October 5th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 715, Tom Bukovac, “Fresh Mutes”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Montage genius!
07:40 - Red Hot Chili Peppers love / NFL fail
09:59 - Dan Auerbach studio
10:45 - Lesson: Good right hand workout [4 3 3 0 x x]
12:48 - Mute on a Jaguar / Playing & Singing: Rambling Man
19:34 - "Trapped in Nashville"


Notes
(Sing with lively uptempo New Orleans type beat)

“Oh when Bijan, goes marching in…
When Bijan goes marching in…
Oh well I want to be in that end zone…when Bijan goes marching in”

I swear I remember one of you guys out there in the comment bin talking about how the Saints were gonna “surprise the world this year”…fess up whoever you are…

Uncle Larry checks in with the late night Homeschooling crowd and shows ya a cool trick about using fresh mutes on an old jazzmassah

October 1st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 711, Tom Bukovac, “Our Lady Of The Two Drink Minimum”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Nice and slow with singing
02:10 - Roxy Music
02:45 - Hi, friends! / Nashville scene / Producing Polish plumbing
05:47 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Hand writing
06:36 - "What kind of pick?" - Fender Medium
06:58 - "How much for Tele Custom?"
07:17 - "So young...or mood swings"
07:30 - Entitlement, not being satified with what we got / In your 20s
09:44 - Rick Nielsen auction
11:21 - "Speed is like an effect" (don't use it all the time)
12:36 - "Dr. Fuckup" (criticism from people)
15:56 - '68 Fender Telecaster
17:07 - Sly Stone / Sylvester Stallone / Rocky
20:00 - Lesson: "What a cool sound" "Becha never thought of those chords" / Brett Papa


Notes
Larry answers some blistering VCB and plunks on a particularly sexy looking 68 Telecaster that just went through a full remodel and complete renovation down to the studs


In the thumbnail….the rhythm section that has powered hundreds of records…we played on so many records together that we actually named our little trio…we call it “Miles Of Ass”

My dear friends Jimmie Lee Sloas and Stix Mchugh…legendary bass and drum combo

I love these dudes to the ends of the earth and beyond

September 30th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Vintage Pedal Collection Sale (Part One)”

Chapters
00:00 - SOLD
00:52 - Playing


Notes
(Please note that this pedal literally sold in the first 30 seconds of this video being posted, but i will leave this video up just so you guys can hear the glorious sound of the original chorus pedal that has yet to be topped by anything, in my opinion)

Part one in an ongoing series where Uncle Larry slowly sprinkles the dust of some of his ancient electronics collection amongst the worldwide ocean of potential tone consumers….dispersing the fruits of his nearly 40 years of heavy duty Ebaying amongst the general public

I thought I would start off with one that is special friends…one for the true collector

September 30th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Celebrity Makeover”

Chapters
00:00 - It's in the description


Notes
At my request of course , Nick Drushel from Glaser Instrument Repair in Nashville TN reluctantly explains how he turned this run of the mill 68 Telecaster into a guitar that a man would actually want to bring home to mom

Trust me when I tell you, this thing played like ABSOLUTE SHIT when I brought it to him…it was so bad i honestly had little hope it would ever turn into anything …but Lord was I wrong

Nick is a bad bad motherfucker friends, between him and Greggy Voros you gotta admit we got some damn good lookin repair guys here in Nashville.

September 30th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 710, Tom Bukovac, “Post Full Moon Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Telecaster
01:55 - Hey friends / Fall season
02:21 - Fake slapback
04:00 - Lesson: Be loose when your playing / Don't rush your part
08:00 - Chuck Berry playing
09:35 - Lesson: Emaj7 [x x 1 0 3 3]
10:04 - [video edit] / VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / NFL
11:40 - "Bukollege" / New Brett Papa course
13:18 - "You'll still be miserable" (basic human condition)
15:12 - Producing days ahead
15:47 - Gambling
16:04 - Slapback?
16:21 - Favorite Roxy music song?
18:07 - Classical music / Genesis and Tony Banks
20:50 - "What Genesis should I listen to?" / Genesis - It's Gonna Get Better
23:00 - Lesson: Consistent loose / Tastey chords
25:36 - "Slab board" telecaster


Notes
One of the highlights of my last weekend was on Saturday night…picture my fat ass sitting in my hot tub staring up at the most awesome full moon I have ever seen, with an ice cold Yingy sitting right next to me on a tall chair right beside the tub.

