Merry Christmas and happy holidays. You're sounding great this morning. I want to make sure that you know your "Homeskoolin" benefits us all in so many ways. Thanks much for keeping it free.
Hope Leo's feeling better soon! I love watching all your videos. You crack me up :). Just want to say that I will forever be in your debt. I'm 65 and I've been playing in a 70's cover band for the past 15 years. I have felt kind of like an imposture because I can play the things I learn well but haven't felt like I knew what I have been doing. Since I started to watch you, you have ignited the Spark in me to want to truly learn the guitar. I am now obsessed with learning the fret board, triads, CAGED ETC and I now am confident that I am a much better player/listener and that I will continue to improve. (I sure wish I found you years ago lol) Thank You from the bottom of my heart Uncle Larry!
@@501chorusechoHi Tom. I feel the same. I'm far too lazy to actually try to learn licks off your videos, but since I started watching/listening to your videos, I sound much more like you. Like osmosis. I'm forever grateful to you. You are the GOAT!!!
I generally agree, and if I could become competent at playing a style it would be along the lines of what Unc plays. But I do like some of the flashy percussive stuff in vogue on YT, even if it's what Frank would call stunt guitar. Let the kids have their fun.
@@koho seeing Frank mentioned with uncle Larry playing acoustic, made me want to listen to Sleep Dirt. You guys like that track? It’s worth a listen if ya haven’t heard it. :)
I love how you put it "Don't underestimate your audience" - I feel the same way! I'm often apart the audience and can always tell when bands are using modelers vs real amps.
Thanks for all of your advice. I constantly struggle with playing too hard. Watching you over these years, that might be my biggest take-away...how light and accurate your touch is. Thanks Tom! (I lie, my biggest take away is how freaking funny/smart you are! ;-)
Man…I SO appreciate what you said about the whole “the audience doesn’t know the difference” situation. I think that goes beyond the digital modeller vs. tube amp/speaker thing. I personally think that totally applies to learning how to play to the best of your ability and not half-ass learning covers, though I think you might disagree with me on that. I really and truly appreciate your words of wisdom and I’m grateful for you sharing your experiences. What you said about not underestimating the audience really hits home to me. Even if the audience isn’t a bunch of discerning listeners or other seasoned pro musicians like yourself…even if the audience is just someone watching you in your room on TH-cam, I think that audience is smarter than a lot of people would have you believe. I think that audience is more discerning than even they consciously realize themselves! Cheers Tom!
James Taylor talked about his tuning philosophies about ten years ago in a YT video. James Taylor tunes his guitar slightly flat to compensate for the way a capo and bass strings can make the guitar sound sharp: Low E -12 cents A -10 cents D -8 cents G -4 cents B -6 cents High E -3 cents
Absolutely spot on with tuning in the studio. First experience recording in a real studio was a huge eye opener. Even after a solid setup, still struggled with all the other issues mentioned here. Definitely a different skill set for studio work than what you can getaway with playing live. Thanks uncle for such great wisdom!
Keeping it real, always a pleasure to see your videos Tom. I was watching one of those slick videos from a well-known UToob guitar man, with the initials PD, all very capable and impressive from a surface level, but you know there is something missing-that soulful element is intangible but critical.
Good morning, when it comes to simply being yourself and providing so much joy and inspiration to all of us HomeSkoolers there is no one better than you. You're always sincere and find ways to connect with all of us and bring joy through your channel. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year. Thank you for what you do.
Love the range of music that you put out on the Homeskoolin show! Your acoustic sound and touch is incredible . I remember watching Leo Sayer and Glen Campbell perform this song together on the Campbell music show when i was a kid.
Tom, several years ago I bought a used Squier Classic Vibe 60s Strat. I did a setup based on TH-cam instructions and replaced the 5-way switch with a proper CRL (Electroswitch). I play it through a Fender Champion 20 (solid state) and frequently use headphones. This setup is great for my skill level. I’m focusing on playing and learning. 68 yrs. old. I still like hearing your vintage guitars and amps, but I doubt any of those are in my future.
Fellow Cleveland boy here ,Tom I must say you are a good friend I’ve never met but enjoy spending time with ! I hope your son is well and your world is balanced. Love you brother!
The width of tuning is a beautiful concept. Applying to a conundrum like the 12 string is beautiful mind stuff. Reckon Homeskoolin will become course material in guitar studies within a decade.
🎸❤🔥✍🏻 One of the very best "Episodes" yet! Your honesty, insight, and perspective are as important as your musical gift! Your generosity is unparalleled, and truly appreciated by all of us, now, and for the generations to come... Thank you my friend! 🎸❤🔥✍🏻
I remember the HomeSkoolin' volume where you were with Bryan and talking about tuning, it was a real eye (and ear) opener for me. Since then I bought a Strobe tuner and try much more to recognize where my tuning is and then when I'm playing maybe adjusting with my hingers as/if need be on the fly.
Thanks for the "death grip" segment. I was in my 1st band for less than a year (1963) when I switched to bass, cause there were 3 guitars and a drummer. 20 yrs and 3 or 4 bands later when I switched back to guitar full time the only electric guitar I had was a Duo Sonic and my big old fingers choked the shit out of every chord. Took me years to settle down and only use the minimum required to fret my notes. When Jimi Hendrix came to one of our gigs at the Whiskey, and the afterparty at our hotel, I talked to him about that cause his hands were bigger than mine and he used to have a Duo Sonic before he got a Strat. He told me to use 1 finger for 2 or 3 strings where ever possible in my chords. He still played out of tune a lot, but figured out how to settle down during recording. Playing in headphones helped me to be more aware of how I actually sounded. I've moved from 13s down to 9s now, but my arthritis has played a part in that cause I'm 81.
