I’m going to see Uncle Larry Tonight at the underdog for my 26th birthday! I’m so happy I get to see my favorite guitar for my birthday what a gift. Appreciate everything you do Larry
Feelings of pure satisfaction: 1. Backing into a parking spot in one smooth move. 2. Last one through a (mostly) yellow light. 3. USB inserted right side up the first time 4. Finding a chord on your own that just sounds how you are feeling right that very minute. (I suppose this applies to the perfect lick, too, but I suck at licks.) 5. Guardians clinch a post-season spot 6. Having a deep belly laugh because your kid said something absolutely mind bendingly funny.
We Brits are world champions of the understatement, although there does appear to be a decline in the use of gradable adverbs in our language. However, as guide for you, to be British is to only hint at ones passionate feelings. I thought that today you were rather good. Thank you
Dude, seriously fun as fuck. Among all of the things I love about you, this channel, my fellow classmates, Nashville vicariously, Gruhns, gear, beer, and the beauty of fatherhood…it all boils down to a whole heep of hard won wisdom and fun. Thanks man!
Just wanted to say I love Homeskoolin'. You don't have to share your thoughts, your technique, your endless knowledge about all things guitar with us, but you do anyway and I am very grateful. During the pandemic, I was struggling mentally and you really helped pull me out of a deep depression. I thank you for continuing with Homeskoolin' post pandemic and this "intermediate" guitarist can't wait to see what you have in store for us next!
Hi Tom, thank you for your gorgeous guitar playing and advice. I appreciate that you show your repair guys love. I’m listening this episode while pulling a neck on an old Harmony Sovereign. I last less than a minute watching a RUclips wank fest that someone sent me but I’ve watched damn near all of your episodes and I’ve enjoyed all of them. Thanks for bringing your love of music, family, friends, and the NFL to this community.
Installing a treble bleed on a P90 pickup involves soldering a circuit to the volume control pot's input and output lugs. Here are some steps to follow: 1. Prepare the components You'll need a capacitor, a resistor, and heat shrink tubing. A 0.001uf capacitor and a 150k resistor are a good all-rounder, but you can also use a 100k or 130k resistor. 2. Solder the resistor Twist the resistor lead wires around the capacitor wires or snip the wires and solder them together. 3. Cut and solder the capacitor leads Cut the capacitor leads to the desired length and solder them into place. 4. Apply heat shrink tubing If you're using heat shrink tubing, add it to protect the lead wires from touching the pot's back, which acts as a ground. 5. Install the circuit Solder the treble bleed circuit to the volume control pot's input and output lugs. Although the installation process looks simple, it can be tricky to get to the correct place because of the three components coming together. If the connections aren't made properly, or something comes loose, the circuit could be compromised.
you mentioned Bring on the Night by Sting I have watched it a dozen times and somtimes forget that I did sooooo.. guess what I watched the whole thing again the other night..Those cats are bad ass..all the way across the board. The live drums at the show wow.. Saw Weather Report a few times in Chi. early on..wow and Kenny yes indeed he stuck with the piano when the rest of the family dropped out and the cat can play with so much soul...The whole band Sting put together was , well awsome..I love the way they heckel Sting and he drops right in and learns the lanuage.. and the girls I mean the whole package..Thanks for re-living some great moments in my life also Larry. Not only are you a great musicologist and player but This is what you do now remind folks there has been some very cool stuff going on in the last 60 years..Beato knows, Pierce knows and lived it, man those two cats well put in your own descriptives..Well I'm off incognito to Austin and beyond.Peace, Love, Tye Dye.. Hve Fun CJ
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Hi Tom, I was lucky enough to see the Dream of the Blue Turtles tour over here in the UK (at NEC Birmingham), and to this day it’s still one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen. Being a Police fan I was already a fan of the material, but to see/hear how Sting and the musicians (re)interpreted it was a genuinely game-changing experience. There were a few tracks that I didn’t quite get at the time, only for the penny to drop a few years later. The ignorance of youth, and all that! And Brits with SGs always makes me think of Zal Cleminson, whose playing/tones on the SAHB records still sound as fresh and exciting today as when they were first released - Amos Moses, Give My Compliments to the Chef et al…
Hey Larry- thanks for doing what you do. I used to sit and listen to my pops just play through old tunes like you do. Teaching Zappa tunes to the town youths. Core memories. Rock on.