There it was in the wide open sky totally unobstructed by any trees or anything, just surrounded by slow moving clouds …it was like nature was putting on a show just for me

If you feel like Larry is putting on a show just for you, perhaps consider visiting the corporate tip jar:
Paypal is tombukovac‪@gmail.com‬
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

September 22nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Nonsuch”

Chapters
00:00 - Strat part
02:20 - Firebird part
04:43 - Bass part
07:05 - Firebird part II (money shot)


Notes
Uncle Larry builds a loop part by part for one of his all time favorite Andy Partridge masterpieces that sadly nobody knows…

Give it a minute to develop friends

It’s kind of a slow burn

Two tracks of rhythm , a bass…and then the money shot


“Humble Daisy
Form a chain to hold all battleships in check
Humble Daisy
Knit a ladder down to nature's sunken wreck”

My favorite Andy quote….
“I like chords with a bit of dissonance and pungency, they’re not afraid to kick their legs out and let you know they’re alive”

and…i want to say a very special thank you to a guy named Joe Maggelet for being a totally honest upstanding human being

September 20th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 706, Tom Bukovac, “The Devil’s Interval”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Hammer/Pull-Offs, Fingerpicking, Harmonics, Chords rich goodness
04:59 - Hello, friends! / "Guitar was out of tune" / NFL
07:27 - Fender Stratocaster (Lake Placid Blue)
07:51 - Lesson: Led Zeppelin - Friends (Open C tuning)
10:15 - Lesson: Led Zeppelin - Friends (Open G tuning)
10:50 - Lesson: "What makes that sound so creepy?" / Tritone



Notes
Uncle Larry takes a minute before the games start to teach one of the easiest, yet most effective tricks in all of rock and rolldom

September 7th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 703, Tom Bukovac “P-90 West”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing those things called chords
02:26 - Uncle-est Larry / Middle pickup heaven on the Firebird / Playing: Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
04:01 - Party, get-together fun / Labor Day session
07:30 - Lesson: The boink and up-picking
09:52 - Weird non-reverse Gibson Firebird
10:45 - Fernandes Sustainer / Demonstration of the Sustainer
13:48 - Fender Stratocaster
17:33 - Fernder Stratocaster / Million sounds in a Strat


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the glorious belching pukey tone of two old p-90s in the middle position…

The output of the guitar’s magnetic vibrations are being amplified by a narrow panel tweed Harvard

Special thanks to sweet Jaime French for a super fun evening last night

September 5th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Guitars For All My Friends”

Chapters
00:00 - New Fender Telecaster
02:10 - New Fernandes Sustainer
03:27 - New '59 Harmony


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class a few new plunks that showed up recently at the Homekoolin’ headquarters .

I thjnk all 3 of these have potential, we shall find out shortly

September 5th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 700, Tom Bukovac, “The 700 Club”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Since I've Been Lovin' You
01:33 - "Never did learn that right" / Favorite Jimmy Page / 700 Club
02:19 - Episode 699, account failure, phishing, scam, YouTube channel down
03:28 - Epiphone Olympic
04:55 - Window washing business and non-paying guy / "Whipping some ass"
06:08 - Son's favorite guitar / Fender Tweed Harvard / Big Jam Distortion
08:02 - Music City Bridge
08:21 - Lesson: "Tune Down, Tune Out" - C#min7 [4 4 2 4 0 0] -> CMaj7 [3 3 2 4 0 0] -> Bm7 [2 2 0 2 0 0] -> BbMaj7 [1 1 0 2 0 0]
13:07 - Lesson: Groups of five


Notes
Wow….700 episodes of the Homeskoolin’ progrum my dear friends (and that’s not even counting the other 900 videos that were considered "bonus videos" because they weren't good enough to be an actual "volume")

can you even believe we have come this far?

i will say it’s good to be back on the air after a brief hacking hiatus my dear Homeskoolers

This episode goes out to our friend Hot Carl

…and here's a fun trivia fact for all you TRUE Homeskoolers (i'm referring to the ones that Hot Carl thinks are REALLY creepy)

let it henceforth be noted in the annals of the Homeskoolin' archives that there will always be a void where an episode 699 WOULD have been.

