im youngster deeply knotted up with the boogie and swing. to steal a phrase from you, "we are 3 removed from the boogie", but watching you reminds me that we never far from groovin tune. My local scene still respect the rhythm, recently just found an old band of cats that use to play in the 60's and 70's; holy moly were they AUTHENTIC

My dear ole Granny used to tell me, ‘you can’t drink all day unless you start early’

Hey Buko. Rockin’ Reggae with Stank! Very tasty indeed, my man. To those who may choose to join the Home Skoolin’ community, perhaps this may help, perhaps not: The Rules of Skool. 1) Do not tell knuckleheads about Home Skoolin. 2) DO NOT TELL KNUCKLEADS ABOUT HOME SKOOLIN! 3) If someone says "Stop" or goes limp, taps out, keep playing. 4) Play only what’s right, leave out what ain’t. 5) Where you end a note is just as important as where you start it. 6) Vibrato is a privilege, not a right, so please don’t abuse it. 7) Be thoughtful about the wang bar. Use it with love and emotion. Over use will grown hair on your palms. 9) There is no rule 8. 10) Episodes will go on as long or as short as they have to. 11) Your volume knob is your friend. 12) You know you have a true friend when you find yourselves finishing each other’s sammiches. 14) This ain’t a complete list of the rules. 15) If this is your first time Home Skoolin’, just act like you’ve been here before. Hope this proves useful or entertaining and doesn’t result in me getting hit in the head with a tomato. Your pal in Boston, Darin

Hey Tom, gods honest truth, I no sooner put my phone down right after watching this episode and my wife asked me to clean the solarium window in the kitchen. Inspired by your closing words, I got the ladder, glass cleaner and rags, without having to be asked twice mind you and risked life and limb to do as she asked. As I was finishing up she said “you really do love me”…❤️ …I can now spend the afternoon plunking on the ol guitar guilt free.

Back in 72 my grandma used to tell me, “Johnny… one day the starship trooper will have a KZfaq channel and you will be subscribed”… we all thought she was crazy and just talking gibberish.

Between this channel, GTs channel, and Jedd in the shed, there arent any other sites that will give a guitar player the kind of inspiration you 3 dudes do. All 3 down to earth and doing this stuff for the love of music. Thats inspirational. Thanks for all this.

my granny owned a bar, some of her words of wisdom were she painted in big words on the side of the building - free beer tomorrow.

Morning from the UK .. I hope everyone is in fine fettle . On the “pompous” reviewing of another guitarists playing subject . To my mind that is what a mentor/teacher/educator does and to have someone of Toms level offer this is a real gift . I have taught beginner to intermediate guitar for many years and the lessons have funded my life. I am nowhere near a top guitarist and know my place in the large scale of things but I have started many players on their journey and feel proud in doing so .. To have Tom offer this on top of his normal Home skoolin content is a wonderful thing and I know we all appreciate his efforts . Listen, watch and learn . We will all be better for it . Craig x

Speaking of fixing stuff for my wife, she is actually a great DIY-er. If I ask her to do something, she says, ‘Do it yourself.’

Hey Tom loved the way you snuck that MoTown lick in at about 3:17. You clever guy. Nice rockin' session today. Thank you for that inspiration.

Today's my 44th birthday , Tom ! Glad I get to watch another great video from ya !

Thanks for the Nolan Ryan doc recommendation the other day. So good. Love and appreciate all that you do. cheers!

😎👍 Thanks for all the posts! Best of luck on the move brother!

I discovered Larry right after Rick on KZfaq during Covid lockdowns - two of the best things that happened to me in that weird time.

I read the description

Now thats playin with feel!!! Thanks for showing how its done sir!

GM! There’s a lot to glean from your videos Uncle Larry. I’m so glad I stumbled onto the homeskoolin channel a few yrs ago. Thank you.

Good morning Uncle Larry. Great lesson critique previously shown. I love to start my mornings with a good Ol Uncle Larry vid. 😊

That reggae shuffle was really awesome - perfectly percussive and bumpin.. My dream guitar has always been a TV Yellow 50's special... That one has so much fretboard wear - love that LOVE. Armpit on fire at 14:24 - one achieves this level of guitar zen after 50,000 hours.. Happy Sunday, Uncle Larry!

Constructive, honest coaching is never a bad thing. Iron sharpens iron friends. Keep shining Tom!!

