December 13th, 2025

Sign in Homeskoolin’ Volume 541, Tom Bukovac, “Kalamazoo Reflections”

Chapters
00:00 - '61 Gibson SG Les Paul
05:52 - Mike Bloomfield about Sunburst Sustain
07:29 - Greg Voros and Julio pickguard for ES-335 / Greg Voros expertise
11:39 - Alan Parker project / Dan Auerbach
24:10 - Playing
29:19 - Compare it to the best bridge pickup ('59 Gibson Les Paul Custom)


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings his dear beloved son Marshall’s lovely old chopper 61 SG/LP and reflects upon decades of wins and losses for the greatest guitar making company in the history of life on this planet.

For your amusement, here's an actual comment i got on this channel a couple days ago from a YouTuber called "620photo" after i posted a free video of me playing my 36 ES-150 with that glorious woody sounding Chuck Christian pickup.

"I used to get excited for these long videos. Where I knew he was gonna play for five or six minutes and talk for 20. Personally, I don't come here to hear him play, even though he is amazing. I come here for his great words of wisdom and great stories. I got excited to see a 25 minute video just to find out it's 15 minutes of playing jazz crap"

welcome to my world friends....i mean, seriously...how do you even respond to something in this "IQ range"?

well... anyway...it is true that 99% of the people that watch this channel are super cool...this fella is clearly a "one percenter"...

so, if you are indeed learning/growing/or just plain being entertained by all the bizarre things that take place on this channel, you might consider placing a little gratuity in the corporate tip jar....all proceeds go directly to Tom Bukovac...(not Uncle Larry)

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

If you want to see some cool Homeskoolin merch go here friends...nice comfy t shirts with some cool new designs.
https://humbuckermerch.com

December 12th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 540, Tom Bukovac, "Perfect Match"

Chapters
00:00 - All over the fretboard
03:51 - Hello, friends! / Late Friday night
04:20 - Son's '61 Gibson SG Special
05:34 - Jedd and Guthrie record
06:02 - '52 Gibson Les Paul P90 Goldtop / Finding the magic pickup


Notes
Thank you to everyone who helped make this crazy little dream of putting an old mini humbuck in the bridge of my sweet old featherweight 52 goldie a reality

Nick Drushel
Bubba Sarley
Dave Hinson
Greg Voros
Peter Scajcsik

I TRULY appreciate all of you

December 11th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 538, Tom Bukovac, "Grady's Blues"

Chapters
00:00 - Melody from the soul
06:49 - Fun sound to play 8| / Instruments making a big entrance in a song
09:42 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / '56 Gibson Les Paul Custom neck pickup P90 (staple pickups)
11:39 - Ella Langley song / "Accounts"
12:44 - Slovenian props
13:10 - "Listen to where the instrument wants to go"
13:59 - "Harmonic Swirl"
14:36 - Huey Lewis and the News


Notes
Uncle Larry takes an early morning ride on Grady Martin's old 50's Danelectro 6 string bass.

just imagine being about 30 years old and being in a band THIS successful and THIS fucking tight....
these motherfuckers had the world by the balls
Huey Lewis and the News - I Want A New Dru...

December 10th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 537, Tom Bukovac, “Stump Grinder”

Chapters
00:00 - Some great raunch and eery slides
09:48 - Radio message through the amplifier
10:11 - Huey Lewis and The News
10:47 - Hello, friends! / Watkins Amp
11:35 - "Then I'd be happy" 8|
12:00 - Acoustic record / Mandolin
13:59 - Greg Koch
15:02 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Custom (Rain gutter tuners, staple pickups)


Notes
Uncle Larry gets his grind on with a little Watkins amp that naturally provides an absolute symphony of swirling harmonics on top of your playing

Man what a party

December 7th, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 535, Tom Bukovac, “The Boss’s Guitar”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello
01:29 - Vince Gill's '54 Gibson Les Paul
03:29 - A.I. hasn't affected work / Straps
05:50 - New Brett Papa album / New Country star albums / Ozempic and weight loss drugs
07:08 - Humidifiers
08:12 - Collision Devices - Tars and Black Hole Symmetry / NFL
10:58 - Rickenbacker thanks
15:20 - '52 Gibson Les Paul mini humbucker install
19:04 - Do you regret doing any work? / Country version of First Cut is the Deepest by Cat Stevens & Sheryl Crow / John Shanks


