Homeskoolin' Volume 219, Tom Bukovac, "The Phases"
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2023
- Strymon Flint owners...you are welcome.
Please give all the credit to dear Renn...I am only the messenger....i want you to SOLELY visualize Renn when you are taking care of business after your girlfriend/wife etc is instantly seduced by the tone you are conjuring with the "magic setting".
Here he is...
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a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after 219 free guitar lessons...despite Dominic Hudson's best efforts to deter them.
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What about the I’m gonna buy a cool custom guitar from an unknown builder and find out you can’t get a music store owner to offer you 1 dollar for it in trade phase?
hahaaaa.....oh dude....i know ALL about that one.
when i had my music store (roughly 2014-2017) i quickly realized that NOBODY wants to buy used boutique amps....and i mean NOBODY.
we couldn't GIVE away amps that people had paid 5-6 grand to have built. We had a whole wall of used Dr. Z's that were harder to sell than used mattresses.
that's when i finally figured out the real meaning of the classic old vintage guitar culture term " last one holding it".
The real truth, when it comes to amps, is that if it doesn't say Fender, Marshall or Vox somewhere on it, NOBODY wants it.
Also, i never realized until i had that store how incredibly hard it is to sell any amp that is big, loud and heavy, no matter how "cool" or rare it is.
We could have sold an unlimited amount of old Princeton and Deluxe Reverbs, old Gibson acoustics, old Fender basses, old Strats, Teles and Les Pauls...but everything else would sit forever. I suppose that's why the items on that list I just mentioned will always be the definition of "blue chip" investments.
@@501chorusecho as I stare at my unsold Magnatone....
@@501chorusecho i would buy a used Dr Z for $1000 just like I would buy a fender, marshall or vox for, i think 6 grand amps are just hard to sell
must be a very badly built guitar.
@@johntwardy1430 well, since you have had so much time to inspect it and play it, I guess you’re right.🤔
How can anyone complain about soliciting some non-compulsory funding for amazing guitar lessons from a professional who happens to be a great hang. From me, just thank you, Tom.
Man, my hat is off to all the guys who have submitted entries to the string bending contest. Not to sound like I'm handing out participation trophies, but all you guys are winners in my book. Takes guts to put yourself out there.
I was gung-ho at first about doing a video but after seeing the competition I decided against. I didn’t think I’d win but I didn’t want to embarrass myself. Also ditto , props to everyone that did.
Wouldn’t want people to think you’re handing out trophies for participation or anything, god forbid
Everybody is a winner. As if…lol
Everyone's a winner baby, thats the truth...
Just because you’re miserable doesn’t mean the world should be… just sayin
Okay, you nailed me on most of the phases but neglected to mention the "F- it, I'm just going to build guitars" phase
…and pedals…and amps..its a sickness, but fun as hell!
Just heard the sad news that the great Jim Brown has died at the age of 87. I know Tom is a huge fan. And while I'm not a Browns fan , ALL NFL fans, myself included, are saddened by the news. He was true greatness. Prayers to all his family and friends. May he R.I.P. 🙏
I share your sadness, Uncle Larry, for the passing of Jim Brown, the greatest athelete ever. 2 things from my childhood, seeing a Browns game at age 7, the seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Keep up the great work!
Could not agree more on the “bro code.” I feel like that used to just be respect and common sense stuff you learned from your dad growing up, but it seems to be less and less widespread these days. Thanks for sharing the wisdom, Uncle Larry.
Love this dude, thanks for this!
Always fun at Uncle Larry’s. Thanks. And loved the pics at the end.
every time i see you play has been a great thing. every other time i see you play is wonderful. play more and more and more. thank you little tommy!
We are all very lucky and privileged that you do these vids. Thank you Tom!
This is awesome, Tom. I really dig acoustic playing like this. Great light feel.
Thank you, Renn, you're so awesome! And thank you Uncle Larry. You da man!
Larry, you're metronome-like in your consistency for content creation with contests and all. Love the guitars, too. Thank you!
Thanks Tom and Wren for Strymon Flint settings. Helpful info!
Great playing and solid life advice. Friends, this channel and this community are the best. Have an awesome Friday.
this was your best!!!!! ever!!!!! you covered it all!!!!!! i sat here ,,,smiling and nodding my head,,,and laughing!!!!! you are the best!!! cheers!!!!!
You spoke a lot of truth today. Lots of luck on the talent show.
LOVE THE INTRO MAN!
Thank you to Rhenn!
Thanks Ren ! I love my Flint even even more then I did yesterday, and Thanks Tom for all you do for the Guitar community, I've followed your channel from it's infancy and there are none others like you or it !
