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July 25th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 326, Tom Bukovac, “Junk Food Larry"
Chapters00:00 - Nice calming vibrations
02:56 - What's up, friends! / Intro / Nashville guitar day / Fretboard Journal call
04:56 - "Insufferable" Larry in the studio / Visions
05:55 - Guthrie Trapp & Tom Bukovac - In Stereo vinyl final product
06:42 - Gruhn's, Guitar Magazine, Eric "Ebo" Borash
08:09 - Album thanks
08:28 - The Gear Page guy equates videos to "junk food"
09:57 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Cast of characters
12:21 - Les Paul measuring tool for the safe
12:34 - "Need to see curled lip"
13:05 - Guthrie Trapp New York trip and gigs in November
14:30 - Joe's Shanghai, Blue Ribbon Sushi / Drinking beer from glass
15:00 - "Guitar players mostly playing for other guitar players?"
16:12 - Musicians that constantly use the volume and tone / Nuances in tone
17:58 - Compression (compressor / 1176) / Darkening the tone
18:45 - Football season
19:23 - Sessionman get paid? / Never ask someone about finances / Unspoken bro code
20:33 -'57 Les Paul Gibson getting refretted at Gruhn's
Notes
Uncle Larry strums a little tune for ya' on a chunky old Gibson with “double grams" as they say in the biz...
can you play like this?.....yeah me neither...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol09CeTzm0
so let's say you feel like you are indeed learning a lot from these silly videos i make...and maybe you are starting to feel a liiiiiiiiittttle bit guilty that you haven't thrown something in the tip jar to help with my personal one man crusade to bring chords back to music...well friends, you can fix that today....
my PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1
May 30th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Quick PSA
Chapters00:00 - T-shirt skit
Notes
https://store.guthrietrapp.com/collections/apparel
May 24th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Lesson “How To Rock”
Chapters00:00 - Rock n' Roll
02:21 - Hey, friends / Ibanez 2350, bolt on neck, knobs
03:55 - K's Choice & Sam Bettens / Dan Auerbach
05:07 - Lesson: Power chord and different hammer-ons
05:50 - Lesson: Chuck Berry Rock hammer
06:08 - Lesson: Sus it hammer
06:18 - Lesson: Old Stones thing hammer (06:39 - Cont.)
07:13 - Lesson: Getting real cool hammer
08:00 - Lesson: IV chord over the I hammer (in B)
08:54 - Lesson: Fake open G tuning hammer
09:30 - Mess of intonation
10:15 - Lesson: Creepy hammer
10:37 - Getting Guthrie CDs
Notes
Uncle Larry discusses a little talked about but absolutely necessary element of rock guitar playing on a cheapo guitar
May 21st, 2024
Homeskoolin' Volume 310, Tom Bukovac, "The Dining Dead"
Chapters00:00 - Plugging the Blues
01:29 - Hello, friends. / Over 900 videos / At least 18,000 hrs. / Getting better is a journey
05:20 - Sometimes just not the right guy (movie score job)
06:47 - Guitar playing is a lifestyle (Clint Strong, Tommy Immanuel) / Nobody is good at everything
09:47 - Jeff Senn Strat / Ilitch switch
11:18 - '63 Fender Stratocaster
12:52 - Jeff Senn Strat bridge
13:26 - Thank you for Guthrie gig / Cell phone videos / Brett Papa camera
15:21 - Completely on the fly and improv
16:39 - '63 Fender Strat neck
Notes
Uncle Larry stars in this exclusive Netfux reality based mini series about the ups and downs of a life in music
May 13th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 308, “In Stereo” Album Review (well back half anyway)
Chapters00:00 - Downtown Nashville
00:28 - Playing some heavy stuff
01:27 - Ehlo, friends! / Happy Mother's Day
02:10 - Going over "In Stereo" back half of album and thanks
03:04 - "A shopping accident" story (Paragon Mills)
03:36 - Ibanez "lawsuit"
03:48 - Lab Series L5
04:27 - Lab Series L5 demonstration
05:35 - Track #6 and on deep dive
Notes
People come to Nashville from all over the world to drink 10 dollar draft beers and hear five different songs playing all at once in the 110 degree open air of Broadway…I mean, who wouldn’t?