Offering your your experience to others for free is a gift you give to others .I've been playing for over 50 years and find you motivating and I learn from you . Good on you and Thank You !!

I love the way you hear things and put them together. Original. That's the style of music I like... original. As a good friend of mine said, there are two kinds of music, the kind ya like and the kind ya don't.

I read the video description and I just wanted to say, you’re a cool dad Tom. I watch this channel for the guitar content, but I always catch that you’re thinking about and talking about your kids. As someone who had a dad that was very aloof and pretty much ignored me growing up, I hope when I have kids someday I can break the cycle and be a little bit like you. Keep rockin’

I absolutely love your sincerity and honesty - as well as listening to your playing. Your down to earth insights on music, guitar, gear and life in general is a breath of fresh air. I am an amateur guitarist with a small crew of musicians - referred to as the Improv(e) Collective. - where we simply improv and explore anything everything we are capable of. Keep on keeping on on!

Sometimes the opposite of what you think is the most important. As a kid my cousin Graham Todd (Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton John) mentored me about my piano playing. The biggest thing he taught me was to practice how your fingers lifted off the note as much as on - and always with a metronome. This rings true with the practicing your time in the space between notes.

Such a great tone! Right off the bat. Mahogany and p-90s, of course with skilled operator.

I watched the review and found it very informative. It was kindly done and should have caused no problems. It is always valuable to have someone criticize playing from outside as long as it is done with respect and kindness.

Back in the late 90’s, I quit playing guitar to learn drums so I could get better on my “time”. Good investment of time. When I picked the guitar back up, it was like starting all over again. “Time” well spent. Thanks BUK!!!

That series of chords at 3min, is gold, Larry- gold!

Love the new album sir. Thank you for the music and inspiration 😎

Hi Tom! You have the best right hand in the business. Oh yeah, and left hand too...

In Toms videos you get 40 years of rock guitar evolution slammed into a 3 minute riffage. You could spend 3 months on the first few minutes of this thing and still not have gleaned all the wisdom off it. These riffs ain’t cheap there’s a books’ worth of history behind every lick. Thank you brother you are a blessing to the musical world.

Hundreds of videos and I still see new ideas in every one. It’s unbelievable. I’ve played and watched guitarists for more than 30 years, but I’ve never seen someone with a deeper well.

My granny used to say "don't walk through the screen door grandpa... you'll strain yourself."

Hey Uncle Larry, I stopped into Gruhns on Saturday and had the distinct pleasure of meeting your friends George and Greg. You’ve got some great friends there! George and Greg were incredibly gracious to Me and my Chaps! Good lord Nashville is hot! Thanks for what you do my man! Really appreciated! FYI, your new album with GT is insane! Drew H P.S. enjoy the brewski’s, I owe you way more than that!

Guthrie, Tom, and Rick! Way cool! Can't wait for Rick to post it on his huge KZfaq channel!

Spot on Uncle Larry. No one ever gets better at anything if we aren't willing to learn from those who have paid the price to become great at something. You've paid the price to speak with honesty.

If one of our tech-savvy Homeskoolers would make a compilation of every time Tom says "..then I'll be happy" with the pause and stare afterwards, well... ....then I'll be happy 🧐

Im one lonely man too, my brotha. Bless your heart and all you give

Crazy how just 3 notes can send a mind reeling back to one's childhood. "Reach Out I'll Be There" The Four Tops motif was in there somewhere.

For those that didn’t catch it, the tasty Spanish lick is from theme song of The Mask of Zorro with Antonio Banderas. One of my favorites. Love your playing Buk!

I’m 72 and guilty of over playing all these years. I recently had a fall going my photography and tore my rotator cuff all to pieces. Major surgery. I’m now in physical therapy and relearning how to play guitar. My right arm and hand has lost some coordination. No more alternate picking ever again. And most important is the phrasing and space in between the notes. Learn to BREATHE. You don’t have to play everything you know and can do all the time. And learn chords. That’s what I learn on this channel. More chords and voicings. Tom you always do a great job on chord voiceings. And you are a great composer/guitarist. That’s what I’m trying to do. Write good string based original music. My hat off to you. In Stereo is a journey. Takes you places. Damn good. Peace to you and Dreg on. 🎸🎸

Uncle Larry, you are the best boss. 😊 You're a natural, one of the guy's!