Just love these guitar conversations ... been playing 33 years now and been through many of those phases too: played slide for 4 years/ played only acoustic fingerstyle for about 20 years (LONG PHASE) / straight into the amp phase- still trying that cause I get so sick of twisting knobs and manipulating different tonal variables / at present: back to what got me playing in the first place - just improvising on a Strat, and trying to sing through the instrument, nothing too cerebral ... and back to enjoying the hell out of it again!
Uncle Larry your wisdom is deep and your playing even better. There is no price I could pay for what you have shared since you started your channel. The advice about minding our own business is priceless!!! That's how I have always thought as well. Thank you Uncle Larry!
Thanks Tom - appreciate you including a picture into your montage. All the best - keep on picking, rocking, and rolling rocking
Hey king Larry !I want to see the video of you and son playing!thats amazing im glad your son is so inspired!love these talks i have so many friends that went thru the exact phases of the guitar playing journey ...i even had one friend he would change musical styles constantly like punk rock for a year then bluegrass then jam bands and every time he got into a new style all the other styles from previous sucked...and this dude took shit to a new level and went in deep he would buy all the exact gear for every phase he went through..we don't talk anymore sadly
So much of your playing almost brings me to tears. Beautiful
“The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life.” ― Frank Zappa
Dearest Uncle, the slide show at the end floored me. Especially the shot of Vitale. God knows how many records my childhood is littered with that have him on em'! As always, THANK you for sharing your time and tips. You and your "team" are truly treasures.
MUCH obliged!
Thank you Tom, Good to check in. I have been crazy busy lately so have some major Uncle Larry Episodes to catch up on. Thank you for sharing your insight with us and keep on Rock-in!
Thanks Ren, sounds great! My Flint was collecting dust until just now.
I’ve been through 3 or 4 of those phases and I’m just a hobbyist. Brilliant stuff Larry!
We are truly having fun Tom. Thank you for all you put into your channel ❤ it is so very very, very appreciated. Have a beautiful generational experience at the talent show. That’s what makes life worth living that genuine investment of love and time.
My first “public appearance” was at my high school’s weekly Coffeehouse… circa 1971… I was 16.. I was so freakin scared that I crouched behind my Ampeg SVT tower..!🤣 I heard the applause after the first tune ..Buddy Miles “Changes”… all downhill after that.. Thanks Tom..! Marshal is cool.!👍🏼❤️
Another great Friday class uncle Larry, I laughed a lot with the phases and 100% agreed with not messing with other people business, rule number 1
Sad news of the passing of the legendary Jim Brown, one of footballs greatest running backs of all time and a great individual....A man of true integrity. I know Tom that you were also a huge fan.
First Ive heard of this. Thank you.
Words of wisdom from our Uncle Larry. Many lack intuition; and common sense, isn't.
Very smart, is our Uncle Larry.
And what a great opening riff..
So funny about the phases. I am not as gifted as a lot of you (based on the bending videos), but I've gone through variations of all the phases you talked about, Tom. My pedal steel was lap steel and resonator, tried banjo too. I know you get this a ton, but thank you, man. I still equate your voice with the silver lining of the pandemic. There might be "better" causes out there, but I think what you do is priceless. Keep up the great work!
That guitar intro was one of the most beautiful bits I've ever heard on acoustic guitar. ..........and I figured out the tuning & how to play it........low to high: D, A, D, F#, A, D. Took me a bit to figure that tuning out, but I got it. Makes those licks sound SO powerful & Spiritually moving. Thanks Tom !!!
Oh thank you thank you thank you Tom and Renn! It is *very* cool. I"ve played with max Decay on the Flint before but never got anything very interesting. It's that 80's selection - only setting that does it.
The Uncle Larry show is the best. Maybe because of the tangents. Thanks!
Hey Tom... Enjoyed the comments and the "Life Stages" explanations! I've been thru few of the Stages! Biggest stage I went thru was not understanding most tone is in your hands and you handle the instrument! Just a note: My first electric guitar was a Silvertone I bought new in 1963. No, I don't still have it.... Like so many things in life.... "Gone with the wind". Thanks for the video Tom and for all the work you put into "Homeskoolin"
👌 thanks Tom and Ren for the Flint settings. I learn so much from these videos. The guitarist “ stages” really hit home. I’ve been through a few. Lol
Uncle Tom, much love to you. I deal with my colleagues grief and occasionally support them through violence, it can be a weight. You take the weight off when I watch your videos, you are the guitar guy of choice for those in the know and I want to thank you for your dedication and continued generosity. Between you Tim Pearce and Rick Beato there has never been a better time to be a music fan x
Great video.
Kick ass in the talent show!
The dude that took the A string and bent it was classic. He wins
Hey Larry, I feel like a lot of your nephews here might agree. You’re like the favourite uncle who turns up to the party, says something that silences all the squares, makes the rest of us spit out our beer and burst out laughing. Your kids are going to be so proud of the heritage you leave for them. Question for you… have you ever hung out with Cory Wong? Thanks for your generosity of spirit.