if you wanna check out this record here's the link:
https://bakedalaskarecords.com
if you wanna throw something in the PayPal tip jar for dear Uncle Larry:
tombuovac@gmail.com
or venmo:
@Tom-Bukovac-1
May 8th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 307, Tom Bukovac, “Next Stop, Buffalo”
Chapters00:00 - 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”
Chapters00:00 - 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
May 6th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 306, Tom Bukovac, “In Stereo” Album Review” (well, first half anyway)
Chapters00:00 - Sliding and a pickin'
00:20 - Good morning / "In Stereo" record deep dive setup
01:27 - Coffee and not giving a fuck
02:45 - Folgers Classic Roast is the Gildan of coffee
03:33 - Beer snobs / Being picky
04:04 - "In Stereo" talk
05:10 - Tracks listing order, dissection
06:05 - Track sequencing
Notes
Uncle Larry goes through the first few tracks of the new album with you ….
If you haven’t heard the record yet you should save this video to watch later…seriously
here is the link to buy the record
https://bakedalaskarecords.com
Unrelated, if any of you guys are looking for a bangin 56 les paul tv special I have one here for sale. A friend brought it over…he wants 15k plus domestic US shipping for it
It’s a damn nice guitar
Cons:
Old Grovers clearly put on a million years ago, original keys not included
Refretted with slightly larger than original sized frets
Comes in a 70s Gibson les paul case
Pros:
Nice comfortable weight
Beautiful fairly worn original TV finish with no overspray and no repairs whatsoever
Big chunky kick ass neck
It’s already got a music city bridge on it
all original parts otherwise
This guitar plays great, sounds great, looks great
Email me for photos at tombukovac@gmail.com
April 30th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ PSA “MIDNITE TONITE!!”
Chapters00:00 - Tom Bukovac & Guthrie Trapp record release
Notes
Rock and roll lads
https://bakedalaskarecords.com/
April 26th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 301, Tom Bukovac “Stairway To Cleveland”
Chapters00:00 - Putting some magic into the echo
05:57 - Hello, friends! / "Zombie Channel" / Update, producing, thanks, house with pool
09:09 - Guthrie record
10:02 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Go on the road again? / NFL
12:09 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / '62 neck Telecaster
13:10 - Clean '65 Princeton Reverb / 2 of each of everything
14:27 - Thanks and a little insight and advice / Blocking some people like Teddy Boy
Notes
Uncle Larry busts back onto the YouTube scene with a vengeance after a hiatus of sorts.
Heres the link to the Guthrie record that comes out May 1st
https://bakedalaskarecords.com
...and how fucking awesome is this?
Shopping in Stores in 1971: Retro Vid...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXIieWtO1aE
April 25th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ PSA…”In Stereo”…releasing May 1st!
Chapters00:00 - Signing copies of new releases / Who did this confounded cover?
Notes
Thanks to my dear friend Stix Mchugh and Nick from Glasers for helping me sign 250 CDs today
May 1st my friends...all details here
https://bakedalaskarecords.com
April 19th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Back In Tweed Deluxe City”
Chapters00:00 - Playing the keys
00:48 - Amp play through set up and speakers (Scank "Uncle Larry" / '61 Tweed / '58 Tweed)
01:31 - Gibson SG Special (Secret treble bleed)
01:55 - Scank "Uncle Larry" play through
02:35 - '61 Tweed play through
03:25 - '58 Tweed play through
04:00 - New to the Tweed and Blues
04:10 - Scank "Uncle Larry"
04:35 - '61 Tweed
05:13 - Thanks to viewer Ron
05:25 - '58 Tweed
05:51 - Speaker differences
06:12 - Negative feedback / Scank "Uncle Larry"
07:10 - '61 Tweed
07:25 - '58 Tweed
08:11 - Turn it to 2 / Tuning them in
08:50 - Scank "Uncle Larry" / Putting a mic on them
09:16 - '61 Tweed
09:31 - '58 Tweed
10:06 - Tom Bukovac & Guthrie Trapp - In Stereo
Notes
Uncle Larry’s old pal Mike “Scank” Scaggs shows us some Tweed Deluxes....old and new.
also:
The Guthrie record is gonna be out in less than two weeks....the sound quality of the CD is unreal....looking forward to seeing what all you audiophiles with 50K stereos say.
Mixes by Brandon Bell and mastering by Eric Conn
AND....i just re-loaded 300 more new "Plexi Soul" CD's at guitar house in Tulsa if anyone wants one...
