July 9th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 473, Tom Bukovac, "Chopper Time"

Chapters
00:00 - Big reveal Fender Telecaster Bass
09:16 - Music City Bridge / Glaser Instruments / Baked Alaska
17:52 - Gretsch Space Control Bridge


Notes
Part 1- Uncle Larry shows the class one of the more hideous chop jobs that you may ever happen across in this lifetime

Part 2- Uncle Larry visits with Joe Glaser and Josh Rawlings at Baked Alaska/Music City Bridge headquarters


here is the link to the new Maximum Larry guitar instructional course friends
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...


If you wanna check out Dann’s record go here
https://bakedalaskarecords.com/

July 5th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 471, Tom Bukovac, “The Rocket’s Red Glarry”

Chapters
00:00 - Nice mellow playing from Trip The Witch
03:40 - Good Morning / 4th of the July
07:00 - '65 Fender Stratocaster - Lake Placid Blue
07:41 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Nick Govrik
08:50 - David Letterman and the Yellow Strat / Sid McGinnis / Wynonna Judd
10:28 - Sid McGinnis story
11:25 - Star Licks videos / Guitar Heaven
12:47 - Brett Papa comment
16:06 - Thank you / Fresh outlook on life
20:00 - Trip The Witch number
22:09 - Lesson: Bb -> Gmin -> Eb -> Bb / Scale
23:24 - Blues sounds like shit over that / Why? / Relative Minor
26:20 - Lesson: Trip The Witch - Planet TD1 (Gmin -> F6 -> Ebmaj7)


Notes
Hope everyone had a great 4th…we sure did …lots of family and friends

‘Merica…fuck yeah….

Thank you guys for all the continued support and kindness…I truly appreciate it

Here is the link to the course I worked my fucking ASS off on
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

July 4th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 470, Tom Bukovac, “1776”

Chapters
00:00 - Singing that Country
00:45 - Hey friends all the way to Zimbabwe
02:35 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
03:17 - Ever so lightly holding the pick
05:54 - Blues Junior amps?
06:45 - Tweed 410 / Blues DeVille
07:30 - Boss GE-7 Equalizer / EQ after the drives
08:30 - Thanks
10:12 - All that matters - Right-hand pocket
12:06 - Joe Walsh playing and amps choice
14:12 - Side Fills
15:19 - Course
17:19 - Inner peace / Clarity of life
19:15 - '64 SJ-200
19:30 - Tuned-down Rickenbacker
22:00 - Don't blow your fuckin' fingers off


Notes
Uncle Larry gets heavy into some current day VCB

I was gonna call this episode “carnival of pain” but I changed it to “1776”…it’s a little more snappy and upbeat

Here’s the link to my new course that just came out a couple days ago
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

Pictured in the thumbnail photo …the amazing band from the last two weeks of recording over at Vince Gill’s studio

From left to right
Matt “Hazmatt” Rausch (engineer)
Jedd Hughes (guitar)
Fred Eltringham (drums)
Jimmie Lee Sloas (bass)
Yours Truly
John Jarvis (keys)
Jim “Moose” Brown (keys)
Boss Man
Paul Franklin (pedal steel)
Justin Niebank (engineer)

July 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 469, Tom Bukovac, “Class A”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing that Tele
09:49 - Hey guys! / Update
10:10 - '63 JMI Vox AC30
12:54 - Vox - "Normal Channel"
13:26 - Vox - "Vibe Channel"
14:38 - All the amps you ever need
16:03 - Course thanks / Vince Gill thanks


Notes
Uncle Larry expounds on his lifelong appreciation for one of the finest valve amplifiers ever conceived by the human mind....

also, if you want to check out the new Maximum Larry instructional guitar course you can see it here....
8 hours of Uncle Larry mayhem from several camera angles, all professionally tabbed out.
this shit will keep you busy the rest of your life

https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

June 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 466, Tom Bukovac “Don’t Rock The Jukebox In My Mind”

