May 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 452, Tom Bukovac, “Gold Tooth Display”

Chapters
00:00 - That Dean sustain
01:23 - Hi, friends / Ebo Reverb for preamp
03:15 - Lesson: Chord that no man should be able to play [25 5 4 4 2 0] Dmaj7913
03:48 - Vince Gill power trio
04:11 - Dean Cadillac
05:00 - Tal Wilkenfeld / Freaky brains
07:00 - Duesenberg Multi-benders
09:24 - Yngwie Malmsteen
12:24 - Maximumlarry.com course
13:17 - Lesson: Crazy lick
14:41 - Middle pickup on guitar vs bass
17:00 - Thanks
18:30 - Gretsch 6161 amp / Trade bait ES-330 for Bubba


Notes
Uncle Larry rambles a bit on this fine Wednesday....special thanks to the boys at Gruhn's for dialing in this old Dean Caddy....it's on fuego now

The thumbnail depicts the first of many bumps and bruises that the new Hellcat will be sustaining over it's next few years of rigorous speed testing on the poor helpless streets of Nashville Tennessee

so, do you guys think that Gus could play what happens starting at around 2:47 of this video?
Alcatrazz - Yngwie Malmsteen

i might have just been a dream, but i think i may have heard Gus play something similar to this one night at a mind blowing Chinese buffet gig in St Lous when he was doing music from his seminal instrumental heavy metal album "Master Of Peepees"

May 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 450, Tom Bukovac, "maximumlarry.com/course"

Chapters
00:00 - Gibson Firebird string changing
02:17 - Dean Cadillac back from Gruhn's
03:09 - Second wave of vintage / Pink Ibanez
05:03 - Jedd's copied amp circuit and Ebo
07:21 - Shaq, convertible Hellcat
16:00 - Redd Volkaert
22:18 - Gruhn Guitars Inc. - George Gruhn


Notes
Sign up today on the mailing list friends and get half off the upcoming course

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May 16th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 448, Tom Bukovac, “Clam Bake”

Chapters
00:00 - Rocking out on the Dean
02:45 - Uncle Larry checking in / Talent show / Homeskoolin' theme song
04:15 - Spiritual Power
04:45 - Pedals, pedals, pedals / Harmon Booster
07:57 - Uni-Fuzz
08:24 - Old Big Muffs
10:05 - '67 Pontiac GTO / Hellcat
11:12 - Tal Wilkenfeld / The Cliffs
11:56 - Allman Brothers - Sweet Melissa (out of pocket)
13:21 - War - Why Can't We Be Friends? (massive clams)
13:55 - Sign up for course - 50% off


Notes
Uncle Larry plays a little AOR radio rock and gets into the world of auto mechanics

here is the link to the mailing list
https://maximumlarry.com/course

May 11th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 444, Tom Bukovac, “Caddy Shack”

Chapters
00:00 - Dean Cadillac string change
10:15 - MXR Sugar Drive / Real Tube
12:00 - Dodge Durango Hellcat / Stolen measures


Notes
Uncle Larry talks about road life and shows you a VERY rare guitar

April 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam, Tom Bukovac, “Try The Crab Rangoon”

Chapters
00:00 - Quacking on the Dean Z


Notes
‘Spress yourseff…

March 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 418, Tom Bukovac, "Pack A Lunch"

Chapters
00:00 - Messing with the bar
04:02 - Dann Huff and Brett Papa promotion
05:40 - Trip The Witch announcement
09:15 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / PRS McCarty
13:30 - Boutique gear
17:40 - Uncle Larry guitar or pedal?
19:58 - Lesson: Dr. John piano lick
22:28 - VCB return alien language comment
23:58 - Comparing guitars
24:41 - Stalker Guy
25:12 - Dean Z (Zelinsky)
25:52 - Nice comments
26:39 - Duesenberg lick at 18:01
27:02 - Lesson: Hendrix type lick
27:52 - Intonation
38:28 - '65 Fender StratocasterLake Placid Blue
39:08 - '65 Strat neck
39:17 - '65 Strat middle
39:50 - New Strat bridge


Notes
Ok Larry, this over-posting is getting a little out of hand don't ya think?

Sorry friends...this one is over 40 minutes so you might wanna just stick this one under your bed for a rainy day in case you need it down the road when the next Homeskoolin drought happens ....