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/tom-bukovac-plexi-soul-cd.html
if you wanna check out one of Scank's tweed deluxes go here:
https://www.p2pamps.com
March 30th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 295, Tom Bukovac “Colorado”
Chapters00:00 - Loopin' with the echoing '58 Burst
06:21 - Hello, Homeskoolers'!
06:43 - '58 Gibson Les Paul "Burst" / "Like your favorite restaurante" / Internet transportation of guitars
07:45 - Brett Papa video of Tom and Guthrie in the studio / Guthrie record / Expensive to make a record
08:44 - "Using cowboy chords?" / CAGED
10:00 - Friend wants a 70's Fawn Marshall JMP
10:28 - Selling Marshalls?
11:37 - Best effect pedal company / Electro-Harmonix
12:58 - Talking with Eric "Ebo" Borash
14:04 - Lesson: Loop & "4 Bar Loop" / New Country songs themes (alcohol) / "Colorado" song
Notes
i just did a google images search for "beautiful colorado snowy landscape" to put something pretty in the thumbnail for this video.
i don't know who those people are, but those snowy mountains in the background are just beautiful aren't they?
in this video...Uncle Larry plunks on a 58 burst and gets into some naughty VCB...
"can't forget the way her brown hair catches the wind...shoulda stayed in coloraaaaaadoooo".....
ya' know, something like that for the last bit of the soaring chorus...
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 tax season ferchrissakes
You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1
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 4th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “A Damned Important Announcement”
Chapters00:00 - Squaking out the guitar amp literally
00:54 - Hey, friends! / Fender ST Champ
02:18 - Release date for Guthrie record (May 1st)
03:25 - Lesson: Tablature explanation
04:50 - Tough Dsus chord to grab [10 12 0 11 8 10]
05:13 - Concept of tab we can use
05:30 - Guthrie record on nice vinyl only
06:07 - Nicky G
06:14 - Lesson: Tabbed chords [2 2 0 2 3 5]
06:29 - Lesson: Tabbed chords [7 7 0 7 8 10]
06:58 - Lesson: Tabbed chords [3 x 5 4 2 0]
07:16 - Lesson: Tabbed chords [0 2 2 3 3 3]
07:40 - Lesson: Weezer - Say It Ain't So
Notes
May 1st…that's the day
Fender ST Champ…that's the guitar
We need to get as many of these as we can over here in “Merica people.
I PROMISE you that this a no brainer purchase….even if you don’t have kids.
The fun factor is 10 out of 10
January 17th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 270, Tom Bukovac “See Tommy Play”
Chapters00:00 - Bellowing the acoustic
04:55 - Hello, friends! / Starstruck Studio (Reba McIntyre)
06:30 - Norm Snead
07:30 - Thanks / Tele jam
08:05 - Stream of consciousness / Natural flow
10:35 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
11:09 - Lesson: Cool, odd picking lick
13:36 - Bukowski poem
13:50 - Great singers and Irsay gig singing
14:40 - Homeskoolin' learning / Guthrie record
16:11 - In the studio
Notes
RIP Norm Snead
November 14th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Volume 255, Tom Bukovac, “Hey Man, Got A Pick? “
Chapters00:00 - Playing a loop, showing off some gifts from viewers
02:34 - Back to playing
07:22 - Hello, friends! / Thank yous to the viewers / BC Rich expert / Appreciations!
09:11 - Lots of cool picks
11:22 - Furious Slides / Guthrie Trapp record
12:22 - '62 Fender Stratocaster (best sounding) for sale
14:11 - "What is it about the slide?"
15:22 - War on Drugs guitarist?
16:08 - Ring vs. Pinky slide
16:22 - Lesson: Tom Britt and keeping that slide straight
17:22 - Picks / Folkway Music
Notes
details about 1962 Stratocaster for sale...
i asked several of my vintage dealer buddies what the current fair market price is.
i got several responses ranging from 34k on the low side to 40k on the high side.
so...in true Uncle Larry fashion...i'll go with the low side.
