January 24th, 2021
Homeskoolin’ Volume 87, Tom Bukovac, “The Big Apple”
Chapters00:00 - Mellow intro riffage
02:42 - Hello, class!
04:00 - Rolling Rock guitar
04:30 - Viewer Comment Bin
04:52 - Chess / Agadmator
06:06 - Proud of material / Chris Donahoe - My Boy
07:23 - Aaron Frazer record
07:59 - Chops vs. Tone / Tone is everything
10:01 - "Just work at it"
10:54 - Strings do you use? D'Addario
11:43 - Punk or garage phase? / NYC - CBGB
14:36 - Riff / Moody chord / Suspended soloing lesson
Notes
Hey guys, here’s a not so brief chat on many things....here are some of the things i mentioned in this video if you are so inclined to check them out...if anyone can post links that would be very sweet.
1) Track i played acoustic on before falling gravely ill a few years back... "My Boy" by Chris Donahoe (available on spotify)
2) amazing chess teacher... "Agadmator" on youtube
3) extremely influential record of my youth... Life Sex & Death "The Silent Majority"
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January 16th, 2021
Homeskoolin’ Volume 86, Tom Bukovac, “....And Other Things”
Chapters00:00 - Rocking intro jam
02:03 - Hello, class!
04:12 - VCB / Enjoy music you play?
04:38 - Come up with parts you don't like?
05:59 - Pet peeves / Sympathetic ringing
07:42 - Another YouTube guy - Doug Rappoport
08:23 - Anchor picking hand
09:20 - Maple fretboards? / '57 Fender Esquire
10:43 - Micing techniques
12:49 - Joe Walsh inspired string bending lesson
Notes
A brief chat on the Browns, string bending and a little mod that all us old guys to our old Rickenbackers.
48k subscribers??? Say what???
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January 9th, 2021
Homeskoolin’ Volume 85, Tom Bukovac, “We All Get Replaced”
Chapters00:00 - Slow intro jam
03:01 - Hello, class!
04:29 - Viewer Comment Bin
04:40 - String bending / Lesson
08:05 - Sharp pointers on guitars
08:52 - Rolling Rock
09:40 - Internal crash cymbal, click track
10:03 - Framing the vocals / Steve Cox
11:11 - Regular day job?
12:09 - Bass playing
13:12 - Switch picking
14:23 - Dean DeLeo / Feelings hurt
Notes
A brief chat on bending, my brother Mike, and the sad truth of life that once we leave the studio, our poor tracks have no one to defend them.
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January 2nd, 2021
Homeskoolin’ Volume 84, Tom Bukovac, “I Always Pictured You Wearing Pants Pt 4”
Chapters00:00 - 70s intro jam
03:05 - Hello, class!
04:34 - VCB / Stretching chords
05:35 - Warm up / Pain in the arm
06:12 - String height / Low action
07:12 - Relic guitars? / Lacquer
08:51 - Farmland t-shirt
09:28 - Todd Rundgren joke
09:56 - Trip the Witch breakdown
10:24 - Crazy chord progression lesson
Notes
Just a chill little composition to kick off the new year from your dearest uncle. Thanks for all the sweet comments about this show being a bright spot of an otherwise bleak year...it truly means the world. Hang in there guys and keep on practicing.
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December 30th, 2020
Homeskoolin’ Volume 83, Tom Bukovac, Trip The Witch
Chapters00:00 - Beautiful intro jam
01:53 - Hello, class! / Duesenberg Session Man Guitar
05:03 - "Trip the Witch"
05:59 - Leslie West loss
06:49 - Christmas Depression
07:57 - Chords with harmonics / Low voicings
09:55 - Steve Morse rabbit hole
Notes
Hello class, to find the the Steve Morse video I've been obsessing over, just search for "Steve Morse band live in 1984 Part 4" sorry I'm too computer illiterate to know how to actually "post a link"...i honestly don't even know what i was thinking... beyond that, this video shows unveiling of the new Duesenberg Session Man guitar, and a brief discussion on poly chords and Christmas depression for young folks in their 20's and 30's
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December 6th, 2020
Homeskoolin’ Volume 82, Tom Bukovac, “Ph-ph-ph-ph-phases”
Chapters
00:00 - Slow jazzy intro
00:24 - Hello, class!
01:16 - Phase shifters
02:54 - MXR Phase 90 demo
03:30 - Musitronics - Mu-Tron
04:00 - All-time greatest phaser riff
05:18 - EVH - MXR Phase 90
05:46 - Genesis tune lesson
10:42 - Nashville auto mechanics?
11:27 - Tweed Bassman
Notes
A brief rant on one of America’s great past time....phase shiftin’!!!
Happy Sunday
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December 5th, 2020
Homeskoolin’ Volume 81, Tom Bukovac, “Up The Neck”
Chapters00:00 - Rock intro lick jam
03:09 - Hello, class!
05:20 - VCB / Wintertime guitar storage
07:54 - Miracle pedalboard sound
08:43 - Session effects switching
11:09 - Bad Company - Shooting Star / Dark sound lesson
12:48 - Back and forth between chords / Adding thumb bass note
Notes
A brief chat on tone, a rarely seen in nature bent note finger tap, and a look at “putting out fires” on your pedalboard.
Oh...and thanks to all the class members who came to Uncle Larry’s defense yesterday in the VCB when our old joyless buddy Mr. Fizz flat out insulted my dear wife. Fizzy was promptly “pinned to the wall of mockery” (as your dear classmate Danny pointed out) and subsequently fizzed out somethin’ terrible.
Love to all...happy Saturday lads
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November 23rd, 2020
Homeskoolin’ Volume 80, Tom Bukovac, “The Spy”
Chapters00:00 - Reggae intro jam
02:23 - Hello, class!
04:29 - VCB / Eagles vs Browns
04:53 - Football trivia
05:19 - Gibson 335
05:27 - Heavy drinking, beneath you
06:10 - Get free - Orbiting
07:49 - Mastering a guitar - impossible
09:09 - Upstrokes? / Lesson
10:28 - Crazy, tough, reggae lick lesson / bouncing fingers
12:08 - Brian Setzer chord lesson
13:11 - "Outside" on last chord lesson
Notes
A not-so-brief discussion on everything from football to reggae...
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November 22nd, 2020
Homeskoolin’ , The Saturday Night Fever Isolated Loop you can jam over
Chapters00:00 - The gear
01:07 - Recorded loop
Notes
A little football sunday bonus for the class...have fun on this one. Some tricky twists and turns. Its like skiing on the big boy slopes.
This song is titled “I Always Pictured You Wearing Pants Part 3”
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November 18th, 2020
Homeskoolin’ Volume 79, Tom Bukovac, “Life Is Just A Fantasy”
Chapters00:00 - Light Intro loop jam
02:19 - Hello, class!
03:07 - Bukovac Duesenberg guitar
03:48 - Viewer Comment Bin / 1st guitar?
05:38 - Supporting Farmland
06:08 - Cooking / Cleaning?
07:19 - Gear trading
08:08 - Jeff Senn Strat - The One
08:55 - "Noble Badass" / Staying positive
10:03 - Influences on other projects?
12:30 - Ringing notes, cascade lesson
Notes
A brief chat on “cascading” guitar playing.
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