Man I’m 68 and between tendonitis and arthritis I was pushed to 9s. I hate the tone of them and am going back to at least 9 and a halfs. I’ll endure the pain for the tone. The minor third bends are what kill me the most, so I may have to change musical styles as well.
@@tomcoryell I started playing with a pinky slide so I could play triads and some bar chords without gripping the strings. The slide also lets you avoid some bending, and encourages a light touch.
@@koho It was a band called Shag. Our drummer played piano, sax & flute, singing along like Roland Kirk, and the rhythm guitar player could double on drums. We were a SF/Marin county band, but played way more gigs in LA. Probably played the Whiskey 8 or 10 times in a few years. Hendrix was really a quiet gentleman, and spent most of the time at our party in headphones listening to the tape of our sets from that night. I'd seen him play a couple years before in a club in Madison Wis. And then also saw him in SF in a bigger venue. That band, Shag, came from Wis. to CA. when our record company, Capitol, moved from NY to LA. They urged us to move west as well.
On the subject of nut material, I agree 100%. I only own two Gibson guitars and the first thing I had done was nut replacement with bone. Funny enough, I did it primarily because I just HATED the way the Gibson nut material looked - and of course, things got better after the replacement. My favorite line from the genius who works on my guitars when I asked what material he was going to use was, "Bone... but don't worry, it's not anyone you know"! Just sharin'... thanks again for all your great videos - they bring a sense of peace to my life and inspire me to play every day.
Funny I just took a Heritage Les Paul in for a bone nut yesterday. For real, what came stock is beyond bad. Wth, It`s a effing Les Paul! Cmon Gibson! More like Jipson. Anyway, my custom shop `60 VOS is a dream so thats good.
Uncle Larry, you keep playing Mall jazz. You're a true legit player. I'm teaching a Joe Satriani song on my channel and I had just saw your video showing the trolls you had put in purgatory. Right after that someone from X (twitter) said 'he hadn't heard me play anything that sounded like Satriani and that I was a man living with the thought I was a legend in my own mind". He's in purgatory now, so thanks for the TH-cam hint.
Leo Sayer's Endless Flight album has one of the most impressive line up of session musos imaginable for the 70's. Includes Larry Carlton, Gadd, Parks, Jarvis, Sklar, etc etc.
Hey Uncle Larry, keep doing what you do. At the end of the day I stop by to learn a little, occasionally get inspired and always have a good laugh. It's as simple as that. Thanks!
I loved this episode! Great perspective that most of us would never think about! Thank you! Have a great day with that band. I hope they know how fortunate they are to have your expertise and guidance accelerating their musical journey!
I concur! I'm sending out some get better soon vibes to Leo right now. Thanks for all that you share with us for free! I have learned more about guitar & music since you started this GREAT channel. Peace
Appreciate the insight on the Evertune Tom. Was curious about that. Makes more sense why they’re popular in metal where things are so surgical sounding these days.
"...use a cool clickbait thumbnail that has absolutely nothing to do with the video just to draw in unsuspecting viewers...". It worked. I've never felt so unsuspecting before. You 'da man brother, I love the sound of that Martin too, you're not too bad sounding either. 😲
Uncle Larry, I was the guitar player in The Sugar Cube Blues Band. We were the first group that Jim Dickinson produced and engineered at Ardent Recording in Memphis Tn. The song is "My Last Impression". I worked with Jim on other projects through the years.
I love that you pointed out that there's "good out of tune". A small handful of times in my life, it's gone out and sounded so good somehow, especially with certain chords. It was so novel, it was really exciting. You have to embrace a bit of abstraction or atonality, but it can be awesome.
Hey Uncle Larry. Sounds like a cool trio that you have been producing. Nasty Roadhouse Rock’n’roll… sounds like great night out with cold beers. I would love to hear what they sound like. Homeskoolin’ just Rocks - 🎸🍻👍.
One more comment because you’re hitting on some stuff! My girlfriend and I have been together for almost 10 years and she’s not a musician but loves live music. With less time to go to shows as we get older, she’s mostly relegated to the torture of just coming to my gigs. After covid, we decided to go see some more shows and most of the bands that she likes are smaller national touring acts. Almost every single one of those bands use amp modelers because of the ease of travel, consistent in-ear mixes etc. After every show she would say “something is wrong, maybe I don’t like live music anymore.” She even would walk around to different spots in the venue to see if it helped. Then one night, one of the bands had a stack of Marshalls and she was having a blast. She now declares amp modelers…let’s call it the “steely dan of the amp world” because it’s a kids show.
What I learned back in band geek days playing F horn was that you played what you had until you became limited by the instrument, then you got the next grade better instrument or one with features that you can now use while leaving the higher priced units on the shelf until you hit the ceiling again, rinse, repeat. The school had better instruments than the one you got, but then there were also better players than you, so if you wanted a better instrument you had to knock someone off their hill to get it (or fight the clusterf when seniors graduated and left behind whatever the best of the school had to offer, those that didn't already find a way to secure their own - I couldn't ever get the cash to have my own so when I graduated what I could was get 200 bucks for a guitar, so, bye bye band geek days and hello lost weekends).
I think that ol’ joke was originally soccer player George Best when he had spent all his millions; “I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered”.
i’m a huge fan of tonex, and love the captures i make of my amps. the tonex’s are really close, but there is a clarity and breath that even tonex can’t grab. the 3% difference makes a massive difference in the overall quality of tone and inspiration. i am very happy to use my tonex’s, but i’ll always prefer the amps.
Uncle Larry Carlton , that's a good one! Man, I know you make every guitar sound good, even probably by just walking by one on a stand but that particular D-28's voice is heaven sent. I felt that the first time you played it for the class and I still do. It must really sound special there in the room. Chicken soup thoughts for Leo.