Notes
Uncle Larry sets up a cool old chopper 54 Goldie with some cool history

December 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 534, Tom Bukovac, “Osmondmosis”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing
06:38 - Hello, friends! / Marie Osmond and Vince Gill recording
07:51 - Lesson: Only using 2 chords / Outline the chord
09:43 - Products (straps, capos)
11:32 - Lesson: The Claw to grab notes
12:43 - Lesson: Cool Major 7s
14:32 - Major operation on the Goldtop / Mini humbucker put in
15:22 - '70 Marshall Superbass and Marshall Straight Cab / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale


Notes
Uncle Larry recaps a busy session day and plays ya some deep cut stratospheric blues on a 52 goldie through an embarrassingly clean 1970 super bass 100

If you ever wondered if Marie Osmond was a cool person or not, I can tell you for sure without a doubt that she is..

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November 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 529, Tom Bukovac, “A Sure Sign Your Repair Guy Is A Hack”

Chapters
00:00 - Bench intro
02:22 - Pedalboard intro
04:37 - Components on board: Diamond - Compressor, Collision Devices - Black Hole Symmetry, Digitech - Whammy, Coppersound - Telegraph V2 Autostutter & Killswitch
05:43 - XTS pedalboard builders
07:36 - '59 Danelectric U2 (Silvertone) / Rick Vito
10:23 - NFL
11:53 - D'Addario strap locks
14:09 - Ace guitar strap
14:42 - Nashville Bender Volume 3
16:45 - Gibson ES-355 Mono / Overbeveled frets
19:29 - Gassed out pickguard / Overbeveled frets
26:54 - Playing


Notes
i'll bet this isn’t the first time you guys have gone on a total stream of consciousness journey after a Bills game

check out this site my dear friends...some cool and cozy new Homeskoolin shirts just in time for winter...
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here's the site for Baked Alaska records...they distribute my solo record, the record i made with Guthrie Trapp, plus the latest Dann Huff record.
https://bakedalaskarecords.com

they will very soon be be putting out the latest "Nashville Benders Volume 3" record featuring all KINDS of red hot pickers...Brent Mason, johnny Hiland, Jimmy Olander etc etc

October 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 516, Tom Bukovac, “Choppers and Benders”

Chapters
00:00 - Bench vid on Gretsch 6129
02:16 - Adjusting truss rod by feel / NFL
06:00 - Thanks Guthrie and Jed vid
06:30 - Lesson: Chord you never thought of [0 11 11 14 14 x]
07:16 - '57 Gibson Les Paul Junior with Gene Parsons string bender
08:11 - Playing: String bender
12:17 - Chicken Soup


Notes
Uncle Larry shares the delight of his dear young boys after his first foray into making homemade chicken soup.

October 22nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 513, Tom Bukovac, “Chords In Flight”

Chapters
00:00 - Doinking around
00:51 - Hey, friends / Checking in
02:16 - Lesson: You don't have to hit all the notes, just don't break rhythm
03:56 - Lesson: Key (ground / tonal center), chord progression (taking you away from tonal center and back)
05:20 - Lesson: The journey Root -> Flat 7 -> Weird chord -> Home
06:02 - Lesson: Flat 6 (intense) -> Possible Key change -> Three minor -> Four chord -> Blues -> Beatles -> Four minor
07:53 - Lesson: Four minor chord (most emotional)
09:14 - Lesson: Chords are like elevations
09:56 - Lesson: Country Western Swing - Yakety Sax
12:00 - Chord progression / Beatles chords
12:54 - Lesson: Beatles - Sexy Sadie / Recognize and detect chord progressions
15:35 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '59 Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow
17:09 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: Fender Twin Reverb


Notes
Uncle Larry…..chord progressions…you get the idea

I need 22k plus shipping for the 59 special

4k for the dead clean electric instruments 64 twin reverb

October 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 512, Tom Bukovac, “Doink 182”