March 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 417, Tom Bukovac, “Sunday Drive”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing the PRS McCarty
03:06 - Hello, class
05:13 - Paul Reed Smith
06:13 - PRS bridge / Intonation
07:34 - Stalker Guy imploding YouTube channel / Jumping the Shark
10:08 - Dean Z bridge
12:34 - PRS McCarty
13:06 - Duesenberg Session Man bridge
14:12 - Duesenberg summary
14:41 - PRS McCarty bridge
15:23 - Dean Z bridge
16:27 - Duesenberg bridge / Bridge height / Voxey AC30 sound
17:19 - Duesenberg neck
18:01 - The lick on the Duesenberg
18:30 - Dean Z neck fantastic sustain
20:10 - PRS McCarty neck
21:57 - One more time (PRS)
22:31 - Same horseshit (Dean)
23:33 - Duesenberg


Notes
Uncle Larry puts on his driving gloves and takes a few humbuckers out on a little trip through the country….


best 20 bucks i ever spent right here...the walrus was Paul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0WJO5iDa6Y

February 5th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 398, Tom Bukovac, “Banner Head Believer Fever”

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic creamyness
03:03 - Hello, it's just Larry / Guitar phases
06:38 - Morgan Wallen / Dean Z guitar / Lana Del Rey
08:00 - Session blocks
09:43 - Country Band covers Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely -> "Isn't She Country"
10:41 - Gruhn and Eric Ernest Thanks / Doubleneck
12:00 - Spanish playing
12:34 - Lesson: Cat Stevens song
14:30 - Guthrie and acoustic guitar
16:45 - Son Marshall instructional video
19:00 - Bluegrass music / Different genres of music and making money
20:04 - Acoustic buying
20:37 - Lesson: [x x 5 4 2 2] over E; Pho-Jazz
22:31 - Lesson: Millisecond mute with picking technique
23:10 - Lesson: Playing down by the bridge / Stevie Wonder sound


Notes
Uncle Larry rolls out a new twist on some familiar chords, and also reflects a bit on the many "phases” of a typical guitar player's life…

One very important phase I left out was the “fuck pedals, i’m just gonna plug straight into the amp” phase…which is then usually followed by the “I want to build a giant rack to house all my vintage pedals that I can run off a looper” phase…

it never ends my friends...
well, at some point it actually does end i suppose.

anyhoo, if you guys dig these videos please support the cause

there is a tip jar that you could potentially get involved with....the proceeds go towards the imaginary "Uncle Larry foundation" that exists only in my head...it's sole purpose is to pay for the endless supply of groceries that must be purchased to feed these growing boys.

PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

February 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “A Touch Of Velvet”

Chapters
00:00 - Exquisite playing


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the deep somber luxurious sustain of an exquisite hand made set neck solidbody guitar recently purchased from the Ricardo Montalban collection…the meticulously crafted velvet lined case smells of rich Corinthian leather with hints of Lilac, aged mahogany and shag carpet…

February 1st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Take Off Your Covers”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' some tunes on the Dean


Notes
My dear boy Marshall and I both absolutely FELL IN LOVE with this fantastic old 1980 Dean Z Standard in the fairly rare and exceedingly beautiful “Braziliaburst” today…..

We just couldn’t stop gawking at the thing, so we decided to adopt it and give it a good home

Now the fight is on between who gets to play it here at the crib.

This one is a classic example of that “no covers tone”, or “covers off tone” that I have always been a fan of…
You know, that unmistakable airy bite that you get from a good humbucker with no pickup covers on it…as popularized by every guitar player with a soldering iron in the 70’s.

This guitar also REALLY gives up that “sweetened thirds” thing that EVH made popular…where the thirds on the G and B string are so perfectly squared off in tune that it makes your hair stand up.

The best part is that this fine old instrument was previously owned by one of our favorite people on this entire planet….Mr Greg Voros.

September 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Special Treat “The Coolest Guy On Earth”

Chapters
00:00 - Dean DeLeo showing it properly


Notes
Well friends, I got clearance from corporate to show you these two EXTREMELY cool videos I have been sitting on for ages. I hope you enjoy as much as I have.

Learn how to play a couple of your favorite STP songs from the guy who actually played the parts on the record.

Dean literally is the coolest guy on the planet…such a sweet cat and so freakishly talented.