My profession is Fine Art Installation Technician. I get that kind of satisfaction all the time. Getting the art up on the wall in the exact right place can make a room come alive. Sometimes making an adjustment of an inch can make all the difference. I get to stand back and enjoy some amazing works of art that I could never afford that are in private collections. (Even though we're based in Toronto we have moved some stuff for your friend Mr. Irsay on occasion, I hope he's doing OK)
Feelings of ultimate satisfaction for me personally, I am a simple guy, I WILL BE BLUNT so if you are sensitive to skip to my loo my darlin': 1. When I have been building a tube amp from scratch, especially when it is your own circuit design or restoring a 1930's tube radio and you power it up for the first time and it both plays and sounds great. 2. You are onstage and it's a nice club, it's packed, the band is clicking, the people are smiling and obviously enjoying it, the energy feedback is addictive. 2. You caught a nice buzz and then you put on a great old classic vinyl record and you have it cranked while you sink into your sofa, eyes closed looking like the Memorex Man. 3. You are home alone playing through a cranked tube amp because "fuck it" with your favorite geetar and the tones are effortlessly flowing out because it sounds so good it makes you smile at how badass you sound. 4. At the end of a long stressful day, sitting down to a meal of delicious comfort food after couple of drinks followed by a beautiful lady dropping down to give you the oral pleasuring without spilling a drop, then drifting into blissful sleep. 5.When you've been sitting on a turd all day and you finally sit down and it all comes out at once cleanly in one piece.
Hey man, I was sipping on a bit of whiskey and I thought about some really satisfying things I have experienced, not necessarily in any order. I warned ya. Can you honestly disagree these are very satisfying things😜
Just keep playing!! Great camera angle with a guitar taking up the majority of the frame. I could watch these videos all day! Thanks for all the great content Tom.
"Some Secrets" Once my little band opened at the Birmingham Palladium here in Michigan. Johnny Winter was our headliner. Of course, we little twat doodles were all down front. He turned his back to the audience after a tune, started twisting the pegs on his Firebird. Looking over his shoulder he glanced down at us and said into the mic, "You don't give the good ones away." Some Secrets,,,indeed. Thanks a billion Thomas!
Tom gittin’ it! That intro sounded totally awesomely awesome. Thank you for taking the time to do these videos. Every week I’m picking up a lil bit more of what you’re laying down.
Charlie and Adam at Glaser Instruments are 💯 my go-to's for guitar repair and evaluation! UL, hard to rank all of the videos that you've done, but this one was a tremendous help, at least for me. Thank you!
I recently had my 1991 Strat..a 63 reissue made in Japan refretted and had a treble bleed installed at the same time. Had a couple of frets choking out…11 12 and 14. It now plays so well I have a hard time putting it down. I’m just playing in the living room and find the treble bleed very helpful especially on the neck pup. Also got the tone control hooked up to the bridge pup…night and day difference. 3 of the best decisions I’ve made in recent memory and now I’m Happy!
Hey Tom, that was an amazing solo on Bring on the Night. My mind was similarly blown on Michel Camilo’s From Within off the Calle 54 soundtrack, Anthony Jackson on bass, Horacio Hernandez on drums, life changing!
Kenny Kirkland was truly a genius. I heard him live with Branford's band, he was telepathically connected to their unbelievable drummer Jeff (Tain) Watts, and supernatural shit was happening. Those guys are galactic class mofos. Like musical astronauts, they go where others could only dream of going . . .
God damn, specials are special things. Always a pleasure Larry. Loving the sound of the treble bleed, I didn’t get as lucky with one I had installed, less effective than yours. If anybody in the comments has some values for Gibson p90 guitars, I’m all ears!
Hey Buko. So I just woke up and get the notification of this episode. Man! Someone put a nickel in Uncle Larry! You playin’ your ass in! 😂 Love ya Bro. Your pal in Boston, Darin
Awesome. From Kenny's Wikipedia - In a video interview with Sting published on Aug 29, 2020 as part of the Doctone Project, Sting relates about Kirkland’s playing philosophy as follows: “I learned a lot from him-that way of approaching harmony where there are no wrong notes, just the note that you follow with... there are no mistakes in a Kenny Kirkland solo. What you think is wrong momentarily is suddenly put right by a choice, so that philosophy was something I learned at his feet... You can bring that into life, too. We all make mistakes, [but] it’s how we cope with them or how we react next, so that for me is the essence of jazz. You take a risk and you’re rewarded by your subsequent choices.
