June 14th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Bonus, "Deep Album Cut Wednesday"

Chapters
00:00 - Singing and strumming some Lynyrd Skynyrd / Thanks / Kids and music
03:20 - Selling Harmony Sovereign 1260
04:12 - 3rd and Lindsley remix / Guthrie update
05:17 - Trying out some guitars at Rumbleseat


Notes
Larry sings ya' a pretty obscure old tune and gives ya a little news you can use.

oh, and if you've never seen this before, you're welcome...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNkyaFnZYuE&t=0s

June 12th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Saturday Night Family Jams

Chapters
00:00 - Covers by Uncle Larry's family


Notes
Uncle Larry and his two sweet sweet boys get their ya ya’s out on a Saturday night….
starring:

Leo (age 7) on the Hammond B3

and

Marshall (age 10) on the 1990 Gibson Flyin’ V he just got today at Rumbleseat Music

June 12th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 227, Tom Bukovac, "Got A Girl In Cincinnatti..."

Chapters
00:00 - Song and dance, without the dance / Medley Michael Jackson - Beat It
03:45 - Thank you for comments / Robert Baker help with YouTube Channel
05:00 - Old concert programs (Eddie Van Halen photo of guitars)
06:10 - Wynonna Judd / Dave Letterman / Epiphone Crestwood best "chopper" ever had / Dan Huff story
07:30 - '64 Lake Placid Blue Fender Jaguar
08:00 - Cranking the mute on (cool sound, but goes sharp) / Adjustable individual string mute
09:45 - NFL cards (Hewrtitt Dixon)
10:36 - Kameron Marlowe - one-take singer / James Otto - loudest singer
12:00 - Coming to Nashville and getting vintage acoustic guitar with songs in it
13:00 - Watching YouTube and numbskulls who don't know shit
15:30 - "Strat Tuesday" video and joke / Ole Clevelander
16:25 - "Catch 22" band, spandex, hair, metal, glam
17:00 - Hearing damage & wearing ear protection / Hearing aid story
18:13 - Meaningful compliments are from people that don't overuse them / Club soundman compliment story
20:56 - Strat video comments / Rewire Strat tone controls
23:00 - Strat guitar shape & ergonomics


Notes
Uncle Larry talks about mutes and numbskulls.

June 12th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Session Update, “Larry World”

Chapters
00:00 - A view from Tommy's world


Notes
June 8th 2023….
day one of a two day Kameron Marlowe session at Backstage studios in Nashville Tn.
I must say, after several sessions with Kam over the last couple months, it has become abundantly clear that the boy can sing his fucking ass off.

Dann Huff: producer
Drew Bollman: lead engineer
Joel: pro tools guy
Dave Cohen: keys
Ilya Tochinskiy: acoustic
Jimmie Lee Sloas: bass
Miles McPherson: drums
Tommy Bukovac: electric

June 7th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Oh, Hey Man..."

Chapters
00:00 - Intro to Robert Baker
04:20 - Fender Esquire
06:00 - Potientiometer codes


Notes
Uncle Larry gets a visit from a friend and well known YouTuber, dearest Robert Baker….who just happened to move here to the great country of Nashville .....a place that is completely isolated in it's own economic and social bubble.... and thusly absolutely impervious to any of the "economic woes" that may happen to occasionally devastate the rest of the United States at any given time.

Welcome my son….welcome….to…the machine….

...and if anyone wants to see ol' Uncle Larry plunkin' it waaaaaay back in 1996 on a major television broadcast check this out.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws6D23KvsN8

if anyone is interested in purchasing dear Robert's '58 Esquire for 15K with nice tweed case email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

June 7th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Field Trip, “The Jeff Senn Guitar Laboratory”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro to Jeff Senn / Weight
01:10 - Gig bag stains the guitar / Synthetic materials interaction
02:30 - John Suhr
03:00 - Tom's Senn Strat backstory / DiMarzio Virtual Vintage / Maple neck
04:43 - Headstock story & backstory of meeting
06:30 - Relic'd guitars
09:15 - Wear pattern and cartoonish looks
14:45 - Building the guitar
15:40 - Maple neck into rosewood fretboard / headstock
21:00 - Amount of Senn guitars
21:47 - Pickups in the guitar / Ilitch
24:15 - The reveal / Lollar Blackface / '64s
28:10 - Eric Johnson / The Gear Page / Myths - hear it, it is true
31:27 - Single 12" combo amp and switching wiring on speaker / Speaker on side
34:40 - Sound is only 1 thing in a guitar / Professional athlete analogy and finding differences in equipment
35:35 - Finding inspiration
36:25 - Pool cue & tool analogies
39:45 - How do I get a Jeff Senn guitar?
43:00 - Tour of shop and gear
47:45 - Jeff Senn bridge for Silvertone / Continued tour


Notes
Larry takes a trip to visit his dear old friend Jeff Senn.

