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October 29th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 727, Tom Bukovac, “The Great Clam Bake”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: TV Yellow Junior
02:54 - Hello, everybody / "Acoustic guitar thing?"
03:44 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Junior / Tuning and Studfinder Bridge
05:21 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "Who am I working for?"
05:45 - "Have you almost quit the music business?" / Vince Gill answer / Starting guitar
09:36 - "Biggest clam on stage?" / Loretta Lynn story
12:30 - "Worst clam ever saw?" / Bryan Adams story
14:51 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '65 Gibson ES-330
Notes
Uncle Larry gets into some VCB and offers a beautiful old 65 ES-330 for sale for an extremely fair price
October 28th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Boy’s Got Good Hands”
Chapters00:00 - Music City Vintage / Fender Telecaster
00:50 - '56 Gibson Melody Maker
01:05 - '56 Gibson ES-335
01:53 - Fender Esquire Telecaster
02:55 - '65 Fender Stratocaster
04:12 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow
Notes
Uncle Larry does a quick check up of today’s inventory at Music City Vintage guitars in Nashville TN
young Ben Sparaco shows us around a little…the boy’s got good hands ya’ know…
Special thanks to Evan and Gerald for helping me out with the old 59 TV Junior today
October 27th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 726, Tom Bukovac, “Puff The Magic Sundragon”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Doubleneck through Sundragon Super Dragon 100
06:00 - Hello, friends
07:26 - Sundragon Super Dragon
09:26 - Trace Adkins
10:00 - Gibson doubleneck
10:28 - Lesson: Sound like Joe Walsh on 12 string [x 0 7 6 5 0] -> [x 0 9 7 7 0]
12:19 - Lesson: Lick on the other part
Notes
Uncle Larry plays a little rock and roll for the class after getting home from a long day of sessioneering.
Today’s amp of choice is a fantastic handmade limited edition Sundragon Super Dragon 100 head through an old basketweave Marshall 4x12 slant cabinet (with a custom partially open back panel that absolutely RULES)
This amp was designed by Mitch Colby and Jimmy Page, and it was kindly gifted to me a while back by my friends Dirk Ziff and Perry Margouleff… and I thank them very much for that…..what a cool fuckin amp.
Had an absolute blast today on a Trace Adkins session at Oceanway Studio in Nashville TN…it was so nice to see my dear old friends
Scott Hendricks: producer
Jeff Balding: engineer
Tony Lucido : bass
Nir Z: drums
Gordon Mote: keys
Troy Lancaster: electric guitar
Bryan Sutton: acoustic guitar
Lance: tape op
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October 26th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 724, Tom Bukovac, “The Forgiving Years”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Gibson SG
02:20 - "Tune Down, Tune Out"
03:21 - Hello, friends! / Beautiful outside
04:15 - Lesson: Beatles - Hard Days Night chord
04:24 - Ibanez Flanger FL-305 / Eagles - Hotel California solo
05:54 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / NFL / Playing
06:51 - "He only knows 1 fast lick" / Non-guitar player looking at a guitar
08:31 - Guthrie hang / Favorite guitar (Gibson Firebird)
10:29 - "Straight into the amp" / "Howya going to get this sound?"
12:26 - Gary Moore and Rory Gallagher viciously defended
16:19 - Jizzboy vs. Gus / Subcategory guys / Stringlocker
18:13 - "Least favorite human trait?" / Being cheap
23:09 - Electro Harmonix pedals
26:08 - Kitrae Big Muff Pi History site (http://www.kitrae.net/music/music_big_muff.html) / J Mascus (Dinosaur Jr.)
Notes
Uncle Larry attacks a large swath of VCB, and gets into great detail discussing the difference between “frugal” and “cheap”
October 23rd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 723, Tom Bukovac, “Tube Amps Are Dead…..Not”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Strumming the Gibson and Martin
02:00 - Howya doing out there? / NFL
04:21 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Love doing nothing
04:57 - "Ever retire?" / Sliding
05:58 - Larry Bird was a badd ass
06:20 - "That was cool [lick]"
07:07 - Stringlocker / Homeskoolin' Bay
08:00 - Gibson J-35 / V-neck
10:36 - "Total dick comment" / Learning without YouTube
16:27 - Joe Bonamassa modeling amp / Buy an old Fender Deluxe Reverb
18:57 - "Tund Down, Tune Out"
Notes
Uncle Larry Bird plays the same riff on two different 30’s flat tops built by fairly well known manufacturers…and gets into some heavy VCB….
