac, “Lake Placid Christmas”
Chapters00:00 - Spacey Rock jam
01:04 - Hello, friends! / Christmas
02:21 - Betting games and winning money / Chris "Sticks" McHugh setting up drum kit
04:02 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / What Rocks harder Strat or Tele?
04:20 - Strat Rock
04:39 - Tele Rock
05:03 - Tom needs to Rock Out more / What's wrong with mellow?
06:18 - Sports Bar Blues vs. airport "Tootsie's Bar" Alt Country?
07:28 - Why do you like old stuff? / Old stuff is made better
08:14 - Fender solid state amps analogy
09:27 - Forgotten era of sound
10:03 - John Cordy video distorted story / Modeling amps vs old amps
16:05 - Insane burst feud with Voyxu
20:32 - '65 Fender Stratocaster Lake Placid Blue & matching bass
22:13 - Lesson: C#min cool buzz sound
Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep into some post Christmas VCB
Happy holidays dear friends
December 23rd, 2024
Chapters00:00 - Morning commute on the highway
12:24 - Control room contest video
Notes
Uncle Larry takes a break from watching some absolutely RIVETING videos on Voyxu’s channel long enough to get a bit naughty with this innocent old 63 Tele…
and a bit of comic relief by Jaime French and her sidekick Zack doing their best Uncle Larry’s
Hope you guys have a great holiday
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December 13th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Mad Loop Friday”
Chapters00:00 - Playing bass to a loop
01:04 - Switching to overdub guitar
02:14 - Another overdub
Notes
Uncle Larry gives it to ya on a Friday night old school r&b style
A little thing I made up through a luscious old 64 electric instruments twin reverb
When I was a young man, you were TRULY SOMEBODY if you had yourself a twin reverb…it was a rite of passage…still is I suppose
December 7th, 2024
Uncle Larry’s Garage Sale “Early Winter Utilitarian Price Point Edition”
Chapters00:00 - Led Zeppelin, "where did they steal that lick?"
02:17 - Fender Telecaster
03:10 - Fernandes Tele
04:09 - '79 Gibson SG
05:59 - Led Zeppelin - "No Quarter", "where did they steal that from?"
Notes
Three guitars
79 sg 1250
80s Fernandes tele custom 500
97 MIJ tele custom 1750
Plus shipping
Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if interested
Local pickup always preferred
Package sale REALLY preferred
December 4th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 369, Tom Bukovac, “Brazilian Wax”
Chapters00:00 - Funky playing
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Uncle Larry does an early morning dissection of one of pop history’s greatest vocal performances
Dig this live vocal, all being delivered while he is yelling at the monitor guy…
The GOAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t45QGRSXS1I
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December 3rd, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 369, Tom Bukovac, “Brazilian Wax”
Chapters00:00 - Recall humor / Fender Telecaster string setup
06:00 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale - Gibson Flying V
Notes
Special thanks to dear Nick Drushel at Glaser Instrument Repair for kickin this old 60 tele custom through the uprights.
I truly appreciate it bro
Here is the link to the upcoming Guitar Bomb show in Chicago
That’s a pretty good name ain’t it? I just thought of it right this second
https://www.axs.com/events/765962/guthrie-trapp-tom-bukovac-tickets
And here’s a link to the tele saddles you need
https://musiccitybridge.com/products/groove-master
November 29th, 2024
Homeskoolin Volume 366, Tom Bukovac, “Leftovers”
Chapters00:00 - Plucking a Tele on the workbench
01:42 - What's up?
02:58 - Cool lick to not steal
03:48 - Camera angle
05:00 - Start of the video
05:53 - Lesson: Vocal type quality
09:23 - NFL
10:45 - Thanksgiving
11:22 - Pinned comment
12:55 - '63 Fender Telecaster (beater)
14:21 - Jimmy Page, Alister Crowley and haunted Boleskine House
17:23 - Uncle Larry impersonation contest
17:50 - Need resurrect Homeskoolin' merch
18:22 - Good "doink" and "pllinky" sound
19:56 - Bought new Fender amp
20:42 - Reverb playing / NFL and betting
Notes
Uncle Larry covers a wide range of subjects in a Tryptophan haze
November 7th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 355, Tom Bukovac, “Build Sheet Blues”
Chapters00:00 - Getting those hard blues ZZ Top tones from Junior
06:16 - Hello, friends!
07:20 - Lesson: Ever heard of a 145?
