November 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 521, Tom Bukovac, “Heart Full O Shred”

Chapters
00:00 - Lovely playing, lost in mood
11:12 - Hello, friends
11:55 - Lesson: Artificial Harmonic
14:54 - "Slow Hand" Larry playing fast
16:21 - Lesson: Bending on the low strings
21:00 - Dann Huff and Michael Buble
21:47 - '61 Gibson SG Special with incredible P90s and bleed caps
22:26 - SG bridge pickup
22:41 - SG neck pickup
22:58 - SG middle position
23:18 - SG bridge gassed


Notes
Uncle Larry explores some of the tonal depths achievable with the greatest electronics set up that has ever been installed into an electric guitar …whilst plunking on a prime specimen from the golden age of Parsons Street in Kalamazoo Michigan.

If anyone wants to watch the livestream of the Guitar Party gig we did Saturday night you can go here and check it out for ten bucks
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The audio ain’t too bad…camera work is really nice

November 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Lost And Found”

Chapters
00:00 - Quiet goodness


Notes
One for the night owls

November 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 520, Tom Bukovac, “Slap-back Slab-Board Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Popping off a song
03:31 - Hello, friends! / Fighting a cold and playing with Guthrie
05:26 - Scott Henderson story about an empty night
07:26 - Organized event / John Oates, Mike Mills, Steve Gorman
10:15 - '60 Fender Telecaster / Coolest Tele with "2-tone" / '61 AC30 or Fender amp / Font
13:24 - Lesson: Nastiest, dirtiest guitar lick


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on last evening’s madness with a lovely old Telecaster Custom and a Tweed Deluxe both for 1960

November 1st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 519, Tom Bukovac, “The Acoustic Slide”

Chapters
00:00 - More sad songs and slide
01:26 - Hello, friends! / 3rd & Lindsley
02:30 - Lesson: Electric vs acoustic slide / Acoustic with pick to get volume
08:05 - Lesson: Vibrato (Ry Cooder)
09:04 - Lesson: Drop D slide / Using it and not using it
10:47 - Enough Derek Trucks copies already
12:43 - Lesson: Voicings in Drop D (Gmaj7 [5 x 0 3 5 x]) -> (Dmaj9 [0 0 4 6 5 0]) -> (Dmaj96 [0 0 4 6 0 0]) -> (Cmaj79 [10 x 0 0 12 x])
-> (Gmaj7 [5 x 0 0 7 x]) -> (Edom9 [2 x 0 1 3 2])
15:01 - Lesson: Cool chord
16:28 - Lesson: Hammering-on slide


Notes
Uncle Larry shows you some handy slide shit on an old 64 J-200

October 31st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 518, Tom Bukovac, “The Saddest Guitar In The World”

Chapters
00:00 - Sad sliding
05:16 - Singing: Coming in on a wing and prayer
05:47 - Hello, friends! / Gildan
06:48 - '64 Gibson J50 sad guitar
08:18 - Playing and singing a made up sad song
10:00 - Cloying
11:13 - A.I. taking our jobs?
12:07 - FAILACI / Working with young cats
14:31 - Happy Halloween / VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
15:15 - Jim Irsay collection / NFL
17:43 - Formative ages for music / Friends and the old days
20:58 - "Most gratifying thing in your life?" / Kids
22:32 - John Fogerty
23:05 - Ears are doing better / Stories of feedback


Notes
This 64 j-50 I have owned for years must have had a terrible childhood

I’ve never played any acoustic in my life that sounds sadder than it does

October 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 517, Tom Bukovac, “Orchestra Sized Maneuvers In The Dark”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming away on an oldie
05:44 - '51 Martin 000-18 acoustic for sale
07:00 - Guthrie and Jedd show tickets
08:15 - Plexi Soul / NFL
09:43 - Bizarre accident story with feedback / Cancelled gigs and uncontrollable
15:24 - Pretty cool series on Netflix