Chapters
00:00 - Plinking around
02:33 - Hello, friends!
03:23 - Gibson ES-150 (Charlie Christian)
03:58 - Doink sound? / Outlaw Country vs. Jazz doink
05:20 - Loop with ES-150
06:00 - Loop with Gretsch Duane Eddy
08:08 - Loop with '52 Les Paul
09:40 - Loop with Firebird
11:29 - Back to the ES-150


Notes
It’s full on Doinkapalooza going on at Larry’s house tonite friends…Doinkstock….Doinkamont…
The Isle Of Doink…your indoinktion to the neck pickup hall of twang

Anyway, you get the idea

October 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 511, Tom Bukovac, “Vertical Input Horizon”

Chapters
00:00 - That sound...holy shit!
04:15 - Hey friends / JCM800
04:34 - '79 Dean Z
05:33 - Playing Dean Z
07:51 - Marshalls and a little slapback
09:00 - Brett Papa
11:22 - Dean & Firebird shape resting arm / Loving the Dean Z
12:45 - Howl Owl Howl / Steve Gorman, Darius Rucker, Mike Mills
16:45 - Dann Huff video thanks / Real interviews vs non-existential meltdowns


Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep into the weeds about quantum physics and Brazilian rosewood whilst plunking on a vintage Dean Z with the very rare Braziliaburst burst finish….

What if you brought a guitar with a Brazilian rosewood board and a Braziliaburst finish to one of those places where you get a Brazilian wax….
I mean, seriously just think about it

This video and video title is dedicated to my dear old friend friend Matt Scannell

September 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 505, Tom Bukovac, “Sea Sick PTA Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing with some vintage equipment


Notes
A look at one of my top 5 favorite pedals ever designed

The Maestro MPF-1 Parametric Filter

Norlin’s finest moment

Sorry about the slow moving camera waves... i can't play without tapping my foot and making a ruckus.

if you don't have your Dramamine you might wanna skip this one friends

September 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 502, Tom Bukovac, “American Distortion”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' and a Rollin'
01:46 - What's up, friends / Calling in sick
02:40 - Wonderful overdrive? Nope, Boss GE-10 / Reverb buy
07:04 - Gildan / David Ferguson and new kid
08:26 - Playing
09:45 - NFL / Gambling
12:10 - Lesson: Whole chord vibrato
12:42 - Old compositions covered on YouTube / New material
15:30 - Ziggy Art Studio poster
18:22 - Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick


Notes
Uncle Larry fights off a late summer sinus cold to bring you some quality guitar related content and savvy reporting from deep in the streets of the modern day guitar culture.

The episode I couldn’t think of the name was “Volume 87, The Big Apple”

check out the new 500th episode print at
https://www.ziggysartstudio.com

and here is the link to Uncle Larry's new instructional guitar course...over eight hours of detailed professionally shot multi camera lessons with tabs....
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

And here is a link to the new “Maximum Larry” t shirts and all other Homeskoolin swag
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/to...

if you are being thoroughly entertained and have learned a ton of shit from this channel, and you feel led to make a little donation....please feel free

my PayPal address is:
tombukovac @gmail.com

my venmo address is:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

September 11th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus , “Aftermath Of A Dream”

Chapters
00:00 - Ziggy Art Studio prints / Morning music
04:07 - What's up, friends / Guitar Party rehearsal - Nicki G
05:07 - Playing: Delay



Notes
If you want to check out the print to commemorate the 500th episode:
https://www.ziggysartstudio.com

If you want to come see the show Saturday night at 3rd and Lindsley:
https://www.3rdandlindsley.com/tm-att...

September 10th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 499, Tom Bukovac, “Nature’s Fifths”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' it
08:04 - Good morning people / Having a guitar that in tune
09:36 - Doing different things with harmonics
10:50 - Saturday night gig / VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
11:22 - "What is that white box?" / Step-down transformer
11:53 - "Bashing vintage guitars?" / Lamborghini guitars / Expensive ES-335 / Class war
16:40 - T.A.L.K.
17:48 - Percussive palm mute / Ibanez Smashbox / Korn Heavy Metal tones


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the cosmos on a 60 junior that is particularly compliant about being in tune

September 9th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Farm To Table”

Chapters
00:00 - Exploring the galaxy
06:29 - Well, hello, friends / The Guitar Party at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville
07:13 - John Fogerty BMI tribute
08:47 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom 3 to 2 pickup wiring
09:40 - Boss Preamp Waza BP-1w


