March 14th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 290, Tom Bukovac, “The New Jazzmaster”

Chapters
00:00 - Quiet blissful notes that form something else
02:25 - Hello, Homeskoolers'! / New chair
03:00 - Beer, thanks, Gwen, staying up for a minute
03:17 - Lesson: Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (Steve Lukather)
04:55 - Gwen Stephani / Learning all the time / Gear brought to session
07:03 - The sound of the Jaguar / Unique compared to Jazzmaster / "Jazzmaster harder to fit into track"
10:38 - Unbelievable tone of the Gibson Les Paul Special / Love John Cougar
12:45 - Using the Burst in conjunction with poinky guitar in session is great
14:18 - Old Gretsch guitars and their sound / No sustain in Gretsch for studio / ES-335 & P90 jangle for alternative


Notes
Uncle Larry gets pretty deep into the mindset of recording guitars….I apologize as this one may quite possibly bore the hell out of anyone who isn’t a studio rat.
Thanks for watchin’ anyway!


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 taxseason
ferchrissakes

you can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

but wait....THERE'S MERCH TOO!!!!

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 14th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Hollaback Larry”

Chapters
00:00 - Gwen Stefani interview


Notes
Gwen Stefani joins the Homeskoolin’ community.

March 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Bros Before Hoedowns”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing like there is no tomorrow
03:43 - Hello, Homeskoolers'! / Sessions and scheduling (The Triple) / Gwen Stephani
05:35 - Thank you for setup videos
05:50 - Livestream
06:40 - Lesson: Mountain jam


Notes
Uncle Larry STILL tickin’ after 11 straight hours of intense sessioneering….

Why does he do it you ask?
Because he knows that one day he is gonna look back on these times as the REAL good old days and he knows that one day he is gonna really gonna miss the shit out of all this music and all these people.

End of day one of two solid days of Gwen Stefani sessions…a little tired, but absolutely thrilled to playing with such an amazing band in an amazing studio with an amazing artist.

March 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Calgary’s Own”

Chapters
00:00 - A pre-listen to some created art
05:23 - Dave Cohen interview


Notes
A brief chat with with my dear friend Dave Cohen…keyboardist to the stars.

Here is a link to his album credits
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-cohen-mn0002523497

and totally unrelated...you guys know how i sometimes talk about how after all these years of buying and selling thousands of "vintage" (we used to just call them "old") guitars, that i can literally tell just by looking at detailed photos when a guitar has THE MAGIC??
i promise you...i am rarely ever wrong about this.

if i lived in Oz i would buy this fuckin' thing in a SECOND....i swear to the Lord Almighty i have no affiliation whatsoever to the seller....i have no dog in this race i swear....but i just KNOW in my heart that this guitar right here is BANGIN'...and one of you Australian viewers out there should buy it immediately.
https://reverb.com/item/75563786-gibson-sg-special-1965-cherry-red

March 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 289, Tom Bukovac “Pablo Escolar Pt.2”

Chapters
00:00 - Continuation / Cookie dough treats
02:14 - Music City Bridge
04:00 - On being a dinosaur / Old man costume
05:43 - Tuning
06:52 - Goodrich volume pedal
07:30 - Garage Sale: Electric Mistress (the rarest) / Epiphone guitar
09:25 - "Why you selling?" / Tuning and playing
13:20 - Thanks and 55 years of pain


Notes
Hello friends…Uncle Larry discusses the finer points of sushi and the new cult of modern day Gibson haters in this two part docu-series filmed on his garage shop work bench.

i accidentally called the guitar that's for sale in the Uncle Larry's Garage Sale portion of this video a 1961 Epiphone Crestwood...it's actually a 1961 Epiphone Wilshire. (sorry i was moving fast)

if you are interested in it or the EXTREMELY rare blue graphics 1977 Electric Mistress just email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

if you want one of these bad ass bridges here ya go...


