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

try this link for the new shirts friends
https://humbuckermerch.com

September 29th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Blues For Vince Lombardi”

Chapters
00:00 - Marshall cab with new open back / Laney amp / LED sign


Notes
Just a quick thank you to Hugh and the boys in the back room at Marshall amplification …and also a thank you to sweet Daniel C for the light up sign.

Have a great fall Sunday lads

September 25th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Unitard”

Chapters
00:00 - Lullaby music on the PRS


Notes
Uncle Larry chills everyone the fuck out a little bit on a peaceful Thursday night with a little original composition.

I sessioneered all day today and took my dear sweet boys out to a nice meal after I got home from work…all in all a lovely fall day

I hope you all bet the Seahawks tonite…I certainly did, and as a result I’m actually UP with the bookies for the first time of this entire 2025 NFL season…

its safe to say we had a bit of a “rocky start” this year friends I’m not gonna lie…but we are “turning the ship around” in grand fashion y

Special thanks to a dear Homeskooler named Paul Lupus…he sent a very cool gift that I just received today

I also want to say a special thank you to Marc Connelly from Olympia Washington for sending a “bench buddy” guitar repair work bench helper

Special thanks to Paul Reed Smith for sending this fine instrument to the Homeskoolin’ Research Laboratories

September 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin Bonus “Ok Cadillac”

Chapters
00:00 - Shoegazer riffing
02:23 - Hello, 3rd and Lindsley gig / T-shirts
04:37 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale - '80s Dean Cadillac
06:43 - '56 Gibson J-50
08:41 - Bryan Sutton and crazy arrangement / Trading equipment


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some shoe gazer rock on a super rare guitar that was hand made in the heart land of America back when Ronald Reagan’s former actor ass sat in the big chair at the Oval Office

If you’re interested in either of these instruments email a man at tombukovac@gmail.com


here's the link to the next Guitar Party show my friends
https://www.3rdandlindsley.com/tm-eve...

September 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Session Update “Someone Left The Cake Out In The Rain”

Chapters
00:00 - Sound Emporium look about
00:32 - Jeff Senn Guitars refin (explanation here)
01:42 - Osmo Pocket 3 (stabilized camera)
02:35 - Fred Mullen, Larry Paxton, Greg Marrow, Pat Coyle gear (Slingerland drums)
03:33 - Jenco
04:23 - Look at some charts
05:37 - 'The Human Phaser' - acoustic guitar top muting
06:09 - Lesson: Bryan Sutton Bb voicing [7 5 4 0 x x]


Notes
Day two of tracking Jimmy Webb at Sound Emporium studio in Nashville Tennessee

Sweetest dude in the world

Lots of chords and lots of fun friends

September 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 505, Tom Bukovac, “Sea Sick PTA Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing with some vintage equipment


Notes
A look at one of my top 5 favorite pedals ever designed

The Maestro MPF-1 Parametric Filter

Norlin’s finest moment

Sorry about the slow moving camera waves... i can't play without tapping my foot and making a ruckus.

if you don't have your Dramamine you might wanna skip this one friends

September 22nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Part Two, “The Willowick Lineman”

Chapters
00:00 - StudioSweet playing that goes into a loop
04:30 - Lesson: Bmaj with Blues E pentatonic Blues


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a quick break from the big game at halftime to discuss a few of the harmonic ideas that have been racing through his head all day …
You guys would not believe what goes in there…

like for example, when my Cleveland brain puts C major, F major and G major in a blender, it all roughly adds up to a E pentatonic blues smoothie

It almost works over the F chord in this silly loop…almost

You see it?m friends?

On a more important note, we are lucky to be able to witness a football game played at this level friends ..two incredible teams dukin’ it out on prime time television in front of millions of hard working God fearing Americans.

Fall is indeed here my dear Homeskoolers

For the record I got Detroit plus 5 tonite

PS: do you think that poor kid Gus could read this chart?