I’ve found that treble bleed circuits work great in certain guitars with certain pickups…I haven’t figured out why, but basically I try treble bleeds in guitars that don’t ALREADY have responsive different sounds throughout the whole taper of the Volume knob. If I have a guitar that does that well on its own, I leave it alone. But a treble bleed works great to get that variety throughout the taper on a guitar that DOESN’T already do it on it’s own. I’ve also recently had some great luck with a high pass filter with an old SD JBJ with the old rough cast magnet…wow, that filter really made some magic happen! And I don’t know the values of any of the caps…but my tech does! And if he tries a value in a treble bleed that doesn’t work so great, then I’ll have him try a different value until we get there! And WOW…you are a man after my own heart talking about Kenny Kirkland and the live “Bring On the Night”! That whole ‘The Dream of the Blue Turtles’ album hit me like a ton of bricks when it came out…in fact, I saw the tour in Austin in 1985 and it was my very first live concert…the entire band and the whole aesthetic blew me completely away. I even saw the Michael Apted documentary in the movie theater shortly after the show itself. Major, major musical moments for me. Thanks for another great Home Skoolin’ lesson and for always giving me something to aspire to!
I finally just bit the bullet on a neck reset on my 62 J50. Money very well spent. Once the angle was right and the saddle had some height again everything about the guitar sprung back to life. Shout out to Brothers Music in wind gap PA. True craftsman
Hey Tom, a little while back you shared some of that Randall Bramblett stuff and a link to the Paradise Breakdown record. I’ve only heard the three available tracks but Man is it good! I hadn’t known about him so thanks for cluing me in.
Unc! Been with you since the "corona lessons" days... thanks for doing your thing. Really wanted to catch you and Guthrie at The Bitter End in New York... checked their website a couple of weeks ago, and your gig wasn't on the calendar yet. Went on a vacation, came back, checked again and both nights were sold out. Gutted! Signed, sad puppy in the city.
I learned about the concept of neck resets the hard way with what I thought was a bargain used Martin 000-17. Smallest saddle I ever saw. Great lesson!
for me a big part of the magic of an SG is the placement of the neck pickup: since it is not on the 24fret it sounds a bit clearer than on a LP. I love the sound of both pickups, both volumes on 7-8 for rhythm. And if it comes for lead playing I just put the bridge volume on 10. And YES: that Kenny Kirkland solo is one of the greatest piano solos ever on a pop record
I'm with you Larry. I've had 8 re-frets here in Bangkok with a luthier that has incredible attention to detail, Jescar nickle $60 steel $100. I hate little frets! It really does bring new life to a guitar not to mention making them play like a dream.
Tons of information and tips in Volume 342! Possibly the best tip was the Kenny Kirkland piano solo, holy crap! Also, those are two beautiful solid bodies of old mahogany.
I was devastated when the Police broke up but that Dream of the Blue Turtles album with Kenny Kirkland was incredible. The bands cover of "shadows in the rain" is ridiculous as is Kenny's solo on that.
I was fortunate enough to see Kenny Kirkland play with Sting and that incredible ensemble at Miami University of Ohio. I think it was the same tour as when the live album "Bring on the Night" was recorded. So so so good.
Once again, nothing better than morning coffee with Uncle Larry! Just need some White Mountain toast along with the coffee. I challenge old Homeschoolers to identify the Volume from which we learned about White Mountain Bread :)
About 15 years ago, I bought a custom wiring harness from a guy in Nashville for an old Epi LP Custom I have. He built it with treble bleeders. He explained how it worked, but I really did understand what he was telling me. That is, until I installed the harness and plugged it in. I have them on most of my guitars now, thanks to a guy selling custom wiring harnesses on Ebay.
