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August 20th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 488, Tom Bukovac “Old Dogs & New Tricks”
Chapters00:00 - Fender Tele playing
02:52 - Hi, friends! / Nashville birthdays and thanks
03:34 - Eddie Shay gift - Donald Fagan MXR script logo Phaser
04:21 - Vince Gill gig
05:03 - Tour gear hostage
05:43 - Pole piece adjustment
06:57 - '57 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop after pole piece adjustment
08:55 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Burst after pole piece adjustment
10:26 - '59 Custom shootout part 2 coming out
Notes
Uncle Larry plays some old honk on a 63 Tele before school
August 19th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 487, “Shootout At PAF Corral”
Chapters00:00 - Rockin a 3 pickup Gibson
02:29 - Hello, friends!
03:19 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
04:00 - Best bridge pickup ever heard
05:55 - Custom bridge
06:12 - '57 Goldtop bridge
07:18 - '58 Burst bridge
08:37 - Back to the Custom
09:17 - Custom bridge
09:37 - Goldtop bridge
10:12 - Burst bridge
10:50 - Burst acoustically
11:33 - Goldtop acoustically
12:13 - Custom acoustically
12:54 - Burst acoustically
13:16 - Goldtop acoustically
13:47 - Custom acoustically / Arguing about tonewoods
Notes
Uncle Larry woke up a little bored today so he figured it would be a good time to get people all riled up arguing about tone woods again
Cue all the comments about how one of these will “sit in the mix”…even though none of us have any idea whatsoever what the actual mix might be or what song we are working on hahaaa
August 15th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 486, “Everything You Need To Know About The Line 6 M9”
Chapters00:00 - Introduction to the M9
03:39 - Playing into M9
04:38 - Lesson: Operation / Reverb
06:45 - Lesson: Delays
09:36 - Lesson: Modulations
10:03 - Dimension D
10:58 - Vibrato
11:34 - Phaser / Mutron 3 / MXR script logo
13:09 - Bass Octaver
13:31 - Lesson: Secret of Boost/Comp
14:15 - Wahs / Q-Filter / Expression
16:00 - Ring Modulator
17:00 - Fuzz
Notes
Retro Modeling for the ages right here friends...15 years of dust build up.
Uncle Larry takes you back to the early days of modeling with an in depth look at the only digital modeling device that he ever thought was any good.
just a few tricks and slightly inside stuff that I figured out after fuckin' with this thing for the last 10-15 years.
i apologize that you can't really see the readout screen on the M9 because of the camera angle....
but hey, free video right?
and totally unrelated, you might wanna say a little prayer for our psycho stalker friend Gus.
The poor fella was publicly humiliated badly right in front of his own micro-congregation of negativity spreading haters yesterday....caught RED HANDED flat out lying about the 1000 bucks he supposedly "donated" to me a while back....sweet mother, what a f**kin' scumbag
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....
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
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August 14th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 485, “If You Play Old Strats You MUST Watch This!!!”
Chapters00:00 - Nick Drushel puts a wire on a Strat
01:45 - Pickguard off / A look under the hood
02:25 - The Mod
Notes
After roughly 1200 videos, I’m finally gonna try doing one of those silly clickbait video titles just to see if it works hahaaa
In this video you will learn how to reversible modify your old Strat to get a tone control on the bridge pickup WITHOUT soldering
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Nick Drushel from Glaser Instrument Repair …
I have been a huge fan of this fella since I first met him 15 or so years ago…he has fixed HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of guitars for me…he never misses
Smart boy, damn good lookin boy, and a farmland Ohio boy….hope you guys enjoy and learn
here is the link to my instructional course friends:
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
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August 13th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ “Everything You REALLY Should Know About A Stock Old Marshall Plexi”
Chapters00:00 - Intro to Marshall amps / Tremolo
01:56 - Input channels
03:07 - Controls
04:00 - Best way to set them up / Volume as EQ, Bass off, Presense sounds like Zeppelin
05:54 - Playing / Making it chimey
06:56 - Awakening the beast / Getting punchy
08:15 - AC/DC-land
09:13 - Turning it up / High to Low Input
10:37 - Bass channel with Tremolo
12:10 - Switching to the other amp
14:14 - Darker on the Bass channel
15:22 - Juicing it up a bit / In the room feeling
16:25 - Not putting pedals in front / Printed circuit boards
17:27 - What does Plexi mean? / Plexi to aluminum / Harshness with some
19:03 - Spinal Tap amp - Marshall JMP with master volume
Notes
Uncle Larry gets all British on ya' with an in depth look at not-so-arguably the finest guitar amplifier ever made by the humans beings on this particular planet
Those 1968 era Marshalls with the plexiglass front and back panels
Dutton Surrey Suffolk Ipswich Charring Cross Foxhall Unity Works on the Thames
God i wish you guys could hear this shit in the room...as soon as the iPhone compressor kicks on all amps sound the same
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 13th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ “I’ve Always Pictured You Wearing Pants (Part 16)”
Chapters00:00 - Playing for a friend
Notes
RIP Bobby
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August 12th, 2025
Homeskoolin Volume 484, Tom Bukovac, “Satan’s SG and Other Earthly Delights”
Chapters00:00 - Playing some AC/DC into some KISS
03:38 - Checking in / One song with anyone living or dead?