At 61 and playing since i was 10, I laughed so hard at the stages, and yes you nailed it.😂
16:00 Nicely put, Tom. Also good to see you not remembering what you were called: shows that you don’t let negativity affect you. Rock on, brother!👍
Best of luck to you boys at the talent show! Nice photo montage at the end of this one.
It was❤️
you nailed the phases thang.cracked me up
It’s because they’re 4 generations from boogie and 1 from common decency. Thanks for what you do! Love all the behind the scenes stuff.
Congrats on you & your boy doing the talent show. Confidence is a funny thing. Some people are blessed with it. After years of playing yata yata I still get nervous 😂
Wonderful Wise Words of Wisdom !
RIP Jim Brown. I’ve been thinking about you today Uncle. Hang in there buddy.
Ha, you are so right, I just bought a bass and am focusing on acoustic! But I think I need another one to really maximize my potential! Good luck to you and your son today.
Thanks again Uncle Larry.
I think I'll send you a thankyou present.
As usual, great advice
Wow I’ve been through something resembling all the phases on my personal journey. As a matter of fact I’m happily stuck in the acoustic phase currently. It shows no signs of abating. Anyway don’t let the trolls get to you. You have brought so much joy and enlightenment to my life. And yes the price is right. Thanks and God bless you and yours.
Thanks again for sharing your wisdom with us. Don’t listen to the haters Uncle Larry, there’s always some unhappy douche out there looking to make someone else unhappy too. The majority of us appreciate you and what you do for us.
Good luck with the talent show!
The old man was a touring bass player. The best I ever seen. And he did that after he had laid it down for almost 17 years.
47 and never could shake anxieties at shows. Gets almost crippling sometimes. I lose so much ability live. But, I love to play so………play on. Enjoying the world of Buk! It inspires one to keep learning.
What a crack up! I’m definitely in the BASS PHASE lately - I bought one recently (without ever playing a bass) and am finding it’s really a kick. So far so good....
And I’m 100% behind the Bro Code.
Carry on.
That list absolutely floored me hahaha. So funny. I'm coming out of a few and think I'm in the middle of a few.
Good luck with the talent show enjoy🤘🤘
Thanks Renn! Can’t wait to think of you mid-coitus.
I wonder if you'll still want to bring back bending after going through the hundreds of submissions 😀?! ... Thanks again for doing this dude - that IS commitment!
PS It's funny because I've watched quite of few of the entries, and I was surprised because the amount of views/subscribers sure didn't seem to equate to quality of playing... at least not to my ears. There were some absolute gems buried in the lonely corridors of the YT algorithms that's for sure. Can't wait to see who Larry goes with! Be sweet to see runners-up too.
Great video!
God DAMN that opening bit was incredible
Yes! So good!
I totally agree. So I figured out the open tuning he's using for this........low to high: D, A, D, F#, A, D. I'm also playing it too. Playing it isn't that hard, once ya have the open tuning figured out. I've always loved playing/performing with open alternate tunings. You can get such powerful, Spiritually moving sounds out of an acoustic guitar, that simply cannot be duplicated in standard tuning ( which is why I've always kept 3 or 4 acoustic guitars to perform for audiences, all tuned differently ). Try it. Enjoy...........but don't thank me.......thank Uncle Larry. I simply copied it.
@@howabouthetruth2157thanks for sharing and confirming what I also found the tuning to be. That is my favorite tuning on guitar. Same tuning that 3rd Eye Blind old guitarist Kevin Cadogan used a lot on first album.
Yep........that's definitely it. I've been playing guitar ( and singing, plus blues harp ) since 1974.........and it took me YEARS to finally find out about open/alternate tunings, LOL. This was back in the late 80's ( I was playing electric and acoustic, founding & co-founding bands, etc ).....and as advanced as I THOUGHT my playing had come, the discovery of open/alternate tunings was like discovering a whole new universe in guitar playing/performing. The only downside to it, is ya realize ya need multiple guitars......to keep from re-tuning in front of your audiences...........cuts down on breaking a shit load of strings too, on a single guitar, lol. @@ruanddu
@@howabouthetruth2157 I also came upon alt tunings later in life. Have you tried DADEAD? You can hear a sample of it on God of Wine by 3rd Eye Blind. Another great tuning.
we get by with a little help from out friends . thank you renn!
You say there is seven phases but I am on Number eight. Tuning into another lesson right here. I'm well over sixty played for over fifty and I still am just begging for more. PLEASE DONT STOP POSTING
Phases...yep!! The Im done with a flatpick only fingerstyle phase..... oh... and the crazy alternate tunings phase. ... and the ill fated, Ill learn drums phase!!! (Glad that ones over)
Thx Uncle Larry for all you do!