Uncle Larry is right on the money regarding neck sets and the repair stuff he’s speaking of… I worked for guild guitars in Westerly RI for 11 years, majority of the time in final assembly and the repair shop. Replaced the binding on an old guild Artist Award once (our most expensive guitar), and it was a motherfucker! Not to mention trying to match the yellowed lacquer on the binding so it matches the rest of the binding on the guitar… Very time consuming and detailed work. And neck angle pitch and straightness are the very first thing I look at on an acoustic, definitely a dealbreaker if there’s slim saddle/thin bridge, or conversely, if the saddle is huge/tall bridge… Can tell right away neck needs a reset and to steer clear unless you want problems and like spending lots of money. Also, when buying an electric if you notice the bridge has to be jacked way up, or is almost floored out you know the neck angle is wrong and it’s probably not gonna play well and gonna run into trouble down the road…just sayin’.
Loved it! But... made me envious as I had a fabulous mid-60's SG Special (legend had it that it was once owned by Lou Reed). Grovers and a tune-o-matic added. Sold it like an idiot to a friend who refuses to sell it back to me - Grrrrr... oh well, I'll just have to be happy with what I have, but I have learned my lesson! In any event, mine never sounded as good as Tom's, but that isn't about the guitar... it's about who's playing it!!!
That guitar sounds fuckin stupid good. If i had one, I'd be happy.
This little old Gretsch playboy amp I’m rockin it through is fuggin cool too
@@501chorusecho Do you have gear that ISN'T cool?
Then you'll be happy 😊
@@jacklbrt lol, that's what I was going for.
Yeah, then you'd be happy. Pure satisfaction. There's a few feelings in life like that.
I’m going to see Uncle Larry Tonight at the underdog for my 26th birthday! I’m so happy I get to see my favorite guitar for my birthday what a gift. Appreciate everything you do Larry
Me too. Enjoy!
Happy Birthday. Have fun!
Lucky you. Enjoy.
Happy Birthday !! Make it be a good day !!
Happy birthday brother. Enjoy.
Feelings of pure satisfaction:
1. Backing into a parking spot in one smooth move.
2. Last one through a (mostly) yellow light.
3. USB inserted right side up the first time
4. Finding a chord on your own that just sounds how you are feeling right that very minute. (I suppose this applies to the perfect lick, too, but I suck at licks.)
5. Guardians clinch a post-season spot
6. Having a deep belly laugh because your kid said something absolutely mind bendingly funny.
7. The New York Jets kicking the ever lovin crap out of the New England Patriots. Lol
Thank you for explaining the neck set for acoustic guitars. I learned something. Homeskoolin is the fricking best. Much love from NC.
Right on my man
Hey buddy hey to you from WNC!
Naw Charlotte
Nothing makes me want to go play like listening to you, Unk! Inspire ain't the word for it.
I appreciate that man
Same.
Yep, pure passion is contageous.
We Brits are world champions of the understatement, although there does appear to be a decline in the use of gradable adverbs in our language. However, as guide for you, to be British is to only hint at ones passionate feelings. I thought that today you were rather good. Thank you
Dude, seriously fun as fuck.
Among all of the things I love about you, this channel, my fellow classmates, Nashville vicariously, Gruhns, gear, beer, and the beauty of fatherhood…it all boils down to a whole heep of hard won wisdom and fun. Thanks man!
Thank you, Tom for sharing your time and talents!! it’s much appreciated!!
one of the great moments for me is when you play a song from a band i grew up with and connect me to homeskoolin even more....
Uncle Larry, you sound so good! Thank you for sharing your ultra cool music!
So much wisdom for an amateur like me. Actually makes me happier playing the guitar...which is the whole purpose for me!! Thanks Uncle Larry!
I've been playing quite a few years and I learn something new every video I watch of yours
I just watched the best guitar lesson I had in a few years! Thank you!
Just wanted to say I love Homeskoolin'. You don't have to share your thoughts, your technique, your endless knowledge about all things guitar with us, but you do anyway and I am very grateful. During the pandemic, I was struggling mentally and you really helped pull me out of a deep depression. I thank you for continuing with Homeskoolin' post pandemic and this "intermediate" guitarist can't wait to see what you have in store for us next!
Wonderful to read. Thankyou
i love how i can tune in to Uncle Larry and he's always handing out inspiration and wisdom like its Halloween. Thank you for doing what you do
Uncle Larry has reinvigorated my love for power chords, like in “Ready For Love,” and a loud, dry amp with no pedals. Pure joy!