Notes
Uncle Larry discusses a recent brutal affliction and shows you a sweet old '51 OOO-18 with a K&K western mini pickup that a friend of his is selling for 6k plus shipping

email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you want to purchase this fine instrument

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my PayPal tip jar is
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if you wanna see a pretty cool doco on Netflix check out "No One Saw A Thing"....some really great early 80's footage and more Morley Safer than you EVER got after a football game ended when you were a kid and "60 Minutes" came on...which was always just a sad reminder that you had to go back to school the next morning...don't act like you don't remember

October 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 516, Tom Bukovac, “Choppers and Benders”

Chapters
00:00 - Bench vid on Gretsch 6129
02:16 - Adjusting truss rod by feel / NFL
06:00 - Thanks Guthrie and Jed vid
06:30 - Lesson: Chord you never thought of [0 11 11 14 14 x]
07:16 - '57 Gibson Les Paul Junior with Gene Parsons string bender
08:11 - Playing: String bender
12:17 - Chicken Soup


Notes
Uncle Larry shares the delight of his dear young boys after his first foray into making homemade chicken soup.

October 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 515, Tom Bukovac, “Sick Day”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing acoustic / Sick kids
05:30 - New UK Merch
06:17 - '50 Gibson Southern Jumbo / Saving an old acoustic / Nathan Guller
08:04 - '64 Epiphone Frontier
08:47 - Lesson: Uncle Larry composition
12:18 - Losing money on NFL
13:19 - Playing: Stolen lick from Gus
14:20 - Epiphone brand


Notes
Uncle Larry plunks some acoustics on a rare day off ...

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October 24th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Session Update, “Historic Studio A”

Chapters
00:00 - Tour of studio
03:45 - Early day photos


Notes
Session update from day two of working with Daniel Tashian and Lawrence Rothman producing an amazing singer named Maggie Rose at one of the coolest studios in Nashville…the historic RCA
Studio A

Which is currently owned by Aubrey Preston and rented by producer Dave Cobb.

Starring Craig Alvin

October 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 514, Tom Bukovac, “Kalamazoo Girls”

Chapters
00:00 - Calm finger picking
04:37 - Hello, friends!
05:40 - Plexi Soul album
07:37 - Havalina update / Playing
08:49 - Open Chords and wide voicings / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the universe on a clear fall evening

October 22nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 513, Tom Bukovac, “Chords In Flight”

Chapters
00:00 - Doinking around
00:51 - Hey, friends / Checking in
02:16 - Lesson: You don't have to hit all the notes, just don't break rhythm
03:56 - Lesson: Key (ground / tonal center), chord progression (taking you away from tonal center and back)
05:20 - Lesson: The journey Root -> Flat 7 -> Weird chord -> Home
06:02 - Lesson: Flat 6 (intense) -> Possible Key change -> Three minor -> Four chord -> Blues -> Beatles -> Four minor
07:53 - Lesson: Four minor chord (most emotional)
09:14 - Lesson: Chords are like elevations
09:56 - Lesson: Country Western Swing - Yakety Sax
12:00 - Chord progression / Beatles chords
12:54 - Lesson: Beatles - Sexy Sadie / Recognize and detect chord progressions
15:35 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '59 Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow
17:09 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: Fender Twin Reverb


Notes
Uncle Larry…..chord progressions…you get the idea

I need 22k plus shipping for the 59 special

4k for the dead clean electric instruments 64 twin reverb

October 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 512, Tom Bukovac, “Doink 182”

Chapters
00:00 - Plinking around
02:33 - Hello, friends!
03:23 - Gibson ES-150 (Charlie Christian)
03:58 - Doink sound? / Outlaw Country vs. Jazz doink
05:20 - Loop with ES-150
06:00 - Loop with Gretsch Duane Eddy
08:08 - Loop with '52 Les Paul
09:40 - Loop with Firebird
11:29 - Back to the ES-150


Notes
It’s full on Doinkapalooza going on at Larry’s house tonite friends…Doinkstock….Doinkamont…
The Isle Of Doink…your indoinktion to the neck pickup hall of twang

