October 2nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 712, Tom Bukovac, “End Of An Era”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Versitar / 'Sitting in the Sand'
04:47 - Hello, dear friends
05:54 - Gruhn Versitar
08:03 - 'Tune Down, Tune Out' / VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Brett Papa / NFL
10:14 - Roxy Music
12:46 - "Frank Stallone is a guitar player" / Can't use people
14:15 - All seven chords?
14:47 - "Do you ever have days where you can't get tone?"  :|
15:27 - "How many songs we getting today?...5 o'clock!"
16:19 - "If you opened a guitar store today?"
17:30 - Vince Gill story about cash
20:12 - Hipster kid story about guitar store
21:10 - Lesson: Bbmaj7 [1 1 0 2 3 5]
21:24 - Rack brought over to rack gear (TC Electronic 2290 & Roland SDE 3000)
23:14 - Kid Rock's new religious album / The Cliff's
24:32 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale - Original Univibe / Electric Mistress / Echoplex
26:25 - Days of fucking with shit is over


Notes
Uncle Larry makes a public scene out of the fact that he has finally had it with trying to fix up any broken old gear that’s not a cool guitar, whilst emoting and exploring the studio space on a really cool Gruhn Versitar guitar

October 1st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 711, Tom Bukovac, “Our Lady Of The Two Drink Minimum”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Nice and slow with singing
02:10 - Roxy Music
02:45 - Hi, friends! / Nashville scene / Producing Polish plumbing
05:47 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Hand writing
06:36 - "What kind of pick?" - Fender Medium
06:58 - "How much for Tele Custom?"
07:17 - "So young...or mood swings"
07:30 - Entitlement, not being satified with what we got / In your 20s
09:44 - Rick Nielsen auction
11:21 - "Speed is like an effect" (don't use it all the time)
12:36 - "Dr. Fuckup" (criticism from people)
15:56 - '68 Fender Telecaster
17:07 - Sly Stone / Sylvester Stallone / Rocky
20:00 - Lesson: "What a cool sound" "Becha never thought of those chords" / Brett Papa


Notes
Larry answers some blistering VCB and plunks on a particularly sexy looking 68 Telecaster that just went through a full remodel and complete renovation down to the studs


In the thumbnail….the rhythm section that has powered hundreds of records…we played on so many records together that we actually named our little trio…we call it “Miles Of Ass”

My dear friends Jimmie Lee Sloas and Stix Mchugh…legendary bass and drum combo

I love these dudes to the ends of the earth and beyond