Hi Tom, thank you for your gorgeous guitar playing and advice. I appreciate that you show your repair guys love. I’m listening this episode while pulling a neck on an old Harmony Sovereign. I last less than a minute watching a RUclips wank fest that someone sent me but I’ve watched damn near all of your episodes and I’ve enjoyed all of them. Thanks for bringing your love of music, family, friends, and the NFL to this community.
Yay! I feared you’d gotten rid of that guitar. I Love that thing. I bought the epiphone version and love it. Great show Uncle Larry.
Everything about this is perfect
I love the moment of exiting a well played song live as the audience hangs breathless. Cheers Tom!
Invaluable information, as per usual, thank u as always....exactly 2 months til Bitter End!!
tom you so good, unreal
hey i paid my dues in lorain county , Elyria, playing skynyrd on a ibanez roudsrr2 with the reversed fucked up tremlo... cira 84"
Installing a treble bleed on a P90 pickup involves soldering a circuit to the volume control pot's input and output lugs. Here are some steps to follow:
1. Prepare the components
You'll need a capacitor, a resistor, and heat shrink tubing. A 0.001uf capacitor and a 150k resistor are a good all-rounder, but you can also use a 100k or 130k resistor.
2. Solder the resistor
Twist the resistor lead wires around the capacitor wires or snip the wires and solder them together.
3. Cut and solder the capacitor leads
Cut the capacitor leads to the desired length and solder them into place.
4. Apply heat shrink tubing
If you're using heat shrink tubing, add it to protect the lead wires from touching the pot's back, which acts as a ground.
5. Install the circuit
Solder the treble bleed circuit to the volume control pot's input and output lugs.
Although the installation process looks simple, it can be tricky to get to the correct place because of the three components coming together. If the connections aren't made properly, or something comes loose, the circuit could be compromised.
Yes indeed on that solo. Incredible.
Hello Uncle Larry , I love it when you're jamming out rock on!!!
you mentioned Bring on the Night by Sting I have watched it a dozen times and somtimes forget that I did sooooo.. guess what I watched the whole thing again the other night..Those cats are bad ass..all the way across the board. The live drums at the show wow.. Saw Weather Report a few times in Chi. early on..wow and Kenny yes indeed he stuck with the piano when the rest of the family dropped out and the cat can play with so much soul...The whole band Sting put together was , well awsome..I love the way they heckel Sting and he drops right in and learns the lanuage.. and the girls I mean the whole package..Thanks for re-living some great moments in my life also Larry. Not only are you a great musicologist and player but This is what you do now remind folks there has been some very cool stuff going on in the last 60 years..Beato knows, Pierce knows and lived it, man those two cats well put in your own descriptives..Well I'm off incognito to Austin and beyond.Peace, Love, Tye Dye.. Hve Fun CJ
Hi Tom, I was lucky enough to see the Dream of the Blue Turtles tour over here in the UK (at NEC Birmingham), and to this day it’s still one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen. Being a Police fan I was already a fan of the material, but to see/hear how Sting and the musicians (re)interpreted it was a genuinely game-changing experience. There were a few tracks that I didn’t quite get at the time, only for the penny to drop a few years later. The ignorance of youth, and all that! And Brits with SGs always makes me think of Zal Cleminson, whose playing/tones on the SAHB records still sound as fresh and exciting today as when they were first released - Amos Moses, Give My Compliments to the Chef et al…
Came home from work and love to hear you talking and jamming… Gives so much motivation to grab my guitar.. thanks man.
Great info and Rock n Roll Guitar! All the way to Memphis. Brutal honesty is very refreshing. Integrity par excellence.
Saw sting last night and he killed it. We can all only hope to be that functional in our 70’s. Great video Tom
I just got home from Nashville, and i missed you, but i came home with a gift that keeps on giving😂
Gotta love a good SG. Love the haircut analogy!
That opening riff is killer. Thats a rock and roll guitar tone!!
Thank You Tom!
Espectacular!!!! Saludos desde Argentina!!!
Looking forward to seeing you play tonight! Great show as always. Thanks for what you do. Ian.
Hey Larry- thanks for doing what you do. I used to sit and listen to my pops just play through old tunes like you do. Teaching Zappa tunes to the town youths. Core memories. Rock on.