Thanks so much Tom! Great stuff! I’m a lifelong intermediate guitarist and I think I may have recently stumbled onto a tuning trick that helps my guitars sound their best. And that is to tune every string to just barely in tune going up from the flat side. Literally…after I’m done, the slightest detune touch on the key flattens the note out of tune. All of my chords including the difficult C seem to sound their best this way. Thanks again. You’ve helped me so much!
Uncle Larry’s channel is a notch above all others. What separates TB above the other great channels is always the melodic music played on intros. Real music tunes. Composition! Production value!
Wow, what a great episode Uncle Larry, so much wisdom as always. Hope Leo is feeling better. My 6 year old son had a fever not long ago and it's never easy. I always wish I could take the fever away and have it instead of him! Intonation has been a front burner issue of mine quite a bit lately. Sometimes in my sportsbar blues band I would think I did a decent job at a gig, until I hear a recording back and start cringing at how much I was squeezing things out of tune on any bar chord, compared to playing relaxed at rehearsal or at home. Maybe I'm weird, but I started putting little post-it notes on the inside of my guitar case, set list, top of amp, etc. That say things like "relax", "lighten up" as a reminder to not start playing with a death grip when I get excited at a live show. I think it's starting to help. Cheers Tom!
💔 Dear Tom it's always so surprising how much sometimes melancoly can flow in your music and the next day the pure rock'n roll is igniting your play all the way. You have this very special talent to touch peoples heart. For sure you reach my sad temper and heal me Thanks !
Leo Sayer. According to Bill Schnee in his autobiography, when Steve Gadd came to LA to cut Aja with Steely Dan, producer Richard Perry dropped by the studio bc he'd heard the buzz about Gadd being in town from New York and wondered if he could get him on a session before he had to fly back. Bill said "He's booked through tomorrow and flies back." Perry asks what time Steely Dan start cutting the next day and Bill tells him "2:00". Perry says "Let me book the whole band bc they're already set up and we can do a 10:00 AM session and be gone." According to Schnee, the same band that cut Aja, cut one of Leo Sayers' hits. Either You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" or this gem you played.
Dig what you were saying about tuning. We use to use a friggin’ pitch pipe and never messed with alternate tunings. As long as everyone was playing in the same barnyard it sounded ok.
Uncle Lawrence of Guitarabia! Disclaimer : rather long comment, hopefully information rich and interesting. First: THANKS for keeping us edumucated, informed and entertained all this time. Second: Uncle Larry Carlton means you played the solo to "Kid Charlemagne", that's pretty cool. By the way, "Every Major Dude Will Tell You" is a highly underrated song. THIRD: what you said about it being impossible to replicate a Fender Tube Amp sound with digital techniques is wrong. It's not impossible, it's just really hard and there's no way to tell whether someone will succeed one day. Explanation (disclaimer: I'm a physicist) - an amp is just something that takes an input signal and emits sound. You can come up with a mathematical function called a "transform" that represents how the input gets turned into the output. In principle then you can design a digital circuit that implements this transform, then you're done. The problem is that the components in amps have properties that are hard to represent in that mathematical function. So even though in theory it is possible, it's too complex to do it (yet at least). Same things happen in physics by the way. Some things we know the equations for, so in principle we could calculate what would happen in some situation, but even though we can write down the equations and they are correct, solving the equation for the answer is so complex that nobody's managed yet. I don't know how close we are, you probably know better than I do. But in any case, we're getting closer. The Catalyst I have now is way better than the Vox Valvetronix I had 10 years ago. Thanks for reading, if you made it this far.
Good morning, Uncle Larry! Thanks for a "slice" of a great old Leo Sayer tune there! Then again, everything on here is like a master class! Thank you, brother! 🎸🎸
Young Tom is one in a million. Totally agree that my Strymon Iridium isn’t a real tube amp, but it works great when I need to silently practice. Live in a condo, and don’t want to drive my neighbors crazy. I am lucky that my pedal board was built by XTS, I have great guitars, and for the last year and a half, I have great teachers. At 58 I am painfully aware that this is a journey and that I will always have room to get better. It never stops, and I am sure it never stops for you either. Have a great Christmas Uncle Larry! You are right, that if we want to keep advancing, we need to acknowledge the reality at hand and not fool ourselves. Great life lesson.
I think it was tuning to each other or the piano or Stu and George Martin? They were just frickin special!..Idk w Well and Keith!!!! But, 9:59 Just throwing that out der..but that is just my 2cents?! BTW Jim Was the man! What a great dude and musical genius!! Helluva storyteller! Did you ever record or play any sessions with Jim Dickinson? Thanks for another good one Unc! You rule brother! 1 love
When I was 10 I was convinced a big reason why I didn’t sound like Steve Vai was because I didn’t have a 24 fret, whammy bar guitar. Then I played a RG550…I still sucked.
I had a total left knee walked that day snow blowing two days later.. After waiting a little over a heart the pain I was in the knee replacement was relief. I never even did physical therapy, the I was a bit sore for a week then back at it. I had an amazing compassionate surgeon. I can kneed on that knee. Most people that have knee replacements can never kneel again. It's the rolight ankle and tibia that still give me trouble. Two plates 19 pins, shatteredy and and snapped my tibia in half.. The worst is the nerve damage.
My very first guitar tuner was a small tuning fork tuned to E, which were commonly sold in music stores in the '60s and early '70s. Tap the fork on your knee and hold the base, which had a little ball end, on the bridge of an acoustic. For electric, you could do the same thing on the headstock. It gave me a pretty good ear.
I love the behind the scenes session man secrets that you won't ever hear or learn, anywhwre else. The video about the amps the other day was awesome. I love hearing about these things.