06:14 - '63 Gibson "Satan's SG" (parts guitar)
08:31 - '64 Gibson Firebird III
10:25 - Neck pickup
11:28 - Offset post bridge by Nick Drushel
12:23 - Too many guitars / 1970 Fender Stratocaster (Banana Yellow)
14:18 - '69 Gibson SG for sale
16:03 - '60 Gibson ES-335
Notes
Uncle Larry plays some old honk and starts phase one of a major launch party
Local pickup always preferred but I can ship guitars…just not amps
1970 Stratocaster…no excuses 18k
1969 SG Standard 9500
1960 ES-330 (already fretted) 11k
August 9th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 483, Tom Bukovac, “Playboy”
Chapters00:00 - Those Blues are played
06:42 - Hey friends! / Dead clean Gretsch Playboy amp
09:02 - Blistering gig with Vince Gill / Band being tight
13:35 - Ann Wilson gig and getting tight
14:07 - Finding quality through Instagram post about restaurant (Deg Thai)
16:40 - Hellcat stereo system / Dire Straights - Tunnel of Love / Bob Seger - Night Moves
Notes
Uncle Larry plugs straight into some of Valco’s finest work …and raises questions to The Lord Himself about the great and eternal mysteries about the magical powers of live music.
This circa 1960 Gretsch Playboy amp is the cleanest one you will ever find kids....Ebo worked on it and when he handed it back to me he was like "dude, that thing is fuckin' CLEEEEEEEEEEAAAAN"...
he rarely says shit like that
1500 LOCAL PICKUP ONLY friends
two things Uncle Larry doesn't do....
1) eat oysters
2) ship amps
the thumbnail is some poor kid puking out of the back of an Uber on lower Broadway that i captured last night on the way home from the gig... welcome to Nashville Tourist Hell my friends
You might want to re-think that next summer vacation....
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 7th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 482, Tom Bukovac, “Hot Tub Larry”
Chapters00:00 - Altoids box amp
02:31 - Something Tony Iommi would play
02:40 - Lesson: Bending root note to sound like 60s
04:23 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Hornswaggling & horsetrading / Hot-tub Larry
06:44 - Replacement speaker for Deluxe Reverb?
07:36 - Gus video (Stalker Guy) / Lying about $1,000
09:29 - Learn to trust a blank calendar / Tumbleweeds
12:15 - Descriptions of videos / English language
13:35 - Straw tone and descriptive words for sound / Lynyrd Skynyrd neck pickup solo?
16:49 - Coated strings and other things
Notes
Uncle Larry delves into some blazing hot VCB and serves up some breath freshening tone with an old 55 LP Custom an a custom amp built into an Altoids box made by the fine folks at
Deluxe Amplification out of Dayton TN
www.deluxeamplification.com
August 5th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 481, Tom Bukovac, “The Mind Of The Musician”
Chapters00:00 - Peavey amp
02:15 - Bench video
Notes
Uncle Larry...aka "the hornswaggler"...delves into the ancient psychology that bounces around inside the mind of the average working musician.
He discusses the paranoia of work scheduling…and even sheds some light on the up and down rollercoaster of emotions that are always at play during the many seasons of the typical lifer musician’s career…all whilst putting some brand new D'Addario 013s on a 64 j-50
My dear Grandma used to always say "The Lord loves a good old Peavey amp"...
these old Mace 320T's are not easy to find...these were purportedly the ACTUAL models that the Lynyrd Skynyrd boys REALLY used in their heyday....six power tubes delivering 160 watts of bone crushing Mississippi Marshall tone.
this particular example is barely limping along and definitely needs some love, but even considering all that it STILL sounds damn good.
i would bet this amp has never even been serviced one time in these first 50 years of its life... but the thing still runs, and even the reverb and tremolo effects still work.
i have said this many times in the past and i will say it again...Hartley Peavey was DEFINITELY the Leo Fender of his day, making affordable "field replaceable" gear that the common man could fucking COUNT on every night, no matter what the gig or the conditions were like.
i would like to personally thank a Homeskooler named Christopher Kueffler for dragging this beast down from the snowy north.