My profession is Fine Art Installation Technician. I get that kind of satisfaction all the time. Getting the art up on the wall in the exact right place can make a room come alive. Sometimes making an adjustment of an inch can make all the difference. I get to stand back and enjoy some amazing works of art that I could never afford that are in private collections. (Even though we're based in Toronto we have moved some stuff for your friend Mr. Irsay on occasion, I hope he's doing OK)
Based on your rec I just had Doug refret a '63 Special. It came out great and Doug is a super nice guy. Thanks for sharing that.
Feelings of ultimate satisfaction for me personally, I am a simple guy, I WILL BE BLUNT so if you are sensitive to skip to my loo my darlin':
1. When I have been building a tube amp from scratch, especially when it is your own circuit design or restoring a 1930's tube radio and you power it up for the first time and it both plays and sounds great.
2. You are onstage and it's a nice club, it's packed, the band is clicking, the people are smiling and obviously enjoying it, the energy feedback is addictive.
2. You caught a nice buzz and then you put on a great old classic vinyl record and you have it cranked while you sink into your sofa, eyes closed looking like the Memorex Man.
3. You are home alone playing through a cranked tube amp because "fuck it" with your favorite geetar and the tones are effortlessly flowing out because it sounds so good it makes you smile at how badass you sound.
4. At the end of a long stressful day, sitting down to a meal of delicious comfort food after couple of drinks followed by a beautiful lady dropping down to give you the oral pleasuring without spilling a drop, then drifting into blissful sleep.
5.When you've been sitting on a turd all day and you finally sit down and it all comes out at once cleanly in one piece.
eeegaaaahhhhh....this is so grosss
What a rollercoaster comment this is 😂😂
Hey man, I was sipping on a bit of whiskey and I thought about some really satisfying things I have experienced, not necessarily in any order. I warned ya. Can you honestly disagree these are very satisfying things😜
Hadn’t seen that guitar in a while - glad you didn’t get rid of it, you sound pretty awesome on it!
Just keep playing!! Great camera angle with a guitar taking up the majority of the frame. I could watch these videos all day! Thanks for all the great content Tom.
All the way from Morocco, I love your channel Uncle Larry! Keep rocking
Hey, thanks for this one, Tom! I've asked a few times about why/when you'd go to Gruhn's or Glaser's - and this pretty much nails it. Thanks again!
"Some Secrets" Once my little band opened at the Birmingham Palladium here in Michigan. Johnny Winter was our headliner. Of course, we little twat doodles were all down front. He turned his back to the audience after a tune, started twisting the pegs on his Firebird. Looking over his shoulder he glanced down at us and said into the mic, "You don't give the good ones away." Some Secrets,,,indeed. Thanks a billion Thomas!
Tom gittin’ it! That intro sounded totally awesomely awesome. Thank you for taking the time to do these videos. Every week I’m picking up a lil bit more of what you’re laying down.
Charlie and Adam at Glaser Instruments are 💯 my go-to's for guitar repair and evaluation! UL, hard to rank all of the videos that you've done, but this one was a tremendous help, at least for me. Thank you!
I swear by treble bleeds. You’re the man. Keep rocking.
I love that " you can steal it too" 😂
Happy birthday 🎂 🎶🎸🙌🏽
You can steal it to!
Great stuff as always uncle.✌️
Playing your first gig after years of practise was a very satifying and euphoric moment.
Also, Uncle Larry, thanks for talking about volume and tone control manipulation, makes a big difference in dialing in a sound.
It drives me INSANE to hear guitarists on RUclips saying "oh, yeah, nah bro, just all knobs on ten all the time" like, PLAY THE WHOLE GUITAR.
That shit made me smile man! Bowie kicked ass bro. I'm gonna revisit that shit.
Probably the earliest I’ve been on one of your vids. Love that SG
I recently had my 1991 Strat..a 63 reissue made in Japan refretted and had a treble bleed installed at the same time. Had a couple of frets choking out…11 12 and 14. It now plays so well I have a hard time putting it down. I’m just playing in the living room and find the treble bleed very helpful especially on the neck pup. Also got the tone control hooked up to the bridge pup…night and day difference. 3 of the best decisions I’ve made in recent memory and now I’m Happy!
Hey Tom, that was an amazing solo on Bring on the Night. My mind was similarly blown on Michel Camilo’s From Within off the Calle 54 soundtrack, Anthony Jackson on bass, Horacio Hernandez on drums, life changing!
