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March 31st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 4:20, Tom Bukovac, “Bongpacker' Blues”
Chapters00:00 - Guitar goodness
03:06 - "Apologies to Kenny Wayne"
04:20 - Lesson: Bending both notes / Dann Huff
07:07 - Paul Reed Smith, Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, Burst and shootout setup
08:28 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
10:07 - PRS bridge
12:00 - Burst bridge
13:57 - Goldtop bridge
14:57 - PRS bridge
15:55 - PRS neck
17:37 - Goldtop neck
18:47 - Burst neck
19:41 - Burst bridge
20:13 - Goldtop bridge
21:03 - PRS bridge
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I can already hear y'all complainin'.…
“Jesus Larry, i haven’t seen this many shootouts since i watched “Gunfight At OK Corral”…ease up man…”
well. i'm sorry friends...but this one was by request
ya' see friends, Uncle Larry don't smokes no weeds...but he can still dedicate an episode to all you stoners out there...
Volume 4:20
hope you enjoy
look around the corner friends...right down the hallway, just past the bathroom...
there is a tip jar...any money that you put in there goes to helping bring chords back to music
venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1
paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com
and one more thing i probably should mention... all of the sudden i've gotten into turkey hunting...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu8vzgYZDkA
March 29th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 416, Tom Bukovac, “Mr. Click & His Friends”
Chapters00:00 - Hello, friends / Update / Playing
04:34 - Neck pickup
07:30 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow / Playing
11:00 - Music City Bridge / Playing
11:55 - Paul Reed Smith McCarty
13:30 - PRS Prototype / McCarty playing
16:30 - Gibson ES-335 playing
17:38 - McCarty bridge
18:07 - McCarty neck
20:04 - ES-335 neck
20:48 - John Coltrane lick
22:00 - PRS Prototype
23:24 - PRS Prototype neck
24:18 - Lesson: Kenny Wayne Shepherd swipe
Notes
Uncle Larry shows off how ridiculously in tune he can make an old Gibson with just some simple household tools…AND shows you a couple new guitars
March 27th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 413, Tom Bukovac, “American Plumber”
Chapters00:00 - Chugging on a PRS Prototype
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
October 19th, 2023
Homeskoolin' Bonus "Blues For Paul Hornung"
Chapters00:00 - Some fuckin' great rauchy sounds!
05:13 - Hello, friends! / Mister Vertigo sent a pedal
05:48 - Electronic Audio Experiments - Citadel demo
08:03 - Firebird video thanks / Firebird Prototype
09:00 - Doug and Pat Show
09:43 - Football cards
Notes
I have always been a huge fan of the gorgeous dissonant rub of sliding two note scales...there is so much good shit in there, and NO ONE does it....but i do it....cuz i think it sounds fuckin' cool.
check out this pedal kids....i can't find a single thing to complain about with it...and that is pretty rare.
https://www.electronicaudioexperiments.com/pedals/citadel
THANK YOU TO ALL you sweethearts for all the recent PayPal and Venmo donations...i really appreciate the comments saying that you guys are getting a lot out of these videos.
Well, ya' know, i never got to replace CC in Poison... which was my dream all along.
i might have failed the BIG dream...but at least i can show you guys a few licks now that I'm old
October 18th, 2023
Homeskoolin' Special Gear Edition, "Two Birds With One Stoned”
Chapters00:00 - Bluesy intro jam ending with speed picks
03:20 - Hello, friends! / Gibson Firebirds
04:00 - '64 Gibson Firebird V
04:09 - History lesson of Firebirds (I, III, V, VII)
05:27 - Design of the Firebird guitar
06:10 - The first Firebird ever made? / '62 Gibson Firebird Prototype
08:25 - Another Firebird Prototype guitar? montage
09:07 - ...and we're back / Differences and similarities of first Firebirds
11:35 - Testing out the '62 Firebird Proto and the '64 Firebird V
13:26 - '62 Gibson Firebird Prototype another look
Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep in the weeds discussing Gibson's early dealings with the legendary Ray Dietrich.
Just for the record, the refin prototype bird i am showing in this video is currently owned by Drew Winn from Guitar House in Tulsa and he is actually selling it. I think it's in the 35K range, let me know if you are interested.
a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after 248 free guitar lessons
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