Chapters
00:00 - Singing the weather blues
02:05 - Hey, friends! / Benson Gallagher
03:45 - Vincent Gill
05:32 - Playing: Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made of Sand
06:36 - Playing: Jimi Hendrix - You Got Me Floatin'
07:20 - Playing: Jimi Hendrix - Wait Until Tomorrow / Medley
10:29 - Playing: Blues
11:10 - Playing: Doors - Love Me Two Times / Medley
21:40 - Guessing game / Country playing


Notes
Uncle Larry gets way in the weeds…

riding a stream of unconsciousness….

a musical run-on sentence that carries on without a comma

turn it on Salvador Dali Llama

May 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 458, Tom Bukovac, “Pool Party”

Chapters
00:00 - Pool party
04:18 - Guitar game '70s Fender Stratocaster
09:50 - Duesenberg Sessionman


Notes
As an old man, I like to surround with supremely talented wunderkind such as the fella in this video, young Stephen Kovach from the great state of Arizona, who happens to be one of the amazing guitar players in CLIFFS.

Also starring my dear son Leo and our dear babysitter Miss Melissa

May 26th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Crystal City”

Chapters
00:00 - Late night playing


Notes
Uncle Larry serves up a late night smoothie of icy frosted glass and frozen shimmering crystals on a solid state platter

May 17th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 449, Tom Bukovac, “Northeastern Flyer”

Chapters
00:00 - Beautiful Old Times music
02:43 - Hey friends / Vince Gill
03:26 - Lesson: C9aug into a C69
03:45 - Brother Doug
04:55 - Playing / Music Theory / Kurt Cobain in a Western Swing Jam
06:48 - Guyatone PS-023 Chorus Flanger (Jedd gifted pedal)
08:00 - Western Swing
09:09 - Pretender in life / What you spend time on
09:58 - Redd Volkaert
11:33 - Whit Smith
13:10 - Lesson: Inversions / Playing over changes
14:57 - Lesson: Right or Wrong tune (chord progression) / Playing over
18:06 - YouTuber Rob Chapman / 1975 Strat and Tele
20:36 - Mailing List / Uncle Larry course
22:03 - Echoplex dying
22:42 - Clint Strong


Notes
Uncle Larry publicly apologizes for trying to play some western swing last night....

I'm still 6 foot 2, but I’m down to 226 on the scale this morning friends…slow and steady…12 pounds down from my fattest moment about 4-5 months ago

My diet motto:
“All meat and veg, and no carbs except Yuenglings”

Try it friends....it’s slow, but it works and it’s REAL weight loss…not that fly by night temporary weight loss you see on the last night infomercials

Get the burger, but just don’t eat the bun.....you don’t even miss it after a while.

check out this shit awesome shit...
• The Western Flyers with Redd Volkaert & Wh...

and if any of you kids out there can play the shit that happens starting at about 61 minutes into this video, then you are watching the wrong channel:
• Guitar Lesson - Clint Strong - Mastering J...

and here is the link to enter your email in, so you get half off my upcoming course:

May 15th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 447, Tom Bukovac, “This Machine Kills Cell Phone Cameras”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing
07:18 - Out of tune / Check-in / Talent show / Hellcat
08:54 - '65 Fender Stratocaster / D minor progression / Thanks for shredding words
09:48 - Brett Papa and Rock 'n' Roll
11:00 - Daniel Tasha
11:39 - Pedal Steel and Slash
15:00 - Brett Papa class


Notes
Uncle Larry on another one of his rants

Here is the link to join the mailing list friends

I PROMISE I will never mail bomb you….it will be tasteful
https://maximumlarry.com/course

May 14th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ “A Complete Guide To Overdrive Pedals That Actually Work”