34K plus actual day shipping costs (which will probably be 500.00) is the price people.
i just weighed it, it's waffling back and forth between 8.0 and 8.2 on my digital postal scale.
nice big chunky neck...beautifully refretted a while ago by Greg Voros.
also includes the original case candy fender book in case pocket that i'm told is worth over 500 all day long.
as you guys know i've owned hundreds of pre-cbs strats... this is by far the best sounding one i ever had, which is why i always kept it.
email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you are interested
October 25th, 2023
Homeskoolin’ Volume 249, Tom Bukovac, “The Snake”
Chapters00:00 - Throwing down the layers again
03:02 - Hello, friends! / Thanks and session spa
04:45 - Plexi Soul / Guthrie update / Roll your weed / Gate fold
05:38 - Bought holy grail of home recording - Tascam 388
07:00 - '66 Fender Telecaster / Playing and some free licks for you
08:27 - Lesson: Good exercise for practicing / Little finger
09:00 - (VCB) / "Space between the notes?"
10:19 - Rolling Rock fuckers
10:50 - Buddy Jolly - If Tom Ever had a Video Editor
11:45 - Favorite football player / Football betting
13:54 - Dumbest website? "Quora"
15:01 - Musicians so good back in the day? / "The great distraction"
Notes
Uncle Larry proclaims his immense lifelong love and respect for the great Kenny Stabler…and then he also discusses a bit of music...because this IS a guitar channel.
a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after watching a few of the 700-ish free videos i have posted over the last 3 years.
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
October 23rd, 2023
Homeskoolin' Bonus "Steel Your Heart Away"
Chapters00:00 - Ole cowboy playing
02:30 - Hello, friends! / Long day Vince Gill session
03:32 - Real quick message about Plexi Soul
04:50 - Guthrie Trapp record
05:58 - Footage from session
Notes
Kids...we are SO CLOSE to having Plexi Soul on vinyl!! Stay tuned for forthcoming link friends....
The inside of the luxurious gatefold cover opens up to quite the scene....picture basically my entire life story shown in several grainy Polaroid photos laid out on a messy coffee table the morning after a boozy party strictly for grown ups.
And....if thats not enough to get your blood pumpin', you can thrill to the sound of the greatest living pedal steel guitar player on this planet...Paul Franklin.
Oh, and fuck off Teddy Boy you miserable twat...
September 20th, 2023
Homeskoolin' Volume 242, "Time Capsule Blues"
Chapters00:00 - Little strumming in the kitchen
02:30 - Hello, class! / Losing voice
03:15 - Billy Gibbons gig
05:18 - Talking with the man at Guthrie's gig
06:00 - Craziest cover version - Mastodon / Best cover version - Jeff Beck
06:48 - Favorite Gibbons guitar sounds (Nationwide)
08:00 - Guthrie at the Underdog bringing back the scene in Nashville
10:45 - Brand new, old stock 1959 Gibson / '57 Telecaster as new
12:55 - Robert Keeley / Noble Screamer
14:35 - '61 Gibson SG Special
17:30 - Lesson: Good guitar lick [3 3 2 x x x] -> F#m7 [2 0 2 x x x] -> [1 1 0 0 3 x]
19:00 - Chris Isaak - Wicked Game / James Calvin Wilsey
21:34 - Doug and Pat Show
Notes
You are unique...just like everyone else.
July 18th, 2023
Homeskoolin' Bonus, "Mondo Bandage"
Chapters00:00 - Acoustic playing into / Surgery announcement
03:25 - Good news - Plexi Soul vinyl album
04:30 - Guthrie Trapp record
Notes
Hello friends...don't be frightened. Your old buddy is fine. I just went in for some surgery yesterday to remove an area of basal cell carcinoma (inflitrative type) thats been there for years actually.
Supposedly the operation was a success...the people at Vanderbilt were soooooo cool and soooo sweet.
I highly recommend plastic surgeon Dr. Galen Perdikis....he's a real bad ass and it's nice to know there is a real live professional around when it's time to get some big holes cut in your head.
The good news is my facial recognition on my phone still works.
Also, the whole time this is going on, I have been thinking how surprised the world would be if it was skin cancer that took me out....and not some liver or kidney issue haha
Special thanks to my dear old friend Nicky G....ain't a better man in this world in my book.
A little advice to you young cats out there...putting the necessary time in to develop some REAL friendships with a few VERY carefully selected people in this lifetime is a lot more important than nailing the solo to "Kid Charlemagne" or getting a pedal with a convincing Dumble tone.
That shit ain't gonna pick you up on a work day at 9am to take you to the hospital when you need it.