Watching from Scotland. Yes it feels like a weird year here too, but channels like yours keeps us sane. Keep up the good work. Thanks for these videos, they do a lot of good.
Thanks much Uncle Larry for this guitar nerd hang, living out here in the rural west makes fellow guitar nerds far and few between so sitting with you is a real treat
@501chorusecho Can you help a bloke out with some Larry neck relief wisdom? Have loved the ride since ep 1, and the bench videos are gold. Cheers mate 🍻
See you're the real deal. Changing strings ABing guitars adjusting pickups see that's what we do and that's why we're here. You still have the passion and it comes through the video
I'm just here for the awesome community and their comments.. And learn guitar chording. And understanding to put names to what I feel and know already.. I'll put any guitar I have up against the tomfoolery of cork sniffing hahahaha
I can't imagine how cool it must be to play music with your boys. I have two sons, both gave up on guitar. I hope yours keep playing. Maybe on a future birthday celebration at 3rd and Lindsey they'll be up there with you as part of the band. Always great to see a father so engaged with his kids. Your a good man, sir.
Tom, I find you totally inspiring you are hilarious. The way you attack you're playing is crazy as I was watching I was playing my 2014 2 knob Gibson Memphis. Keep going man. Thanks for being real
I'm still thankful one of the owners at Longhorn Guitars in Fort Worth (closed many years ago) talked me out of a Les Paul Studio back in the late 80's. They had an LP Studio for sale and I told the guy I really wanted an LP Custom. He said, "don't buy the Studio ... you'll always wish it was a Custom. just find yourself a Custom". I ended up finding an '84 LP Custom a few weeks later and I'll still have it to this day. I still think of that guy from time to time.
The universe is comical sometimes. I rarely browse reverb for guitars I can’t afford, but today I was looking specifically at ‘83 Les Pauls, my birth year. I guess that means I gotta buy one! Love you, Larry!
Absolutely silence for tinnitus is brutal from all my years in the shop with loud tools and then guitar playing oofaaa I gotta keep a fan on at night just to fall asleep
mine is so bad from playing drums in loud bar bands that I have to go to sleep listening to audiobooks or the loud ciccada sound will drive me insane and keep me up all night. Wear ear protection kids!
@hexxhenderson i saw frank marino mahogany rush in the mid70,s frank had platform shoesand bellbottoms, he absolutely nailed hendrix. Best ive seen to this day covering hendrix. he said he fried on acid at 14 and woke up and could suddenly play guitar
Started 2025 with the flu but feeling better today--uncle Larry videos help...so thanks Tom! Trying to be positive about the new year. I agree that everyone seems extra edgy and whatnot, but i've lived through divorce and the Marshall fire (Colorado 3 yrs ago--this Cali situation hits close) so "this too shall pass" seems to always work. Hang in there skoolers! Play guitar and be good to each other!
🎵And the lamb, lies down, on bro-o-odway. 🎶 I’m happy for Leo, I guess it’s great to have a nice drum kit that you can play not making the neighborhood crazy.
My number one is a 1992 (my birth year) white Les Paul Studio with gold hardware. Bought in South Korea, but I guess it has spent time in smoky bars in Japan (there was a Japanese receipt in the case) because it's yellow. I've taken it on two US tours so far - the finish is checking everywhere, and it's covered in dings and scrapes. It's nothing particularly special, but it's mine! Love this video.
Gibson serial last three digits are as follows: first of the three last numbers is the factory code. Zero through 4 is Kalamazoo made and five through nine is Nashville made. Last two numbers are the production line placement. Thanks for the years of videos. I have had so many laughs and so much fun watching them. Hope to bump into you sometime in Nashvegas.
Hello Tom! 2025 off to a great start - we had a guitar nerd evening here in Leeds two nights ago - home made pizza and beer of course - and Gibsons, Fenders (and Tokais!) One mate brought his 1960 ES345 and what a beauty! Do I need another guitar? Going to try make it monthly!.
