March 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 414, Tom Bukovac, “Lord Of The Shims”

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction to Nick Govrik's new album
02:57 - In the studio
03:34 - Hello, friends / Bench video Gibson ES-330 spacers/shims
04:56 - Epiphone Casino / Keith Urban
05:13 - "I like short shorts" sticker / '60 Gibson ES-330
05:45 - Pickup too low / Mo Pitney
08:47 - Shims
17:33 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom / Backstory
20:40 - Custom middle position
21:54 - Pickup height
22:02 - Custom neck pickup
22:33 - Custom bridge pickup
24:55 - Lesson: Double hammer-on
25:00 - "Retro doink"


Notes
It won’t be long now friends…til Uncle Nick’s record will be available for purchase on CD and vinyl!!

Nick Govrik
“One More Time For The Man”

I ain’t gonna lie , we are so damn proud of this thing…truly a labor of love.
The boy can write a song and that’s no joke

…and in other news , we got a quick little clip from todays country and western session AND a failed bench experiment that gets saved by the glory of some ancient Alnico…can I borrow your stapler?

March 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 413, Tom Bukovac, “American Plumber”

Chapters
00:00 - Chugging on a PRS
02:20 - Hello, friends!
02:38 - Paul Reed Smith / New pickups
03:24 - Alpha male
04:00 - New no truss rod neck
04:44 - New PRS pickups
05:30 - Rickenbacker video comment
06:00 - Endless sustain
07:00 - PRS bridge pickup
07:36 - PRS neck pickup
08:15 - Stratocaster single coil
09:15 - Gibson SG P90 / Not as crystalline as Strat
10:36 - PRS one more time / Cross between: Strat sounding P90
12:20 - PRS neck pickup
12:50 - Les Paul Special P90 neck
13:58 - PRS same lick
14:35 - Sessions today


Notes
Uncle Larry gives ya an idea of what the new PRS guitars are all about

I’m really proud of Paul, he ain’t fuckin around …
I appreciate any man who wants to push the boundaries in this life

March 26th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 412, Tom Bukovac, “Retail Of Two Cities”

Chapters
00:00 - Buying a Gibson Les Paul at Music City Vintage / Best guitars in the store
05:46 - Graham Whitford story about rockstar dad (Brad Whitford)
10:30 - "Best walk in guitar?"
12:38 - Studio at the old house checkin out a session


Notes
well ok Homeskoolers, i would like you to meet a few more of my friends.

check out this cool store next time you are in the hood folks…Music City Vintage…very nice gear and very sweet folks....

Today's video starring:
Beau Carter
Graham Whitford
Ben
Tammy

I mentioned in the MCV video that I had a day off today…hahaaa.

I literally forgot that I did a quick overdub session this afternoon at my beloved old house that I owned years ago….

as i mentioned before to you guys, i should have never gotten rid of that studio...

#liferegrets

but... I am thrilled that my dear friend Mills Logan still has it and we can work there anytime we want…

so many memories in that room friends...i can't even begin to tell ya'

that’s the little home studio I told you guys about a while back where Brad Paisley made a lot of his earlier records. it was also the place where the Alison Krauss track “Whiskey Lullaby” was recorded.
i remember back in those days Zac Childs was Brad's guitar tech and he was always out there in my little garage.

I remember getting ready to go to work on an ordinary day, and I would open the door to the garage studio and someone like James Burton would just be standing there…
i never knew who would be out there at any given moment...fun times.

that session today was just a little pop country thing ….easy breezy…i worked for an LA based producer I had never met before called David Kershenbaum…very sweet fella

The folks in the studio with me were Mills Logan (amazing engineer) , Rowan Stewart (amazing drummer for Cliffs) and the studio assistant Riley

March 25th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 410, Tom Bukovac, "The Vigor"

Chapters
00:00 - Hair of the raunch
03:19 - Oh, hi guys! / Problem with audio
03:57 - Magnatone amp - 450
04:30 - Playing: Magnatone
05:26 - Playing: "Jazz version Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker"
05:53 - "Coming to America" (good funny movie)
06:40 - The Cliffs - Easy Way Out / New released band
07:29 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "Haggling any good?" Yes / Tips
08:54 - Estate sales
10:01 - "Wheel and deal for fun?" Yes
10:47 - Most amps just don't have enough mid range
11:20 - User "DeerCreek" blocked from channel
11:56 - "Charlan Maine Collective" - "Play newer Gibson Les Paul with less finesse" / Play what you want
15:23 - The Cliffs / Driving the GTO


Notes
Take 2, had to pull the first one cuz of a problem with the audio

Thats aighhht...this one's way better anyway.