Chapters
00:00 - Shredding
03:28 - Howya doing?
03:49 - Harmonic Minor
04:40 - Shortcomings of the Kramer
06:55 - What makes a pedal sound like a pedal
14:08 - Boss SD-2 Dual Overdrive, Blues Driver, etc.
15:47 - Boss EQ-10
18:16 - Gruhn's shopping and finding a bass
18:53 - Fender Precision Bass
19:13 - "Rare"
19:52 - Jazz bass vs Precision
21:16 - Hellcat


Notes
Uncle Larry demonstrates how he won the Cleveland Ohio "Guitar Wars Contest" in 1987...
and dips his foot in the water of talking about gear…at the risk of pissing off all the tube screamer and klon lovers

May 6th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 4-4-2, Tom Bukovac, “Supercharged”

Chapters
00:00 - Behind the scenes concert gig
01:43 - Dodge Durango Hellcat
02:57 - Playing
05:14 - "Hello...?" pickup
06:55 - Chord just fell out
07:16 - John Fogerty tour with Tina Turner
08:29 - John never warms up voice - "I just trust it"
09:00 - Dodge Durango Hellcat
10:00 - '68 Fender Telecaster
11:10 - Microphonic pickups / Wax potting
13:33 - Lesson: Roy Nichols turnaround
15:44 - Trivia Question: No mudcap tele.  1st year Fender went to modern wiring?


Notes
Uncle Larry provides the standard fare of riffs you can pirate and not give me credit for.

Eddie Dunlap on that weird table guitar contraption

May 6th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 441, Tom Bukovac, “Joggers In The Fog”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing
03:45 - Hello, friends
04:52 - Morning check-in / VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
06:00 - Diane Warren song (Taylor Dayne)
08:37 - Lesson: Playing
10:10 - Vince Gill / Playing songs like an apple
12:42 - Durango Hellcat
13:27 - Tinnitus?
14:15 - Parent a grown ass man
15:22 - Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry answers some VCB before shuffling off to the mill.

May 5th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 440, Tom Bukovac, “The 5th Of May”

Chapters
00:00 - One of those great tangents
08:29 - Hi friends / Fender Vibro Champ Reverb
11:11 - EVO SRO (Electro-Voice)
12:00 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Bought a Hellcat Durango
12:57 - Liqui Slide
13:15 - Strymon Timeline
14:16 - Boss SDE-3000
14:45 - Hotel rooms and Dodge Durango Hellcat color (Destroyer Gray)
15:38 - The Essential Craftsman (YouTube channel)
17:42 - Play with humor and grace / Like a little bit of mess
19:00 - Vince Gill rehearsals


Notes
Happy birthday Bub!

if you guys like rock and roll, you can always throw something in the tip jar
my PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
my venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

and totally unrelated...how crazy is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9u5xUFEDQQ

May 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 436, Tom Bukovac, “Back In The Compensated Saddle”

Chapters
00:00 - Demonstration of Music City saddles / '63 Fender Telecaster
03:30 - '64 Fender Telecaster Custom
05:29 - '60 Fender Telecaster / The Who
06:47 - Lesson: Jefferson Airplane basic Music Theory
10:12 - Metallica & Pantera show
10:36 - Lesson: Beatles love of major and minor 3rd at same time


Notes
If you don’t already have a set of Music City Bridge Groovemaster Tele saddles, you are a naughty naughty boy

April 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 434, Tom Bukovac, “The Hang”

Chapters
00:00 - Classic Rock medley
05:04 - Lesson: Major IV into a minor iv
06:54 - ES-355 snarl
08:58 - Phone case
09:20 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / PHone trick
10:43 - Jim Strange on truss rod cover
11:21 - J. Geils Band gig and quiet P90s
12:28 - Lesson: "The hang" / Personality mixture
15:13 - Multivox Big Jam Distortion pedal
17:10 - Hardy (Country)
17:20 - Coming home from work and drink a beer with Homeskoolin' / Being bought and sold
20:35 - Paul Blart Mall Cop
21:35 - '60 Fender Telecaster / Grand Ole Opry
23:29 - '64 Fender Telecaster


Notes
Uncle Larry gets into the some VCB at a depth that few people have ever come back from.