October 21st, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam, “Clevelandia”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Some amazing acrobatics on the fretboard
Notes
Uncle Larry runs through an entire library of chord shapes guitars players instinctively avoid ….because hardly any guitars are intonated well enough to actually get away with any of these…
October 20th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Telescopic End Pin”
Chapters00:00 - Badd ass bass from early 50's
01:00 - "Crazy ass pickup"
01:28 - Brown knobs
02:25 - "i" on the Gibson
03:10 - Discussion
Notes
Greg Voros and Tony Nagy from Gruhn Guitars show the class a really cool and rare old bass…the Gibson EB-1…introduced in 1953 and designed to be able to be held upright and played like a stand up bass with the use of it’s revolutionary telescopic end pin.
I did a little googlin' after we made this video and it turns out I was correct about this being Gibson’s direct answer to the Precision bass that was introduced two years earlier…which was the first fretted electric bass ever made (thus the name “precision” bass)
See friends, Uncle Larry doesn’t ALWAYS talk out his ass.
There were just over 500 of these made in its initial run from 53 to 58.
Here's what the google said about this cool instrument from the era when the greatest guitar company in the history of mankind was simply pissing greatness.
"The first production fretted electric bass built by Gibson was the Gibson EB-1, originally introduced in 1953 (initially called simply the "Electric Bass" before being renamed the EB-1 in 1958).
Key Details of the Gibson EB-1
• Release Year: 1953 (designed as Gibson's direct answer to Fender's 1951 Precision Bass).
• Body Style: Solid mahogany shaped like a miniature violin or upright double bass, complete with painted "fake" f-holes and pinstriping.
• Scale Length: Short-scale 30.5 inches.
• Neck & Fretboard: Set mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard featuring frets and dot inlays.
• Special Feature: Included a retractable endpin so musicians could play it upright like an acoustic double bass or horizontally like a standard guitar.
• Pickup: A single neck-position sidewinder/single-coil pickup designed by Walter Fuller and Seth Lover.
• Production: Only 105 units were made during its initial launch year in 1953."
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October 19th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 721, Tom Bukovac, “The Vintage Lie”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Soaring, clashing chords
02:58 - Good morning, dear class! / Hanging onto the '70 Goldtop
04:25 - '70 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (before Norland)
07:52 - Some guitars want to be in tune (combination of woods?)
09:32 - Instruments for sale with Greg Voros / NFL
11:59 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "Rare items that you have owned?" (one of the first Marshalls, Fender Blackface, etc.)
15:30 - "Hey Larry, [taboo saying]" / Silly things (locks on cases, mini pedals, modeling)
17:50 - "Didn't understanding pedals when I was a kid" / Roland Jazz Chorus, Marshall, Peavy (soundman nightmare)
20:07 - Work on some Fender Strats
21:28 - '65 Fender Stratocaster
Notes
Did you think this was gonna be another one of those videos that broke fruitcake guitar owners make about "the vintage lie" or the "vintage myth"?
Oh how they love to "debunk"…they just debunk and debunk their lives away.
Professional debunkers just going around debunking everything while they lay in their bunk beds down in their bunkers, while Archie Bunker plays on the TV set down the hall in their mom’s room.
All day long just bunking on things …bunk bunk bunk…bunk bunk bunk
Well it’s not
October 17th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 720, Tom Bukovac, “Gilbert O’ Grape”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again
01:12 - Hey friends! / Cleveland trip
04:07 - Gilbert O'Sullivan
05:00 - Alone Again in the key of F#, changing it to G
05:47 - Beatles - She's Leaving Home ("...in the wrong key" / Original key)
07:11 - Lesson: Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Gmaj7 [3 x 4 4 3 x] -> G6 [3 x 2 4 3 x] -> Bm7 [7 9 7 7 7 x] -> E7 [x 7 6 7 5 x] -> Am7 [ 5 7 5 5 5 x] -> D7b9 [x 5 4 5 4 x])
15:20 = "Milky PAFs on this '59 Mono ES-355
15:53 - Small dirt bike for son
Notes
Uncle Larry shows ya how to play a very cool tune
Use some of these old Western swing changes in your writing
Let’s bring back chords friends
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October 17th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “A Taste Of Cleveland”
Chapters00:00 - Pignose 30/60
00:58 - Gibson Falcon
01:06 - Kallamazoo Reverb 12
01:27 - Orange Crush Bass 100
Notes
Stuff from the back of the truck
October 15th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Cleveland Gold”
Chapters00:00 - Description says it all!