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 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 289, Tom Bukovac “Pablo Escolar Pt. 1”

Chapters
00:00 - Changing strings / Endorsements
03:20 - Homeskoolin' love / Music City Bridge / Colossal waste of comments out there
05:20 - Gibson hate
07:18 - Comments on video: "I love how everybody is an expert."
08:28 - Golden age Fenders and Gibsons craftsmanship
09:30 - Remakes and replicas versus putting together parts
11:04 - "Fender: The Sound Heard Around the World"
12:30 - Old tricks stringing


Notes
Hello friends part two…Uncle Larry discusses the finer points of sushi and the new cult of modern day Gibson haters in this two part docu-series filmed on his garage shop work bench.

i accidentally called the guitar that's for sale in the Uncle Larry's Garage Sale portion of this video a 1961 Epiphone Crestwood...it's actually a 1961 Epiphone Wilshire. (sorry i was moving fast)

if you are interested in it or the EXTREMELY rare blue graphics 1977 Electric Mistress just email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

if you want one of these bad ass bridges here ya go...
https://musiccitybridge.com/products/the-stud-finder-guitar-bridge

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 9th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Saturday Guitar Repair Pt 2”

Chapters
00:00 - Picking sessions to play on / Good musicians (Dan Auerbach)
02:00 - Stringing mess / Good days vs. bad days
02:50 - Main thing is the singer / Little goals
05:14 - High E wrap
05:48 - Robert Keeley (Angry Orange, Blues Disorder, Super Rodent)
07:05 - Earthquaker call for help
07:36 - Saddles
08:00 - "Wang Bar" adjustment / In tune
11:04 - When someone doesn't tune
13:00 - Irsay update


Notes
well friends, if you made it this far you are definitely a real Homeskooler....

the instrumental record i made with dearest Guthrie Trapp is scheduled for release on May 1st...very exciting.

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 9th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Saturday Guitar Repairs Pt 1....."it's NEVER the tuners”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
02:14 - Fender Strat
03:00 - Change string? / Can't tune them with dents (D'Addario)
04:11 - Horseshit about not staying in tune
05:00 - Nut, nut slots, and tuning / Tuners
06:00 - Yuengling / Rolling Rock
06:36 - Update / Door Dash / Jamie Johnson
08:55 - Correction / Garage Sale thanks
09:35 - "The harder you work the luckier you get"
10:36 - "Records you played on?" / Allmusic.com (search credits: Tom Bukovac)
12:13 - Sam Bettens
13:10 - Lesson: D & G string winding


Notes
Long form Larry with what might be the most boring Homeskoolin’ video of all time.

This one is for the real die hard Homeskoolers…you know who you are.

the instrumental record i made with dearest Guthrie Trapp is scheduled for release on May 1st...very exciting.

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

but wait....THERE'S MERCH TOO!!!!

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 8th, 2024

Uncle Larry’s Garage Sale “Super Thrifty Edition”

Chapters
00:00 - Ampeg Super Echo Twin
01:48 - Memoryman
02:25 - Grand Canyon
02:46 - Tranzformer GT
04:06 - National New Yorker
06:12 - Tone Ring cab
07:00 - Local pickup only


Notes
If you want any of this stuff email me at tombukovac@gmail.com....if anyone emails me asking the prices before they watch the whole video they are immediately disqualified from this garage sale, and will be promptly pinned to the spitball wall of shame...i know all of you guys's tricks

today's list
1964 Ampeg Super Echo Twin LOCAL PICKUP ONLY 1500.00
EHX Stereo Memoryman 150.00 ( will ship for an additional 18.00)
EHX Grand Canyon 150.00 (will ship for an additional 18.00)
API Tranzformer GT 500.00 (will ship for an additional 25.00)
1940 National New Yorker (all the work already done) no case 3K (local pickup preferred but if i can't find someone to buy it locally i will ship it)
1962-63 Fender 1x15 Tone Ring cab (Ebo just told me the speaker is an original old orange basket Fender labeled JBL D140 reckoned by Weber with D130 guts) 600.00 LOCAL PICKUP ONLY

March 7th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Uncle Larry’s Hillbilly Square Dance”

Chapters
00:00 - Lightin' up the guitar


Notes
Just got home from a long day of sessioneering with the great Jamey Johnson…still feel like playing.

Too bad these guys couldn’t find a good singer…or play good live…fuckin aaaaa
38 Special - Hold On Loosely - Live At Rockpalast 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kivx9cLGe5E