June 26th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Pipe Bomb Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Blues on Gibson Les Paul Special


Notes
One for the night owls…just an old man in his cheap Walmart reader glasses who still loves to play that guitar

June 26th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 658, Tom Bukovac, “The Teenage Years”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends / Hot and humid
03:45 - Parenting is challenging / Phone and age dilemma
10:00 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior
11:22 - Guthrie and Jedd record
12:35 - Playing: Gibson Les Paul Custom
15:15 - D'Addario half rounds strings / Playing: Fender Telecaster
22:00 - Playing: Gibson Les Paul Junior


Notes
Uncle Larry talks about the most difficult part of parenting whilst restringing a golden age Black Beauty.

The guitar in the thumbnail is a real photo of a real burst that sadly underwent some good old fashioned hillbilly craftsmanship and some very clever D.I.Y. “repair work”

Both of the instruments in my previous video (tweed deluxe and 63 330) sold immediately (to the same guy actually)…

Special thanks to Antonio at the Green Hills Apple Store Genius Bar for not completely ruining my afternoon today ….super sweet dude that is REALLY FUCKING GOOD at his job

June 20th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 653, Tom Bukovac, “Poverty Caps and Persian Rugs”

Chapters
00:00 - Missed car show with cool '58 Chevrolet Impala and wagon
03:15 - Greg Voros home shop and refret / Sound
05:12 - Tangs too loose / Joe Glaser reslot
06:54 - "What fret wire?"
10:00 - "What do you like about the guitar [Gibson Les Paul Junior]?"
10:53 - '78 Dean V
14:22 - Dream guitar?


Notes
Your dear old uncle burned a half a tank of gas blazing through some absolutely breathtaking rural scenery in this great state of Tennessee in a finely tuned 67 GTO today friends.

I ended up visiting my dear friend Greg Voros from Gruhn Guitars, who gave us a great lesson on refretting old guitars….and i also got to hang with dear Jack Ruch and sweet Sid while I was there.

You know those special days where you are just happy to be alive ?

June 19th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 651, Tom Bukovac, “Fresh 013’s”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Catchy tune on the Martin D-28 Herringbone
03:12 - Hello, friends / Triple day sessioneering
04:53 - "I eat the song" / "Takes a little longer to get there than I used to"
07:09 - Christmas songs
08:30 - Trifecta record
09:37 - Show: Widows Bay / Western movie: Rust
10:10 - Playing: Martin Herringbone
11:50 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '56 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow
14:50 - "You don't need them all"
15:57 - '39 Martin D-28 Herringbone (rear-shifted)


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the boundless possibilities of some new strings on a sweet old 30’s Martin.

June 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 650, Tom Bukovac, “Uncle Larry’s Southern Jumbo”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Gibson Les Paul Special
08:32 - Hello, friends / '58 Gibson Les Paul Special
09:34 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '48 Gibson Southern Jumbo


Notes
Email me if you wanna take a swing at this magnificent 48 SJ at tombukovac@gmail.com

guitar is ready to go , all the work already done

13.5k

Local pickup and inspection preferred

Special thanks to dearest Greg Voros for ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING the refret on this 58 LP Special …wow

June 2nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 639, Tom Bukovac, “The New Music”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Fender Jazzmaster
06:21 - Hi, friends! / Pepe the dandruff boy
07:45 - Movies: The Lost Boys vs. Fight Club
08:17 - '63 Fender Jazzmaster
09:25 - "The New Wave" / Cocaine level in Nashville '80s
11:18 - Lesson: The Gallop
15:10 - Brandon Hood / Gibson Les Paul Junior


Notes
Uncle Larry kicks off today’s progrum with the lost new wave song from 1981…that he just made up 5 minutes before he rolled the camera

After a quick google I found the book…it was actually called “The New Music”…

Wow, what a distant memory…but it had a big effect on me as a kid

and TOTALLY unrelated, I somehow happened upon this old video last night , a rare rehearsal version of Nathaniel Rateliff singing an old Leon Russell tune beautifully…this was for some tribute concert we did years ago.