September 22nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Chords And Clouds”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming the Hell out of it
02:47 - Hello enthusiasts / NFL picks / Playing
06:22 - Fun day Jimmy Webb and update
08:19 - Acoustic that nobody bought


Notes
Monday night acoustic jams with Uncool Larry

Chords and clouds…inversions and dreams…wishes and triads…modes and memories…color and time

Blocking and tackling ….hurry up offense…
Flags and fumbles…time outs and slant routes…punts and penalties…false starts and facemasks…chop blocks and turf toe…

Cyber connection…lessons and sessions…
Homework and lizards…snow plows and blizzards

Friends and forgiveness…top boost and basketweave…Facebook and funerals…converse and hoodies…hummus and yuengling…Christians and mingling
dear creeks and walruses…hellcats and tigers

September 22nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 504, Tom Bukovac, “Fusion In The Dark”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing to a loop
07:01 - Hello, friends! / Cheifs v Giants / Update
08:19 - Lesson: Poly chords (G F C G)
12:41 - Playing music with your kids
14:42 - Offended by a t-shirt / Politics


Notes
Uncle Larry slings some blue notes at ya’ after a long day of football and being a dad

It was way too late to turn back after i realized immediately that slide wasn’t gonna work on this, but you gotta give me points for trying

September 20th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Unicorn”

Chapters
00:00 - Setting up Camco drums
02:55 - Playing the drums


Notes
As you may know, your Uncle Larry has always been a major vintage drum enthusiast…I would even venture to say that my knowledge regarding the whole culture of old drums is WAY more than it should be for a guy who can barely play

I’ve been surrounded by great drummers my whole career and they have always been kind enough to answer my endless questions and feed my undying curiosity about old drums and cymbals.

I have owned MANY old kits over the years…several old Ludwig kits...two different 70's Vistalite kits...a couple different 60's blue and black oyster kits...even a really rare ‘69 psychedelic red set that i gave to Joe Vitale years ago to replace the one he regretfully let go of back in the 70's.

i had a beautiful red sparkle 50's round badge Gretsch kit…a 70’s Rogers butcher block kit…an old early 80's Tama kit like Stewart played…you name it friends

But this….this is BY FAR the coolest rarest drum kit I have ever owned.

Circa LA era 1971 Camco 4 piece in natural finish with all the original hardware and matching snare...22-16-13 with matching 5x14 snare

I have only used it in the past with more modern deluxe hardware and pedals...with separate tom holder stands etc etc....but i thought it would be fun to set it up with all the original old school hardware...with the original the bad ass single braced flat cymbal stands and the original Camco bass drum pedal and hi hat stand....as God Intended.

I even have the original weird bass drum ride cymbal mount arm, but we chose not to use it....it's TOO retro.

This kit has no extra holes…no excuses…any drum collector will tell you how difficult it is to find an old Camco kit that hasn't been all monkeyed up...you just never see this stuff.

For example, if you were ever trying to locate one of the original Camco tom mounts like you see here... you would be "shit out of luck" as they say.

Hope you closet drummers out there enjoy the fine playing of young Matty Alger.

Matty is the owner and engineer at The Cabin studio in east Nashville where we recorded most of the “in stereo” album I made with Guthrie Trapp

A fine fella and fantastic musician....i thank him sincerely for helping me set up all this cool old gear for the Bukovac family to enjoy for years to come

September 19th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “One Take Wonder”

Chapters
00:00 - Country picking
03:22 - Marshall company gift / European shirts


Notes
Hello friends, I just wanted to see what would happen if I really quickly did one take only to build a simple guitar and bass loop….and then quickly did one take only soloing on top of it

I’m all about the freshness of the spontaneous musical moment...and I'm also all about a 1960 slab board Tele Custom....what could possibly go wrong?

anyway, this is the result of my little one take experiment…hope you enjoy my friends

Also a little love here for our long suffering European friends who have been completely screwed in the Homeskoolin merch game since day one

this whole campaign is mainly designed a special treat for our friends across the pond..
although i do promise I will try to get some of these in the states too if you hound me enough.

Of course, in the true tradition of Homeskoolin' Inc., these shirts will be of the utmost quality and EXTREMELY soft and comfortable.

I will forward the ordering details as soon as they are officially available

Also, big thanks to Hugh Gilmartin and all our friends in the custom shop at Marshall Amplification for hooking me up with this sweet ass back panel.

September 19th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 503, Tom Bukovac, “Expectations”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing slow
07:58 - Hey guys / Douchebag comment / NFL / Playing
09:43 - Weed smoking coach
10:49 - Lesson: Blazing fast cross picking sweep
12:28 - '58 Fender Telecaster
14:08 - Life lessons
18:38 - Lesson: F# -> Bmaj climb
20:36 - Brett James passed away in plane crash


Notes
In this episode he plunks on some old Fullerton magic and addresses one of the great problem that plagues all of us ….expectations

September 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 502, Tom Bukovac, “American Distortion”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' and a Rollin'
01:46 - What's up, friends / Calling in sick
02:40 - Wonderful overdrive? Nope, Boss GE-10 / Reverb buy
07:04 - Gildan / David Ferguson and new kid
08:26 - Playing
09:45 - NFL / Gambling
12:10 - Lesson: Whole chord vibrato
12:42 - Old compositions covered on YouTube / New material
15:30 - Ziggy Art Studio poster
18:22 - Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick


Notes
Uncle Larry fights off a late summer sinus cold to bring you some quality guitar related content and savvy reporting from deep in the streets of the modern day guitar culture.

