October 26th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 724, Tom Bukovac, “The Forgiving Years”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Gibson SG
02:20 - "Tune Down, Tune Out"
03:21 - Hello, friends! / Beautiful outside
04:15 - Lesson: Beatles - Hard Days Night chord
04:24 - Ibanez Flanger FL-305 / Eagles - Hotel California solo
05:54 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / NFL / Playing
06:51 - "He only knows 1 fast lick" / Non-guitar player looking at a guitar
08:31 - Guthrie hang / Favorite guitar (Gibson Firebird)
10:29 - "Straight into the amp" / "Howya going to get this sound?"
12:26 - Gary Moore and Rory Gallagher viciously defended
16:19 - Jizzboy vs. Gus / Subcategory guys / Stringlocker
18:13 - "Least favorite human trait?" / Being cheap
23:09 - Electro Harmonix pedals
26:08 - Kitrae Big Muff Pi History site (http://www.kitrae.net/music/music_big_muff.html) / J Mascus (Dinosaur Jr.)


Notes
Uncle Larry attacks a large swath of VCB, and gets into great detail discussing the difference between “frugal” and “cheap”

November 25th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 259, Tom Bukovac, “The Black Cup”

Chapters
00:00 - Yes - Starship Trooper / Steve Howe - Close to the Edge
04:44 - All about flange / Ibanez, Electric Mistress / Nervous talk
06:00 - Blue Electric Mistress
07:08 - Green Electric Mistress
08:36 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Old photo of the 'mailbox letter burst'
10:27 - '62 Gretsch White Falcon
11:29 - New neon light
12:25 - Guild guitars
15:26 - Old Marshall amps (Plexi) hard to find
16:10 - Name Versus Game (vs.)


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a look at some 70s analog flanger pedals and answers some VCB

December 6th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Noise??…What Noise???”

Chapters
00:00 - Electro-Harmonix - Frequency Analyzer and idea
03:20 - Electro-Harmonix - Electric Mistress
05:13 - Ibanez FL-305 Flanger


Notes
Uncle Larry takes you on a trip to Analog City….a long forgotten place where tape hiss and noise were just part of the scenery.

There is a big difference between modern high definition video and a slightly blurry Super 8 film from the 70's....kinda the same thing with guitar pedals....

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...and did you guys know Larry made a solo album a while back?

it's called “Plexi Soul” and you can can find it right here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

...and did you know that Larry made an instrumental record with Dean Deleo from Stone Temple Pilots called "Trip The Witch"?
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

...and did you know that Trip The Witch merch is also available??
https://shop.bandwear.com/collections/trip-the-witch-shop

April 22nd, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 139, Tom Bukovac, “Well How Big Ol’ Boy Was He?�

Chapters
00:00 - Passionate swirling playing with a flanger
03:09 - Ibanez Flanger (FL-305)
03:30 - Hey friends!
04:00 - Sessions with Ann Wilson and Tom's new song
05:15 - Collaboration is the greatest part of music
07:48 - Creative people
08:50 - '57 Gibson Les Paul Special and Music City Stud Finder bridge
09:15 - Musician Union drop-box idea
10:15 - Music City Stud Finder bridge
11:13 - Randy Newman - I Love LA
13:00 - I Love LA poly chords lesson / Genesis & Tony Banks
14:40 - Lesson: Bass note with sliding 4ths and little rubs
17:47 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - On the Hunt playing


Notes
A brief discussion on using triads over a single pedaling bass note to create "harmonic tension"

There have been many musical giants who have roamed the earth and conquered long before the time we are in now…we must always listen back and learn from those ancestors who learned/wrote and performed music before “the great distraction” took place.

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