I've been listening to these old Skynyrd records RELIGIOUSLY since i was a boy....i always wanted to mess with one of these amps just to see if there was any of "that Skynyrd magic" in them, even though i always suspected it was just their hands making those tones, and not that particular amp....
however, to my amazement, in just a brief amount of time messing around with one, i can already immediately tell that these amps REALLY ARE responsible for delivering a large part of that legendary tone.
on several old Skynyrd tracks, i always thought Gary was getting what i picture in my mind as a "straw" tone...
there's a fizziness to the distortion on a lot of his sounds that reminds me somehow of a distorted guitar sound coming through a straw...follow me on this friends.
there's like a reediness to the distortion that makes it unique.
this particular lead break on "saturday night special" is one many examples of that "straw tone" in my humble opinion.
i also would bet my bottom dollar that Gary was using the neck pickup of "Bernice" on this solo, with the treble on the amp cranked.
you can hear it if you listen REALLY close...it's a neck pickup, not the bridge
prove me wrong friends..
August 4th, 2025
Homeskoolin' Bonus "Enter The Dragon"
Chapters00:00 - Jimmy Page Super Dragon amp
02:02 - Playing the amp
Notes
Uncle Larry gives ya a tour of a very cool new amp built by the folks at Sundragon out of NYC
Everything about this amp is about is deluxe as you can get, even the way it was packed in the shipping boxes with the covers on it was a work of art
This is obviously the result of someone building an amp and sparing absolutely no expense in the process ...the absolute best shit money can buy...which I reckon would explain the 22K price tag
I kinda get the same feeling playing this amp that I do when I fire up the old Durango Hellcat for whatever that's worth
Hope you enjoy this video friends
Trying to capture the sounds of this beast with an iPhone mic is like trying to put an ocean in a ziplock sandwich bag, but hey, we do what we can around here
here is the link to the Sundragon website...cool stuff here friends
https://www.sundragonamps.com
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August 3rd, 2025
Homeskoolin' Volume 480, Tom Bukovac "A Guitar Is Born"
Chapters00:00 - Bringing a Strat back
20:16 - Playing the Strat
Notes
Holy shit friends....I've doing this a looooooong time and I seriously don't think i have ever been so completely stunned by the way a guitar turned out after a MUCH NEEDED mini- restoration
check out this site friends....there is a BUNCH of really good shit on here
https://musiccitybridge.com
And….I just realized that Dann Huff finally launched the YouTube channel he has been talking about doing
I am so excited for him
Check it out friends
• The Experience with Dann Huff
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August 3rd, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 479, Tom Bukovac, “First Glimmer Of Fall… Transitions…”
Chapters00:00 - Looping some sweet tunes
06:21 - '69 Gibson SG Standard
07:00 - '58 Fender Telecaster
09:02 - Chopped '59 Fender Stratocaster
10:21 - '53 Fender Telecaster Blackguard
Notes
Uncle Larry regroups after the final run of his busy summer touring schedule….
it's been a TON of fun, but like the old saying goes, it's good to home friends
Special shout out to all the sweethearts who came out last night that I failed to mention in this video
Jimmy and Jill Fox
Frank Amato
Mark Reis
Great times boys...Hello Cleveland!!
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
July 30th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Controlled Psychedlia”
Chapters00:00 - Playing Doors - People Are Strange
Notes
Take a trip with Uncle Larry and his old buddy Leo “Lidor” Ellis
July 29th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “For Old Car Lovers Only Part 2)
Chapters00:00 - Pontiac GTO history
Notes
A nostalgic look back through almost 60 years of history here friends...
i have pieced together the full list of the four owners of the 1967 Pontiac GTO
1) Frank Musso (1966-2012)
2) Al (don’t know last name) (2012-2020)
3 Bruce Shaw (2020-2024)
4) Uncle Larry (2024 to present)
it’s truly amazing how organized some people are....due to Frank Musso’s amazing record keeping, this car is one of the few old cars left that tells a real story
hope you guys enjoy this walk down GM memory lane
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July 28th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 478, Tom Bukovac, “Breakneck Redneck Mock Turtleneck Bottleneck”
Chapters00:00 - Nice, mellow playing with some slide into rockin' Cash Blues
13:40 - Working at the Al Capone castle / Jeff Steel
15:58 - Thank you for course!
