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February 2nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 570, Tom Bukovac, “Artificial InTELEgence”
Chapters00:00 - Playing Sunburst Telecaster Custom
03:19 - Hello friends! / Quick Tele shootouts set up / New spectacles
06:42 - Adding EQ for raunch
07:53 - '69 Bigsby Tele bridge
09:16 - '60 Sunburst Tele bridge
09:37 - Lesson: Unknown lick used a lot
10:16 - '69 Bigsby Tele bridge
10:52 - '69 Bigsby Tele neck
11:28 - '60 Sunburst Tele neck
11:55 - '60 Sunburst Tele middle
12:37 - '69 Bigsby Tele middle
13:25 - '60 Sunburst Tele middle / bridge
13:48 - '69 Bigsby Tele bridge
Notes
Uncle Larry shows you some of the sonic differences of two sweet old Teleblasters
February 1st, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 569, Tom Bukovac, “Dregs Of Winter”
Chapters00:00 - Playing the '69 Fender Telecaster
02:10 - Beatles - I Want You / She's So Heavy cover
04:08 - The attitude of the tele / Up all night fucking with the tele
05:48 - "Like any 67-70 telecaster, totally microphonic" / Chrome finger cut
07:20 - Playing
07:42 - JizzBoy shred lessons
08:35 - Playing and shredding like Jimmy
09:34 - Nice balance in pickups / Nice guitar
11:08 - Cold outside
Notes
Uncle Larry recounts the nasty fight he had with a particularly angry sounding 69 Telecaster yesterday
I was a bloody battle but think I won...
this is that time of year where you stop caring about things like trimming your beard, or giving a fuck about anything......the theme of this last week or so has been "BACK TO THE 1800'S!!"
and seriously friends...if you guys are getting a bunch of useful stuff out of these videos, PLEASE do not forget the fact that there is a tip jar within reach....also PLEASE do not forget that i had to bleed and give everything i had to find all these endless licks that you guys steal so freely and easily...
and you might think "why should i give to a guy who owns a '60 tele custom?"....but friends let's be honest... it probably won't be long til i get old and my hands give out...think about the big picture here
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January 31st, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Tele Savales”
Chapters00:00 - '69 Fender Telecaster with Bigsby
02:37 - Playing acoustically
Notes
Special thank you to the Reverb seller “French Riviera Guitars” for a lovely transaction on a fine fine instrument.
I could not be happier with this beautiful old guitar.
I can promise you that the last thing on earth that I was looking for was a Tele with a Bigsby, but when I scrolled past the ad for this guitar one night while I was Reverbin’ I swear I could just TELL from the photos that this was a special instrument.
I’ve been doing this too long friends
January 28th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 565, Tom Bukovac, “Off The Wagon”
Chapters00:00 - Hybrid pickin good / "Suburb Chile"
08:15 - Hi guys / Not drinking
09:13 - Playing: Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
10:25 - "Testing your manhood" / Siphoning
15:43 - Coming back to guitar after a week / Playing upbeats
18:22 - Young Sheldon / Guthrie Trapp thing
20:26 - Playing
Notes
Uncle Larry lets off a little steam after a session and ends a very annoying short streak of not drinking alcohol that was purely brought on by stress…thank God that’s over
Nothing can interfere with a man’s drinking more than stress…terrible
Here’s that thing that Guthrie has goin’ on in October
• Proud To Announce ”Trapped In Nashville”-T...
…..and totally unrelated…THIS is an amazing documentary
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...
…and of you haven’t seen the Netflix series “Chernobyl”, you ABSOLUTELY MUST watch it friends …fucking incredible
January 17th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 560, Tom Bukovac, “The Island Of Tweed Deluxes”
Chapters00:00 - 3 Original Tweed Deluxe amp shootout
00:30 - '59, '59, '61 (late) / Speakers (Jensen, Jensen, Celestion)
01:19 - Magic settings / Fender tube chart
04:05 - Hello, friends / Bike addiction / Haggling
07:30 - Shootout intro / '61 Tweed Deluxe with Celestion
09:16 - '59 Tweed Deluxe Middle
10:11 - '59 Tweed Deluxe Other
11:09 - '61 Celestion
12:02 - '59 Middle
12:34 - '59 Other
13:13 - KISS - Rock 'n' Roll All Night
Notes
Uncle Larry sets up three old original tweed deluxes so that the class can decide which one sounds the best.