Hey, Uncle Larry, I've heard a number of friends and family express something like anxiety. My diagnosis is too much internet. Too much enragement for engagement. Homeskoolin is an island of kindness and sanity in a rage tossed sea.
thank you mate....i try to keep shit as calm as possible over here, despite dealing with a recent rash of stalkers who display a fairly large garden variety of mental illnesses...
@@501chorusecho Seriously. I sympathize. Must be a drag to be that unhappy and in need of a hug of some kind. p.s. The first thing I noticed this class was a little background music. First impression was it enhanced the cool hang out in the garage vibe. It wasn't a bother at all. p.p.s. My dear friend (my first uncle Larry) consulted on the new Magnatones. The brown ones. I have one and love it. Gets along great with no pedals except a looper. Love that thing. Thanks so much for keeping it cool here. It may be just a virtual community but it's a sane place and boy is that ever needed.
Shaw's Ive had in LP's over the yrs have always been great, your channel is def a fav!! I know it's hard but, take a big swig of one those cold beers and scroll right past the stupid comments,, can't ever win responding,, much love!!
Enjoy seeing some love on the Les Paul Studio guitars! My first good guitar is a 2006 alpine white model I got brand new at the time for Xmas. After all these years I still have it and play it often.
I have to agree with you Tom, I feel it's going to be a strange and wild year in this country and the World over as well. On a different note,going back a few videos ago, the Elvis Costello song Pump It Up.. I absolutely agree with you on its greatness, but my lord, to my ears, Goon Squad from the following album is so damn intense . The drum & bass groove is so tasty. Point being, it is a great one for the boys on your daily ride.
My 1st gibson was a 1992 studio..wine red/ebony board/gold hardware. Changed the plastics to cream. It was given to me from a friend...love it to death. The other day Uncle Larry posted a vid playin a white double neck and god damn that was some of the finest playing..cant wait to dig into that. Been trying to get a soumd like that lately and there it was....awesome
There's no way that was your first beer of the night haha! And I say that with no judgment. You're the best Uncle Larry. I have an1992 white Les Paul Studio that looks a lot like that one. I bought it brand new when I was 18 years old in 1992 and gave it to my son a few years back (he's 16 now). He plays it in his own band, and it brings me so much joy. Have great weekend.
Third I would wager. Only cheap.eer needs to be ice cold. Ask keystone labatts and anheiser Busch hHahaha . I'll drink warm Genesee though..especially creme ale.
2024 was way out there bizarre and very dark for sure. Feels like January 1981 right now. Everyone I know is optimistic about the future. Where they have not been since before the Pandemic. Living threw the plague of the 21st century was very dark times. If its to be the roaring twenties people are ready for it.
In high school I had a 1990 white lp studio. Man that was such a good guitar. It had a tighter sound for heavier stuff than the 82 custom I had. I miss it.
Wow, my LP Custom is an 83, and I have no recollection of the Studios being around then. I definitely thought they came later. Mine also has the Styx guy pickups in it. Thanks for your efforts, and sharing your gifts Tom 🙏
@@501chorusecho I was just a wide eyed rock and roll youth, astounded that I now owned the same guitar as Ace Frehley 😂 The Marshall was yet to come...
FYI, Uncle Larry is cool as shit. We briefly talked about Genesis at the Bitter End gig and he mentioned this very album playing in the background, which I had just been listening to myself. Saw two of the three NYC gigs and this dude has got the touch.
Damn dude, sounds killer, kinda making me rethink some things again on my end hahah...what brand nut files do u have? Thanks for another great video broooo
28 mins in. Ok, time to leave my white studio in a bit o sun. Although the white goes down well at suited n booted gigs, they're too few in number to deny the yellowing. 😊 Beautiful.
Hi Uncle Larry. I have a Gibson Les Paul tobacco burst standard from that nightmarish Norlin numbering era. I tried to decipher it years ago, but only got to a ball park of 1972-6. I bought it used in 1979 in Boston. Serial number starts with 00 and the next 6 numbers make no sense at all. It is frustrating to not be able to date it accurately.
you don't see many actually "Standards" before 1974....most of the time when you see an early 70's LP (thats NOT a custom of course), with two full sized humbuckers, it's a routed out Deluxe
Tom I fkg love those tuners and Yuenglings! I would love a set of those in good condition! I was gonna compliment them and then you said if anyone needs a set. Hit me up! Thanks and love the vids keep em coming bro.