I am a hearing specialist and took a cup of coffee to wait for the next patient. She was getting a follow up after getting new hearing aids. Tom’s videos are great for those sorts of little breaks. So my patient walks off the elevator and I say hello and we start down the hallway and she says “Who’s talking” and I say “Oh thats a legendary guitarist. I was just listening to his videos hoping to learn something and she says “Well, he just said ‘thats alot better than spending it on whore’s and cocaine and pissing it away” and she LOL’d. I said “Well, I guess those new hearing aids are working pretty good!” 😂
Stopped back to say that video link was classic. * So, Keef 'tried' to invent the Nashville number system. * trying to find the next chord is called lead playing. -Only slurp coffee when next to your friends to watch them cringe -Prevent defense is the nail biter. You know the offense will at least get a field goal when you need to win by 3 -Thanks for the video link and words of wisdom
Uncle Larry keeping it real. “Honey, don’t misunderestimate your audience (or something like that)…. Wow, that sounds good…. Wow, that sounds like bullshit…. So there’s that…”. Love ya buddy, you’re the best! Happy birthday and Merry Christmas 🎄🎸🎸🐶
Happy Tuesday, Unc! I have an older Norman acoustic that is my workhorse. I've had it for 10+ years. Last year, I took it into the shop for a setup and asked for a bone saddle and nut. It was like breathing new life into the instrument. Yeah, it might be like throwing power steering on an old Pinto. It works in the here and now. I appreciate the lessons and insights as always. Working on lightening my touch on the fretboard. And I have Leo Sayer stuck in my head for the morning. I remember my folks getting that album when it came out. Best to you and your boys. Be good to you 🙏🏻🤍
Good morning uncle Larry, thank you for the wonderful start to our day. I hope yours is a great one as we charge towards Xmas, and a heartfelt thanks for all you do for us homeskoolers, it is very much appreciated! Interesting discussion about your playing style, definitely a lot of torque going on there! I developed CMC joint arthritis in my left thumb joint and had to have surgery five years ago, same thing goin on in my right hand with surgery upcoming again… And it is a bitch! But I have a good doctor and he got me back playing again so hopefully he can do it again . Bless you and your family, keep doing what you’re doing because we absolutely love it, and you!😎
Did you hear about the farmer that won $10 million in the lottery? They asked how he’d spend it. He said, “I’ll just keep farming until it’s all gone too.” Thanks for the videos, Tom.
Years ago, I used to deathgrip with the left and box with the right. It gets expensive breaking strings all the time and didn't sound that great either! Now, the guitars let me know what pressure is appropriate. My tele can handle a quick bout here and there but, my SG can not. It sounds best when played lightly to allow the perfect note bloom. And the greatest point is made in that comment, you have to learn to play. Thanks for everything, Uncle Larry!
Always a pleasure and a hoot to watch these Uncle Larry! So on the money on the tuning tips! Years ago I was playing in a house band where our drummer was a guitar player as well wanted to play something on my guitar while we were on break. After just tuning my guitar before I handed it to him, I step off stage and he grabs it and hits a few chords and it sounds out of tune? I said check it.. I just tuned it. He does starts again and still sounds out of tune. He goes on to play and I stand to the side and notice that first of all he being a bigger guy with big hands is playing with too much force with a death grip and also is pulling on the neck. I pointed it out and fixed the problem. Good stuff.. keep keeping it real TB
Even Jimi asked Eric to come up and tune his guitar. The bands you mention played songs not sessions
Bullshit..... everything they ever was recorded was done in documented recording sessions..what the fuck are you talking about?
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I never believed that shit either!
what does this even mean lol
Merry Christmas and happy holidays. You're sounding great this morning. I want to make sure that you know your "Homeskoolin" benefits us all in so many ways. Thanks much for keeping it free.
thank you bro
"A mechanic with a box of tools is not a wrench collector" George Gruhn
Hope Leo's feeling better soon! I love watching all your videos. You crack me up :). Just want to say that I will forever be in your debt. I'm 65 and I've been playing in a 70's cover band for the past 15 years. I have felt kind of like an imposture because I can play the things I learn well but haven't felt like I knew what I have been doing. Since I started to watch you, you have ignited the Spark in me to want to truly learn the guitar. I am now obsessed with learning the fret board, triads, CAGED ETC and I now am confident that I am a much better player/listener and that I will continue to improve. (I sure wish I found you years ago lol) Thank You from the bottom of my heart Uncle Larry!
Right on buddy
Good to hear
Ditto dude
I think a lot of us feel the way you do Michael , I know I do ..
@@501chorusechoHi Tom. I feel the same. I'm far too lazy to actually try to learn licks off your videos, but since I started watching/listening to your videos, I sound much more like you. Like osmosis. I'm forever grateful to you. You are the GOAT!!!
Much prefer this over a lot of the modern acoustic playing nowadays when they treat the instrument like a drum set.
I generally agree, and if I could become competent at playing a style it would be along the lines of what Unc plays. But I do like some of the flashy percussive stuff in vogue on YT, even if it's what Frank would call stunt guitar. Let the kids have their fun.
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It’s kinda cool for a sec but it gets into that Polyphia territory where I’m like alright. Cool. Then I sorta tune it out. Unfortunately.
@@koho seeing Frank mentioned with uncle Larry playing acoustic, made me want to listen to Sleep Dirt. You guys like that track?
It’s worth a listen if ya haven’t heard it. :)
@@AmiliaCaraMia Same.
Hey Tom, thanks for being so awesome. I love your work and I appreciate that you share your guitar passion with us mortals.
I love how you put it "Don't underestimate your audience" - I feel the same way! I'm often apart the audience and can always tell when bands are using modelers vs real amps.
Thanks for all of your advice. I constantly struggle with playing too hard. Watching you over these years, that might be my biggest take-away...how light and accurate your touch is. Thanks Tom! (I lie, my biggest take away is how freaking funny/smart you are! ;-)
Hahaaaa thank you my dear man
Man…I SO appreciate what you said about the whole “the audience doesn’t know the difference” situation. I think that goes beyond the digital modeller vs. tube amp/speaker thing. I personally think that totally applies to learning how to play to the best of your ability and not half-ass learning covers, though I think you might disagree with me on that.