This version is way cooler than the “actual” version that ended up on the YouTube ..I love his voice on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEt2Gqn-gNQ

May 31st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 638, Tom Bukovac, “Heavy Benchin’”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello friends / Sparkling water / Serial 4445
03:32 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior
05:52 - Music City Bridge
07:13 - Marcus King & Dan Auerbach | Behind the Scenes with Rolling Stone (link)
11:30 - Alison Krauss
12:30 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior / Brandon Hood
15:26 - Nashville guy / Setting up the guitar / Fender Stratocaster


Notes
Here’s some long form bench content for the TRUE Homeskoolers out there…this is basically the Homeskoolin’ equivalent of reading “War And Peace”…
Maybe save this one for the next time you get a cold and you’ve got a few days to just lay around on the couch and watch 10 movies in a row

What you’ll see and hear if you DO stick around ….

You’ll see Larry changing out the original bridge on a lovely old 58 LP Junior, and you’ll get to hear that guitar play TRULY in tune for the first time in its life…after 68 years of faithful rock and roll service on this glorious planet

and… you’ll take an extensive tour through 3 very strident lovely sounding original pickups on a 1957 Stratocaster …and you’ll get to hear them played right next to the original pickups on a 65 LPB Stratocaster through the same amp

Hope you enjoy friends

May 31st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 637, Tom Bukovac, “Good Guitar Hands”

Chapters
00:00 - Son playing the acoustic / Form 1 and Form 2 chords
06:19 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '57 Fender Stratocaster
09:30 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior


Notes
You gotta admit, the boy has BEAUTIFUL guitar hands….literally born to play …13 years old and strong as an ox.

Thanks for watching friends ..the old Hornswaggler has sure enough been at it lately…buying and selling hard friends…keeping UPS and Fed Ex in business

Thanks for all the kind comments lately about the video that just came out of Marcus King and your favorite uncle throwin down on an old Allman Brothers classic …you guys all know how I feel about Marcus, he gives me hope for the future of music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwKFn2Qlmmc

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May 25th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 633, Tom Bukovac, “PAF Fury”

Chapters
00:00 - It's all in the description / Cycling through some guitars
00:32 - '58 Gibson EMS 1235
00:58 - '59 Gibson ES-335
01:24 - '60 Gibson ES-335
01:51 - '61 Gibson Les Paul
02:24 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
03:00 - '64 Reissue Murphy Lab with special pickups from Spain
04:30 - '64 Reissue Murphy Lab with special pickups from Spain
05:04 - '61 Gibson Les Paul
05:25 - '59 Gibson ES-335
06:12 - '60 Gibson ES-335
06:40 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
07:17 - '58 Gibson EMS 1235
09:00 - Thoughts / Neck pickups '58 Gibson EMS 1235
10:49 - '59 Gibson ES-335 neck
11:25 - '60 Gibson ES-335 neck
11:56 - '61 Gibson Les Paul neck
12:36 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom neck
13:22 - '64 Reissue Murphy Lab with special pickups from Spain neck ("the blue thing")
15:38 - Acoustically shootout
20:50 - Princeton amp and pedalboard used


Notes
Hello friends…a small army of guitar lovers gathered tonite at Uncle Larry’s Sanctuary to drink a couple beers and reminisce about the good old days.

This episode features young Eddie Blacksmith (aka Eddie Haddad)….young Ben Brandt (aka the boy with the good “scrong”) …and Ford Thurston (aka Fordy Ounce) …as well as a fairly large cache of golden era humbuckers (and even a couple modern pickups) framed inside some delightful dry aged lightweight Honduran hog for your viewing and listening pleasure

Our dear Fordy had a pretty solid buzz on, so he elected not play and only listen to the evening’s proceedings…

Granted, it may be a little challenging at times to make out what he’s saying, but I think you’ll find his tonal observations to be pretty spot on, despite his rather “relaxed” state of consciousness.

Hope you enjoy yet another crazy day in the life of your old buddy from northeast Ohio.

May 22nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 630, “Real 59 Tweed Deluxe versus New Dumble Tweedle-Dee”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends! / '56 Gibson Les Paul Jr
00:45 - '59 Fender Tweed Deluxe vs. Dumble Tweedle D intro / '56 Gibson Les Paul Jr and original case
01:49 - Settings on Tweed Deluxe
02:51 - Playing: Tweed
03:53 - Turn guitar to 7 and get acoustic sound
04:25 - Music City Bridge
05:15 - Black Crowes vibe
05:31 - Setting on the Dumble Tweedle
06:07 - Playing: Tweedle
07:03 - Playing: Tweedle - normal channel
07:23 - Switching back and forth between amps


Notes
I got a feeling this one is gonna spark a helluva ruckus in the comment section friends hahaaaa

In one corner , an original 1959 fender tweed deluxe with stock trannies and Jensen speaker (value 8-10k)