Hello Uncle Larry! Hello Uncle Larry! Hello Uncle Larry! 2025 so far: Here in south Louisiana, Cajun Country, we're staring at an approaching winter storm of epic proportions. It's going to be a weird year. Politically, mainly, but I ain't going there.
Watching from Scotland. Yes it feels like a weird year here too, but channels like yours keeps us sane. Keep up the good work. Thanks for these videos, they do a lot of good.
That "Hello friends.." with a opening beer sound is just so humble.. Greetings from Slovenia.
I'm new to your channel. You might be my favorite person on the internet. Thanks for being here.
awwww....love you too my friend
Tom thanks for showing us the whole process fixing that nut from start to finish, this is so helpful!
It wouldn’t be Home Skoolin without the intro. Bench videos are always entertaining. Love you Tom!
Thanks much Uncle Larry for this guitar nerd hang, living out here in the rural west makes fellow guitar nerds far and few between so sitting with you is a real treat
Thanks for the most excellent guitar set up workshop(ha...big fun)cheers!
glad you enjoyed it my friend
@501chorusecho Can you help a bloke out with some Larry neck relief wisdom? Have loved the ride since ep 1, and the bench videos are gold. Cheers mate 🍻
See you're the real deal. Changing strings ABing guitars adjusting pickups see that's what we do and that's why we're here. You still have the passion and it comes through the video
thank you honey...i still love this shit
Me too
I'm just here for the awesome community and their comments..
And learn guitar chording. And understanding to put names to what I feel and know already..
I'll put any guitar I have up against the tomfoolery of cork sniffing hahahaha
@jerryhatrick5860. I dunno man.. toms got a red 335 thats hungry
@@501chorusecho
It's so worth it.🤙
I can't imagine how cool it must be to play music with your boys. I have two sons, both gave up on guitar. I hope yours keep playing. Maybe on a future birthday celebration at 3rd and Lindsey they'll be up there with you as part of the band. Always great to see a father so engaged with his kids. Your a good man, sir.
My pops had an old studio just like this but with gold pups. He called it his poor mans Randy Rhoads.
Look forward to changing strings and making a few tweaks.
Love that players view Tom.
Thanks for bringing a guitar hang home for we Homeskoolers
Finally bought my first Gibson...59 Melody Maker! Cheers Tom!!
cool bro....thats some GREAT old wood
It's got something to say.
@@TheFeelButton it will REALLY come alive with a music city stud finder bridge my friend
@@501chorusecho I look forward to being the first guy to get to play it properly set up! Got one on order.
Melody makers are cool.
I am happy//// very happy.
Love the bench videos, l always learn a lot plus great view from above on how you are playing certain riffs and such....Happy New Year Sir
Tom, I find you totally inspiring you are hilarious. The way you attack you're playing is crazy as I was watching I was playing my 2014 2 knob Gibson Memphis. Keep going man. Thanks for being real
I had a 1980 Howard Roberts that had Shaw's in it. It sounded fantastic
Tommy plays Zeppelin, I click like. I’m a simple man.
yeah, that was great!
So far 2025 has felt like one long Friday
I'm still thankful one of the owners at Longhorn Guitars in Fort Worth (closed many years ago) talked me out of a Les Paul Studio back in the late 80's. They had an LP Studio for sale and I told the guy I really wanted an LP Custom. He said, "don't buy the Studio ... you'll always wish it was a Custom. just find yourself a Custom". I ended up finding an '84 LP Custom a few weeks later and I'll still have it to this day. I still think of that guy from time to time.
The triple “hello friends” fkin rules man it never gets old lol
I love watching old videos of Andre the Giant playing Mississippi Queen on the Les Paul Junior!