June 6th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 226, Tom Bukovac, "Strat Tuesday"

Chapters
00:00 - Intro cover
00:40 - Hello, class! / The Stratocaster
04:23 - Booker T. Jones / Playing by ear vs. knowing chords
05:25 - J.D. Simo / Wah-wah
07:40 - Setup / Jeff Senn pickups? / Suhr silent system
09:18 - Jeff Senn - Bridge pickup
09:45 - Bridge on a Strat will cut your face off
11:16 - '62 Strat - Bridge pickup / Vince Gill
12:43 - '63 Strat - Bridge pickup
13:35 - Senn Strat - Bridge pickup part II
14:03 - '62 Strat - Bridge pickup part II
14:37 - '63 Strat - Bridge pickup part II
15:05 - '63 Strat - Neck pickup
15:40 - '62 Strat - Neck pickup
16:23 - Senn Strat - Neck pickup
17:00 - Lesson: Bob Schmidty lick
17:58 - '63 Strat - Neck pickup part II
18:31 - 3-way switch
19:00 - '63 Strat - Middle pickup
20:00 - Out of hundreds of pre-CBS Strats - "this is the best"
20:34 - Senn Strat - Middle pickup
21:05 - Trigger Hippy & Senn Strat story
22:40 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Expound on Chuck Berry
23:47 - Plexi Soul part II?  Guthrie project, then Dean project
24:30 - Tone is heavy... / National New Yorker thanks and donations
25:17 - Recipe for a good comment? / "Hey Tom!"
26:03 - Flatwounds vs. Roundwound & raunch / Dan Auerbach / Pre-aged strings
28:25 - Favorite album cover art
30:00 - Marshall's hiss? / Some old 100W Marshall heads are quiet
31:18 - Blind tests
32:19 - Tape hiss...love it
32:30 - Sound wizard
32:50 - Lesson: Capistan reverb sound / Firebird video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztsptU_XIPk
34:48 - Wynonna Judd memories & Dave Letterman


Notes
Uncle Larry cracks open the VCB and gives you a tour of all 3 pickups.

June 5th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Ye Olde Tyme Chopper Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Some ole time Blues fiddlin'


Notes
Uncle Larry has a go at a totally chopped 62 Epi Crestwood straight into his old Gretsch 6161.

you guys might get a kick outta dis...
1998
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws6D23KvsN8

June 5th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 225, Tom Bukovac, "Deuce & A Cawtahh"

Chapters
00:00 - Full body guitar, ZZ Top-esque playing
04:48 - "Good tone is heavy and hard to carry" / Summer camp / Thanks for 20 million views
06:15 - Epiphone amps / Smashing reverb tank & hot swap guitar
07:30 - Sticky shirt and wearing out the guitar
08:00 - Analog tape hiss
08:50 - Magic Sam & raunchy guitar
10:03 - Chuck Berry raunchiness
11:00 - Lesson: Rhythym percussive thing & picking / Blues playing
14:30 - Love for the Firebird
14:40 - Steely Dan singing / Believe in what you sing, it's great
16:16 - "Night Bob" roady / Becker
17:10 - Keep up the good work / Guitar comparison comments / Doubleneck
19:40 - Blind guitar test discussion / Listening with your eyes
21:50 - Donald Fagen pronounces "Oregon"
22:10 - Early '60s Epiphone Zephyr amp
23:30 - 1940 National New Yorker (Memphis Minnie)


Notes
Uncle Larry shows you how to do a long forgotten ancient technique of picking the guitar.


a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after 225 free guitar lessons...despite Dominic Hudson's best efforts to deter them.

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com

You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

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

and a LOT of people don't seem to know that they can go here to 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/

June 3rd, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 224, Tom Bukovac, "OJ Test Results"

Chapters
00:00 - Slow intro playing
02:10 - Class! / Blind contest and Les Paul Burst
04:00 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / First video edit?
04:28 - Steely Dan, Gretsch, and the love for them, or dislike / "Don't Take Me Alive"
10:00 - Modes, jazz, mill hunky
10:40 - Yahct Rock / Christopher Cross
14:30 - Reverb and Steely Dan bone-dry guitars
15:00 - Steely Dan - Chain Lightning / Your Gold Teeth II
19:18 - Raunchy ass shit / Chain Lightning
21:30 - Results: Guitar A = Gibson ES-1235, Guitar B = Gibson ES-335, Guitar C = Gibson Les Paul Custom, Guitar D = Gibson SG (PAF), Guitar E = Gibson Les Paul (PAF)


Notes
Uncle Larry goes off a typical early morning rant.