I really and truly appreciate your words of wisdom and I’m grateful for you sharing your experiences. What you said about not underestimating the audience really hits home to me. Even if the audience isn’t a bunch of discerning listeners or other seasoned pro musicians like yourself…even if the audience is just someone watching you in your room on TH-cam, I think that audience is smarter than a lot of people would have you believe. I think that audience is more discerning than even they consciously realize themselves!
Cheers Tom!
James Taylor talked about his tuning philosophies about ten years ago in a YT video. James Taylor tunes his guitar slightly flat to compensate for the way a capo and bass strings can make the guitar sound sharp:
Low E -12 cents
A -10 cents
D -8 cents
G -4 cents
B -6 cents
High E -3 cents
That is fascinating!!! I'm gonna try it. Thanks!!!
@robertfairweather Hi Robert. Should the bass player tune the same???
When i use a capo, I always retune. Sometimes just bending gently on a string that's sharp, or pushing one above the nut that is flat.
THANK YOU for all the lessons Uncle Larry! I’m a much better player today because of you. I still suck I just suck slightly less
Absolutely spot on with tuning in the studio. First experience recording in a real studio was a huge eye opener. Even after a solid setup, still struggled with all the other issues mentioned here. Definitely a different skill set for studio work than what you can getaway with playing live. Thanks uncle for such great wisdom!
Keeping it real, always a pleasure to see your videos Tom. I was watching one of those slick videos from a well-known UToob guitar man, with the initials PD, all very capable and impressive from a surface level, but you know there is something missing-that soulful element is intangible but critical.
Thank you so much for standing up for the audience. Way more ears out there than on stage. They know best.
Music for the soul, thank you for this and so many more!
Good morning, when it comes to simply being yourself and providing so much joy and inspiration to all of us HomeSkoolers there is no one better than you. You're always sincere and find ways to connect with all of us and bring joy through your channel. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year. Thank you for what you do.
Love the range of music that you put out on the Homeskoolin show! Your acoustic sound and touch is incredible . I remember watching Leo Sayer and Glen Campbell perform this song together on the Campbell music show when i was a kid.
Man, this is really beautiful, and the intonation is so on!
Tom, several years ago I bought a used Squier Classic Vibe 60s Strat. I did a setup based on TH-cam instructions and replaced the 5-way switch with a proper CRL (Electroswitch). I play it through a Fender Champion 20 (solid state) and frequently use headphones. This setup is great for my skill level. I’m focusing on playing and learning. 68 yrs. old. I still like hearing your vintage guitars and amps, but I doubt any of those are in my future.
Doesn't matter mate, I have played cheap guitars on expensive dates, it is still my playing, sounds like music.
Have a good day, Buk! Thank you for everything man!
Genius, man. I love it 🤘🏼
Fellow Cleveland boy here ,Tom I must say you are a good friend I’ve never met but enjoy spending time with !
I hope your son is well and your world is balanced. Love you brother!
The width of tuning is a beautiful concept. Applying to a conundrum like the 12 string is beautiful mind stuff. Reckon Homeskoolin will become course material in guitar studies within a decade.
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One of the very best "Episodes" yet!
Your honesty, insight, and perspective
are as important as your musical gift!
Your generosity is unparalleled,
and truly appreciated by all of us,
now, and for the generations to come...
Thank you my friend!
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Let’s goooo! Hey from T Town, Uncle Larry! Blessing to you and yours
I remember the HomeSkoolin' volume where you were with Bryan and talking about tuning, it was a real eye (and ear) opener for me. Since then I bought a Strobe tuner and try much more to recognize where my tuning is and then when I'm playing maybe adjusting with my hingers as/if need be on the fly.
Thanks for the "death grip" segment. I was in my 1st band for less than a year (1963) when I switched to bass, cause there were 3 guitars and a drummer. 20 yrs and 3 or 4 bands later when I switched back to guitar full time the only electric guitar I had was a Duo Sonic and my big old fingers choked the shit out of every chord. Took me years to settle down and only use the minimum required to fret my notes. When Jimi Hendrix came to one of our gigs at the Whiskey, and the afterparty at our hotel, I talked to him about that cause his hands were bigger than mine and he used to have a Duo Sonic before he got a Strat. He told me to use 1 finger for 2 or 3 strings where ever possible in my chords. He still played out of tune a lot, but figured out how to settle down during recording. Playing in headphones helped me to be more aware of how I actually sounded. I've moved from 13s down to 9s now, but my arthritis has played a part in that cause I'm 81.
Man I’m 68 and between tendonitis and arthritis I was pushed to 9s. I hate the tone of them and am going back to at least 9 and a halfs. I’ll endure the pain for the tone. The minor third bends are what kill me the most, so I may have to change musical styles as well.
What band was that when you played the Whisky? Trading guitar secrets with Hendrix at an afterparty - what a memory!
@@tomcoryell I started playing with a pinky slide so I could play triads and some bar chords without gripping the strings. The slide also lets you avoid some bending, and encourages a light touch.
@@koho It was a band called Shag. Our drummer played piano, sax & flute, singing along like Roland Kirk, and the rhythm guitar player could double on drums. We were a SF/Marin county band, but played way more gigs in LA. Probably played the Whiskey 8 or 10 times in a few years. Hendrix was really a quiet gentleman, and spent most of the time at our party in headphones listening to the tape of our sets from that night. I'd seen him play a couple years before in a club in Madison Wis. And then also saw him in SF in a bigger venue. That band, Shag, came from Wis. to CA. when our record company, Capitol, moved from NY to LA. They urged us to move west as well.
"Uncle Larry Carlton". HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Thanks for all you do!
