October 29th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 727, Tom Bukovac, “The Great Clam Bake”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: TV Yellow Junior
02:54 - Hello, everybody / "Acoustic guitar thing?"
03:44 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Junior / Tuning and Studfinder Bridge
05:21 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "Who am I working for?"
05:45 - "Have you almost quit the music business?" / Vince Gill answer / Starting guitar
09:36 - "Biggest clam on stage?" / Loretta Lynn story
12:30 - "Worst clam ever saw?" / Bryan Adams story
14:51 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '65 Gibson ES-330


Notes
Uncle Larry gets into some VCB and offers a beautiful old 65 ES-330 for sale for an extremely fair price

October 28th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Boy’s Got Good Hands”

Chapters
00:00 - Music City Vintage / Fender Telecaster
00:50 - '56 Gibson Melody Maker
01:05 - '56 Gibson ES-335
01:53 - Fender Esquire Telecaster
02:55 - '65 Fender Stratocaster
04:12 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow



Notes
Uncle Larry does a quick check up of today’s inventory at Music City Vintage guitars in Nashville TN

young Ben Sparaco shows us around a little…the boy’s got good hands ya’ know…

Special thanks to Evan and Gerald for helping me out with the old 59 TV Junior today

October 21st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam, “Clevelandia”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Some amazing acrobatics on the fretboard

Notes
Uncle Larry runs through an entire library of chord shapes guitars players instinctively avoid ….because hardly any guitars are intonated well enough to actually get away with any of these…

October 19th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 721, Tom Bukovac, “The Vintage Lie”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Soaring, clashing chords
02:58 - Good morning, dear class! / Hanging onto the '70 Goldtop
04:25 - '70 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (before Norland)
07:52 - Some guitars want to be in tune (combination of woods?)
09:32 - Instruments for sale with Greg Voros / NFL
11:59 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "Rare items that you have owned?" (one of the first Marshalls, Fender Blackface, etc.)
15:30 - "Hey Larry, [taboo saying]" / Silly things (locks on cases, mini pedals, modeling)
17:50 - "Didn't understanding pedals when I was a kid" / Roland Jazz Chorus, Marshall, Peavy (soundman nightmare)
20:07 - Work on some Fender Strats
21:28 - '65 Fender Stratocaster


Notes
Did you think this was gonna be another one of those videos that broke fruitcake guitar owners make about "the vintage lie" or the "vintage myth"?

Oh how they love to "debunk"…they just debunk and debunk their lives away.

Professional debunkers just going around debunking everything while they lay in their bunk beds down in their bunkers, while Archie Bunker plays on the TV set down the hall in their mom’s room.

All day long just bunking on things …bunk bunk bunk…bunk bunk bunk

Well it’s not

October 15th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Cleveland Gold”

Chapters
00:00 - Description says it all!
02:14 - Timeless Guitars
02:46 - Jar in C#
02:57 - '70 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop


Notes
Just a quick look at the lovely Airbnb me and the boys are staying at for this little fall break vacation we are on.

Nice place and a nice guy that runs it

I might need to get in the Airbnb business…I could do that ….
"Ok sir, you just need to type in this code on the front door to get in, there’s towels on the bed"

Maybe I’ll buy a few houses and start in on that

October 9th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 717, Tom Bukovac, “Blown Speaker Blooze”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Some blown tones
04:15 - Dear friends
05:04 - "Trapped in Nashville" / Day 1 success
05:48 - Kind words thanks
06:28 - '60 Gibson Les Paul Junior
07:17 - Tweed Deluxe with blown speaker
07:59 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: Gibson Les Paul Junior
08:30 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: Harmony Sovereign
11:04 - NFL
14:08 - "Trapped in Nashville" / Gruhn sponsored event / Hum the music in your head


Notes
Uncle Larry takes the old original Jensen in his 59 tweed deluxe out for one of its final strolls around the house old neighborhood before the poor voice coil finally explodes after 60 plus years of rock and roll service

August 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Sweet Little Gal From Kalamazoo”