Rock on Homeskoolers

September 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 341, Tom Bukovac, “1000 Rainy Days Since We First Met”

Chapters
00:00 - Magic arrangements (Police, Sting, Every Little Thing She Does)
03:00 - Sting / NFL Betting
03:50 - Gear setup / Princeton Reverb / Gruhn Versitar guitar
04:44 - Back to magic playing / Picking vs finger picking
06:35 - Police - Bring on the Night vs Sting
07:45 - Gruhn video thanks
08:46 - Lesson: Own version of Sting song / Saddest chord of all time Amaj7/C#
10:00 - Lesson: Tune to frets [2 4 4 2 0 4] (F#min9sus)
11:09 - Greg Voros and PAFs in Dean guitar / "Joint on the lawn of a ZZ Top concert"
12:15 - Fender Twin Reverb
13:00 - "Mint" condition / 1957 Fender Telecaster brand new / Clean guitars
16:31 - JCM 800 and fact checking commentor
17:53 - Dear old friend getting wasted / Getting drunk
19:00 - Gruhn guitars


Notes
Larry gets down with Leslie

Thank you sincerely for the ongoing support of this channel my dear boys and girls


if you wanna throw a little something in the jar so we can put gas in the go cart go ahead friends...every little bit helps

my PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
my venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

if any of you guys out there are looking for a REALLLLLLY special 335 you should just buy that clean ass '60 that was in the Gruhn's video yesterday.

I mean holy SHEEPSHIT that thing is killllllller....

Featherweight...
Perfect neck....
you heard it.
it's 70K, which is a lot of dough....but you could potentially get it if you sold all your current guitars....
that would be a lot of work and a major pain in the ass...but trust me on this friends, if you actually DID it, it would be the smartest move you could ever possibly make....
this is the only guitar you would ever need or want to play.

i would buy it myself if i could swing it....i also really like that red '63 i currently have so it's not EATING at me....but i'm just telling you guys straight up, if you have been looking for a fucking MAGIC old guitar, there it is.

September 14th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Goes To Gruhn’s Episode 8

Chapters
00:00 - Discussing life along with instruments
01:34 - Dean Guitars / Golden years
13:00 - Dean bridge pickup
16:48 - Burst bridge pickup
19:22 - Dean neck pickup / Comparison
24:24 - Discussion
34:00 - ES-335
36:35 - Burst
37:19 - ES-335 discussion
38:00 - Burst neck pickup
38:34 - ES-335 neck pickup
39:30 - ES-335
40:00 - '64 Gibson Firebird 3
41:29 - Firebird
42:48 - Conclusion


Notes
Starring
George Gruhn
Cory Terrell
Greg Voros
Nathan Golliher
and Peter

September 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Uncle Larry’s Grueling Upcoming Live Gig Schedule”

Chapters
00:00 - Beatles and more montage
00:46 - Thank you care package / Calendar schedule update
04:12 - Epiphone Olympic / Excellent chopper guitar / "And then you'll be happy"
05:28 - Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby call out to Dean DeLeo how to play "Sour Girl" and "Interstate Love Song"
06:58 - Birthday gig


Notes
Lots of gigs comin up kids

Get your pencils out

9/19 at underdog for “guitar night”

10/4 at riverside revival guesting on a couple songs with Randall Bramlett

10/5 sitting in on a couple songs at underdog for “undie fest”

11/6 & 7 with Jedd Hughes at the basement

11/13 with Joe Walsh at Vets Aid

11/19-21 at bitter end in NYC with Guthrie

12/20 my intimate birthday show at 3rd and lindsley

May 23rd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 311, Tom Bukovac, “Uncle Larry’s Lawn Care Service”

Chapters
00:00 - Morning music from Uncle Larry
01:49 - Matty Alger studio and Trip The Witch resurrection Dean DeLeo
03:12 - Lesson: Expensive chords
03:33 - Producing K's Choice
04:18 - Creative fervor and no more mowing lawns
05:01 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Playing scales and putting them in a blender
06:55 - Piano playing and an amazing player
07:22 - '63 Strat is kinda cool with sex appeal
08:09 - Acoustic album? / Instrumental music and album / Baggage attached to singers
11:00 - Do you get a lot of emails?
11:58 - Doing the Uncle Larry thing and the 2AM Me
12:52 - Guthrie gig amp and experience
14:15 - Sojourns out West and gigs back then
16:13 - Lesson: Learn scales and jumble them up