Amazing how much better the Studio sounded after lowering the pickup.
thank you for the wonderful comparision
There’s a million and one things wrong with the world right now but music will see us through.
That intro does not get old. Please continue the comedy.
It really doesn’t. haha I look forward to it every time
My birth year, I would love to have something like that to sling around the house!
The universe is comical sometimes. I rarely browse reverb for guitars I can’t afford, but today I was looking specifically at ‘83 Les Pauls, my birth year. I guess that means I gotta buy one! Love you, Larry!
Year has been going pretty well for us so far! Sending some of the good luck your way 🙏
Uncle Larry Bench Talks….my favorite class!
I couldn’t be happier, It’s been a great 2025 so far.✌️🇺🇸
Absolutely silence for tinnitus is brutal from all my years in the shop with loud tools and then guitar playing oofaaa I gotta keep a fan on at night just to fall asleep
mine is so bad from playing drums in loud bar bands that I have to go to sleep listening to audiobooks or the loud ciccada sound will drive me insane and keep me up all night. Wear ear protection kids!
Love Tommy Shaw great writer, player and singer
❤magnatone, I have my childhood lap steel that was old when I got it and I’m old
It's never the tuners, it's always the nut!"
Preaching the good word Larry!
Listening to Big head Todd and the Monsters. First time nice.
I saw them play at Red Rocks! Great show! Broken Hearted Savior is cool song.
I have an old Estey Magnatone. It’s fantastic 👍🏼 it’s a Custom 262 two twelve with the vibrato. And my amp guy also said it’s a work of art.
Yeah, I’ve seen that Tim Shaw guy in concert. That band is fantastic. They were opening up for Vinny Barbarino and Mahogany Rush.
@hexxhenderson i saw frank marino mahogany rush in the mid70,s frank had platform shoesand bellbottoms, he absolutely nailed hendrix. Best ive seen to this day covering hendrix. he said he fried on acid at 14 and woke up and could suddenly play guitar
Started 2025 with the flu but feeling better today--uncle Larry videos help...so thanks Tom! Trying to be positive about the new year. I agree that everyone seems extra edgy and whatnot, but i've lived through divorce and the Marshall fire (Colorado 3 yrs ago--this Cali situation hits close) so "this too shall pass" seems to always work. Hang in there skoolers! Play guitar and be good to each other!
“In the Cage” The song that went over and over in my head that night in ‘75 that I spent in the slammer.
Speed knobs, metal tuners, yellowed "alpine white" - much love. I have a 79 LP custom with the same vibe. Digging the bench videos.
🎵And the lamb, lies down, on bro-o-odway. 🎶
I’m happy for Leo, I guess it’s great to have a nice drum kit that you can play not making the neighborhood crazy.
I don’t think I have a SoundCloud page…. Love your videos brother. Beautiful guitars.
My number one is a 1992 (my birth year) white Les Paul Studio with gold hardware. Bought in South Korea, but I guess it has spent time in smoky bars in Japan (there was a Japanese receipt in the case) because it's yellow. I've taken it on two US tours so far - the finish is checking everywhere, and it's covered in dings and scrapes. It's nothing particularly special, but it's mine! Love this video.
That SG has that early Doobie Brothers “Captain and Me” tone.
Hey Larry, I still have a '96 Wine Red Studio which is a killer guitar. Sounds so good! 😁👍
Gibson serial last three digits are as follows: first of the three last numbers is the factory code. Zero through 4 is Kalamazoo made and five through nine is Nashville made. Last two numbers are the production line placement. Thanks for the years of videos. I have had so many laughs and so much fun watching them. Hope to bump into you sometime in Nashvegas.
Yes, also the first and fith date code started in 1978. 1977 the serial numbers started with 06.1976 was 00. And 1975 started with 99.
There was some sort of repeating riff that you were playing on the SG. That's a cool riff idea as well.
I agree with the end of football depression. However, being a Browns fan it’s also a relief.
Salute to you good Captain.
Lamb Lies Down baby!!!