January 13th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 559, Tom Bukovac “Deer Creek Symphony”
Chapters00:00 - Acoustic playing
03:34 - Hello friends / NFL
04:33 - Lesson: Trick to sound Open Tuning
06:33 - Morgan Wallen / Vincent Gillis and astouding guitars
08:44 - "What's your best acoustic?" [to Vince Gill]
10:15 - Bannerhead and Bryan Sutton
11:49 - John McBride - Blackbird Studios trying out microphone
13:37 - Gibson Southern Jumbo - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
15:27 - NFL
16:19 - Tweed Deluxe - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
17:45 - Grateful Dead - Bob Weir
Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on a fun day of sessioneering… and discusses some of the finer points of “acoustical” guitars
if you guys want a shirt like the one i am wearing in this video...or some cool other Homeskoolin' t shirt, check out this site:
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This video is dedicated to one of the most iconic players in the great Homeskoolin’ saga…..our dear old friend Deercreek Audio…the world’s most lovable walrus
Goo goo ga joob buddy
January 3rd, 2026
Sign in Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Good Clean Saturday Fun”
Chapters00:00 - Pontiac GTO and new carburetor
03:00 - Boys vacation / Playing acoustic bass
06:24 - Camco drums / Fender amp / Leslie Keyboards / Fishman
Notes
Uncle Larry is happy to have his dear boys back home and having a great time on this lovely Saturday whilst waiting for the games to begin!
January 1st, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 553, Tom Bukovac, “There Are Really Only Three Chords”
Chapters00:00 - Happy New Year / Young man's game
02:17 - Playing
02:47 - Robert Burns - Auld Lang Syne (Old Long Since)
04:24 - Only 3 chords when you think about it
05:00 - Auld Lang Syne on guitar / Guy Lombardo
05:52 - Master Lesson: Auld Lang Syne
Notes
Happy new year friends …as 2026 begins I think it’s time we talk about the fact that the further along the road of TRULY understanding harmony that we get, one thing becomes more and more clear….there are REALLY only three chords…and everything else is really just a variant of those three chords…I actually think of them as the three “tensions” more than the three chords …as in the way that each one of the three pulls at the melody emotionally speaking
Watch this video and dig what I am saying...
if you like this shirt i am wearing....YOU TOO can have one...check out this site friends:
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https://humbuckermerch.com
and....check out ALL of the oceanliner designs videos friends…they are absolutely top shelf...
some of the best quality videos i have ever seen on our beloved Youtube:
• What Really Sank the Edmund Fitzgerald? A ...
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December 31st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Happy New Year Boys And Girls
Chapters00:00 - Happy New Year
Notes
Thank you all for stickin’ with your dear old Uncle Larry all these years friends
December 28th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 549, Tom Bukovac, “Blues For Violet Jessop”
Chapters00:00 - Playing Tele Custom through Vox AC15
02:52 - Gibson Firebird
03:03 - Watching history stuff / Violet Jessop
05:07 - "Let's hear this bird"
Notes
Uncle Larry tries a couple more guitars through the magic 62 AC-15
Homeskoolin’ corporate is seriously thinking about renaming this channel “the AC-15 channel” where every video is just a different guitar through it
Check out these two fucking AMAZING videos that are soooo well done
This is long haul stuff boys so settle in and watch it on your tv when you get time …top shelf entertainment and fascinating historical facts
Start with this one..
• Final Plunge: Titanic's HORRIFYING Last 5 ...
and then move on to this one about the Brittanic
• The Sinking of Britannic - Titanic's Forgo...
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December 27th, 2025
Homeskoolin Volume 548, “Tube Amps Are Dead”
Chapters00:00 - Playing through the '62 Vox AC15
03:10 - Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty
06:13 - Amp volume
07:32 - Volume control
08:53 - NFL / Parker Edmonson
Notes
Can you tell I grew up on Skynyrd?