08:37 - Pick / Jed Hughes show / Guthrie Trapp / Warm environment gig
09:50 - Kid Rock / Cigar smokin'
11:00 - Sons as music critics
11:40 - All The Young Dudes - Mott, Bowie, Ozzy
12:06 - Lesson: All The Young Dudes
14:17 - Western Swing Bumblebee type playing
14:46 - Lesson: Focus - Hocus Pocus (Am, Em7, Fmaj7, Bb, E7#9) -> (Am, Em7, D, B, E)
15:42 - Name that song / Sessions / Jed Hughes gig / Playing
16:32 - Lesson: Pull-offs
17:48 - "No politics/religion on this channel"
18:25 - Gibson Les Paul Junior - Tom Boots guitar
18:39 - Pontiac GTO / Fender Telecaster Blackguard sold / Playing and singing
Notes
Uncle Larry treats another old Gibson with very little respect, and checks the pulse of America a day or two after the keys to the Castle were given to the Orange Man…
Come out to the basement tonite and see Jedd…..damn he’s good
October 22nd, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 351, Tom Bukovac, “Garbage Time”
Chapters00:00 - 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
October 14th, 2024
Chapters00:00 - Slow, down home playing
08:08 - Hey, friends! / Triple sessions is a lot of work / Break into song
09:35 - Fender kick
09:51 - Roland JC-120 / More than 1 amp setup and a great soundman
11:24 - Jim Croce / Tight bands and rehearsing
14:16 - Jamie French work / Fall weather
14:49 - Lesson: E to A interesting changes / Barring the A with 1 finger
18:06 - Making a loop out of it
19:51 - Lesson: Little finger hammer pulloff / Playing
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Uncle Larry comin at ya on a Monday nite…after the big game…after the long ass day of triple sessions…a little bit toasty but still checkin in with his beloved Homeskoolers before bed.
Crystalline tone courtesy of Roland Incorporated Of Japan
October 10th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 348, Tom Bukovac, “The Age Of Guitar”
Chapters00:00 - Old Folk, Country type songs
04:27 - Hello, friends!
05:22 - Age of guitar / Jedd Hughes channeling Grady Martin
06:48 - Worst gig of life (Underdog) / Unprepared nervousness, shakiness
09:06 - No more experiemental gigs (phones)
10:37 - Rare cut
11:06 - Stage neurosis
11:33 - Great book - Fender the Sound Heard Around the World (book)
12:15 - Update / Grammy nomination for Album Engineering
13:00 - Smokestack (Paul Moak studio)
13:57 - '53 Blackguard Fender Telecaster / Compensated saddles / Lost saddles
15:45 - Lesson: Cool lick (Key A: V back to the I) / Playing and singing
19:42 - Lesson: Cool chords
20:50 - In studio drumming
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Uncle Larry catches us up on his last week of internet delinquency
Let’s say a few prayers for the folks down in Florida ok friends?
October 7th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Neck Set Saturday”
Chapters00:00 - Greg Voros intro about neck setting
02:46 - Telecaster lookover
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A little hodge podge fun to get you through a rainy Saturday afternoon
Firstly, the first Homeskoolin’ video in the history of the channel that I had absolutely nothing to do with ….but I think is fuggin awesome.
Greg Voros and Nathan Golliher performing the impossible on a ‘47 Martin
A neck set so good you don’t even need glue…wow
Followed by a look at this sweet old 53 blackguard that recently floated across Uncle Larry’s transom
And then lastly a few string bends that the kids who invented the term “boomer bends” can stick directly up their ass pipe…
Have a great weekend friends
October 2nd, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Day Four”
Chapters00:00 - In the studio gear mess
01:20 - '53 Fender Blackguard Telecaster
02:35 - Collision Devices - Black Hold Symmetry / Ebo E-Verb
Notes
You studio guys out there know what a mess can be created after 4 days of recording
If you suffer from Agearophobia you might want to skip this video
September 25th, 2024
Chapters00:00 - Feeding back through the doubleneck
02:45 - What's up
05:23 - Thanks for playing / Greco
05:51 - Greco Doubleneck / Sympathetic ring
06:37 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / New house / WiFi
09:26 - Blackbird Studios and Lauren Watkins
09:53 - New guitars
10:14 - Nice chord progressions
10:48 - Fuckstick, dickweed comment with a throat punch / Confrontation via keyboard warriors / Restraint in playing
14:55 - Finding a good balance and not jacking on guitar all day
17:03 - NGD (New Guitar Day) '54 Les Paul Jr. with Gibson GA5 amp / '53 Fender Blackguard
18:29 - Richard Smith - Fender the Sound Heard Around the World (book)
20:57 - Paul Simon / Writing the book of the shit I could never say
Notes
Unclectric Larryland
I’ve been told that the new Gwen Stefani record is out friends…it’s chock full of Cleveland guitars…let me know if it’s any good
September 15th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 341, Tom Bukovac, “1000 Rainy Days Since We First Met”
Chapters00:00 - Magic arrangements (Police, Sting, Every Little Thing She Does)
03:00 - Sting / NFL Betting
03:50 - Gear setup / Princeton Reverb / Gruhn Versitar guitar
04:44 - Back to magic playing / Picking vs finger picking
06:35 - Police - Bring on the Night vs Sting
07:45 - Gruhn video thanks
08:46 - Lesson: Own version of Sting song / Saddest chord of all time Amaj7/C#
10:00 - Lesson: Tune to frets [2 4 4 2 0 4] (F#min9sus)
11:09 - Greg Voros and PAFs in Dean guitar / "Joint on the lawn of a ZZ Top concert"
12:15 - Fender Twin Reverb
13:00 - "Mint" condition / 1957 Fender Telecaster brand new / Clean guitars
16:31 - JCM 800 and fact checking commentor
17:53 - Dear old friend getting wasted / Getting drunk
19:00 - Gruhn guitars
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Larry gets down with Leslie
Thank you sincerely for the ongoing support of this channel my dear boys and girls
if you wanna throw a little something in the jar so we can put gas in the go cart go ahead friends...every little bit helps
my PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
my venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1
if any of you guys out there are looking for a REALLLLLLY special 335 you should just buy that clean ass '60 that was in the Gruhn's video yesterday.