This little detail is made even more interesting by the fact that Uncle Larry was trying to upload a DIFFERENT volume 699 at the precise moment the channel got hacked, but of course that particular video was aborted and never seen, so there were actually TWO failed attempts at a volume 699

August 22nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 688 Tom Bukovac, “Slide Guitar For Dummies”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Smooth raunch
05:09 - Hey friends! / Update
05:35 - '57 Supro Ozark
06:52 - Volume and tone on 10 / Fucking awesome strings / Tweed Deluxe
08:19 - "Love the sound of a dying speaker"
11:53 - Sharp corners on pickups / "What a sound"
12:33 - Slide on the third finger / Use slide without using it
15:00 - Don't get crippled by slide / Don't be too obvious


Notes
Uncle Larry provides a little comfort food for your ears with some gut bucket slide on an old Supro Ozark

August 21st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 687, Tom Bukovac, “New York Tweed”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: National New Yorker
03:13 - Hello, friends! / Fender Tweed Deluxe
04:00 - '40 National New Yorker ("Satan's Banjo")
04:54 - "The thickest high E string"
06:49 - Special thank you to Smacker Bats
08:32 - Robert Keeley - Tube Drive / Dead Ringer rubber bridge
09:21 - Bone chords / Marshall amps aren't selling
13:08 - Tommy Emanuel


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class some really fun new items…and most importantly he sends out a huge thank you to sweet Brian Carter at Smacker Baseball Bats for sending the family a nice trio of personalized bats so Uncle Larry can crush some bombs outta the park

and class, you might want to take note.....if you ever get a chance to check out one of these old National New Yorker guitars you should DEFINITELY do it....but sadly, they only made that guitar with this exact design and layout for one year...1940.

With a little work and a few tasty upgrades these can become very dangerous weapons.

This is very much like the one Memphis Minnie played, except hers was sunburst and had a slightly different pickup.

People think the original pickup on these guitars is a humbucker when they look at it, and even more so when they hear it because it's so loud and ballsy....but it's not friends.

I have taken one apart and it's just a big loud raunchy single coil with a VERY unique design and a ridiculous gnarly tone with a metric SHIT LOAD of particularly nasty midrange cut....

it basically sounds like this through any decent rock and roll amp.

Uncle Larry thinks it's a damn shame that they only used this pickup for such a short time because they are so insanely cool and unique sounding...if they would have put this pickup on more guitars for a longer period of time, Uncle Larry believes that they would have become iconic in the annals of rock and roll history.

I have had them all friends...there is no other pickup that sounds quite like this.

August 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “English Maple Syrup” (1963 Marshall JTM-45 Offset)

Chapters
00:00 - '57 Fender Stratocaster - Marshall half stack


Notes
Unclest Larryest thought you kids might enjoy a little roll in the hay with a 1957 Stratocaster blasting through one of the first 10 Marshall heads ever made on this fine Tuesday evening....

This one goes out to Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt

if you guys want some cool Homeskoolin' swag check out these two links:
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/me...
https://humbuckermerch.com/

August 12th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 683, Tom Bukovac, “School’s In”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Fender Stratocaster
08:24 - "Good wang bar on this thing" / Life of Larry is not glamorous
13:16 - Jamie French gig
14:24 - Done with pedal steel (Uncle Larry's Garage Sale)
15:00 - Neil Giraldo / 100W Marshall
16:53 - '57 Fender Stratocaster
17:21 - Son's game and fun / Movie: Final Destination
19:08 - Passing of cousin Jay Cook
21:03 - Playing: Police
22:55 - Playing: Gibson Les Paul Custom


Notes
Uncle Larry discusses guitar and a life spent as a solo dad in the kitchen and the laundry room all day trying to keep two sweet young boys fed and clothed …two boys who NEVER hang up their towels….no matter how many fucking times I tell them

Guitars by Fender and Gibson…amp by Fender…

RIP Jay Cooke…my dear cousin and an absolutely wonderful guy

and please , if you guys are TRULY getting something useful or interesting out of these videos PLEASE throw something in the tip jar …every little bit helps friends….it costs me 100 bucks roll out of bed in the morning ferchrissakes

PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

and check out my dear friend Kris's new Rig Rundown vid friends....he's a great dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3oZLt2MZEU

August 11th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 682, Tom Bukovac, “Oh Precious Youth”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking some bad ass tunes
05:11 - Delay Party! / Checking in / Kids and taking care
07:16 - Mills Logan from The Cliffs / "Song Medic"
09:29 - '64 Fender Jaguar
10:00 - Acoustic changeout / Thanks / Playing
11:49 - Lesson: How to come up with riffs for intros
13:49 - Appreciating time
17:00 - Saving someone's song and update
17:36 - Lesson: Show you a cool lick


Notes
Larry checks in on a fine Tuesday morning before a session…sporting Charlie Judge’s old 64 Jag, waxing rhapsodic about how no young man on this planet could ever FULLY appreciate his youth …at least as much as he should, because sadly we are just not wired that way.