18:26 - Spitfire tortoise guard on Jeff Senn guitar / Singing and playing
22:19 - Steely Dan and Walter Becker and not giving a fuck
Notes
Uncle Larry gettin pretty weird on a Monday night before the NFL football season starts...
remember when i sold off my ENTIRE extensive late 60's Marshall collection a while back in one fell swoop?
well....i've slowly rebuilt that stash over the last year....and now i'm back up to 3 old basketweave cabs and 4 plexi heads haha.. i suppose you could say it's an illness friends
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
July 28th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “How To Play Slide Guitar In Under 5 Minutes”
Chapters00:00 - Lesson: How to play slide
Notes
A made this quick video tonite for a friend of mine who is starting to get interested in playing slide.
I just wanted to show the extreme basics of what I learned about slide in the early days so he doesn’t adopt and practice any bad habits
but sadly the video was too long to text to him, so I just decided to post it here on YouTube instead ….
Who knows, maybe it was a sign from God (or whoever/whatever you believe in) that this little video might actually be beneficial to more than just one person in the end
Hope this helps kids
I absolutely love and HIGHLY recommend these slides made by Liquislide
https://theliquislide.com/
They are AMAZING …check one out friends
The guy who designed them says they have scientifically proven that the liquid that is inside them makes a difference to the sound ….
Hell I don’t know, maybe it does …honestly I don’t even care about that.
I just LOVE the way they feel…best slides I have ever tried
July 27th, 2025
Homeskoolin Volume 477, Tom Bukovac, “Mona Lisa’s Blues”
Chapters00:00 - Ole time Rag
08:24 - Hello, friends! / Schedule from Gill gig
09:17 - '56 Danelectro Bass
10:24 - Old car show? / Hellcat
12:00 - Derek & The Dominos - Layla (Eric Clapton)
14:15 - Derek & The Dominos - I Am Yours
16:00 - Lesson: I Am Yours
18:35 - Jimmy Gordon
Notes
Just checkin in with my Homeskoolers after getting home from a weekend run with Little Vinnie's Traveling Circus
This summer has literally flown by my friends
Seems like just yesterday we were firing up the first rehearsals for this gig...
and now this upcoming weekend is the final run for our little ensemble…
and just take a guess what fine city will be hosting our final out of town show....
if you guessed Cleveland Ohio, you were correct.
how fitting right?
Here is the link to Uncle Larry's new instructional guitar course...over eight hours of detailed professionally shot multi camera lessons with tab....
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
July 25th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “For Old Car Lovers ONLY”
Chapters00:00 - Shop where GTO was worked on
Notes
Warning…if you don’t give a fuck about old cars, PLEASE skip this video IMMEDIATELY and move on to the next “10 things you are doing wrong at the sports bar blues jam” video you were planning on watching
Todays feature?
Kiwi Classics and Customs in Franklin TN
https://www.kiwiclassicsandcustoms.com
It literally took me 56 years of searching before I found a single guy who works on old cars who isn’t clinically insane
and here he is…
This is his YouTube channel
• 67 Pontiac GTO, Tip Top Rag Top!!!
…and once I post this video he will be too busy to ever work on my stuff again
Bob’s your uncle
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July 24th, 2025
Homeskoolin Volume 476, Tom Bukovac “From Pontiac To Kalamazoo”
Chapters00:00 - Black Sabbath - Changes / Ozzy Osbourne & Beatles influence
02:21 - Tour bus on the road
06:27 - Picture this groove
09:25 - '67 GTO
12:42 - Paco from Argentina
14:51 - '61 Gibson J50
15:37 - Looking forward to show
16:12 - Friend Paco Gibson shootout
17:02 - R8
17:32 - Burst
20:18 - Neck pickup
25:25 - Conclusion
Notes
Uncle Larry checks in from the road ….this video covers a very wide everything from Nativity In Black to His/Her shifters
We start out with a small tribute to the Oz….
followed by a moment with Ronnie Mullins, the greatest bus driver in the history of show business
Then we have a new song and a check in from uncle Larry….here’s a link to the video of Kiwi working on my 67 GTO convertible for all you old car nerds
• 67 Pontiac GTO, Tip Top Rag Top!!!
and lastly we have my dear old friend Paco giving us a quick shootout between a new Gibson R8 and a real 1958 burst, Argentinian style
you can certainly hear and feel the difference in this video….but I have to say, actually being IN THE ROOM, the difference between these two instruments was “shocking” to say the least…and a good illustration of the contrast between two instruments with WIDELY varying price points.
Here is a link to my new instructional course friends
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...