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

June 12th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 646, Tom Bukovac, “Hair Of The Bird”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Nazareth - Hair of the Dog into some good shit
05:48 - Hey friends! / Family update and dentists
07:42 - "Sitting in the sand..." lyrics and help from J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr.
08:35 - Nazareth - Hair of the Dog and son story
09:45 - '64 Gibson Firebird 3 / Firebird numbers / Brian Jones haircut
11:30 - Car central / Hellcat light up emblem and update
13:03 - Talkboxes and history
14:22 - The "speaking" Firebird has "good contact"
15:12 - Maestro Vibrola
15:42 - The Cliffs
16:53 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Thanks
17:30 - "Miserable people say 'Fuck that guy'" / People post their best moments / Negative facebook
20:08 - Gordon Mote and perfect pitch / Playing: Firebird
21:45 - Ann Wilson moments / Being in a band


Notes
Uncle Larry dusts off the old ember red Bird on a rainy day

this is the CLIFFS song Pepe and I were trying to think of...i love this one

• Ready To Go

Here’s the whole record dear friends

June 11th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “The Best Yard Guy In Nashville”

Chapters
00:00 - Description is where it is at


Notes
Jedd Hughes turned me on to dear Kevin Hidalgo many years ago as a very capable yard guy…he has been absolutely GREAT

Such a sweet sweet guy , and he does an amazing job

He is a super hard worker, he has a beautiful family and his wife is also a house cleaner.

he has friends who do really great tree work for EXTREMELY affordable prices.

I am kind of reluctant to tell you guys about Kevin because I’m afraid he will forget all about me, but I’m willing to risk it for his benefit

I couldn’t recommend this guy any higher

I watched him climb a high ass ladder all by himself and remove a birds nest that had formed inside a hole in my siding …super dangerous job

When it was all over I said “what do I owe ya buddy?”

“100 bucks”

Give him a call …him and his wife can use some extra work

June 11th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 645, Tom Bukovac, “S**t That Works”

Chapters
00:00 - Delivering those old time tones
08:29 - Lesson: Cool technique - mute as you pick
09:36 - Good morning / Circling roomers and stalkers
11:15 - Lesson: C# minor - Flat 7 is Blues note
13:17 - Playing: Tony Iommi like licks / Swinging Iron Man
14:36 - Terry Kath and Pignose amp
16:00 - Keith Urban and Austrailians / Ebo Everb / Pool vacuum
21:58 - Remember when Fender made good guitars?


Notes
Uncle Larry braves some extreme bed head to deliver another faithful episode of the progrum.

June 9th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 644, Tom Bukovac, “Soul Food”

Chapters
00:00 - Theramin fun
01:10 - Thank you EHX and pedals
02:50 - Best invention yet
03:00 - In a session


Notes
Uncle Larry wanted to make this video as a sincere heartfelt thank you to Mike Matthews and Kevin Jolly at Electro-Harmonix.

My love affair with EHX pedals is well documented…i have said many times before that in the end, there is really no arguing the fact that since the early 70’s EHX has absolutely dominated the pedal industry much the same way D’Addario has dominated the string industry

without a doubt the most innovative, the most ground-breaking, and the most copied company in the vast totally over-saturated cosmos of pedals.

I fondly remember about 25 years ago I bought a large lifelong collection of about 150 super rare vintage EHX pedals from a recording engineer friend of mine named Steve Bishir …all the rarest coolest old shit …stuff you NEVER see…there was even a rack mount EHX delay in that stash that I have never seen before or since …great gear, not always the most well made or reliable, but ALWAYS amazing sounding.

After that we have an old video of a much younger thinner me that I found in the archives from January of 2023 of a recording session at Vince Gill’s studio.

Working on a track called “Pink Cadillac” that actually just got released about 3 months ago (sometimes this shit takes a while friends hahaa).

You can hear the sounds of Vince, Jedd Hughes, Paul Franklin and engineer Justin Niebank in the background….always a blast to work with those guys , those sessions are always SO MUCH fun.
Vince knows how to throw a damn good party.

