January 20th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 564, Tom Bukovac, “Goodbye Goldtop Hat”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing somber tunes
05:24 - Hello, friends / Getting ready for storm / Michael Buble
07:27 - '52 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop P90
08:29 - Lesson: Em (1 x 5 5 0 3) -> A7 (x 0 4 5 0 2)
09:41 - Guitar is set up perfectly allows expression to the highest
10:37 - Steven Wilson
12:19 - Jim Irsay gig
14:13 - Playing
16:35 - Jim Irsay gig footage


Notes
Uncle Larry refects on a day of sessioneering and discusses the ins and outs of preparing for an ensuing winter storm with young lads to take care of….all whilst channeling Mingus and Lester, filtered through a very English lens…that then gets squeezed through the heart of Cleveland through a blonde Bassman….

and God bless Jimmy Irsay…miss you every day buddy

January 20th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Vastly Improved Playability”

Chapters
00:00 - Tuning up the Rickenbacker because it played like shit
02:32 - Nut spacing
03:44 - Mods
05:22 - The transformation / Raise bridge, lower nut
06:59 - The "buzz open"


Notes
Uncle Larry brings his old 58 Ricky Capri to Gruhns for a MUCH needed set-up.

Greg Voros and Peter were kind enough to do a quickie set up that took it from zero to hero in about 30 minutes

Much appreciated fellas!!!

January 19th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 563, Tom Bukovac, “Strawlarry Fields Forever”

Chapters
00:00 - Mellotron intro
01:26 - Hello, friends / NCAA Football game
01:55 - Old Mellotron
04:06 - Rolling Stones - Angie / Canned Yuengling
05:30 - Kenny Rogers - Gambler
06:30 - Michael Buble
07:19 - Lesson: Voicings (x x 3 3 1 5)
08:29 - Throaty midrange
09:25 - Yamaha EAD10 drum device
10:53 - Lesson: Voicings (1 3 x 0 0 1)
11:47 - The guitar tells you where to go
12:42 - Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some sad flutes and a sad guitar…in honor of the passing of Monday night football …but it’s not a total loss cuz he shows ya some cool chords

i clearly meant XX3315 when i talked about that chord...sorry

January 19th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Kids These Days” (Yamaha EAD10)

Chapters
00:00 - Playing drums along with records device


Notes
Not only does this magical device make playing the drums more fun, it also saves on the ear fatigue of being in the room with a loud ass acoustic drum kit all day

This device is sooooo cool friends…if you dabble in drums and want to play along with records IN STYLE this is for you!

Special thanks to my dear friend Matt Rausch for teaching me about this thing

Love it to pieces!!

January 19th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 562, Tom Bukovac, “Carandolet In The Wind”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing a strange Les Paul
00:58 - Hello, dear friends / Carondelet Pickups
02:25 - Carondelet bridge
02:55 - '59 PAF bridge
03:51 - Carondelet bridge
04:18 - Gibson ES-335 PAF bridge
05:02 - Carondelet bridge
05:39 - Pickup height /  It all sounds great
06:40 - Sometimes mismatched coils inside pickup
07:48 - Just listen to midrange / '59 PAF
08:21 - ES-335 PAF
08:45 - Carondelet (scooped) / Thoughts
10:00 - Carondelet neck pickup / NFL


Notes
Uncle Larry tries out some lovely new PAF style pickups that his dear friend Owen Barry brought him to try.

Check out this site friends
https://www.carondeletpickups.com/


…and totally unrelated, I think this might be the hardest I have ever laughed at an Instagram clip in my entire life :
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTq5hP...

and happy birthday to Dr. Martin Luther King....even though today is actually not your birthday

January 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 561, Tom Bukovac, “Freedom Isn’t Free…There’s A Hefty F**kin Fee…”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing the double neck
04:03 - Hello, friends! / NFL
05:31 - Lesson: Emaj scale never though of
08:18 - "Talk a lot of rubbish"
09:19 - '58 Gibson EMS 1235
09:59 - Bixby / Playing
11:40 - Andy Summers great lick / Thanks for Brett Papa video / Mutual respect between 3 musicians
13:13 - History buff / Tough job / NFL
16:59 - Football card collection


Notes
Uncle Larry gets into some doubleneck musings and tries to brace himself for the end of his beloved NFL season.

At the end young Marshall shows off his Tech Deck skills whilst narrating a run through of the football card collection it has taken his father a lifetime of work to put together

Check out this brief preview of what’s coming down the pike for the new GT, JH, TB acoustic record

• 3 World Class Guitarists Create A Song In ...

Oh…and next time you are having a bad day at work, think about these fellas…

• The Terrifying Life of a Ball Turret Gunne...