Uncle Larry blasts through some blazin' VCB and some hot old Magnatone tubes Ray Estey style

March 20th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Get What Ya Pay For”

Chapters
00:00 - Newer Gibson Les Paul through Roland JC-120
02:09 - Newer Les Paul
02:29 - Mike McCready Les Paul R9 (Pearl Jam)
02:56 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Burst
03:10 - Result and comments


Notes
Thanks to Drew Wynn for being my roadie in this little clip.

March 17th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 408, Tom Bukovac, “Velvet Hammers”

Chapters
00:00 - Fishing out those sounds
04:36 - Hey, friends! / Cleveland trip and neighborhood
07:40 - '52 Gibson Les Paul P90 Goldtop
08:25 - "Velvet hammers" (soft notes)
08:57 - Roland JC-120 - chorus off
10:06 - Les Paul pickups, out-of-phase sound
11:15 - "Let me play for a minute"
11:40 - Lesson: Blues in key of B and pre-bends
14:22 - Guitar Riot store / Son bought a MIM Stratocaster / Whatever you like
15:50 - Out-of-phase sound / Replacement bridge
16:45 - Lesson: Expressive pre-bends
17:27 - Gilmour and pre-bends
18:00 - "Fuck off" / "Grown-ass man making videos..." (Stalker Guy)


Notes
anyone that has given their life to the fretboard instantly knows and feels it when a certain guitar is giving you velvet hammers….and what a precious gift it is

today’s amplified signal is coming from my beloved old Roland jazz chorus 120…if you have never owned or tried one of these legendary amps you are making a serious mistake

they are, in a word, magic

March 7th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam "Stump Grinder"

Chapters
00:00 - Raunch of the best kind


Notes
Kalamazoo grind is the nastiest kind...

if you likin' what you seein' h'yeahhh....the tip jar is SOO close

paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com
venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

February 26th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 402, Tom Bukovac, “The Burst Killer?”

Chapters
00:00 - Rocking on the Burst
01:06 - Good morning dear friends / Thank you
02:18 - '72 Chevelle
03:03 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Pentatonic scales
03:30 - "Who are you playing for?"
04:45 - "Not a Jazz-er" / Play for the world
06:06 - Epiphone 335 / '61 dot neck sold
07:00 - ES-345 or ES-355 / Stereo varitone bullshit
08:02 - Gretsch White Falcon / Mono system without bullshit
09:35 - Brett Papa classes
11:42 - '59 Gibson ES-335 "Burst Killer" vs. '58 Gibson Les Paul "Burst"
12:39 - '58 Burst bridge
14:09 - '59 ES-335 bridge
15:30 - '58 Burst neck
17:20 - '59 ES-335 neck
19:30 - '58 Burst neck / Sustain for days vs feedback
20:32 - Conclusion / Burst one more time
21:19 - ES-335 one more time


Notes
Uncle Larry shoots out two iconic chunks of golden age Kalamazoo through a tweed deluxe and answers some hot chunks of VCB

If you like these videos please tell a friend

February 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin PSA…”Subscription Course Is Coming!!”

Chapters
00:00 - Uplifting musical beauty oozing out into Blues
06:37 - What's up, friends! / Subscription service


Notes
Brett Papa and I have been BUSTING OUR FUCKING ASSES trying to put together the most kick ass comprehensive lesson course you can ever imagine
It’s gonna be done by the end of April kids….licks and concepts than any man could ever shake a stick at

I am VERY excited that the end zone is in plain sight.