On the subject of nut material, I agree 100%. I only own two Gibson guitars and the first thing I had done was nut replacement with bone. Funny enough, I did it primarily because I just HATED the way the Gibson nut material looked - and of course, things got better after the replacement. My favorite line from the genius who works on my guitars when I asked what material he was going to use was, "Bone... but don't worry, it's not anyone you know"! Just sharin'... thanks again for all your great videos - they bring a sense of peace to my life and inspire me to play every day.
Funny I just took a Heritage Les Paul in for a bone nut yesterday. For real, what came stock is beyond bad. Wth, It`s a effing Les Paul! Cmon Gibson! More like Jipson. Anyway, my custom shop `60 VOS is a dream so thats good.
Thanks uncle Larry for the class and hope you have a great Christmas and New year!
Uncle Larry
It doesn’t get any better than watching your TH-cam channel!! ❤
awww thanks buddy
Uncle Larry, you keep playing Mall jazz. You're a true legit player. I'm teaching a Joe Satriani song on my channel and I had just saw your video showing the trolls you had put in purgatory. Right after that someone from X (twitter) said 'he hadn't heard me play anything that sounded like Satriani and that I was a man living with the thought I was a legend in my own mind". He's in purgatory now, so thanks for the TH-cam hint.
Leo Sayer's Endless Flight album has one of the most impressive line up of session musos imaginable for the 70's. Includes Larry Carlton, Gadd, Parks, Jarvis, Sklar, etc etc.
Wow, had no idea that Leo had such a line up for this album. You can tell though, the tracks were excellent.
@EdgarBowlin He did a Steely Dan! On steroids?
Hey Uncle Larry, keep doing what you do. At the end of the day I stop by to learn a little, occasionally get inspired and always have a good laugh. It's as simple as that. Thanks!
I loved this episode! Great perspective that most of us would never think about! Thank you! Have a great day with that band. I hope they know how fortunate they are to have your expertise and guidance accelerating their musical journey!
Thanks Tom!!! Time well spent as always!
I concur! I'm sending out some get better soon vibes to Leo right now. Thanks for all that you share with us for free! I have learned more about guitar & music since you started this GREAT channel. Peace
Appreciate the insight on the Evertune Tom. Was curious about that. Makes more sense why they’re popular in metal where things are so surgical sounding these days.
Thanks for the link to the Jim Dickinson interview…it was awesome…heading back for more! Peace!
Just got done watching the Jim Dickinson interview. Thanks for mentioning it. Good stuff
"...use a cool clickbait thumbnail that has absolutely nothing to do with the video just to draw in unsuspecting viewers...". It worked. I've never felt so unsuspecting before. You 'da man brother, I love the sound of that Martin too, you're not too bad sounding either. 😲
Yes, Larry!!! DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE LISTENERS! so many so-called musicians say “nobody will know”. I hate that! You nailed it again! 👍🏼👍🏼
Uncle Larry, I was the guitar player in The Sugar Cube Blues Band. We were the first group that Jim Dickinson produced and engineered at Ardent Recording in Memphis Tn. The song is "My Last Impression". I worked with Jim on other projects through the years.
Beautiful, man....nice Leo Sayer... good morning to you.
joke had me literally lol you're the f'n best man
Another beautiful intro.. your B parts always have a cool contrast.. I’m gonna have to try to figure why… and then I’ll be happy.. lol
I love that you pointed out that there's "good out of tune". A small handful of times in my life, it's gone out and sounded so good somehow, especially with certain chords. It was so novel, it was really exciting. You have to embrace a bit of abstraction or atonality, but it can be awesome.
You should do this in the early morning more often! Funny as hell!
Get well soon, Bubba❤
Hey Uncle Larry.
Sounds like a cool trio that you have been producing. Nasty Roadhouse Rock’n’roll… sounds like great night out with cold beers.
I would love to hear what they sound like. Homeskoolin’ just Rocks - 🎸🍻👍.
I really liked that walk up progression thing you played yesterday. I went right to my guitar to cop it. Hardly "mall jazz." Thanks!
One more comment because you’re hitting on some stuff! My girlfriend and I have been together for almost 10 years and she’s not a musician but loves live music. With less time to go to shows as we get older, she’s mostly relegated to the torture of just coming to my gigs. After covid, we decided to go see some more shows and most of the bands that she likes are smaller national touring acts.
Almost every single one of those bands use amp modelers because of the ease of travel, consistent in-ear mixes etc. After every show she would say “something is wrong, maybe I don’t like live music anymore.” She even would walk around to different spots in the venue to see if it helped. Then one night, one of the bands had a stack of Marshalls and she was having a blast. She now declares amp modelers…let’s call it the “steely dan of the amp world” because it’s a kids show.
The amount of string control/muting it takes for this to read like an open tuning vibe is astounding...
So glad I’ve found myself back consistently watching you Tom. Got busy and fell off the train a while ago but I’m back. Feels good
What I learned back in band geek days playing F horn was that you played what you had until you became limited by the instrument, then you got the next grade better instrument or one with features that you can now use while leaving the higher priced units on the shelf until you hit the ceiling again, rinse, repeat.
The school had better instruments than the one you got, but then there were also better players than you, so if you wanted a better instrument you had to knock someone off their hill to get it (or fight the clusterf when seniors graduated and left behind whatever the best of the school had to offer, those that didn't already find a way to secure their own - I couldn't ever get the cash to have my own so when I graduated what I could was get 200 bucks for a guitar, so, bye bye band geek days and hello lost weekends).
Uncle Larry, He’s a supersonic scientist, he’s a guaranteed eternal sanctuary man. Love ya bro
I think that ol’ joke was originally soccer player George Best when he had spent all his millions; “I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered”.
I never underestimate the audience, I always believe there are several people in the audience that can play better than me.
Good Morning Friends, the olds can’t sleep.
Agreed
Ain’t that the truth
Glad I’ve got some company ….. enjoy the day !