Thumbnail photo of circa 1993 Uncle Larry taken by Michele McCord….we used to play local gigs and record together when we were kids …she's a cherished old friend and i absolutely love her to pieces.

Thanks again to Bob Wootton for offering up the gear we needed to get through the Abbey Road gig ...even though i didn't personally participate....i wish i could have got to meet him

Sidenote for all you tube amp nerds....i FINALLY located that no bullshit no excuses 68 100 watt Plexi Super Bass that my new friend and fellow Clevelander Neil Giraldo was looking for....

Lord Jesus that was NOT easy friends...holy shit

Finding a 67-68 (the well known "magic years") Marshall that did NOT suffer the rampant butchery of the 80's has always been challenging..but now it's a small miracle to find one.

August 9th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 680, Tom Bukovac, “3 Strats And The Truth”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Senn Strat
02:53 - Hello, friends / School
03:48 - Setup of video / Jeff Senn
04:24 - '65 Fender Stratocaster - Lake Placid Blue
07:47 - '57 Fender Stratocaster - Maple
11:43 - Jeff Senn Guitars Strat-style
13:38 - Senn bridge pickup


Notes
Fresh out the bed, Larry wrestles with 3 old Strats for your viewing pleasure …showing the difference between rosewood and maple for all you tone wood believers

August 8th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 679, Tom Bukovac, “Transformation”

Chapters
00:00 - Discussion with Greg Voros about a refret
03:58 - Saddles
04:35 - "Wang bar"
06:51 - Playing


Notes
I cannot tell you in words how excited I am to get this 57 Strat back from Greg Voros after working his magic on it

I had a feeling this guitar was gonna have a major transformation, and it turned out to be even more than I dreamed

All I can say is “wow….holy shit”

August 5th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 676, Tom Bukovac, “Full Sale”

Chapters
00:00 - Preface video for Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
04:00 - '65 Gibson SG
05:19 - '52 Gibson Les Paul
07:08 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior
08:25 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special
09:54 - '63 Fender Jazzmaster
11:30 - '65 Fender Telecaster
13:08 - '58 Gibson EMS 1235
15:19 - '72 Gibson Les Paul Professional
16:08 - '65 Rickenbacker 360 12-string


Notes
Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com but ONLY IF you are seriously interested in any of these guitars friends…

you KNOW my prices will be fair

what usually happens in these types of scenarios is that there will be a buyer who wants a few of the items in a package deal, so im definitely prepared to talk turkey and make some deals with anyone in that mindset

…and even more importantly, you know that I wouldn’t even HAVE these guitars in the first place if they weren’t some bad motherfuckers

Thank you for watching friends

July 13th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Song For Long John Baldry”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Fender Jazzmaster


Notes
I wanted to see if I could work out this while arrangement in less than 15 minutes and record it in one take

This is the result

If anyone has any cool lyrics for this please let me know

July 6th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 661, Tom Bukovac, “The Salmon Mousssssssse”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Stratocaster in Jeff Beck style
03:58 - Hello friends / Bad salmon illness
06:24 - Vietnam documentaries
07:30 - Thanks about Trifecta album
08:30 - Missing Persons / Terry Bozzio
09:16 - Illness, being okay, and never asking for help
10:05 - Tom Beckovac and Jeff Beck


Notes
Uncle Larry documents one of the worst illnesses he has been through in 57 years on this planet

It’s ok friends don’t worry…I can keep water down and I’m comin around

I TRULY think we need times like this to CLEARLY remind us how much we should be appreciating every single good day that ever goes by


Stuff to watch next time you are totally fucking laid out for 5 days :

The Ken Burns Vietnam Doc (amazing but heavily slanted towards “it was all a huge mistake “)

The Vietnam War In Color (the best true explanation of everything that actually led up to our involvement in the war going back to 20’s Indo-China I have ever seen)

The Battle Of Chosin Reservoir (an UNBELIEVABLE doc about the toughest Americans that have ever lived)

The Family I Had (an amazing doc about some crazy ass shit that happened in Texas)

Abandoned (a movie about ship wreck that looks like it’s gonna be corny as hell but it’s actually amazing)