September 13th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 500, Tom Bukovac, “Slumber Party”

Chapters
00:00 - Old world playing
03:55 - What's up, friends / 500th episode / Younger brother included
06:23 - Beautiful playing again
07:35 - Lesson: The Claw
09:09 - Gretsch 6120 - Tuning C# / Vince Gill gift / Jedd Hughes Gibson ES-350 Danny Gatton
10:42 - Gifting instruments
11:33 - Lesson: Tom Bukovac, Guthrie Trapp - Desert Man
12:48 - Gretsch Filter'Trons and zero fret
15:11 - Gretsch HiLo'Tron
16:50 - Gretsch guitar problems (binding rot, etc.)
18:30 - one more satellite / Trip The Witch
23:55 - Lesson: Harmonic feedback


Notes
Well friends…you were probably expecting pyro and flash bombs…but it’s just little old me with an old 6120 and some reverb.

Thanks to all that have stuck with me through this wild ride

Check out this cool record by a cool dude i know
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id...

and here is the link to Uncle Larry's new instructional guitar course...over eight hours of detailed professionally shot multi camera lessons with tabs....
if you check the comments and look at what people have commented on Gearpage (if you can stomach it) t has been getting rave reviews from even the most skeptical tight ass consumers who desperately WANTED to hate it.
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

And here is a link to the new “Maximum Larry” t shirts and all other Homeskoolin swag
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/to...

if you are being thoroughly entertained by the content of this channel, and you feel led to make a donation to the guy behind the guy, please feel free

the guy behind the guy's PayPal address is:
tombukovac @gmail.com

the guy behind the guy's venmo address is:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

May 8th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 213, Tom Bukovac, "Jimmie Webster Blues"

Chapters
00:00 - Playing the White Falcon
01:55 - Intro
02:45 - Guthrie project update
03:10 - Lesson: Some chords to learn (Ebmaj7 [x 1 1 0 3 3])
03:33 - '61 Gretsch White Falcon
03:55 - Session musicians fund called Intellectual Property Rights Fund / Nice check
04:50 - Continued look at the Gretsch
05:10 - Gretsch backpad / Tone control switch / Filter'Trons / demo
09:29 - Lesson: Leading chord for G7 in "faux jazz" style [4 5 4 5 6 6] / Playing
11:00 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / What are the important things? / Real friend, handyman, etc.
13:45 - Hackett Brothers Automotive / 2 cars
15:15 - 2 phones
15:38 - "Uncle Larry" tone on the Guthrie project / Recognizable playing
17:15 - Blowup speakers and strings / Playing
18:40 - "Facemelter"
19:12 - Dislike to going to studios? (Parking & coffee)
21:21 - Surreal moment of Willie Nelson's birthday gig? Daniel Lanois


Notes
Uncle Larry sticks his hand way down to the bottom of the VCB bucket, and plays a few riffs on an early double cut variant of the model 6136 Gretsch which most folks know as the White Falcon.

oh....and here's one for all the guys that still think Eddie Van Halen invented tapping.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqLeCXoX_jY