These iPhone cases rule

Look at this product I found on google.com https://g.co/kgs/iMSnGpb

April 29th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 433, Tom Bukovac, “Strange Days Indeed”

Chapters
00:00 - Gibson ES-355 bench video
01:10 - '63 Fender Telecaster / '59 Gibson Junior
02:05 - '59 Gibson ES-355 / Truss rod cover (engraved plaque
03:27 - Playing
04:38 - Bigsby
08:50 - '64 Fender Telecaster Custom
09:29 - Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry shows you a couple recent projects…one just beginning, and one just ending ….

Thank you for your continued support of the channel friends

April 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 432, Tom Bukovac, “Mink Tweed”

Chapters
00:00 - Hot P90 through Fender Tweed Deluxe
01:57 - Fender Tweed Deluxe
03:03 - Volume on 3 / Being in tune on '59
03:36 - Volume on 2
04:02 - Volume on 1.5
04:55 - Volume even lower
05:34 - Fender Telecaster Custom
06:13 - Wacken Festival with Ann Wilson
07:17 - Volume on anemic
07:31 - Volume on 2
07:46 - Volume on 3
07:54 - Volume on 4
08:06 - Crossroads movie with Ralph Macchio and Steve Vai
08:45 - Back to the Junior / If the last guitar sound I ever had / Playing
09:40 - Lesson: Double bends
14:26 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Junior in tune
15:24 - Music City Bridge Stud Finder


Notes
Uncle Larry gives it to ya straight about the timeless greatness of the fender tweed deluxe

An amplifier that EVERY guitar player should own

April 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 431, Tom Bukovac, “Hazy Hot Brazilian Slabs”

Chapters
00:00 - Ole buddy Rick
02:07 - '60 Fender Telecaster Custom / Glazer saddles
02:32 - LiquiSlide / Don't be a dick if you want someone to come to your funeral
04:39 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / What 'wear' do you like on strings?
05:24 - Drummers with too much dampening on kick drum
06:03 - Flatwounds on a Precision Bass / Dead strings
09:13 - Middle sounds on the Les Paul Goldtop / Price of old guitars sucks
11:15 - Bench videos
11:48 - Harmony H22 bass
13:25 - Slab board
16:32 - Van Halen - Unchained


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings a Golden Age Of Fullerton classic and answers some recent VCB....
i don't know why this video is a bit "hazy"....but it reminds me of a foggy cleveland fall morning

thanks for the continued support of the progrum my friends.

if one were indeed so inclined to throw a little somethin in the corporate tip jar it’s very easy …

all one must do is go to PayPal and type in these letters
tombukovac@gmail.com

or go to Venmo and type in these letters
@Tom-Bukovac-1

April 26th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 430, Tom Bukovac, “Neckrestphilia”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends / Neck rests
02:25 - LiquiSlides
03:40 - Harmony H22 bass / Fender Precision Bass - Lake Placid Blue
05:18 - Stalker Guy
07:32 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Favorite all-time artists / Beatles & David Bowie
14:47 - Different styles of music
21:00 - Stretching out the strings
24:14 - Tuning
25:05 - Playing through Fender Tweed Deluxe amp / Stalker Guy
26:32 - PAFs


Notes
Uncle Larry proudly shows off his extensive collection of neck rests…

We are closing in on the 120K subscriber mark my dear friends…thank you for your generous support of the channel and for helping bring chords back to music

April 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Feet…And Dots Of Clay”

Chapters
00:00 - Blues
03:19 - Checking in and thanks / Brett Papa
04:28 - Guitar is screaming through Deluxe
06:30 - Playing: Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
06:45 - Pool cleaners


Notes
Uncle Larry with some altered blooze on a 63 tele...and a reminder of the upcoming subscription course that is on the horizon