April 1st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “King Of The Flat Tops”

Chapters
00:00 - Play that guitar, player


Notes
Good evening dear friends...
since the dawn of country and western music, there is only one guitar that ever earned the title “king of the flat tops” undisputedly.

the Gibson J-200….

any acoustic player knows that these gargantuan jumbos are VERY hit and miss…(mostly miss in my personal experience)

sadly, they rarely ever sound as cool as they look….BUT, when you luck out and find a special one, they can take ya' for a ride that no other acoustic can match

Thanks for watching Homeskoolers

editor's note:
Creeky this might be a good one for you to create a tempo map on, so you can add your Night Court bass sounds and Alesis HR-16 drum sounds...oh, and your muddy high gain slightly out of tune PRS overdubs

April 1st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 421, Tom Bukovac, “Behind Blue Eyes”

Chapters
00:00 - Description says it all


Notes
Introducing the class to a fairly new member of the heavy rotation session scene…
Dear Alex Wright

March 31st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 4:20, Tom Bukovac, “Bongpacker' Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - 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


Notes
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 31st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 419, Tom Bukovac, “Human Steak”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking away some tunes
04:08 - Jedd Hughes birthday
04:49 - Lesson: Vince Gill lick
05:32 - Lesson: Brett Papa and the I IV V (one four five)
07:10 - Tornado warning
07:42 - Rare video mix
09:50 - Dann Huff
12:01 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / When a guitar player doesn't have it
12:41 - Music and sex and banging human steak
16:06 - Happiest you've ever been (20s vs 50s) / Cred
23:05 - '65 Fender Stratocaster Lake Placid Blue


Notes
Uncle Larry puts on some rubber boots and wades out into a sewer back up of messy VCB

March 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 418, Tom Bukovac, "Pack A Lunch"

Chapters
00:00 - Messing with the bar
04:02 - Dann Huff and Brett Papa promotion
05:40 - Trip The Witch announcement
09:15 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / PRS McCarty
13:30 - Boutique gear
17:40 - Uncle Larry guitar or pedal?
19:58 - Lesson: Dr. John piano lick
22:28 - VCB return alien language comment
23:58 - Comparing guitars
24:41 - Stalker Guy
25:12 - Dean Z (Zelinsky)
25:52 - Nice comments
26:39 - Duesenberg lick at 18:01
27:02 - Lesson: Hendrix type lick
27:52 - Intonation
38:28 - '65 Fender StratocasterLake Placid Blue
39:08 - '65 Strat neck
39:17 - '65 Strat middle
39:50 - New Strat bridge


Notes
Ok Larry, this over-posting is getting a little out of hand don't ya think?

Sorry friends...this one is over 40 minutes so you might wanna just stick this one under your bed for a rainy day in case you need it down the road when the next Homeskoolin drought happens ....

March 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 417, Tom Bukovac, “Sunday Drive”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing the PRS McCarty
03:06 - Hello, class
05:13 - Paul Reed Smith
06:13 - PRS bridge / Intonation
07:34 - Stalker Guy imploding YouTube channel / Jumping the Shark
10:08 - Dean Z bridge
12:34 - PRS McCarty
13:06 - Duesenberg Session Man bridge
14:12 - Duesenberg summary
14:41 - PRS McCarty bridge
15:23 - Dean Z bridge
16:27 - Duesenberg bridge / Bridge height / Voxey AC30 sound
17:19 - Duesenberg neck
18:01 - The lick on the Duesenberg
18:30 - Dean Z neck fantastic sustain
20:10 - PRS McCarty neck
21:57 - One more time (PRS)
22:31 - Same horseshit (Dean)
23:33 - Duesenberg


Notes
Uncle Larry puts on his driving gloves and takes a few humbuckers out on a little trip through the country….


best 20 bucks i ever spent right here...the walrus was Paul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0WJO5iDa6Y

March 29th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 416, Tom Bukovac, “Mr. Click & His Friends”

Chapters
00:00 - 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 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 415, Tom Bukovac, “Offset Contour Body”

Chapters
00:00 - Pink Floyd nickname
03:00 - La Bella strings - Deep Talkin' Bass / Stringing
06:14 - PRS video
13:45 - J45 acoustic for sale $13,000 plus shipping
17:24 - Gordon Mote update
18:50 - The Cliffs


Notes
Uncle Larry puts some sweet high dollar flat wound strings on this tasty old hippie refin 63 jazz...
this one will forever be known as the "Azz Ass"

thank you guys for the ongoing support of the channel.

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 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