A lot of singers cannot get to the heights that Tommy Shaw can
Cool, when you opened that beer I was like "Dude, where are my 3D movie glasses?"
hahaaaa
Hello Tom! 2025 off to a great start - we had a guitar nerd evening here in Leeds two nights ago - home made pizza and beer of course - and Gibsons, Fenders (and Tokais!) One mate brought his 1960 ES345 and what a beauty! Do I need another guitar?
Going to try make it monthly!.
sure you do
Just one more…😉
Hey, Uncle Larry, I've heard a number of friends and family express something like anxiety. My diagnosis is too much internet. Too much enragement for engagement. Homeskoolin is an island of kindness and sanity in a rage tossed sea.
thank you mate....i try to keep shit as calm as possible over here, despite dealing with a recent rash of stalkers who display a fairly large garden variety of mental illnesses...
@@501chorusecho Seriously. I sympathize. Must be a drag to be that unhappy and in need of a hug of some kind. p.s. The first thing I noticed this class was a little background music. First impression was it enhanced the cool hang out in the garage vibe. It wasn't a bother at all. p.p.s. My dear friend (my first uncle Larry) consulted on the new Magnatones. The brown ones. I have one and love it. Gets along great with no pedals except a looper. Love that thing. Thanks so much for keeping it cool here. It may be just a virtual community but it's a sane place and boy is that ever needed.
Shaw's Ive had in LP's over the yrs have always been great, your channel is def a fav!! I know it's hard but, take a big swig of one those cold beers and scroll right past the stupid comments,, can't ever win responding,, much love!!
Love ole Tommy and Uncle Larry!! 2025 going great and i hope for you and all the Homeschoolers!! 🎉🎉
It isn't the guitar it's the creator holding it.
Love light and wisdom..
Ty uncle Larry.
Now ill watch the damn thing hahahaha
I had one of these in black. Yanked the Shaws out and sold them for more than I payed for the guitar. That was a great guitar.
Listening to the Lamb, nice
Enjoy seeing some love on the Les Paul Studio guitars! My first good guitar is a 2006 alpine white model I got brand new at the time for Xmas. After all these years I still have it and play it often.
Maaan…birth year and my favorite color for me. Looks like I have a new item to lust after!
light Cam rocks !!!! That viewing perspective is so interesting for watching your technique
Every time you pull out that SG I fall in love again. The LP sounds nice, for sure, but that SG is just something else.
its just so honest gnarly rock and roll sounding....
I have to agree with you Tom, I feel it's going to be a strange and wild year in this country and the World over as well. On a different note,going back a few videos ago, the Elvis Costello song Pump It Up.. I absolutely agree with you on its greatness, but my lord, to my ears, Goon Squad from the following album is so damn intense . The drum & bass groove is so tasty. Point being, it is a great one for the boys on your daily ride.
My 1st gibson was a 1992 studio..wine red/ebony board/gold hardware. Changed the plastics to cream. It was given to me from a friend...love it to death. The other day Uncle Larry posted a vid playin a white double neck and god damn that was some of the finest playing..cant wait to dig into that. Been trying to get a soumd like that lately and there it was....awesome
thank you brother, that old double neck is a truly amazing instrument....soooo inspiring
I like the way you imitate your kids. You're a good dad, uncle.
Thanks Uncle Larry for the time and tips….at first, I was expecting a Merman from the title.
There's no way that was your first beer of the night haha! And I say that with no judgment. You're the best Uncle Larry. I have an1992 white Les Paul Studio that looks a lot like that one. I bought it brand new when I was 18 years old in 1992 and gave it to my son a few years back (he's 16 now). He plays it in his own band, and it brings me so much joy. Have great weekend.
Third I would wager.
Only cheap.eer needs to be ice cold.
Ask keystone labatts and anheiser Busch hHahaha .
I'll drink warm Genesee though..especially creme ale.
2024 was way out there bizarre and very dark for sure. Feels like January 1981 right now. Everyone I know is optimistic about the future. Where they have not been since before the Pandemic. Living threw the plague of the 21st century was very dark times. If its to be the roaring twenties people are ready for it.