In the other corner, a new Dumble Tweedle-Dee with Celestion 25w greenback (MSRP 12.5k)

May 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 628, Tom Bukovac, “The Human Tendency To Rush”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing Goldtop with Firebird pickup
05:32 - Hillo, friends / Facing the day of American life :|
08:47 - Negative Visualization
11:00 - Not a fat rockstar, just a healthy session man
12:06 - Beatles - Rubber Soul album / Weird songs
12:56 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Things Going On
13:20 - Rushing Theory (Billy Powell, Dickey Betts) - "You can hear yourself a bit better"
16:15 - Lesson: Tempo being wrong
17:08 - "Hardest thing to play with energy and put it in the pocket"
18:27 - Young gal that never played in the studio analogy
21:13 - "Why does everything have to be on the click?" / Cutting and fitting every parts


Notes
Uncle Larry, the self proclaimed Sultan Of Smear, shares his thoughts about the ancient human instinct to rush.

May 17th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 627, Tom Bukovac, “He’s Got A Pretty Mouth”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing and singing
02:19 - Hello, friends / Pool party
03:28 - Dean DeLeo, Trip The Witch, and getting up on stage with Stone Temple Pilots (STP)
04:18 - Deliverence movie
06:04 - '56 Gibson Les Paul TV Junior / Non-original bridge trivia
07:33 - Playing
07:55 - Looking for an original case
08:22 - Thank you / Abbey Road, Ty Myers, and looking for instruments
10:16 - Playing / Summation


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class a lovely old limed mahogany Gibson from one of the greatest years in American guitar building history…..1956

…and he discusses one of the greatest American cinematic achievements of the early 70’s….Deliverance

Special thanks to John Shanks and Noah from Carter Vintage Guitars for bending over backwards to facilitate this deal

I would never have been able to get this magnificent old guitar without the help of those two fine gentlemen…

May 15th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 626, Tom Bukovac, “Power Tools”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing the shit out that guitar
11:34 - Ah, hello, friends!
12:12 - Lesson: Cool lick (Dmaj -> Amaj -> Emaj) / Bending octaves
15:12 - Lesson: Led Zeppelin - No Quarter


Notes
Uncle Larry fresh home from a day of sessioneering heats up the tubes of a crusty old Fullerton tweed kicker box with an old flamethrowin' razor from the golden age of Kalamazoo....a belligerent old six string sawzall from Parsons Street....a tuxedo black triple ply P-90 billy club bruiser.... ebony and blocks from a fly over midwestern ghetto...a blue handle pebble case Honduran hog brawler from McCarty's Michigan....

ya know...if you guys are indeed enjoying this shit PLEASE throw a little somethin' in the tip jar....it certainly helps keep the spirits up here at corporate...you mustn't forget i have NEVER ONCE asked you guys to subscribe or to smash that like button..

paypal is tombukovac‪@gmail.com‬
venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

May 3rd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 616, Tom Bukovac, “Master Volume Madness”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello friends / Radio stations
01:33 - Marshall JCM 800 / Marshall JMP 2204 / Gibson Les Paul
02:06 - Different than a Plexi
04:00 - Amp settings / JMP
05:50 - JCM 800
06:26 - JCM 800 with no Bass "AM Radio sound"
06:58 - JCM 800 turn up the Treble "Presence"
07:19 - JCM 800 Mid Range "Treble"
07:38 - JCM 800 Presence "Subtle"
08:13 - Playing: JCM 800
08:34 - JCM 800 Preamp on 10


Notes
Uncle Larry gives the class a tour of the amps that powered the youth of America in the 80’s….the legendary vertical input JCM-800, and the JMP 2204 50 watt…

I KNOW that for many of you out there, this was the amp that was in the trunk of your high mileage late 70’s GM vehicles when you got your first blow jobs after a gig.

and totally unrelated , I know you’ve already seen it, but go back and watch the original 2004 Friday Night Lights movie by Peter Berg….

