March 22nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 594, Tom Bukovac, “Shade Top Mechanic”

Chapters
00:00 - Unclus Larrius and Springtime
02:32 - Shorepoint Guitars and classic Gibson acoustic purchase
05:00 - '48 Martin D-18 Shaded Top
09:18 - Back to the Gibson J-50 string change / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry recounts a lovely experience he had yesterday at the Amigo’s vintage guitar show in Music City USA

March 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 593, Tom Bukovac, “Costume Party World”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends / Update / Change in sessions from months at a time
02:54 - Lesson: Endurance factor riff / Playing for the long run
05:21 - Rick Beato video about Angine de Poitrine from Quebec
07:01 - KISS, gimics, gags, pole dancing moves to make it
10:27 - Song out to Daniel / Amigos
11:50 - Forensic Files and whack jobs like Jizzboy


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on the state of the world before work

March 17th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 592, Tom Bukovac, “Storm Clean Up”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Gretsch getting dirty
02:54 - Hello, friends! / Playing
04:25 - '61 Gretsch 6120 gifted from Vince Gill
05:41 - Playing
06:20 - Lesson: "Eye of the Storm" / Key D 6ths -> Am -> G -> F6
13:07 - Filter'Tron pickups
14:13 - Bridge pickup / Grind in a good way
15:05 - Steal all the licks you want...you cannot steal the man's soul
17:11 - Implement your stolen lick in your style


Notes
In the aftermath of the storm, brave Larry soldiers on with his flamey western orange sickle to try to pick up all the branches , and show you how it was done

March 16th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Piano Black”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Les Paul Custom gettin' dirty


Notes
Back home after day one of a 5 day session run at Blackbird working for producer Jamie Kenney and pop sensation Max Mcnown

Feedback by Maestro

March 15th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Eye Of The Storm”

Chapters
00:00 - Fucking beautiful playing on a '61 Gretsch 6120


Notes
Well..another one passed…thank the Lord

March 15th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Uncle Rowdy”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing that ole time
05:48 - Playing: Jimi Hendrix - Wait Until Tomorrow / Medley


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a ride on “Uncle Rowdy”, a particularly angry terminally pissed off chopped 59 Strat …he never wanted to be chopped, now he lives with a chip on his shoulder and a bad disposition in a lawless western town hiding from the Pinkertons and cheating every man he meets blind


…and in the end, all great songs just become one …

For example …over this I like to sing stuff like
“l’m gonna love you forever and ever, here’s a quarter call someone who cares”

March 15th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Uncle Rowdy”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing


Notes

Uncle Larry takes a ride on “Uncle Rowdy”, a particularly angry terminally pissed off chopped 59 Strat …he never wanted to be chopped, now he lives with a chip on his shoulder and a bad disposition in a lawless western town hiding from the Pinkertons and cheating every man he meets blind

…and in the end, all great songs just become one …

For example …over this I like to sing stuff like
“l’m gonna love you forever and ever, here’s a quarter call someone who cares”

March 14th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “The Back Forty”

Chapters
00:00 - Fender Jazzmaster


Notes
Uncle Larry plows the back forty on an old blonde Jazzmaster

March 14th, 2026

A Bunch Of Cool Old Guitars Straight Into An Amp…

Chapters
00:00 - Fender Mustang
00:28 - Gibson Firebird
00:55 - Gibson Les Paul Custom
01:26 - Fender Telecaster
01:47 - Gibson ES-150
02:09 - Rickenbacker
02:58 - Fender Stratocaster


Notes
…playin some old hillbilly music

March 13th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 591, Tom Bukovac, “Offset America 2”

Chapters
00:00 - '63 Fender Jazzmaster
03:15 - '68 Fender Mustang (Competition Orange)
05:38 - Empty Marshall Columns
06:22 - Playing the Mustang
08:40 - Playing the 'Jazzy'


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class some of the gear that he recently acquired from a trip up to Bowling Green KY to meet with a fellow vintage gear enthusiast called Danny Dressler.

Very nice fellow…if you check out his Reverb site he has some very cool stuff for sale

His Reverb store is called Chromatone Music

March 12th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 590, Tom Bukovac, “The Half Step Mod”

Chapters
00:00 - Tune from memory
01:31 - How's it going out there, friends? / Guitar safaris / Pedal steel
07:15 - Jizzboy
09:21 - Pedal steel
10:54 - Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)? / A.I. cuts into Demos / Will it take over?
17:09 - Lesson: Tablature [X 3 2 0 1 0]
18:00 - Marshall amp thanks


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on some current events while enjoying a hot cup of Gus’s tears.

This is the record that Paul played a steel solo on when he was friggin 13

He also mixed the congas at a level he thought was appropriate
• Gallery - Nice To Be With You

March 10th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Mr. Chewy” (#1963 Marshall JTM-45 Offset)

Chapters
00:00 - '63 Marshall JTM-45


Notes
A friend of mine wanted to hear this old 63 offset JTM-45 Marshall rig, so I made him this video .