Anyway, you get the idea

October 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 511, Tom Bukovac, “Vertical Input Horizon”

Chapters
00:00 - That sound...holy shit!
04:15 - Hey friends / JCM800
04:34 - '79 Dean Z
05:33 - Playing Dean Z
07:51 - Marshalls and a little slapback
09:00 - Brett Papa
11:22 - Dean & Firebird shape resting arm / Loving the Dean Z
12:45 - Howl Owl Howl / Steve Gorman, Darius Rucker, Mike Mills
16:45 - Dann Huff video thanks / Real interviews vs non-existential meltdowns


Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep into the weeds about quantum physics and Brazilian rosewood whilst plunking on a vintage Dean Z with the very rare Braziliaburst burst finish….

What if you brought a guitar with a Brazilian rosewood board and a Braziliaburst finish to one of those places where you get a Brazilian wax….
I mean, seriously just think about it

This video and video title is dedicated to my dear old friend friend Matt Scannell

October 20th, 2025

Homeskoolin Bonus “San Francisco Rock City”

Chapters
00:00 - 12-String version of Detroit Rock City
05:00 - Lesson: Tuning 12-string guitar with Peterson Strobe Tuner
09:25 - Brett Papa course part 2


Notes
RIP P.D. Frehley

October 19th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Pipe Dream Theatre”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing slide with the Rickenbacker Combo 850


Notes
Uncle Larry takes it through the back of the end zone on a lovely fall Sunday morning

October 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 510, Tom Bukovac, “Mondo Combo”

Chapters
00:00 - '57 Rickenbacker Combo 850 in Cloverfield Green by Roger Rossmeel
03:48 - Hello friends / Rickenbacker Combo 850


Notes
Uncle Larry gives you a tour through an impossibly rare vintage Rickenbacker Combo 850 from 1957

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October 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 509, Tom Bukovac, “Smells Like Godzilla’s Spirit”

Chapters
00:00 - Checking in...busy
01:53 - School of Rock
03:15 - Guthrie, Jedd 3rd & Lindsley Guitar Party
04:00 - 2010 Duesenberg Blackbird
06:41 - Multi-bender
07:28 - PAF replacement and pickups / Music discussion


Notes
Uncle Larry catches up with some old friends while stringing up a rare old Duesenberg at the Homeskoolin Research Kitchen Laboratory Headquarters

i think there are still a few tix left for this friends..
it's gonna be a fun night
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October 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 508, Tom Bukovac, “La Red Grange”

Chapters
00:00 - Pulling out some tricky playing
04:05 - Hello, friends! / NFL shootout / Son's driving experience
06:28 - Lesson: The smear revisited in many forms
07:42 - '57 Gibson ES-225
08:45 - Thanks for kind words / Working
09:52 - '57 Gibson ES-225 / Couch plunkers
11:45 - Music City Bridge
13:07 - Guitar Party Band at 3rd & Lindsley
14:30 - Ninevolt and Dan Auerbach
15:16 - Honking like a harmonica


Notes
Uncle Larry smears it out on a delicious chunk of golden era Kalamazoo....just a little wet bulb blues for the galloping ghost

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October 11th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 507, Tom Bukovac, “Work Work Work”

Chapters
00:00 - Slow Blues into noodling


Notes
I’ve been playing a LOT lately , can you tell?

Sorry I ain’t been around guys, it’s prime session season

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September 29th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 506, Tom Bukovac, “Basketweave Cab For Cutie”

Chapters
00:00 - Ripping tone on the Dean Z
04:12 - Helloooo, friends / NFL
05:51 - Dean Z
06:29 - Z neck pickup
07:48 - Difference between cabs
08:27 - Open back cab
09:39 - Closed back cab
13:38 - Explanation of opening the back of the cab / With reverb
16:38 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "First time in Scotland?"
17:50 - "Don't really like to travel"
19:39 - T-shirts


Notes
Uncle Larry demonstrates what would happen if you cut a hole in the back of your 4x12 cab

Special thanks to Hugh and the Marshall boys

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