I love you, Tom keep it going
Wow, never knew that about the nut binding... I'm going to test my Les Paul. Thank you!
Excellent looking stand-sitter….Something magical about a guitar that’s community property. Everyone gets to see if there’s a genie in that bottle?
We’re loving 2025 when our Lions are playing!!
We deserve it! Go Lions!
@@bunkerandthebrain7771 this is the season we have been waiting all our lives for.
Nice looking guitar.
Love the angle, its like a players eye view
2025 Its like falling into the deep unknown. Very exciting!
I think it's going to be a great year!
Thanks Uncle Larry, cool studio LP. don't forget to adjust that relief out of the neck! Have a good night!
i did
@@501chorusecho I knew u would!
In high school I had a 1990 white lp studio. Man that was such a good guitar. It had a tighter sound for heavier stuff than the 82 custom I had. I miss it.
I always forget to mention that I like how you always use a proper tuner and not one of those clip on tuners.
They say "Yeeeaaahhhh....." I like it.
Wow, my LP Custom is an 83, and I have no recollection of the Studios being around then. I definitely thought they came later. Mine also has the Styx guy pickups in it. Thanks for your efforts, and sharing your gifts Tom 🙏
1983 was the first year of the LP Studio model
@@501chorusecho I was just a wide eyed rock and roll youth, astounded that I now owned the same guitar as Ace Frehley 😂 The Marshall was yet to come...
FYI, Uncle Larry is cool as shit. We briefly talked about Genesis at the Bitter End gig and he mentioned this very album playing in the background, which I had just been listening to myself. Saw two of the three NYC gigs and this dude has got the touch.
Great playing and tone 🎸🎶
loving 2025. Much optimism
I laugh more at the intro now that I did when you first started doing it
Zen and the art of Guitar Maintenance
The last 3 numbers are 6th batch 61 guitar made in that batch. If the 5 was a 0 it would be the 1st batch.
I was impressed when you broke into the Yes stuff! Wow!
i grew up on that shit....its part of my DNA
Damn dude, sounds killer, kinda making me rethink some things again on my end hahah...what brand nut files do u have? Thanks for another great video broooo
If this video doesn’t prove ‘it’s not the gear’ then i don’t know what does…. Then the Sg comes in and it sounds amazing
Actually, everyone in MY world is feeling fairly upbeat about 2025, and the future, in general.
28 mins in.
Ok, time to leave my white studio in a bit o sun. Although the white goes down well at suited n booted gigs, they're too few in number to deny the yellowing. 😊 Beautiful.
I love the bench intro
Hi Uncle Larry. I have a Gibson Les Paul tobacco burst standard from that nightmarish Norlin numbering era. I tried to decipher it years ago, but only got to a ball park of 1972-6. I bought it used in 1979 in Boston. Serial number starts with 00 and the next 6 numbers make no sense at all. It is frustrating to not be able to date it accurately.
the only way to REALLY date it is the pot codes
you don't see many actually "Standards" before 1974....most of the time when you see an early 70's LP (thats NOT a custom of course), with two full sized humbuckers, it's a routed out Deluxe
00 is 1976. Only year they done that. Had a wine red deluxe from 1976, serial number was 00 to start.
@@501chorusecho Will look into that ... thanks!
@@501chorusecho you just helped to lessen the gap... 74-76. Appreciated. Will look at the pot codes. Thanks again!
Yeungling.....I am probably 45lbs heavier than I should be because of that fantastic shit.
Tom I fkg love those tuners and Yuenglings! I would love a set of those in good condition!
I was gonna compliment them and then you said if anyone needs a set. Hit me up! Thanks and love the vids keep em coming bro.
i'll see if i can find them...email me at tombukovac@gmail.com
Hello Uncle Larry!
Hello Uncle Larry!
Hello Uncle Larry!
2025 so far: Here in south Louisiana, Cajun Country, we're staring at an approaching winter storm of epic proportions.
It's going to be a weird year. Politically, mainly, but I ain't going there.
Gotta love those George Bernard Shaw humbuckers!
I love this view