I watched it with the boys last night ….so gripping , so powerful…UNBELIEVABLE acting performances by Billy Bob and Tim McGraw…
just an incredible movie…and the soundtrack by Explosions In The Sky is soooooo fucking good…and when “just got paid” by ZZ comes on it’s just the perfect marriage between film and music

What a fuckin movie holy shit

April 5th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 603, Tom Bukovac, “Easter Lamia”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Genesis - The Lamia
03:06 - Electro-Harmonix Little Muff
03:54 - '59 Fender Tweed Bassman (40W)
04:20 - Blackface and Tweed together, 3rd voice appears
09:45 - Playing: The Doors - Love Two Times
10:30 - Old pedals tone sucking bypass / Comparing plugging in / New pedals
12:00 - Playing: The Doors - Touch Me
14:00 - Playing: The Doors - Riders on the Storm (loop)
16:00 - Update / Being able to read music
19:00 - Jizzboy


Notes
Uncle Larry sends out a little progressive Easter love for his beloved Homeskoolers with one of Steve Hackett’s most memorable solos…”The Lamia”… from the record that all real Genesis fans just refers to as “The Lamb”

Here’s those cool amp baffles friends :
https://www.speightbaffle.com/products

check out some cool Homeskoolin merch friends
https://humbuckermerch.com/

and i KNOW you guys appreciate a fun Easter egg hunt…so if anyone out there wants to beat the Competition , there might be a certain guitar about to go up on the block …Orange you glad I told you?

It’s not at all like the guitar that dave Mustang played in megadeth in 1968, so don’t start thinking that it is

i keep thinking of a number somewhere between 7400 and 7600 …if you want to guess what that number is email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

and here is the link to the course that is now selling for half its original price friends
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

April 3rd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 602, Tom Bukovac, “Super Clean Reverb”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Gibson Les Paul Custom
04:15 - Hello, friends / The chord you use when you play funk
05:05 - Fender Super Reverb
05:51 - History of Marshall and Vox
07:00 - Vox amp / House generator
09:05 - "Money is laying all over, just need to pick it up"
11:53 - Jamie French
13:38 - Dan Auerbach studio jam
14:20 - Marcus King
15:00 - Netflix movie about Boeing by Ron Howard


Notes
Uncle Larry keeps the subscribers abreast of current topics.

This is an amazing vid
• Inside Vox: The Bankruptcy That Destroyed ...

So is this
• The Fatal Marshall Scandal: The Corporate ...

Half off the course this week friends !!
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

And she’s already got a million subs so she don’t need all my stragglers, but here ya go
@jaimefrenchofficial

March 26th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 597, Tom Bukovac “Ouds and Lutes”

Chapters
00:00 - Little heat from Texas
05:15 - Guitar is hard, friends
07:11 - Playing: Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
09:49 - Chess songs / Yes / Playing and singing
14:20 - Teaching lessons to ass guy


Notes
Uncle Larry fantasizes about being young and British with long straight hair and weird teeth, and about having some ancient exotic stringed instruments …all while being trapped in a world of American P-90s and vintage Cleveland tweed…

March 25th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 596, Tom Bukovac, “Ivy League Rock”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Strat
04:10 - Hello, friends! / Kid Rock and JD Simo
05:17 - Fender Tweed Harvard
05:55 - Playing: Strat into Harvard
06:56 - Playing: '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
09:07 - Greg Voros
10:20 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / '78 Yamaha FG750S comment


Notes
Uncle Larry soaks his weary ears in a nice hot tweed bath….Harvard, Princeton, Yale..whatever it takes…

March 24th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 595, Tom Bukovac, “Spring Cleanin’”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing acoustic
02:44 - Checking in...
03:36 - '36 Martin D-18
06:09 - Grabbing the '38 Martin
06:32 - '38 Marting 000-18
06:53 - Playing: 000-18
08:27 - Playing: D-18
10:26 - Comparing it to a Neumann U67 microphone
13:01 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '59 Gibson J50 - $6,500
13:48 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '56 Gibson Les Paul Special - $22,000
14:42 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '80 Hamer Sunburst - $3,000
16:03 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '61 Fender 400 Pedal Steel - $2,500


Notes
Uncle Larry’s champagne tastes on a beer budget once again forces him to liquidate some gear he wasn’t planning on selling

As always …local pickup ALWAYS wins here

My email is tombukovac@gmail.com

59 J-50…I got 6k in it and I am trying to make 500 bucks on it…do the math

56 LP Special …22K plus shipping …ask any vintage dealer about that price…oh and don’t forget to tell them that it’s 9.5/10 condition

1980 Hamer Sunburst, a bit heavy but it’s a tone machine…set up PERFECTLY…priced VERY affordabily 3K

61 Fender 400 pedal steel…very low mileage and no rust whatsoever $2500.00

March 16th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Piano Black”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Les Paul Custom gettin' dirty


Notes
Back home after day one of a 5 day session run at Blackbird working for producer Jamie Kenney and pop sensation Max Mcnown

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