Thought you guys might get a kick out of it too…this amp sounds so fuggin’ cool to me.

I can’t believe how chewy and gummy it is …such a unique sounding rig

March 9th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “First Day With The New Steel”

Chapters
00:00 - Pedal steel playing


Notes
Mike Bourque I’m comin for you pal!!

Seriously friends …don’t be too hard on me…just havin a little fun here trying to stay outta trouble

March 9th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 589, Tom Bukovac, “Buddhism Made Easy”

Chapters
00:00 - Raunch
01:33 - Hello, class! / Radio stations through the Watkins Scout / Chilling out
02:52 - Feeling like a dirty whore / Jamie French - The Hunter & Edge of Seventeen
06:37 - Hypochondria / CT scan and bloodwork
12:19 - Steely Dan body of work / Bodhisattva
15:09 - Acoustic change out and tuning
16:30 - Lesson: Steely Dan - Bodhisattva chords
20:28 - Drummer friend channel / Pedal steel


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some post test results rock and roll for ya on a lovely old Gibson solid body.

March 9th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 588, Tom Bukovac “All The Petes”

Chapters
00:00 - In depth with a pedal steel


Notes
You may have thought that ol’ Larry’s pedal steel phase had already came and went many years ago…and you would be right ….

but…I recently got the urge to jump back in the fire and bought myself an old 1961 Fender 400

I had no idea how to set up the changes and pedals, so I called my dear old friend and legendary steel guitar man Bruce Bouton.

He was kind enough to burn a Sunday afternoon crawlin’ around underneath this archaic piece of Fullerton history, to help me get it up and running like it’s supposed to.

Bruce is a real country music historian, and I’m glad I had the cameras rolling to capture some of these great stories.

In the world of guitar , the name Steve is the most popular…there are a million great guitar players named Steve….

but in the pedal steel world , Pete is the magic name …Sneaky Pete, Pete Drake, Pete Wade…

Thanks for being on the progrum Brucey!!

March 8th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “America’s Amp”

Chapters
00:00 - Impossibly clean Super
03:51 - Inside the amp
05:44 - Getting it ready
08:25 - Playing the amp


Notes
there was a time in American history when men rode Harley’s and played loud rude country music…and soulful rhythm and blues music…and rowdy rockin’ blues music for scantily clad nasty ho's that were built like brick shit houses in smoky sweaty bars across this great land….

and this was the amp that they used…

and when the gig was over they pushed the driver seat of their 2 door 1975 Pontiac Grand Prix forward and threw the thing in the back seat while it was still hot …and then they went back inside and bought an eight ball off the bartender so they could stay up all night banging some stripper in their mobile home…

and this was the amp that they used….

and they didn’t have to “go direct” or put “baffles” in front of the amp…and they didn’t have “expression pedals” for their “modeling device”…and if they DID have a pedal , it said “MXR” on it in big block letters …and it ran on a 9 volt …and it sounded fuckin great …

and this is the amp that they used…

March 7th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “You Guys Know Any Originals?”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro to amp
03:07 - Inside the amp
03:48 - Playing the amp


Notes
Uncle Larry busts out a little two prong cord blues on one of the first Deluxe Reverbs that ever rolled off the line in Fullerton.

March 2nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Bukysattva”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing loop Steely Dan - Bodhisattva


Notes
the shine in your Japan…the sparkle in your China

March 1st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 587.5 Tom Bukovac, “The Missing Piece Part 2”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing the '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (new)
02:16 - Intonation part 2 / Bridge and studs
03:31 - Stabbed finger
04:11 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (original)
05:30 - Summary
05:55 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom P90 J.T.
07:01 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (new)
09:18 - Checking acoustic properties / '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (new)
09:55 - Checking acoustic properties / '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (original)
10:15 - Checking acoustic properties / '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (new)
10:30 - Checking acoustic properties / '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (original)
10:39 - Checking acoustic properties / '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom P90 J.T. Ebony board
11:05 - It's the little things that make Rock n' Roll


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a victory lap on the old chopper 56 after beating it fully into submission ….damn this thing is pretty fuggin cool kids

March 1st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 587, Tom Bukovac, “The Missing Piece”

Chapters
00:00 - Guess, hello, friends
00:56 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special
03:00 - Stash of parts
07:38 - Marshall amps / Dumble amps
13:02 - Fender vs Gibson guitars / Gibson L5
15:40 - Soul Power series
17:35 - Jizzboy / Pickup height / Tuning
21:34 - Playing / Intonation...


Notes
In today’s episode, Larry’s big reveal gets completely ruined by the discovery of a missing part …
but rest assured friends, he will live to fight another day …
until next time my friends