May 16th, 2024

Homeskoolin' Bonus Jam "Parallel O'Graham"

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming away that beautiful day


Notes
The lazy trees sway in ghostly harmony while Uncle Larry plows the back forty with a cool southern breeze at his back....
the unmistakable scent of late spring fills the ancient valley with fleeting memories of youth that dance in the wind without a single care...

where the hell did I put that cooler?
Lord I need a drink

May 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “The Ballad of Fernandes Valenzuela”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking the Blues
04:00 - Hello, friends! / Working hard
04:26 - Early '80s Japan (MIJ) Fernandes TE-1N / Playing
06:27 - Guthrie thanks and vinyl


Notes
1000 new "In Stereo" CD's are coming in early next week...
"In Stereo" vinyl will ship in early July...
thank you for your patience and your kind words about the record friends...we appreciate it more than you know

you WILL get your merchandise you ordered friends...we have a team of extremely smart conscientious people taking care of all that, email with any concerns
https://bakedalaskarecords.com

in this video...
Uncle Larry leans IN to the doink....some might even say emBRACEs the doink....on this whipped old circa early 80's Fernandes Tele straight from Japan...

as Donald Fagen once said in his book "Eminent Hipsters" "to a Westerner, being in Japan is akin to being inside of a pinball machine"

if you wanna go back to being in your 20's again, check out the brand new Vlog from the CLIFFS....you remember these guys don't ya?
that bad ass little band that i produced a while back of young cats from Bloomington that can ACTUALLY PLAY their instruments and sing in tune??
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May 14th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 309, Tom Bukovac, “From Dusk Til Dawn”

Chapters
00:00 - The Blues coming to town
04:10 - Bad jacks / Hey, friends! / Suffering the Summer
05:40 - Cool gifts / Charles Bukowski Envelope Filter
07:38 - Not really a wah or filter user
08:34 - Shit in life that really works (Advil, Dawn, Music City Bridge, etc.)
09:25 - Amazon is making pedals now
10:35 - Base tone sound
11:30 - Amazon Distortion / Liking Amazon
13:00 - Thanks / Building & writing a song
15:40 - Techniques ("devices"), styles, mixing it up
17:30 - Killer show "Rust Valley Restorers" with Mike Hall


Notes
Uncle Larry revels in late spring with a 57 PAF goldie and a hot cuppa joe

....and he tries out a coupla pedals too....


more CD's are coming early next week....1500 have already sold and we hastily ordered 1000 more cuz we didn't think we were gonna sell that many

Vinyl coming very soon

thank you for your patience friends

May 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Wire Choir ‘75”

Chapters
00:00 - Amazing chords


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a trip back to the 70’s on an old pawn shop Guild 12 string

May 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 308, “In Stereo” Album Review (well back half anyway)

Chapters
00:00 - Downtown Nashville
00:28 - Playing some heavy stuff
01:27 - Ehlo, friends! / Happy Mother's Day
02:10 - Going over "In Stereo" back half of album and thanks
03:04 - "A shopping accident" story (Paragon Mills)
03:36 - Ibanez "lawsuit"
03:48 - Lab Series L5
04:27 - Lab Series L5 demonstration
05:35 - Track #6 and on deep dive


Notes
People come to Nashville from all over the world to drink 10 dollar draft beers and hear five different songs playing all at once in the 110 degree open air of Broadway…I mean, who wouldn’t?

if you wanna check out this record here's the link:
https://bakedalaskarecords.com

if you wanna throw something in the PayPal tip jar for dear Uncle Larry:
tombuovac@gmail.com

or venmo:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

May 8th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Petit Bouche”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - 1950 Petit Bouche / Django Reinhardt sound (Jazz)
01:28 - Petit Bouche playing / That tone
02:40 - '30 Gibson L-5 (George's loudest ever heard)
03:38 - L-5 playing
04:46 - "I can play Foghat"
05:10 - Comparison of guitars
06:00 - Stromberg vs. L-5
06:30 - What do you like best?


Notes
Hello friends…I just wanted to do a quick video with George after I fell absolutely in love with both of these KILLER guitars, even though I have no idea how to play them…

If any of you guys out there play this type of music i can tell you for a FACT that either of these old guitars are a no brainer.

May 8th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 307, Tom Bukovac, “Next Stop, Buffalo”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing that guitar!
04:43 - Duesenberg Session Man / Fender Pro Reverb
05:29 - Ryman update, Hermanos Gutiérrez / Quiet, instrumental performances
07:17 - Best Duesenberg Session Man / Piezo?
08:35 - "What I really want to say"
10:00 - Dear friend passed away
11:27 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / People pleaser vs. brutal honesty
14:04 - You're supposed to be lost in your 20s
15:40 - In Stereo record / Create something you like / Watching careers wax and wane
18:02 - Big producer story / Taylor Swift and Sarah Buxton
21:13 - Movies to watch: "Being There", "Smoke", "Simple Plan", "Skin"


Notes
Uncle Larry plunks on his namesake guitar and regales the Homeskoolers with story time.

May 7th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ PSA “Readin’ and Ryman”

Chapters
00:00 - Beatles playing
00:41 - Hello and announcement with Hermanos Gutiérrez
02:18 - Ray Renfro - Cleveland Browns (NFL card)


Notes
A quick PSA from Larry that might cure any boredom you might incur this evening

May 6th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “No User Serviceable Parts Inside”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming along
00:37 - Hey friends! / Gildan
01:26 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special
02:15 - Strymon Flint Reverb
03:03 - Reverb comparison
03:33 - Back to the guitar
05:21 - Another '58 Gibson Les Paul Special
06:08 - Quarter inch up on the pickup
07:21 - Back to the '56 bridge pickup / Pukey middle sound
08:16 - Bukovac & Guthrie Record


Notes
Don’t adjust your set, you are not seeing double…it's just two TV specials from the golden age…

In the video I failed to mention that the neck on the 56 that’s for sale is a good bit chunkier than the one on my '=58.

If interested email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

to buy the Guthrie Trapp "In Stereo" record click here friends

https://bakedalaskarecords.com/products/in-stereo-cd

May 6th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 306, Tom Bukovac, “In Stereo” Album Review” (well, first half anyway)

Chapters
00:00 - Sliding and a pickin'
00:20 - Good morning / "In Stereo" record deep dive setup
01:27 - Coffee and not giving a fuck
02:45 - Folgers Classic Roast is the Gildan of coffee
03:33 - Beer snobs / Being picky
04:04 - "In Stereo" talk
05:10 - Tracks listing order, dissection
06:05 - Track sequencing


Notes
Uncle Larry goes through the first few tracks of the new album with you ….

If you haven’t heard the record yet you should save this video to watch later…seriously

here is the link to buy the record
https://bakedalaskarecords.com

Unrelated, if any of you guys are looking for a bangin 56 les paul tv special I have one here for sale. A friend brought it over…he wants 15k plus domestic US shipping for it

It’s a damn nice guitar

Cons:
Old Grovers clearly put on a million years ago, original keys not included

Refretted with slightly larger than original sized frets

Comes in a 70s Gibson les paul case

Pros:
Nice comfortable weight

Beautiful fairly worn original TV finish with no overspray and no repairs whatsoever

Big chunky kick ass neck

It’s already got a music city bridge on it

all original parts otherwise

This guitar plays great, sounds great, looks great

Email me for photos at tombukovac@gmail.com