June 21st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 654, Tom Bukovac, “Roselarry and Thyme”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Simon and Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair
03:17 - House band concerts and Paul Simon
05:09 - "Can't believe I am not cancelled yet."
06:31 - Vince Gill update / Having to pee onstage
07:42 - Playing: "Ooo, that's cool" / Timeless, iconic hit song that never was
09:29 - The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' / Instant universe
14:44 - '64 Gibson J-50 "Saddest guitar of all time"
14:52 - Lesson: Paul Simon riff (Scarborough Fair)
17:00 - Strumming with your thumb


Notes
Uncle Larry gets all folky with ya…and a little hippie too

…and like I said …centuries of wars fought and kingdoms won and lost over birds this hot …

• The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin...

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 20th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Third World Chords”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Steely Dan on keyboard
01:29 - "Coolest harmonic Bridge ever recorded"
02:00 - "What's going on there?" (C#maj7 -> Gmin#5 -> Cmin7 -> Dmin7 ->G#5b9 -> Ebmaj7 -> Ebmaj6 -> C#maj7 -> C#maj9 -> Bbmin -> Fmin -> Gb9#5 -> Cdom9 -> Fmin)
03:13 - Verse (Abmaj7 -> C#min -> Cmin7 -> C#maj7 -> Fmin -> Bbmin7 -> Cmin7 -> Fmin)


Notes
If you don’t like Steely Dan you can suck a dick

Like a lot of Fagen and Becker’s work, just a HEAVILY altered blues …replete with 2,5,1 turnaround…although you barely recognize it within the lush harmonic scenery

June 19th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 652, Tom Bukovac, “Bare Knuckles Chording”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Soft tune
03:48 - Helloooo / Triple sessioneering
04:50 - "Why the G chord" / Whole tone Bluegrass lick / Showing passion in sessions
05:55 - Playing: '44 Gibson J45 Banner Head
07:17 - "Should learn to flatpick"
07:31 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Eq'ing guitars
08:24 - "Instead of vintage guitars?"
08:38 - 13s on an acoustic pulling off the neck
10:00 - Lesson: Boom chuck perfectly / A with high E string
12:09 - Lession: "What are those chords?" "What tuning?" / Cascading A G D
14:13 - Martin Shadetop?
15:22 - Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul (Documentary Tom Bukovac did some music on)
16:47 - Lesson: Cool harmonics / Ugly hand chords
18:54 - Lesson: Figuring out the intro to this video [3 x 0 2 0 3] -> [2 x 2 2 0 2] -> [0 x 5 6 3 0] -> [x 0 7 6 9 0] - [4 x 6 4 4 0]


Notes
Uncle Larry answers some great VCB and shows you some chords that are guaranteed to pull a tendon or two…right after getting home from 9 hours of sessioneering.

Happy birthday dear Kris “Sandals” Donegan

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 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 649, Tom Bukovac, “Tape Op”

Chapters
00:00 - Tour of Gold Pacific studio / Words of wisdom from Kaitlyn Prieboy


Notes
This video started out as a quick studio update, and gradually turned into a bit of an interview of one of the sweetest kindest human beings that has ever walked on this planet, Kaitlyn Prieboy, tape op to the stars.

As you can clearly see in this video, just an absolute salt of the earth person who is TRULY great at her crazy ass job…and truly loves what she does.

For several years now, she has been right there with your dear old Uncle Larry…through all the highs and all the lows …on so many sessions and so many records…in the heat of battle.

June 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “S**t That Works (Volume 2)”

Chapters
00:00 - Can opener, insecticide, Dad's day cards, Ella Langley, Insecticide


Notes
In an ongoing quest to separate quality from bullshit …Uncle Larry brings you episode two of “Shit That Works”

June 17th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 648, Tom Bukovac, “Uncle Larry’s Bone”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends / Losing that piano feeling / '39 Martin D-28 Herringbone / Tommy Hambridge
05:03 - Hellcat / Jedd Hughes, Guthrie Trapp, Tom Bukovac - Trifecta
07:34 - The piano is back / New Country artist
11:17 - Les Paul Special and other guitars


Notes
Uncle Larry shows ya his beat up old Bone in front of God and everybody

Touched by an uncle …

Hope you guys are all groovy

June 13th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 647, Tom Bukovac, “The Ocean’s Abyss”

Chapters
00:00 - Messing with the EHX Oceans Abyss
01:15 - Hey, friends / EHX pedals
02:25 - LPB-3
05:18 - Oceans Abyss
11:51 - Straight into the amp and turning it up to 8
12:22 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Party director for kids
12:52 - "You'd have the best jam band ever"
14:24 - Keith Urban song "Just the Two of Us"
15:30 - Thanks


Notes
Uncle Larry mixes retro with modern in today’s episode of the Homeskoolin’ progrum.

Thanks to Mike Matthews and Kevin Jolly at EHX

and..totally unrelated…I bought an old basketweave Marshall 4x12 from Chicago Music yesterday….
they need it for the next two weeks for a video shoot they are doing
so, after the 25th of this month, it will need to be transported from Chicago to Nashville
If anyone is traveling that way please let me know

I would even be willing to set up a private guitar lesson to the picker who delivered it here

So, if you are indeed the type that likes to travel the open roads of this great country please email me at tombukovac@gmail.com