Man I used to get real bad leg shakes whenever I sung or played live - for years - drank through it until I was comfortable enough without - kudos to your boy having that confidence off the bat! 😎
I always found it easy to play for a crowd, but get the yips when playing for one…or just a few people in a small setting. Never made sense to me. I guess I’m just a weirdo.
@@sangertx9077 nah you're not weird, I still hate to sing in front of one or two... unfortunately my gigs tend to attract those size of crowds 🤣
@@sangertx9077 that makes all the sense in the world, man. I tend to more easily make larger crowds an abstraction and can handle that kind of pressure as opposed to the intimacy of playing for an audience of one or two. There’s less dispersion of your attention.
Uncle Larry. It's me Dave. I realize that you have seen way more than I will ever see. But the only advice I can give you. Is to say, Fuck the naysayers and the negative commenters. I appreciate your responses to them but don't give them the literal air they need to breathe by responding to them. Your spur-of-the-moment channel is so appreciated by so many people from the far corners of the globe that are not worth the fart that precedes your morning shit. Love you dude.
Good luck on the talent show - Im sure it will rock
Hey Tom; The guitar phases was right on.
I laughed out loud at the “Princeton Phase”. I still struggle with that one.
great photos at the end. 👍
Been watching since the beginning. Love you Man, Fuck all those people who don't dig it. The price is right right? I count you as one of the best things that came out of the Covid pandemic. You saved a lot of us from chewing on our own foot.
You are Awesome
I like the flint- it took me forever to realize the knobs are interactive at higher levels, its like a secret sound pops out. Cant wait to try that setting as I dont mess with the 80s verb a lot, usually live in the Landau 70s dark plate thing
Ah, Tom. Jim Brown. Just seen the news. Sad, sad day. What a legend the man was. Saluting that famous photo over your left shoulder as we call it for Friday, over here in Scotland. Gonna watch some highlights first though. Rest in peace, JB. Peace, Al.
Cool photos at the end! That could be a fun reoccurring segment - Uncle Larry's Photo Album. You show a few photos and tell the back stories behind them.
Awesome Tom! ever think about doing the score for some Tv and movies? I bet you'd kill that!
OK, I've only hit two of those phases, but right now I'm close to the "play bass" phase. I count the "pedal steel phase" for my "lap steel" phase.
Good commentary UL!
Your list of a guitar players life is so good. It’s spot on, and I find myself looking for a bass lately. I’ve not pulled the trigger yet but it most likely will happen soon. 😅 Northeast Ohio rules.
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. And that's the Truth! 🙏
You’re the secret setting uncle Larry. Low intensity max color zero decay. Rock on! 🤘🏻 (80s setting obviously)
This is an incredible video and accurate to boot lol
You two knock’em dead at the talent show and also epic photos at the end ✊🏼
more and more uncle larry. YEAH!
Damn that intro was beautiful!
That guitar intro was bjoooooootiful!!!
beautiful intro, WOW
Very good insight on those phases. One can also be in two phases at one time. For example, I am in the F@!k Pedals and Only Play Princetons phase. Those go well together.
The clarity of every harmonic in every note of that guitar is breathtaking! In places, it almost sounds like a twelve.
I’ve been through all those phases!!! lol
Thanks for the truth uncle Larry!!!
THE PHASES,Lol,Yes uncle Larry, Been there did that,.I did play bass in a band for four or five yrs, Friend of mine "Doug Bass" Played on that album " Guitar players that rule the world, One in the late 80s or early 90s, He is outstanding and had me playin all the slap funk stuff, primus etc..I got really good, But it wasnt my passion .I jus got to play cuz they needed a bass player,lol. Doug has a studio in Miami now doin great stuff. The phases,, I love this channel
Haven’t gotten over my Princeton stage yet.. Thanks for the settings
Knock em dead tonight Larry & Marshall. So much good stuff here don't know where to begin. RIP # 32.
I laughed when you mentioned the bit about the flint. I actually hated it myself, until I found the “magic” setting! 😂 I used it at a gig a couple years ago and everyone was like was like, “that song slapped harder than usual!” 😂😂😂
I can't abide unwarranted criticism. Tom B is a real thing; not to be pushed nor pulled.
RIP Mr. Jim Brown. I know you're a big fan, always enjoy his photo behind you
Listening to this on I 90 from a gig my band just did it in Concord Ohio. Great way to drive home.
Laughing my ass off at the phases as I'm driving.
My kiddo, played his fifth grade talent show 06, busted out times like these, and then Sumer time blues on his sg and vox, got a standing ovation and they carried him off on their shoulders, pretty fun night,
Oh and last week he has his first nashville gig at a proper dive bar
The end,
little by little,