January 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 395, Tom Bukovac, “The Dregs Of Winter”

Chapters
00:00 - Jimi-esque Blues
04:13 - Rod Stewart? Hey, friends!
05:22 - Hey, friends part 2 / NFL / Taylor Swift / Josh Allen
07:18 - Lesson: Quick pickin lick
07:54 - Goldtop Gibson Les Paul neck pickup
08:36 - Watching NFL
09:35 - Bluesy playing / Whispering guitar / Tweed Deluxe
10:56 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Hiwatt, Sound City, Orange amps / Big Daddy Don Garlits
12:43 - Sustain, not feedback
13:07 - Good guitar through crappy amp or visa versa?
14:34 - Cliche chords and dissing guitar players for using them
14:45 - Lesson: Funk voicing
15:58 - Fun work week...
16:15 - "Guilty" on dissing common guitar voicings... / Be more decisive on your choices
17:55 - Back to Fun work week / Music business / "Old car in Country video"
20:25 - "When will you be happy with your guitar collection?" / Buying, selling guitars to get what you want
22:10 - Lesson: Picking and skipping strings
22:38 - Gibson ES-150 / ES-350 Charlie Christian
23:49 - Passion - going through life without passion
26:23 - "Cool pedal?"
27:24 - Fender Precision Bass color suggestions


Notes
Uncle Larry tries to give some comforting words about the dead zone we are now entering ….now that the season is officially over.

Brace yourself friends…for the dregs of winter

it probably should be noted that in approximately 1100 videos spanning the last five years, I have never once asked you to “like” or “hit that subscribe button”….

however, if you guys ARE in fact learning some shit from these videos and you are in fact getting some real entertainment and actual enjoyment out of them, it’s never a bad idea to hit the ol' tip jar…donations are my love language...it always helps and it is always EXTREMELY appreciated

PayPal is Tombukovac@gmail.com.
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

here's that old hippie refin bass....i forgot it didn't have a guard...been a long time since i've seen this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm_KZSYSiGc

January 17th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 392, Tom Bukovac, “Burst Believer Fever”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends (creepy version) / Running out of gas
03:00 - Teaching the song "Signs"
04:25 - Mailbox Burst / History of the Burst
13:00 - Alex Harvey Band - Faith Healer
13:57 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Thanks for videos
14:58 - Homeskoolin' family
15:55 - Lady Madonna improve
16:20 - Alfred Hitchcock intro
17:30 - Losing weight / Richard Simmons
18:55 - Hockey
19:20 - Jeff Beck mods
20:19 - Tom Bukovac vs Charlie Davidson vs Devin Falco
22:20 - Gibson Burst
28:33 - Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings 8 6785 (Jenny Jenny…who can I turn to?) whilst slaving over a hot slab of recent VCB after a long day at the session mill.

here is a fascinating video you have probably already seen...but if you haven't, you're welcome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXwQPwfZvlY

January 17th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 391, Tom Bukovac, “Cable TV Special”

Chapters
00:00 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Special / No refret restring


Notes
Uncle Larry prepares for another day at the mill and waxes rhapsodic about the early days of television.

January 16th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 390, Tom Bukovac, “Hello...1983 Calling….”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends (creepy version)
00:53 - '83 Gibson Les Paul Studio with D'Addario 43-10
01:35 - Gibson serial number year
02:55 - Top wrap and break angle / Tim Shaw pickups
05:10 - Winder
06:30 - Selling house
25:00 - Playing
28:35 - Gibson SG comparison
31:00 - Gibson LP Studio playing and lowering pickups / Low end shaved off


Notes
Uncle Larry undresses a 1983 Les Paul Studio on national television.