The guitar I am using is a beautiful 1961 Gretsch 6120 that Vince actually ended up gifting to me about a year ago because he’s a sweetheart and because he remembered how much I loved that guitar

That boy is truly one of a kind friends

Here’s the finished version of that song for ya

• Vince Gill - Pink Cadillac (Official Audio)

I hope you do indeed enjoy this little hodge podge of stuff today my dear Homeskoolers

June 9th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 643, Tom Bukovac, “The Black Stripes”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Fender Stratocaster
02:24 - Playing and Singing: Frank Zappa - Dancing Fool / Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil
04:57 - Hope everyone is doing great out there  :| / Frank Zappa / Skipping solos
07:40 - Dodge Durango Hellcat
09:17 - Intro to Ella Langley - Choosing Texas vs. Eddie Money - Tickets to Paradise
11:26 - "Why don't you make your own records?"
12:34 - Buckethead as a kid
13:53 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Ugly hands, dick comment
15:17 - The Cliffs release
16:38 - '65 Fender Stratocaster Lake Placid Blue / Playing


Notes
710 horsepower
645 foot pounds of torque
2 miles to the gallon
About to be discontinued because police vehicles can’t catch them
The Hellcat

‘Merica


Here’s the CLIFFS album pre-save link friends
https://ffm.to/cliffs


remember these days friends?
lord i just happened upon this video yesterday...haven't seen it since we did that gig....what a flood of emotions about that whole chapter of my life wow

• Ann Wilson- “Crazy On You” 6/24/21 Hard Ro...

June 7th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 642, Tom Bukovac, “Acoustophrenia”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Martin D-28 Herringbone
01:55 - Hello friends / Pepe / Fender Mustang
03:00 - Ice Road Truckers / Chef movie
06:24 - CMA Festival?
07:09 - Slip on banana peel?
08:21 - Lesson: "Zeps" or "String squeaks"
10:10 - "They don't know what they don't know" / Learning lessons and crushing dreams
12:22 - Moving out of depression to positiveness
13:43 - Coffee / Selling guitars high / A.I. photo changing


Notes
Uncle Larry shreds on his 39 bone, a guitar which suffers from acute schizophrenia.

June 6th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 641, Tom Bukovac, “Beluga-Grass Festival”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing
01:51 - What's up / "What the fuck's that chord Larry?"
02:40 - Love anything depressing
03:23 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "Positive Downbeat Mentality"
04:06 - Beluga cat channel / Son wheelie
05:08 - "Should do a video with Bubba"
05:42 - Lesson: Alternative voicing
07:05 - "Would Jerry Reed...have a YouTube channel?"
08:15 - Negative Vince Gill video comments / Spoonfed vs. hard work
11:30 - Correction of video / Joan Jett / Playing: '39 Martin D-28 Herringbone
14:29 - Beluga cat
14:58 - Peter Frampton studio and coffee / Richard Landis
17:46 - Fun movie fact (Vanishing Point)
18:47 - Bekka Bramlett


Notes
Uncle Larry talks about many many things in a typical morning Homeskoolin’ ramble.

The French movie I was trying to think of was “Irreversible”…still to this day the darkest movie I have ever seen

The Richard Landis movie was called “Greetings”

Thank the Good Lord for the google

June 3rd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 640, Tom Bukovac, “Garage Chopper”

Chapters
00:00 - Hi, friends / Movie: The Lost Boys
01:17 - '62 Gibson ES-330 chopper
03:12 - Ben Gallagher session
06:15 - Eagles - Already Gone / Cooper Time Cube
09:30 - Shipped guitars
12:00 - Tuning
13:07 - Playing: Gibson ES-330


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class an egregiously chopped 62 es-330 with a particularly gnarly pair of late 60’s Gibson Patent Number humbuckers after a day’s work

And please take a moment to check out the video for CLIFFS new single

June 2nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “A Guitar You Can Grow Old With”

Chapters
00:00 - 000-18 for sale


Notes
Here’s a sweet one for you guys

A nice straight 1942 Martin OOO-18 that my dear friend Brandon Hood owns

All there except a non original case

20k plus shipping

If you wanna take a shot at this one email me at tombukovac@gmail.com and I’ll hook you up with Brandon

June 2nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 639, Tom Bukovac, “The New Music”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Fender Jazzmaster
06:21 - Hi, friends! / Pepe the dandruff boy
07:45 - Movies: The Lost Boys vs. Fight Club
08:17 - '63 Fender Jazzmaster
09:25 - "The New Wave" / Cocaine level in Nashville '80s
11:18 - Lesson: The Gallop
15:10 - Brandon Hood / Gibson Les Paul Junior


Notes
Uncle Larry kicks off today’s progrum with the lost new wave song from 1981…that he just made up 5 minutes before he rolled the camera

After a quick google I found the book…it was actually called “The New Music”…

Wow, what a distant memory…but it had a big effect on me as a kid

and TOTALLY unrelated, I somehow happened upon this old video last night , a rare rehearsal version of Nathaniel Rateliff singing an old Leon Russell tune beautifully…this was for some tribute concert we did years ago.

This version is way cooler than the “actual” version that ended up on the YouTube ..I love his voice on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEt2Gqn-gNQ

June 1st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Classic Plastic”

Chapters
00:00 - '63 Fender Stratocaster - Brandon Hood's instrument with plastic tuner buttons


Notes
Whatta ya think friends ? Original or not ?