Uncle Larry takes a stroll through the tonal offerings of one of the best sounding amps I have ever played through in my entire life …this fawn 62 Vox AC-15 I just recently acquired.
My god man
I just wish you all could be in the room to hear this shit
I also cannot tell you what a kick I get out of all these RIDICULOUS videos that people are putting up talking about how tube amps are dead ….not in this town they’re not
Hope yall had a great Christmas
Here’s that fella I mentioned …this is quite the rabbit hole friends..dude can fix anything
Doing the Charleston and driving my 1928 D...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbvHYNvXZV4
December 20th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 546, Tom Bukovac, “Slabbin’ Cabin”
Chapters00:00 - Creepy Larry on 57th birthday / Thanks
03:19 - '63 Fender Telecaster (slab board) / Old terminology lost
07:00 - Andy Summers and the Police / 3 tone slab
08:53 - Calls, texts, cards, technology
11:00 - Cable tensioning / NFL
19:00 - Tuning / Playing
Notes
Uncle Larry restrings a sweet old Fullerton slabber and contemplates the disappearance of stationery.
My old friend Tony Lucido sent me this video this morning and said “good band”
Ann Wilson - Dream On (Live)
Indeed it was…there was about a year period where that band could play with ANYBODY…but then of course the “great disillusion” set in, fueled by lack of corporate funding , and it all went to hell in a handbasket…but I still have very fond memories of being in a band that was literally tighter than a gnat’s ass..good times
Ann’s vocal on this absolutely live recording is fucking transcendant
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December 9th, 2025
Homeskoolin Volume 536, Tom Bukovac, “Trust The Process”
Chapters00:00 - Working with a loop
Notes
Hello friends...this video shows our Uncle Larry fresh home from day one of working on the new acoustic record with Guthrie and Jedd....
in case you were wondering, let me assure you that we are having so much fun it should be illegal....hell it MIGHT even be illegal in some states ..
i thought you guys might also get a kick out of seeing a silly live loop get made right in front of your face....replete with mistakes and all...i mean who gives a fuck?
i usually work all this shit out before i roll the camera...but this time i just let it roll so you can see the whole painful creative process i usually go through from start to finish.
there are more clams in this one video than in the last 5 years of Homeskoolin videos, but thats the whole point friends
i figure we know each other good enough at this point to do something ridiculous like this
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November 24th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Black Friday Course Details”
Chapters00:00 - Exploring the rare colors
01:52 - Hello friends! / Black Friday / NFL / Playing
04:46 - Obessessed with learning history / PBS programming / Ken Burns - Donner Party
Notes
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oh...and in case you haven't seen him before, here's that tool that stalks me...
Does Tom Bukovac Have A Stalker? @501cho...
a beginner level guitar player from St Louis named Gus Penny...
he has literally devoted his ENTIRE LIFE to making hate videos about me....
it's pretty fuggin' weird friends, i ain't gonna lie
oh my God this video had me CRYING
if you're ever at a Chinese Buffet in the St Louis area, check out his little one chord white blues trio called "Blues In Babylon"
Gus is one of the best "croakers" on earth...it's like a brand new type of "vocalization" that he developed himself...it has been known to make any species of frog jealous
November 18th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Odds and Ends
Chapters00:00 - '57 Rickenbacker Combo / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
01:07 - '57 Gibson ES-225
02:20 - '64 Fender Twin Reverb
Notes
Uncle Larry tries hard to keep everyone updated regarding all the endless wheelin and dealin that has taken place in recent weeks here at the Homeskoolin’ company headquarters …Larry and his team are working hard to keep all the viewers informed with up to the minute details showing all the insanity that comprises a normal day here at Homeskoolin Industries Worldwide
November 14th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 524, Tom Bukovac, “Antique-ing”
Chapters00:00 - Strumming some chords
05:13 - Good morning! / Brett Papa and recording at his house
06:18 - Creative power of 3 minds / NFL
08:52 - '50 Gibson Southern Jumbo
10:18 - Lesson: Tuning chord to know intonation
12:30 -Fender Vibrolux Reverb
12:47 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
13:08 - '60 Les Paul Junior Double-Cut Cherry
13:16 - '57 Les Paul Special Single-Cut
13:28 - '62 Guild Duane Eddy
14:07 - Thanks for "Vintage Verified" / Process and how it works
17:02 ' 64 Gibson Firebird and touching up color
20:40 - Great newish guitar players and who Tom likes / Derek Trucks, Marcus King, Gary Clark Jr.