The episode I couldn’t think of the name was “Volume 87, The Big Apple”

check out the new 500th episode print at
https://www.ziggysartstudio.com

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....
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 and have learned a ton of shit from this channel, and you feel led to make a little donation....please feel free

my PayPal address is:
tombukovac @gmail.com

my venmo address is:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

September 14th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 501, Tom Bukovac, “Scottish Guitar Dreams”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, hello, hello... / NFL / Guitar Party extravaganza
03:26 - Playing / Homeskooler meet / Rumbleseat Strat fix
05:31 - Guitar Party new material next time / Scotland Guitar Dreams
07:36 - Lesson: Chord [8 10 10 9 10 7] (Cmaj7 13) / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on a super fun gig that happened last night , and also talks about how excited he is to be a part of next years “Guitar Dreams” experience in Scotland

The exact dates aren’t decided yet but it’s gonna be somewhere around June or August of 2026.

September 13th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 500, Tom Bukovac, “Slumber Party”

Chapters
00:00 - Old world playing
03:55 - What's up, friends / 500th episode / Younger brother included
06:23 - Beautiful playing again
07:35 - Lesson: The Claw
09:09 - Gretsch 6120 - Tuning C# / Vince Gill gift / Jedd Hughes Gibson ES-350 Danny Gatton
10:42 - Gifting instruments
11:33 - Lesson: Tom Bukovac, Guthrie Trapp - Desert Man
12:48 - Gretsch Filter'Trons and zero fret
15:11 - Gretsch HiLo'Tron
16:50 - Gretsch guitar problems (binding rot, etc.)
18:30 - one more satellite / Trip The Witch
23:55 - Lesson: Harmonic feedback


Notes
Well friends…you were probably expecting pyro and flash bombs…but it’s just little old me with an old 6120 and some reverb.

Thanks to all that have stuck with me through this wild ride

Check out this cool record by a cool dude i know
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id...

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

September 11th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus , “Aftermath Of A Dream”

Chapters
00:00 - Ziggy Art Studio prints / Morning music
04:07 - What's up, friends / Guitar Party rehearsal - Nicki G
05:07 - Playing: Delay



Notes
If you want to check out the print to commemorate the 500th episode:
https://www.ziggysartstudio.com

If you want to come see the show Saturday night at 3rd and Lindsley:
https://www.3rdandlindsley.com/tm-att...

September 10th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 499, Tom Bukovac, “Nature’s Fifths”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' it
08:04 - Good morning people / Having a guitar that in tune
09:36 - Doing different things with harmonics
10:50 - Saturday night gig / VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
11:22 - "What is that white box?" / Step-down transformer
11:53 - "Bashing vintage guitars?" / Lamborghini guitars / Expensive ES-335 / Class war
16:40 - T.A.L.K.
17:48 - Percussive palm mute / Ibanez Smashbox / Korn Heavy Metal tones


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the cosmos on a 60 junior that is particularly compliant about being in tune

September 9th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Farm To Table”

Chapters
00:00 - Exploring the galaxy
06:29 - Well, hello, friends / The Guitar Party at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville
07:13 - John Fogerty BMI tribute
08:47 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom 3 to 2 pickup wiring
09:40 - Boss Preamp Waza BP-1w


Notes
Uncle Larry invites you all to a gig this Saturday night at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville

September 8th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 498, Tom Bukovac, “There’s A Bathroom On The Right”

Chapters
00:00 - Getting heavy
05:20 - God, that's loud / NFL
06:44 - Playing and honoring John Fogerty
08:22 - Billy Gibbons guest
08:43 - Ziggy Art Studio new 500th episode poster
10:27 - Lesson: The smear; Fogerty down a whole step; Fortunate Son / Bad Moon Rising


Notes
Oh, and by the way, don’t go round tonite …cuz it’s bound to take yo’ life…
https://www.ziggysartstudio.com

September 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “The Great Gear Parade”

Chapters
00:00 - Gear tour in Blackbird Studios
02:50 - Amp room
06:10 - Rack gear and microphones / Recording gear
07:43 - Pedal gear and guitars
09:00 - Most underrated and overrated piece of gear


Notes
Blackbird Studio in Nashville TN

Ain’t NOBODY got more gear any place in this world

Special guest dear Mikey Simmons