January 17th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 560, Tom Bukovac, “The Island Of Tweed Deluxes”

Chapters
00:00 - 3 Original Tweed Deluxe amp shootout
00:30 - '59, '59, '61 (late) / Speakers (Jensen, Jensen, Celestion)
01:19 - Magic settings / Fender tube chart
04:05 - Hello, friends / Bike addiction / Haggling
07:30 - Shootout intro / '61 Tweed Deluxe with Celestion
09:16 - '59 Tweed Deluxe Middle
10:11 - '59 Tweed Deluxe Other
11:09 - '61 Celestion
12:02 - '59 Middle
12:34 - '59 Other
13:13 - KISS - Rock 'n' Roll All Night


Notes
Uncle Larry sets up three old original tweed deluxes so that the class can decide which one sounds the best.

January 15th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Arts & Crafts “How To Make A Rickenbacker Into A Guitar”

Chapters
00:00 - Rickenbacker secret


Notes
Day 3 of tracking Morgan Wallen at Blackbird Studios in Nashville TN

Uncle Larry gives away one of his main recording secrets…
It’s ok, he’s almost done with them anyway.

January 13th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 559, Tom Bukovac “Deer Creek Symphony”

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic playing
03:34 - Hello friends / NFL
04:33 - Lesson: Trick to sound Open Tuning
06:33 - Morgan Wallen / Vincent Gillis and astouding guitars
08:44 - "What's your best acoustic?" [to Vince Gill]
10:15 - Bannerhead and Bryan Sutton
11:49 - John McBride - Blackbird Studios trying out microphone
13:37 - Gibson Southern Jumbo - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
15:27 - NFL
16:19 - Tweed Deluxe - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
17:45 - Grateful Dead - Bob Weir


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on a fun day of sessioneering… and discusses some of the finer points of “acoustical” guitars

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This video is dedicated to one of the most iconic players in the great Homeskoolin’ saga…..our dear old friend Deercreek Audio…the world’s most lovable walrus
Goo goo ga joob buddy

January 11th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Special “Gordon Mote On The Hammond B-3 Organ”

Chapters
00:00 - Gordon Mote gives his wisdom on Fame Muscle Shoals organ
02:12 - Lesson: Hollow sound in organ / Whistle / Percussion
06:30 - Tone generators and tubes / Old Russian tubes / "Going to Hell in a hand basket"
16:39 - Gordon Mote channel and the 4 note channel


Notes
When we were down in the muscular shoals last week we had a little time to kill one day, so of course I asked Uncle Gordon to get into some juicy detail about the inner workings of my alltime favorite instrument, the Hammond B-3

Hope you guys enjoy

Please check out Gordon’s instagram at
@officialgordonmote

and also his Facebook at

January 9th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 558, Tom Bukovac, “Fear Of Changing Strings”

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic Magic
03:45 - Uncle Larry checking in / Talladega Nights
04:35 - Martin acoustic and never changing the strings
12:36 - New D'Addario string, creasing the bridge / Launching some Gibsons?


Notes
Asking for a friend here , you know that feeling when you love a guitar SO MUCH just the way it is, that you are terrified to change the completely knackered worn out old strings , because you’re deathly afraid it’s gonna totally kill the whole vibe of the guitar?

I have never changed the strings on this magical little 38 OOO-18 the whole time I have had it for that very reason …but tonight friends??

Tonight that all changed

The old strings just wouldn’t tune up anymore, so I had no choice .

In retrospect I’m glad I did …the new strings reminded me of why I fell in love with this guitar in the first place …sure they are a tiny bit bright right now, but after a couple weeks of passing it around to people on sessions that will all be sorted out

January 9th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 557, Tom Bukovac, “The Singing River”

Chapters
00:00 - Multi-bending beauty
01:10 - Hello, friends! / Natchez Trace (Indian road) / NFL gift
03:51 - Trip to Muscle Shoals / Beautiful voice - Thomas "Tommy" Edwards
05:30 - Lynyrd Skynyrd / Artimus Pyle timing / "Time for a book?" Bohemian Grove
08:20 - "Raconteur"
10:15 - John Oates guitar / Hearing / Old Mom Bukovac
15:18 - Hearing aids
16:55 - Thomas "Tommy" Edwards snippet


Notes
Uncle Larry recounts his recent experience in the ancient magnetism of the “Singing River” and a place that the Native Americans thought had a magical power…Muscle Shoals Alabama

I don’t travel much these days …I’ve been everywhere ten times over in this life and i NEVER condone the horrors of traveling to anyone else because i personally LOATHE traveling with every fiber of my being…but if you’ve never been there friends, you need to go.

There is just something about that place that is truly remarkable....neither i or anyone else i know can put it into words.

and TOTALLY unrelated....Kiwi is working on my 65 impala that i have owned for over 20 years

January 8th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus , “The Third Floor”

Chapters
00:00 - Gibson ES-335
02:44 - Gibson Banner Head
06:35 - Back to the ES-335


Notes
One of my favorite places on this planet is the legendary third floor of Gruhn Guitars in Nashville TN…the repair department.