Notes
Uncle Larry plays some flat top and gets into some heavy VCB
The fine work that has been performed on this old basket case Gibson SJ was done by Nathan Golliher at Gruhn Guitars in Nashville
He is AMAZING and I highly recommend him for any of your acoustic repair needs
Check out this old track if you wanna hear some vintage Uncle Larry…I was probably 25 when I did this record…it was pretty crude but you can hear all the Larryisms
Drive Right Into the Sun
If you want to check out the Vintage Verified website here ya go:
https://www.vintageverified.com/
Check out all the latest Homeskoolin merch here:
https://humbuckermerch.com/
If anyone is interested in these old guitars …all of the work is already done…they need nothing and they are running on all cylinders…you guys know how obsessive I am about that shit
1960 Les Paul cherry double cut
12k plus shipping
1957 Les Paul special tv single cut
24k plus shipping
1962 guild de-500 Duane Eddy model
5500 plus shipping
If anyone out there has a pre ‘64 Gibson L-5CES with humbuckers or a straight 59 tv junior with tortoiseshell guard and no excuses I am all ears on potential trades…
Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you are interested in any of these instruments
If you feel like learning some in depth guitar shut check out this guitar course I made with Brett papa…it’s CHOCK FULL of ideas and concepts you can make your own:
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
If you wanna buy some super comfy original Homeskoolin merch go here…this is the OG stuff:
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My PayPal tip jar is tombukovac@gmail.com
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November 12th, 2025
Tom Bukovac Bonus Jam “Moon Goggles”
Chapters00:00 - Playing in black and white
Notes
Happy Wednesday
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November 8th, 2025
Homeskoolin' Volume 523, Tom Bukovac, "Vintage Verified"
Chapters00:00 - Vintage instrument verification
Notes
Well friends, you have probably heard me mention this new company in the past.
A vintage guitar authentication service right here in Nashville TN called “Vintage Verified”
http://www.vintageverified.com
They have finally officially launched their business and are offering their services to the world.
FINALLY, there is a way to use pure science and data (spectrometry, x ray, microscope etc) to determine whether the finishes, plastics and metals on our beloved old guitars is indeed original or not.
They are now a part of the Gruhn appraisal network, backed by several heavy hitters in the vintage world.
Check out the website to see the list of services and endorsees.
Special thank you to my friend Matt Swanson for joining us .
November 3rd, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 522, Tom Bukovac, “Offset America”
Chapters00:00 - Bench hello friends / Cannot watch NFL Monday Night Football
01:27 - Michael Buble
02:34 - '64 Fender Jaguar
03:48 - Putting some 0.010 flats on it
08:22 - Jaguar mute (felt mute)
13:09 - Gordon Mote
15:42 - All set up and playing
17:39 - "The strangle switch"
18:16 - Jaguar vs. Jazzmaster / Playing
Notes
Uncle Larry tweaks on a poor old neglected 64 lake placid blue jag with matching headstock that he has had laying around for ages
November 2nd, 2025
Homeskoolin Volume 520, Tom Bukovac, “Slap-back Slab-Board Blues”
Chapters00:00 - Popping off a song
03:31 - Hello, friends! / Fighting a cold and playing with Guthrie
05:26 - Scott Henderson story about an empty night
07:26 - Organized event / John Oates, Mike Mills, Steve Gorman
10:15 - '60 Fender Telecaster / Coolest Tele with "2-tone" / '61 AC30 or Fender amp / Font
13:24 - Lesson: Nastiest, dirtiest guitar lick
Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on last evening’s madness with a lovely old Telecaster Custom and a Tweed Deluxe both for 1960