Uuugh I’m old and I was sleeping just fine until my three alarms went off 😂
Leo Sayer?
Great stuff as always!!!
i’m a huge fan of tonex, and love the captures i make of my amps. the tonex’s are really close, but there is a clarity and breath that even tonex can’t grab. the 3% difference makes a massive difference in the overall quality of tone and inspiration. i am very happy to use my tonex’s, but i’ll always prefer the amps.
3 percent my ass
hahahahahaha fair enough. when i a/b, the tone of the amp is pretty dang close. amp is still infinitely more inspiring.
i’m moving to franklin in january. would be happy to demo it for ya. hahaha
Hold the line Jake!
@@fakejauber is the "3 percent difference" what they are saying on the internet forums haha?
Good morning uncle Larry. I wake up 5:00 am every day. Merry Christmas.
Uncle Larry Carlton , that's a good one! Man, I know you make every guitar sound good, even probably by just walking by one on a stand but that particular D-28's voice is heaven sent. I felt that the first time you played it for the class and I still do. It must really sound special there in the room. Chicken soup thoughts for Leo.
Thanks so much Tom! Great stuff! I’m a lifelong intermediate guitarist and I think I may have recently stumbled onto a tuning trick that helps my guitars sound their best. And that is to tune every string to just barely in tune going up from the flat side. Literally…after I’m done, the slightest detune touch on the key flattens the note out of tune. All of my chords including the difficult C seem to sound their best this way. Thanks again. You’ve helped me so much!
Thanks for helping my migraine with that beautiful acoustic at the top. Much appreciated!
Uncle Larry’s channel is a notch above all others. What separates TB above the other great channels is always the melodic music played on intros. Real music tunes. Composition! Production value!
Wow, what a great episode Uncle Larry, so much wisdom as always. Hope Leo is feeling better. My 6 year old son had a fever not long ago and it's never easy. I always wish I could take the fever away and have it instead of him!
Intonation has been a front burner issue of mine quite a bit lately. Sometimes in my sportsbar blues band I would think I did a decent job at a gig, until I hear a recording back and start cringing at how much I was squeezing things out of tune on any bar chord, compared to playing relaxed at rehearsal or at home. Maybe I'm weird, but I started putting little post-it notes on the inside of my guitar case, set list, top of amp, etc. That say things like "relax", "lighten up" as a reminder to not start playing with a death grip when I get excited at a live show. I think it's starting to help. Cheers Tom!
Smart move
Do you have the right fedora and bowling shirt with chili pepper on it?
@501chorusecho Ha! No fedora or bowling shirt, but maybe I should....then I'll be happy.
Ha! No fedora or bowling shirt, but maybe I should. Then I'll be happy....
💔 Dear Tom it's always so surprising how much sometimes melancoly can flow in your music and the next day the pure rock'n roll is igniting your play all the way. You have this very special talent to touch peoples heart. For sure you reach my sad temper and heal me Thanks !
Leo Sayer. According to Bill Schnee in his autobiography, when Steve Gadd came to LA to cut Aja with Steely Dan, producer Richard Perry dropped by the studio bc he'd heard the buzz about Gadd being in town from New York and wondered if he could get him on a session before he had to fly back. Bill said "He's booked through tomorrow and flies back." Perry asks what time Steely Dan start cutting the next day and Bill tells him "2:00". Perry says "Let me book the whole band bc they're already set up and we can do a 10:00 AM session and be gone." According to Schnee, the same band that cut Aja, cut one of Leo Sayers' hits. Either You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" or this gem you played.
You're appreciated bro.
Merry Christmas, uncle Larry………. I appreciate your honesty and truthful wisdom.!!
Dig what you were saying about tuning. We use to use a friggin’ pitch pipe and never messed with alternate tunings. As long as everyone was playing in the same barnyard it sounded ok.
Uncle Lawrence of Guitarabia! Disclaimer : rather long comment, hopefully information rich and interesting. First: THANKS for keeping us edumucated, informed and entertained all this time. Second: Uncle Larry Carlton means you played the solo to "Kid Charlemagne", that's pretty cool. By the way, "Every Major Dude Will Tell You" is a highly underrated song. THIRD: what you said about it being impossible to replicate a Fender Tube Amp sound with digital techniques is wrong. It's not impossible, it's just really hard and there's no way to tell whether someone will succeed one day.
Explanation (disclaimer: I'm a physicist) - an amp is just something that takes an input signal and emits sound. You can come up with a mathematical function called a "transform" that represents how the input gets turned into the output. In principle then you can design a digital circuit that implements this transform, then you're done. The problem is that the components in amps have properties that are hard to represent in that mathematical function. So even though in theory it is possible, it's too complex to do it (yet at least).
Same things happen in physics by the way. Some things we know the equations for, so in principle we could calculate what would happen in some situation, but even though we can write down the equations and they are correct, solving the equation for the answer is so complex that nobody's managed yet.
I don't know how close we are, you probably know better than I do. But in any case, we're getting closer. The Catalyst I have now is way better than the Vox Valvetronix I had 10 years ago.
Thanks for reading, if you made it this far.
Good morning, Uncle Larry! Thanks for a "slice" of a great old Leo Sayer tune there! Then again, everything on here is like a master class! Thank you, brother! 🎸🎸
I’ll never not call you “Uncle Larry Carlton” from this point on.
Young Tom is one in a million. Totally agree that my Strymon Iridium isn’t a real tube amp, but it works great when I need to silently practice. Live in a condo, and don’t want to drive my neighbors crazy. I am lucky that my pedal board was built by XTS, I have great guitars, and for the last year and a half, I have great teachers. At 58 I am painfully aware that this is a journey and that I will always have room to get better. It never stops, and I am sure it never stops for you either. Have a great Christmas Uncle Larry! You are right, that if we want to keep advancing, we need to acknowledge the reality at hand and not fool ourselves. Great life lesson.