Chapters
00:00 - Gibson Les Paul Custom - Marshall half stack


Notes
I thought it only fitting that Uncle Larry’s third and final post of the day be the beloved 59 Black Booty Beauty roaring through Dudley Craven’s masterpiece that he created in an old Ham Radio shack in Hanwell.

oh and by the way, have you heard the news?? tube amps are dead

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 6th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 677, Tom Bukovac, “Student Driver”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Gibson Firebird raunch
06:00 - Hello, class! / Son steering the vehicle moment
08:22 - Wheelin' and dealin' vintage guitar / '52 Goldie (Gibson Les Paul) / Life update
16:25 - Lesson: Cool chord D/C [x 3 4 0 6 x]
18:26 - Gibson Firebird


Notes
Uncle Larry shares a magical moment that EVERY single dad out there can relate to…amidst some ferocious p-90 attacks through some old fender tweed

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

August 1st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 672, Tom Bukovac, “Health Is Wealth”

Chapters
00:00 - Starship trooper doing what he does
01:26 - Hello friends / Medical intervention in London (stomach illness)


Notes
Uncle Larry gives ya slice of his recent life , and it ain’t pretty friends

SO many people I want to thank from the absolute bottom of my very soul for completely saving my ass and otherwise in this past week friends …

Brandon Hood
Jake Hill
Gordon Mote
Bruce Bouton
Mark Hill
Joe Glaser
Leo Ellis
Chris Mchugh
Michael Buble
Kris Donegan
Justin Niebank
Tony Cull
Bob Wootton
Barrie Cadogan
Sarah Buxton
Dann Huff
Jedd Hughes
Nicky G
Ebo
The people at Wellington Hospital in London
Ty and Karysa Myers
Jaime French

and probably even more that I am forgetting at the moment …

all the bloody details are all in the video friends…and the reality of it is probably even worse than i am depicting it…but I’m trying to keep the show PG rated

Friends, I am sooo glad to be back in the states I cannot even tell you in words …even though the heat and humidity here is so absurd that one can only find it comical ….it’s embarrassing to even step outside and admit the fact that I even live here …that also explains the completely ridiculous fan noise from my AC unit in this video

and for you numbers people out there, when i left for London I was 6’2” 235 pounds…today I am 6’ 2” 220

Big love to all you Homeskoolers

Onward and Upward

July 20th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 671, Tom Bukovac, “Heavy Benchin’”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing those old rockin' blues
01:55 - Hello friends
02:26 - '72 Gibson Les Paul Recording
06:22 - '59 Epiphone Coronet


Notes
Fresh off the round two relapse of his mystery stomach illness , Uncle Larry is absolutely THRILLED beyond words just to feel good enough to get into some heavy guitar repair at the old work bench.

I really don’t think it was that new parasite that’s going around that got me friends , because I researched that and i did NOT experience the “hallmark symptom” of that illness at all.

But Lord Knows…I’m just glad to be up and around , although still a bit weak and sore.

I’ll be back to my old jaded pissed off self in no time my dear Homeskoolers, just in time for a little trip to Abbey Road.

Thanks so much for the kind comments in the recent videos, it really cheered me up when i was able to read through those …you guys really are sweethearts.

Totally unrelated, if anyone out there on the west coast has a totally straight no monkey business 67 or 68 Marshall Plexi head, dear friend of mine, who happens to be a legendary rock star, is hunting one

It’s just gotta be right folks…no changed trannies, no extra holes, no silliness.
I don’t think he cares if it’s a 50 or 100…
Let me know what ya got people

July 13th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 667, Tom Bukovac, “Low Impedance Leather Pants”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello friends / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '17 Gibson Explorer
02:19 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '72 Gibson Les Paul Recording
05:18 - Fretboard revival / Stringing
17:00 - Tuning / Playing


Notes
Get yourself a couple of ridiculous deals from the Uncle Larry Dog Days Of Summer Sale.

2017 Gibson Explorer with a gig bag
1500.00 USD

1972 Gibson Les Paul Recording with original case
2200.00 USD

I might even throw in some "Buk" pics or some Rolling Rock picks

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

Thanks for watching the progrum friends

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