That guitar sounds soooo damn good and has the best tone with those P 90's and the ring of the strings with the volume all the way down is killer!

really cool riffs- as usual!

Reach out (I'll be there). It took me all day to finally hear the lyrics in my head along with that melody.

You are a lucky man to have sooo many friends.

Who knew the secret to amazing tone this whole time was piss soaked tweed aged to perfection? Just kidding...maybe? Sounding great, Uncle Larry.

@501chorusecho…. Rick Beato did a short featuring you called “Vital Signs”. Tom, you played that’s synth part from memory and Rick put the Rush mix over your part. The timing and tuning were impeccable. Great job!!’

One of the few channels where I feel like we're just having a conversation and hanging out.

Don't forget that while the outer moving experience is rounding into form -- so is the inner experience. How to get on with it, Uncle Larry. Peace. Love. Music.

I love it here so much. Everyone is cool and helpful. I'm 72, I've been playing a long time too. Many years ago I heard Willie talk about the 3 rules for his band. Don't be an ass hole, don't be an ass hole and don't be an ass hole! That was straight from Willie Nelson himself. Good rules for most any situation. 8) Love you guys, peace --gary

dude your advice about the headphones, thats some of the best advice on this chanel ever for me. Wow thanks tom. I found myself doing that in recording and considered it red light anxiety, but now i see what the trick is.

The Danny Dugmore chat yesterday was great!

A machine my ninja- machine....cyborg metronome... props #1

The holes are what makes the swagger happen. Too much weedly weedly and no holes = groove death.

Happy Sunday from Vancouver Island Tom. Working on a little AC install over here before we get blasted from the sun all summer. Recently got a tri-guitar stand as I remembered you saying you dont put your guitars in cases.

I too read the description. Other art forms are reviewed and given professional criticism. Take writing a novel there is a whole group od people that review and suggest improvements. Same is true for painting and the graphic arts. Could on a let us our big boy/girl pants and and not take things personally. Kudos to the player who shared his craft and music. Best lesson i got was on stage at a local jam and the house bass player walked over and said in my ear in the middle of my solo "Space is where the sexy happens" Later i found him and said thanks changed my playing from that point forward. He was helping me get better and i am grateful.

Poor listeners also don't like silence, only the relentless sound of their voice. A great guitar part is like a great conversation, and an electric guitar has more capacity to converse through expressiveness than any other instrument except the human voice.

Anthony, you made an investment in yourself and showed courage by stepping out for all of us to see you receive feedback. And because of you stepping out, we all get to learn from it. I’m excited to see what you take from Tom’s suggestions as you will continue to get much out of your lesson for months and possibly years to come.

Tom's Granny raised that boy right!🤘

My critique of your playing. YOU ROCK!!

"First time it's ever happened..." 😂 (Interesting comment on Gear Page) Larry always has the greatest zingers.

Incredible………so good..

Man what a great sound from that guitar and amp

Old-school grommet on that switch mount. Too cool. Gives people ideas.

One possibility for the online lesson/critique segment; You could demonstrate what you mean when you are giving them tips and advice. The first one was pretty straight forward. You've already talked about the trem' bar and how to keep it close and be able to play with it in "ready position." But maybe if you played the part where he rushed a bit and showed how to maintain pace/space there. Just a thought. Keep up the great work and I'll keep tuning in;-)

Many years ago I lucked up on a '59 Tweed Deluxe. Great amp!

A cup of coffee with Uncle Larry. Just no better way to start the day.

God, I wish I had the time to practice more. With being self employed, the work doesn't end after finishing work in the field. You get home to do invoicing, tax crap, etc.... but just watching other people play as I go from one job to the next is memory learning on the fretboard for me.