Leo Sayer - When I Need You. On the radio big time when I was a kid. Reminds me of my mom, driving me to school. Little speaker in the dash...
I think it was tuning to each other or the piano or Stu and George Martin? They were just frickin special!..Idk w
Well and Keith!!!! But, 9:59 Just throwing that out der..but that is just my 2cents?! BTW Jim Was the man! What a great dude and musical genius!! Helluva storyteller! Did you ever record or play any sessions with Jim Dickinson? Thanks for another good one Unc! You rule brother! 1 love
When I was 10 I was convinced a big reason why I didn’t sound like Steve Vai was because I didn’t have a 24 fret, whammy bar guitar. Then I played a RG550…I still sucked.
I had a total left knee walked that day snow blowing two days later..
After waiting a little over a heart the pain I was in the knee replacement was relief.
I never even did physical therapy, the I was a bit sore for a week then back at it.
I had an amazing compassionate surgeon.
I can kneed on that knee. Most people that have knee replacements can never kneel again.
It's the rolight ankle and tibia that still give me trouble. Two plates 19 pins, shatteredy and and snapped my tibia in half..
The worst is the nerve damage.
My very first guitar tuner was a small tuning fork tuned to E, which were commonly sold in music stores in the '60s and early '70s. Tap the fork on your knee and hold the base, which had a little ball end, on the bridge of an acoustic. For electric, you could do the same thing on the headstock. It gave me a pretty good ear.
I love the behind the scenes session man secrets that you won't ever hear or learn, anywhwre else. The video about the amps the other day was awesome. I love hearing about these things.
My mom gave me her 1970 Princeton Reverb. Im having the speaker rebuilt and then Ill be dragging that to gigs!
My ‘68 pawn shop special Princeton Reverb that I paid $125 bucks for back in the day is the amp I will never sell.
Tremendous video. Thank you as always.
Remember when the world was full of great musicians and zero digital tuners? Cheers Tom!
Beautiful tune Tom. Thanks man
Always appreciate the Uncle Larry perspective…. My true north
I am a hearing specialist and took a cup of coffee to wait for the next patient. She was getting a follow up after getting new hearing aids. Tom’s videos are great for those sorts of little breaks. So my patient walks off the elevator and I say hello and we start down the hallway and she says “Who’s talking” and I say “Oh thats a legendary guitarist. I was just listening to his videos hoping to learn something and she says “Well, he just said ‘thats alot better than spending it on whore’s and cocaine and pissing it away” and she LOL’d. I said “Well, I guess those new hearing aids are working pretty good!” 😂
Stopped back to say that video link was classic.
* So, Keef 'tried' to invent the Nashville number system.
* trying to find the next chord is called lead playing.
-Only slurp coffee when next to your friends to watch them cringe
-Prevent defense is the nail biter. You know the offense will at least get a field goal when you need to win by 3
-Thanks for the video link and words of wisdom
Uncle Larry keeping it real. “Honey, don’t misunderestimate your audience (or something like that)…. Wow, that sounds good…. Wow, that sounds like bullshit…. So there’s that…”. Love ya buddy, you’re the best! Happy birthday and Merry Christmas 🎄🎸🎸🐶
Good Morning. I’m up early and it’s good to see a new vid by Uncle Larry.
Uncle Larry… you are the real deal! I hope to run into you someday and buy you a couple of beers . Merry Christmas Bro!
Happy Tuesday, Unc!
I have an older Norman acoustic that is my workhorse. I've had it for 10+ years. Last year, I took it into the shop for a setup and asked for a bone saddle and nut. It was like breathing new life into the instrument.
Yeah, it might be like throwing power steering on an old Pinto. It works in the here and now.
I appreciate the lessons and insights as always. Working on lightening my touch on the fretboard.
And I have Leo Sayer stuck in my head for the morning. I remember my folks getting that album when it came out.
Best to you and your boys.
Be good to you 🙏🏻🤍
"I spent my money on fast cars, loose women and good liquor...the rest I just squandered". George Best (Manchester United soccer legend)
Very sweet melody from a very sad man. Beautiful.
From your mouth to god's ears about tuning!Thanks buddy!
Good morning uncle Larry, thank you for the wonderful start to our day. I hope yours is a great one as we charge towards Xmas, and a heartfelt thanks for all you do for us homeskoolers, it is very much appreciated!
Interesting discussion about your playing style, definitely a lot of torque going on there! I developed CMC joint arthritis in my left thumb joint and had to have surgery five years ago, same thing goin on in my right hand with surgery upcoming again… And it is a bitch! But I have a good doctor and he got me back playing again so hopefully he can do it again . Bless you and your family, keep doing what you’re doing because we absolutely love it, and you!😎
Well said
Did you hear about the farmer that won $10 million in the lottery? They asked how he’d spend it. He said, “I’ll just keep farming until it’s all gone too.” Thanks for the videos, Tom.
Years ago, I used to deathgrip with the left and box with the right. It gets expensive breaking strings all the time and didn't sound that great either! Now, the guitars let me know what pressure is appropriate. My tele can handle a quick bout here and there but, my SG can not. It sounds best when played lightly to allow the perfect note bloom. And the greatest point is made in that comment, you have to learn to play. Thanks for everything, Uncle Larry!
Always a pleasure and a hoot to watch these Uncle Larry! So on the money on the tuning tips! Years ago I was playing in a house band where our drummer was a guitar player as well wanted to play something on my guitar while we were on break. After just tuning my guitar before I handed it to him, I step off stage and he grabs it and hits a few chords and it sounds out of tune? I said check it.. I just tuned it. He does starts again and still sounds out of tune. He goes on to play and I stand to the side and notice that first of all he being a bigger guy with big hands is playing with too much force with a death grip and also is pulling on the neck. I pointed it out and fixed the problem. Good stuff.. keep keeping it real TB