I mean holy SHEEPSHIT that thing is killllllller....
Featherweight...
Perfect neck....
you heard it.
it's 70K, which is a lot of dough....but you could potentially get it if you sold all your current guitars....
that would be a lot of work and a major pain in the ass...but trust me on this friends, if you actually DID it, it would be the smartest move you could ever possibly make....
this is the only guitar you would ever need or want to play.
i would buy it myself if i could swing it....i also really like that red '63 i currently have so it's not EATING at me....but i'm just telling you guys straight up, if you have been looking for a fucking MAGIC old guitar, there it is.
September 13th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 339, Tom Bukovac, “Solid Gold Party Rock Redeaux”
Chapters00:00 - Tele-craziness with a "annoying" loop
06:35 - Try not to rush tempo
07:30 - Lesson: Loop with crazy plucking tempo
08:35 - Hello, morning beer / Favorite coffee cup
09:07 - Thanks race car connections / John Oates honor / Guthrie Trapp
09:47 - Lesson: Last minute learning songs / Playlists
10:57 - Lesson: Good ole lick (hammering and plucking claw)
12:20 - Tele love / Rattle and clank
12:39 - Lesson: Loop and Good ole lick together / Mixing Major and minor 3rds
14:48 - Lesson: Whole tone scale
15:24 - Twightlight zone and tv montage
15:38 - Steve Gorman "latchkey kid" story
18:10 - Solid Gold Party rock commercial memorization
19:54 - Lesson: Method of practice
21:43 - Lesson: Notes and feel vs. note for note all the way to too professional
24:48 - Thanks and salutations / McLaren "cuntiest" comments / Auto hate showing off (old cars, guitar players, etc.)
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Thank you guys sincerely for all the ongoing support of my pitiful little channel…I really truly appreciate it.
Sometimes I feel like I don’t tell you guys that enough.
It’s not you, it’s me I swear…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1qdmKUOytA
September 4th, 2024
Chapters00:00 - Some sweet tunes on the Tele
04:56 - Hello, friends! / Nicknames
05:42 - Sentimental from old days at Rudy's butcher shop
09:09 - Nicky G grill / Black Keys stuff
09:55 - NFL football
10:22 - Lesson: Dropped D / Riff Rock / Learn by sections
12:58 - Selling guitars / Rickenbacker Capri
14:34 - Cutting the capacitor (cap) off / Fender amps also
15:10 - Tone control on a Strat / Overhaul Lake Placid Blue
16:45 - Lesson: Cool Dropped D lick
17:27 - Lesson: Led Zeppelin - Jimmy Page - Whole Lotta Love
18:42 - Small Faces - You Need Loving / Robert Plant stole Whole Lotta Love
19:15 - Undetected imitation and originality
Notes
If you do end up going to Rudy’s today, you might want to stop and have a quick gander at 441 east 319 st….
That’s where it all happened friends
August 9th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Time Travel…1963”
Chapters00:00 - Medley of everything from Beatles to the Flintstones
03:25 - Hello, friends!
03:45 - '63 Fender Telecaster / True Vintage / Frets & white case
05:50 - Guthrie Trapp gigs
06:12 - Vince Gill thank you at the Ryman
07:29 - In Studio with Cheap Trick
Notes
Uncle Larry displays a recently unearthed new old stock 1963 Telecaster and gets a little swampy with an old Beatle classic …even going as far as to change the title to “I Sawed Her Standing Hair”
June 17th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 317, Tom Bukovac, “English Birds”
Chapters00:00 - 70's imagery
01:20 - Van Halen tuning / Hi friends!
01:43 - The Butter trick
02:10 - Rock Williams band story
03:07 - Lesson: The Butter trick (get that fu fu) / Knife pick attack with upstroke
05:10 - Early morning chess / Uncle Larry Garage Sale Tele went fast
05:57 - '52 Goldtop
06:25 - 3rd & Lindsley Bukovac & Guthrie special guests gig
07:05 - Wrist pain, arm pain, carpal tunnel / Arthritis / Hand stretches
10:27 - "Got a pool guy yet, Larry?" / Need for a pool guy
11:08 - What does it cost to make a record in Nashville? / Break down of costs
14:10 - Milwaukee completely furnished studio for cheap
14:56 - Funniest comment? Namath DJ your party
17:20 - Some gal that interviews people
18:00 - Tube amps and Eric "Ebo" Borash
Notes
Uncle Larry dives into some deep VCB waters and serves up the recipe for butter tone, whilst continuing the tour through the various colors of XTS t shirts