Happy P 90 to you too TB

As a fellow Old "guitarded" rocker like you Tom, bet you've done this 70's timing tip (or how we learned before the internet) I used to put on a record or better yet the radio. Already, knowing the Song, I would play along for a minute, then quickly crank down the radio volume to zero. Then whilst continuing to play "along" I'd have anyone around randomly crank the volume knob back up! When you're still in the right place in the right time ,you know can trust the clock in your head, or your gut , (and sometimes lower.) Or the real way i perfected my timing /meter (this is an unforgiving teacher) Lock yourself in a room 4-5 hrs with an old tape echoplex or memory man. Playing rhythm and lead lines on the beat, berween the beat (fake dotted 8th setting) add your own harmony parts on the repeats. Practicing with an echo is how I perfected my meter or inner clock. You learn real quick when you hear your mistake(s..s.s.s.sss500ms later, later, later.. Fellow Homeschooler's it works, works ,wor.... On a more personal note.. I love you Tom ! Been playing 50 years! I think I'm hearing me talk to myself when I watch/listen to you. You're like a long lost twin brother I just recently figured out existed (one of our Mom's must know?) Hey! I'll volunteer to be your assistant and go thru other home schooler's submissions. I'd even relocate to Nashville! I was just there for the eclipse. I tried to find you playing a gig that week. Nope. You are the younger brother I look up up to! You turned out reallly good! Love to hang with you one day, both with a beer & our (current favorite) Les Paul's in hand! Maybe I should send in my own homeschooler submission first? Or look me up on you tube so you know I'm 'as safe as milk'😇 Love, Your "guitarded' older brother, Marc Bennett/better known as: Jewy Hendrix (on stage & computer screens)

Tom if I were a rich man you would be too! Thanks for all this great content

Hang in there Bobby S. You’re our great hope for the future.

Every musician has to be a drummer... time keeper.

Watching today's F1 and listening to the Buk. It works!!

Hey Larry, many years ago a great old guy i used to jam with told me to give equal attention to what TO PLAY as well as what NOT to play (when you lay out). He went on to say the notes you do play are equally important as those you dont. Time and space are what gives music its vital tenson.

As my dear granny used to say , mainly to the men in the family… “ Where’s there hair , there’s comfort . “

I read the description so this has to mean you have another cooking video up your sleeve!

A friend of mine, Dennis, runs Traeger Man Grills in Nashville...I could get you a deal! Cheers Tom!!

Larry -your "internal clock" is superhuman!

My Grandmother once said referring to a particularly tight-fisted relative of ours, that "He'd walk 40 miles for 2 free turnips" She also once opined that her definition of a gentleman was "a man who knows how to play the bagpipes - and doesn't"

No need to apologize for reviewing someone else’s work. It’s part of life’s performance of skilled work . Annual reviews in the workplace are common from managers who usually are more experienced in their craft. Hah You are offering valuable feedback for those who want it to improve their skills because they actually respect you already or they wouldn’t offer their videos . Unlike the average manager who has to do it because he gets hit on his bonus. Lol and the employees who dread it. Sharing your love of and respect of playing guitar is admirable. Keep on rocking Session Man! 🤟🏼

Hi Tom, I recently saw a video of you and Jed live . I really loved how your lead was following Jed’s vocal, in previous videos you explained how you listen to the singer and find the melody. I’m curious if that came to you n the moment? It seemed like Jed through a look to you like wow! Thanks for sharing the knowledge and wisdom.

Whoa Uncle Larry went a little reggae there for a minute! That was fun

If I could keep only one it would be the Gibson Special. Probably the deluxe as well. Going to check out those settings now.

Hey Tom I just stumbled across country’s family reunion Nashville, is that your pal world class piano player Gordon Mote I think it’s around 2008 , cool to see these awesome musicians

Tom you have stepped in all the greats shoes, and no longer have anything to fear because you now where them.

If you ever swing by Burlington Wi. I'll give you a free tech 2 patio grill. or any other Homeschoolers.

Nice truth nugget at the end 🔥🔥🔥

UL just keep helping, thanks

Yes! Elliot Randall reeln in the years, my favorite guitar solo of all time….👏🤘🙌

Amazing grove! I’m struggling with the timing and of course rusning my playing. Whats a good exercise to practice timing and pocket? Thanx for all the laughs too!

nice Sunday vid! I have the same problem that Bobby has. I am trying to do better about playing the whole tune instead of just the solo and fills. lifelong work. Its even harder in a trio

Guitarists are the most forgiving, and generous people, when it comes to beginners or people who can't play very well,we put up with a lot, just because of a person's effort, and not as likely to be critical.

Lord, they sound good 🎸

Hope your moving is going ok. I’m house buying 2 states away. What a headache. “In need of tweed”.

Can’t wait for Homeskoolin by the pool!

Damn Tom , I can’t tell if you got the rhythm of a saint or a savage . Either way it’s bad ass

Hey! I'm in Nashville today (via Google Earth and the Nascar race at the Super Speedway.) A bit rainy today.