Notes
Family owned and operated since 1968....we charge extra for bush trimming

check this shit....this gal is a bad motherfucker
Giant Steps...But It's Played by 8 Legendary Jazz Pianists

February 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin' Volume 284, Tom Bukovac, "Lord Loves A Workin' Man"

Chapters
00:00 - Helium fun
00:18 - Strumming away
02:44 - Starship Tommy, Dan Auerbach, Sheryl Crow and working on Stevie Nicks track
04:16 - Kay Jumbo with Hank Williams Sr. pic
04:44 - Nice guitar book (Vic DaPra)
05:50 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "What guitars have you never owned?" / Dean Cadillac
07:20 - Thanks for the nicest emails viewers send!
11:40 - Lesson: Altered tuning / Chool Chord


Notes
Uncle Larry recaps a week of heavy sessioneering and dips a toe in the dark dark waters of the VCB.

April 11th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 210, Tom Bukovac, "He Came From Somewhere Back In Her Long Ago"

Chapters
00:00 - Pickin' with the best of them
04:04 - Hello, friends! / Trip The Witch mugs
05:00 - Some amazing picking ascending into finger picking
06:02 - Lesson: Cool lick
06:52 - Twang like a Jazzmaster / Mosrite Combo
07:28 - Back to picking
08:54 - 50% hit ratio on licks
09:25 - Sweet gifts (NFL puzzles, Spuds lamp)
11:50 - The Gear Page comments
13:20 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Percentage of wankers?
14:57 - Certain artists' insecurity / Having a good time / Dan Auerbach
17:10 - Building your own studio?
17:58 - The Gear Page comedy / Chumbawamba
19:27 - Trip The Witch with Dean DeLeo / Guthrie project


Notes
Uncle Larry damn near strangles this poor old 64 Jazzy to death in a desperate search to find the lost chord.

Followed by an awkward transition into the VCB.

Trip the witch mugs available here
https://shop.bandwear.com/collections/trip-the-witch-shop

December 5th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 177, Tom Bukovac, “Burstographer”

Chapters
00:00 - Exploring the slow jam and delving into the blues
04:59 - Hello, friends!
05:35 - Eleanor Jane photographer / Calendar
07:34 - Paper football
07:50 - Oz Noy episode thank you
09:00 - Dean DeLeo and Trip The Witch
10:45 - Lesson: G7 to 4 chord


Notes
Hello dear Homeskoolers…hope all is well.

Please check out sweet Eleanor Jane’s Instagram at @eleanorjanephoto

You might want to purchase one of these lovely calendars that she made…a calendar that depicts photos of bursts and goldtops so warm and detailed that your mind can get lost on a cosmic journey just following the various flame patterns and wiggly bits.

A portion of the money from her sales goes to Macmillan Cancer Support and Alzheimer’s Society.

Thanks for watching guys

May 23rd, 2022

Uncle Larry’s Garage Sale (Expanded Edition)

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
01:35 - '76 BC Rich Mockingbird Supreme
02:36 - '80 Dean Elite Cadillac
03:41 - '57 Supro Ozark
04:25 - '60s Hagstrom 12 string
05:00 - Teisco TG-1
05:45 - '70s EHX Blackfinger
06:06 - '60s Apollo Crier Wah
06:25 - Systech Harmonic Energizer
06:51 - Dod Overdrive 250
07:07 - Original Fender Blender Fuzz
07:35 - '68 Bassman Head


Notes
11 items for you to peruse

email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you want any of this stuff

76 bc rich mockingbird supreme 5500
68 bassman head 1000 (local pickup only on this one item)
Original Fender Blender fuzz 425
60s hagstrom 12 string 750
Teisco tg-1 350
80 dean elite cadillac 1500
70s EHX blackfinger 225
57 supro ozark 1000
Systech harmonic energizer 1300
Dod overdrive 250 225
60’s Apollo Crier wah 100

Buyer pays shipping

No international shipping kids im sorry

April 26th, 2022

Homeshreddin’ “Dude, You Call That Music??”

Chapters
00:00 - Nice raunch with some shred playing
04:24 - Hammering on in the early days


Notes
Uncle Larry shreds on an old Dean Cadillac….Cadillac Larry