Seems like you’ve been playing your ass out for many years bro. Loved the Silver Spoon session video- played your ass out there too.
Kenny Kirkland was truly a genius. I heard him live with Branford's band, he was telepathically connected to their unbelievable drummer Jeff (Tain) Watts, and supernatural shit was happening. Those guys are galactic class mofos. Like musical astronauts, they go where others could only dream of going . . .
God damn, specials are special things. Always a pleasure Larry.
Loving the sound of the treble bleed, I didn’t get as lucky with one I had installed, less effective than yours. If anybody in the comments has some values for Gibson p90 guitars, I’m all ears!
Hey Buko. So I just woke up and get the notification of this episode. Man! Someone put a nickel in Uncle Larry! You playin’ your ass in! 😂
Love ya Bro.
Your pal in Boston, Darin
Moments of pure satisfaction.. Hmm.. Hitting a nice cold pillow after a long day when you're dead tired and know you're gonna be out like a light. 👍🏼
The excitement we feel when a package full of guitar parts comes in the mail, to a guitar geek modder there's no better feeling.
This is a great episode. I also hope that somewhere out there this is someone’s first Homeskoolin episode and they’re like, “Who is Larry?”
Best thing I’ve seen all day.
Awesome. From Kenny's Wikipedia - In a video interview with Sting published on Aug 29, 2020 as part of the Doctone Project, Sting relates about Kirkland’s playing philosophy as follows: “I learned a lot from him-that way of approaching harmony where there are no wrong notes, just the note that you follow with... there are no mistakes in a Kenny Kirkland solo. What you think is wrong momentarily is suddenly put right by a choice, so that philosophy was something I learned at his feet... You can bring that into life, too. We all make mistakes, [but] it’s how we cope with them or how we react next, so that for me is the essence of jazz. You take a risk and you’re rewarded by your subsequent choices.
I’ve found that treble bleed circuits work great in certain guitars with certain pickups…I haven’t figured out why, but basically I try treble bleeds in guitars that don’t ALREADY have responsive different sounds throughout the whole taper of the Volume knob. If I have a guitar that does that well on its own, I leave it alone. But a treble bleed works great to get that variety throughout the taper on a guitar that DOESN’T already do it on it’s own. I’ve also recently had some great luck with a high pass filter with an old SD JBJ with the old rough cast magnet…wow, that filter really made some magic happen! And I don’t know the values of any of the caps…but my tech does! And if he tries a value in a treble bleed that doesn’t work so great, then I’ll have him try a different value until we get there!
And WOW…you are a man after my own heart talking about Kenny Kirkland and the live “Bring On the Night”! That whole ‘The Dream of the Blue Turtles’ album hit me like a ton of bricks when it came out…in fact, I saw the tour in Austin in 1985 and it was my very first live concert…the entire band and the whole aesthetic blew me completely away. I even saw the Michael Apted documentary in the movie theater shortly after the show itself. Major, major musical moments for me.
Thanks for another great Home Skoolin’ lesson and for always giving me something to aspire to!
Sounds wonderful. Inspired me to grab my TV LP Special. I’d like new frets too soon.
I finally just bit the bullet on a neck reset on my 62 J50. Money very well spent. Once the angle was right and the saddle had some height again everything about the guitar sprung back to life. Shout out to Brothers Music in wind gap PA. True craftsman
thx for the fret intel and yeah, that Kenny Kirkland solo is amazing!
passing on the knowledge...thanks Tom...
A well made cup of coffee and a nicely mowed yard can be pretty satisfying.
The Ziggy record was always blasting on my turntable back in the day! Freak out
My pinky finger hurts watching how easy Uncle Larry makes those stretches!!
Hey Tom, a little while back you shared some of that Randall Bramblett stuff and a link to the Paradise Breakdown record. I’ve only heard the three available tracks but Man is it good! I hadn’t known about him so thanks for cluing me in.
Unc! Been with you since the "corona lessons" days... thanks for doing your thing. Really wanted to catch you and Guthrie at The Bitter End in New York... checked their website a couple of weeks ago, and your gig wasn't on the calendar yet. Went on a vacation, came back, checked again and both nights were sold out. Gutted! Signed, sad puppy in the city.