The Guthrie/Jedd/Uncle Larry Guitar Party is coming to Chicago in early February...
Two nights At The Martyr's Club
Feb 7&8, that's a Friday And Saturday friends


If you are enjoying these ramblings, the tip jar is never too far away friends..
PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

January 7th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 386, Tom Bukovac, “Mic It Up”

Chapters
00:00 - Beautiful sounds from the 90s
08:43 - Hello, friends! / MN Chorus / Talking Scott Baggett / Christmas lights
10:40 - Loading out shows / Bands and being a bass player
12:16 - Phases of guitar players life
13:53 - Tube amps vs modelers / Oxbox
15:27 - Miking an amp / Different kinds of mics
19:37 - Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix
20:20 - Lesson: Demonstration of miking an amp (video)



Notes
Uncle Larry explores the dynamic subtleties and tonal possibilities of a couple 70 year old P90s and gets into some deep talks regarding mic’ing tube amplifiers

the microphone tutorial at the end was made by my dear friend Drew Bollman....engineer to the stars...
thank you my dear man

January 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 384, Tom Bukovac, “Empress New Clothes”

Chapters
00:00 - Some crunchy goodness
02:25 - Hello, dear friends! / Morgan Wallen
03:54 - Dan Huff and producing record
05:49 - Empress new drive pedal / Controls / Distortion
07:13 - Gibson Les Paul Goldtop clean into amp
07:35 - Pedal demo
09:12 - Bass to match Lake Placid Blue Strat
11:30 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Getting excited about music / 1978 Elvis Costello / Bruce Thomas bass
13:47 - Born without tone? / Being able to decifer tone
16:13 - Did you see you have a stalker?
17:48 - Nasty weather
18:37 - '57 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop / Outro playing


Notes
This is basically a live recording from 1978…try to imagine being in a band THIS good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KI9eN-AY1s

December 29th, 2024

Homeskoolin Volume 383, Tom Bukovac, “Plastic Cymbals and Status Symbols”

Chapters
00:00 - Pleasant Prince morning music
03:17 - "...never meant to cause you..." Hello, friends! / NFL and hot picks
04:26 - Little league football
05:09 - Electronic drums
06:44 - '65? Gibson Firebird I (Ember Red)
08:00 - Lesson: Prince - Purple Rain / Add9 / Beatles / Flanger and Chorus
10:05 - Realization about virtues of a '59 Burst
18:20 - Betting


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects about many things on a fine Sunday morning

December 22nd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 379, Tom Bukovac, “Thank You”

Chapters
00:00 - Electric Larry Land
04:54 - What's up friends! / Thank you attending show
08:49 - Gibson Les Paul
09:13 - Son Marshall at the show
10:15 - Numbnuts talking shit / Old Les Paul trash talking
12:15 - Football and thanks


Notes
The entire point of this video is to say THANK YOU to everyone who attended my little birthday show the other night…it was truly one of the best nights of life

The other point of this video is….who the fuck is this jackoff talkin shit about one of my friends?
This guy needs to stop…like now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fOfsWvfTXI

December 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Mad Loop Friday”

Chapters
00:00 - 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

November 30th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 367, Tom Bukovac, “Big Boy Guitar”

Chapters
00:00 - Cranking on the guitar
01:05 - Music City Bridge
02:20 - Hi friends! / NFL / 8 days of my life
03:46 - Impersonation Contest
05:46 - 1960 Gibson Les Paul Junior - Tom Boots with matching amp / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
08:20 - $15,000 guitar and amp fixed by Ebo
09:35 - Another Fender Telecaster incoming


Notes
Step right up friends and secure the rights to the best guitar you have....

Email tombukovac@gmail.com


check out this sweet kid...fuckin awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VTdVhFW35E

November 17th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 361, Tom Bukovac, “The Downward Pull”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends...hello, friends...
01:22 - Changing strings
02:56 - "Downward pull"
05:24 - Mark Morton - Lamb of God story
14:40 - Less than 50 instruments
15:15 - Love YouTube comments
19:10 - Kick ass Electro-Harmonix pedals (Big Muffs, Ram's Head, Electric Mistress)
21:00 - Dead center on strings / Jeff Senn
23:03 - George Gruhn Versitar
23:37 - Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow
24:45 - NFL betting
25:50 - MXR Stereo Chorus / New York gig


Notes
Uncle Larry has a little chat with ya while changing the strings on one of his old mules.

Thanks for the continued support of the channel friends