I filmed this little video Monday before I left for Muscle Shoals, and I thought you guts might dig it .

There’s about 8 repair guys up there that work full time keeping the Gruhn inventory moving along.

This team of guys are truly world class titans of guitar repair…Greg Voros, Tony Nagy, Phil Jones, Tom Stadler, Joel, Peter, David, Julio Pinho and Nathan Golliher and a couple others I don’t know as well….but you have seen most of these guys in my previous videos.

The collective brain trust, the repair gear and the general level of high end instruments you will see up there on that magical third floor is nothing short of amazing.

Much like making it to the NFL, the guys that work up there all know how good you gotta be to even get that job in the first place …and you can tell they all respect the job and each other’s skills
….
Interesting side note, young Nathan Golliher can also imitate all of the other repair guys perfectly ..and he also does George, and me …he’s like the Rich Little of the bunch.

Im this video , Julio Pinho shows us the amazing work he has been doing on my 59 factory mono es-355…and Nathan Golliher shows us the “trifecta” he just completed on my 44 banner head j-45

I never fail to appreciate the resources we have in this amazing city of Nashville…still in my opinion the best city in America …and I’ve been here for 34 years.

Where else on earth are THIS many talented musical minds all collected together?

January 8th, 2026

New CLIFFS single out today friends!!!

Chapters
00:00 - Update


Notes
https://music.apple.com/us/album/holl...

January 6th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Yeah…I’ve Always Heard He’s Quite Difficult To Work With…”

Chapters
00:00 - In the studio


Notes
Uncle Larry in the heat of battle on tracking session in the Shoals.

January 5th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 556, Tom Bukovac & John Oates “One On One”

Chapters
00:00 - John Oates story of selling guitar
01:35 - Interview with John
03:44 - "First moment you knew were a rockstar?"
06:00 - "Oates and Hall?" / USA for Africa signatures
08:19 - Waylon Jennings, "Fuck this shit!"
08:35 - Ray Charles speaks
09:57 - A.I.?
12:35 - Dan Auerbach
14:20 - "Smash or Trash"
16:54 - Badass pedalboard influence
18:30 - John Oates update / 3rd & Lindsley
20:46 - Deep Hall & Oates cut? "Had I Known You Better Then"
21:54 - What's the song you would erase?
22:18 - Setting up a guitar


Notes
A brief interview with one of the coolest dudes I have ever known in this wild and crazy business of music….the legendary John Oates.

As you can clearly see here, just a lovely laid back fella, with a great sense of humor and a shitload of talent.
What’s not to love?

Hope you kids enjoy watching this as much as I enjoyed chatting it up with him

Check his website for tour details friends

January 4th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 555, Tom Bukovac, “Romeo & Julietta”

Chapters
00:00 - Mental purge / Duesenberg Julietta
10:00 - Yes
20:44 - Tuning the "Tuners of Death"


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings a very cool and rather obscure model from the Duesenberg line up…the Julietta…in the same intoxicating candy apple red finish that the Tony Stark helmet came in.

this friends...the fucking BEST Yes documentary piece ever...holy shit
• Yes Fragile Documentary - The Story of Fra...

and this....there's NO WAY that anyone could ever sound this good live and "un-fixed" is there??....are they REALLY singing these harmonies live?
and whoever mixed the audio on this should have won a Nobel Peace Prize.
• Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace (1971)

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January 3rd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Very Modern Drummer”

Chapters
00:00 - Jamming with the boy


Notes
Just a little clip of me and my dear boy sweet Leo making up a jam earlier today.

He just turned 10 a couple weeks ago… it’s so crazy to see how far he has come since he learned his first drum beat last December…
the progress has just been so incredible to witness.

such a natural…hell they both are….they both have “the ear”

I am noticing how he is starting to really get the super loose wrist thing together, his hands are getting way faster …super fun stuff friends

January 3rd, 2026

Sign in Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Good Clean Saturday Fun”

Chapters
00:00 - Pontiac GTO and new carburetor
03:00 - Boys vacation / Playing acoustic bass
06:24 - Camco drums / Fender amp / Leslie Keyboards / Fishman


Notes
Uncle Larry is happy to have his dear boys back home and having a great time on this lovely Saturday whilst waiting for the games to begin!

January 2nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “A Flavor Capsule Paradise”

Chapters
00:00 - Beer fridge and battery caddie


Notes
A very heartfelt thanks to the dear lads at Easy Eye studios for sending over this lovely beer cooler today that stands about 7 ft tall and weighs 300 pounds…basically about the size of an average NFL offensive tackle ..

Their kind holiday gesture really got me in the feels …I truly appreciate it friends

Here’s to another great year…comin right up!