Love that guitar
Crunchy, nasty, fluid, lyrical, articulate, velvety, fiery, soulful, shredding, gritty, resonant, bluesy, chimey, punchy, ethereal, groovy, dynamic, searing, swampy, hypnotic, sinewy, visceral, incendiary, mercurial, phantasmal, juicy, stentorian, serpentine, acerbic, effervescent, labyrinthine, sonorous, piquant, ebullient, tenebrous, zephyrous, cacophonous, lugubrious, quixotic.
Pretty good too!
P.S Thank's for the vids while you are so busy.
I learned about the concept of neck resets the hard way with what I thought was a bargain used Martin 000-17. Smallest saddle I ever saw. Great lesson!
Ha!!!!!!!!!!Love it!
for me a big part of the magic of an SG is the placement of the neck pickup: since it is not on the 24fret it sounds a bit clearer than on a LP. I love the sound of both pickups, both volumes on 7-8 for rhythm. And if it comes for lead playing I just put the bridge volume on 10. And YES: that Kenny Kirkland solo is one of the greatest piano solos ever on a pop record
You're my favorite 70's guitarist!
Hitting a pure golf shot is satisfying.
I'm with you Larry. I've had 8 re-frets here in Bangkok with a luthier that has incredible attention to detail, Jescar nickle $60 steel $100. I hate little frets! It really does bring new life to a guitar not to mention making them play like a dream.
Homeskoolin "the secret" was musically life altering. Best guitar sounds on yt, recorded on a phone.
For me, it was the "How to rock" episode. I thought I already knew how, but I was doing it all wrong.
Tons of information and tips in Volume 342! Possibly the best tip was the Kenny Kirkland piano solo, holy crap! Also, those are two beautiful solid bodies of old mahogany.
I was devastated when the Police broke up but that Dream of the Blue Turtles album with Kenny Kirkland was incredible. The bands cover of "shadows in the rain" is ridiculous as is Kenny's solo on that.
Thank you 😎
I was fortunate enough to see Kenny Kirkland play with Sting and that incredible ensemble at Miami University of Ohio. I think it was the same tour as when the live album "Bring on the Night" was recorded. So so so good.
thanks Tom
Gave me chills
That first scissor cut into a fresh piece of construction paper - pure satisfaction.
It’s the anchovies, Larry! There’s anchovies in the special sauce…
Once again, nothing better than morning coffee with Uncle Larry! Just need some White Mountain toast along with the coffee. I challenge old Homeschoolers to identify the Volume from which we learned about White Mountain Bread :)
About 15 years ago, I bought a custom wiring harness from a guy in Nashville for an old Epi LP Custom I have. He built it with treble bleeders. He explained how it worked, but I really did understand what he was telling me. That is, until I installed the harness and plugged it in. I have them on most of my guitars now, thanks to a guy selling custom wiring harnesses on Ebay.
Uncle Larry is right on the money regarding neck sets and the repair stuff he’s speaking of… I worked for guild guitars in Westerly RI for 11 years, majority of the time in final assembly and the repair shop. Replaced the binding on an old guild Artist Award once (our most expensive guitar), and it was a motherfucker! Not to mention trying to match the yellowed lacquer on the binding so it matches the rest of the binding on the guitar… Very time consuming and detailed work. And neck angle pitch and straightness are the very first thing I look at on an acoustic, definitely a dealbreaker if there’s slim saddle/thin bridge, or conversely, if the saddle is huge/tall bridge… Can tell right away neck needs a reset and to steer clear unless you want problems and like spending lots of money. Also, when buying an electric if you notice the bridge has to be jacked way up, or is almost floored out you know the neck angle is wrong and it’s probably not gonna play well and gonna run into trouble down the road…just sayin’.
The last tile on a big ass floor feels incredible.
Loved it! But... made me envious as I had a fabulous mid-60's SG Special (legend had it that it was once owned by Lou Reed). Grovers and a tune-o-matic added. Sold it like an idiot to a friend who refuses to sell it back to me - Grrrrr... oh well, I'll just have to be happy with what I have, but I have learned my lesson! In any event, mine never sounded as good as Tom's, but that isn't about the guitar... it's about who's playing it!!!
A great example of a track with the guitar volume rolled way back and gradually rolling it up as the song moves along is "I Never Dreamed" by Skynyrd.