Notes
Uncle Larry invites you all to a gig this Saturday night at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville

September 8th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 498, Tom Bukovac, “There’s A Bathroom On The Right”

Chapters
00:00 - Getting heavy
05:20 - God, that's loud / NFL
06:44 - Playing and honoring John Fogerty
08:22 - Billy Gibbons guest
08:43 - Ziggy Art Studio new 500th episode poster
10:27 - Lesson: The smear; Fogerty down a whole step; Fortunate Son / Bad Moon Rising


Notes
Oh, and by the way, don’t go round tonite …cuz it’s bound to take yo’ life…
https://www.ziggysartstudio.com

September 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 497, Tom Bukovac, “Feels Like Cleveland”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming away
01:06 - Hello, friends / Early mornings
01:54 - P90 shootout forgotten guitars / '79 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
02:55 - '79 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe bridge
03:35 - '61 Gibson SG Special / All time favorite live gig guitar
04:12 - '61 SG bridge
04:55 - Vince Gill tour
05:26 - '61 SG bridge - turning the volume down bridge
07:09 - '63 Firebird V bridge
07:53 - '61 SG bridge
08:09 - '79 Deluxe / Mini-humbucker different than Firebird pickup / Toaster top pickup
09:33 - Rick Beato show with David Gilmore
11:34 - NFL starting / Hot tub
12:40 - "What makes a man, a man?" / 2 propane tanks and avoid a fat wallet
13:54 - "What amps are you using in the studio?" / Marshall
15:12 - Shootout comments / '65 Firebird I bridge
16:13 - '61 SG bridge


Notes
Uncle Larry shows you some of the different sounds available in the “smaller sized” pickups

September 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 496, Tom Bukovac, “P-90 Miles Per Hour”

Chapters
00:00 - Taking a strum into Rock
01:56 - Hello, friends! / T.A.L.K.
02:47 - '59 Gibson TV Special Double Cut / Clear coat on the headstock
04:43 - P90 shootout
05:31 - Double Cut bridge
06:17 - '65 Gibson Firebird I bridge
07:17 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Special Single Cut bridge
08:25 - '52 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop bridge
09:13 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom bridge
10:04 - '60 Gibson Les Paul Junior bridge
10:55 - '60 Junior acoustically
11:15 - '52 Goldtop acoustically
11:38 - '58 Single acoustically
11:56 - '65 Firebird acoustically
12:11 - '55 Custom acoustically
12:27 - '59 Double acoustically
12:55 - '58 Single acoustically
13:32 - There's really magical shit in these guitars
14:35 - '58 Single bridge
14:58 - '52 Goldtop bridge
15:07 - '60 Junior bridge
15:28 - '65 Firebird bridge
15:50 - '55 Custom bridge
16:32 - '58 Single bridge


Notes
Uncle Larry gets balls deep into some old Kalamazoo and shows you several variations of nature’s single coil, the Gibson P-90

i totally forgot to include my 61 SG special in the mix....this might call for a recount

here is the link to Uncle Larry's new instructional guitar course...over eight hours of detailed professionally shot multi camera lessons with tabs....
if you check the comments and look at what people have commented on Gearpage (if you can stomach it) t has been getting rave reviews from even the most skeptical tight ass consumers who desperately WANTED to hate it.
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

And here is a link to the new “Maximum Larry” t shirts and all other Homeskoolin swag
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/to...

if you are being thoroughly entertained by the content of this channel, and you feel led to make a donation to the guy behind the guy, please feel free

the guy behind the guy's PayPal address is:
tombukovac @gmail.com

the guy behind the guy's venmo address is:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

August 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 494, Tom Bukovac, “Raising the Bar(re)”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin'
01:18 - Hello, friends! / Tuning
02:14 - Lesson: Bar chords / Forms
06:00 - Yes - Tempus Fugit
07:26 - Back to the lesson
07:49 - Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash


Notes
I always wondered why they put the extra “re”on barre chord in guitar books…are they just trying to be fancy?

Just a quick message to show you the sheer importance of knowing barre chords if you wanna be a legit garage rocker