02:14 - Timeless Guitars
02:46 - Jar in C#
02:57 - '70 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop
Notes
Just a quick look at the lovely Airbnb me and the boys are staying at for this little fall break vacation we are on.
Nice place and a nice guy that runs it
I might need to get in the Airbnb business…I could do that ….
"Ok sir, you just need to type in this code on the front door to get in, there’s towels on the bed"
Maybe I’ll buy a few houses and start in on that
October 9th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 717, Tom Bukovac, “Blown Speaker Blooze”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Some blown tones
04:15 - Dear friends
05:04 - "Trapped in Nashville" / Day 1 success
05:48 - Kind words thanks
06:28 - '60 Gibson Les Paul Junior
07:17 - Tweed Deluxe with blown speaker
07:59 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: Gibson Les Paul Junior
08:30 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: Harmony Sovereign
11:04 - NFL
14:08 - "Trapped in Nashville" / Gruhn sponsored event / Hum the music in your head
Notes
Uncle Larry takes the old original Jensen in his 59 tweed deluxe out for one of its final strolls around the house old neighborhood before the poor voice coil finally explodes after 60 plus years of rock and roll service
October 4th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 714, Tom Bukovac, “The Cold Sheet”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Firebird nicely
02:04 - Singing: "All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray" (The Mama's and the Papa's - California Dreamin')
03:09 - Latest Rap hooks / Cardigans - Been It
05:00 - 'Touring pedalboard' maiden voyage at home / Hanging out with Nicky G
06:07 - Gibson SJ-200 bringing to tears / Happy endings :| Titty bars
07:38 - "Guy thought he was Jesus" / Snoolee7950, Gus / Morons following the morons
10:40 - Session playing is all about focus
11:52 - Concentration metaphor
12:41 - Willie Nelson / "What annoys you the most about the most imitated?" / 1 Jeff Beck & 1 Derek Trucks
14:56 - Rick Beato interview with Sheryl Crow / Sheryl Crow and Stevie Nicks song
16:59 - Bass player friend taking apart neck
18:20 - Gold sheet for NFL gambling
Notes
Uncle Larry tries a new pedalboard and a new gambling approach on live television...
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October 3rd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Visitation”
Chapters00:00 - Going over the Gibson J-50 and a visit at Gruhn's
Notes
Here is one for the Homeskoolin’ lifers…literally the longest video in the history of the channel.
Chock full of TOTAL inside baseball stuff for the real diehards and fans of major deep cut guitar insider trading
A visitation to the greatest guitar store on planet earth
Starring: (in no particular order)
Greg Voros
Tony Nagy
Phil Jones
George Gruhn
Nathan Golliher
Joel
Corey Terrell
Peter Blacklarge
September 29th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 709, Tom Bukovac, “J-50 Ways To Leave Your Larry”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Amped acoustic
03:29 - Hello friends / Gambling / NFL
05:03 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: Gibson J-50
07:08 - Session update / Ella Langley
08:32 - Kelsey Ballerini / Playing music for kids
10:13 - Lesson: Most difficult Bbmaj7 [1 1 0 2 3 5]
10:29 - Co-producing a record / Naomi Carmen
12:30 - Interesting Songs: Jimi Hendrix - Foxey Lady ("fucking mess drum fill") / Beatles - The Word / Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
17:30 - Sly and the Family Stone
20:42 - Brett Papa course
23:00 - Lesson: Coolest chord change (Paul McCartney - Ram On)
Notes
Uncle Larry catches up with the Homeskoolers after a fairly large chunk of dead air on the channel
If anyone wants a cool old acoustic let me know ….1960 Gibson J-50 with replacement bridge and a dead straight neck for 5k
and this time I WILL PERSONALLY cover the shipping to anywhere domestic US
It’s nice to mix things up a bit ain’t it ?
I like where the saddle is on this one …the intonation is quite good …solid guitar here friends
September 23rd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 708, Tom Bukovac, “Rule, Britania!”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Gibson Firebird
01:55 - Checking in / Vox AC15 and Firebird
03:07 - "Sympathetic howl" in the amp / Playing
04:15 - Thanks / Andy Partridge / CMA Awards nomination
06:28 - Ella Langley #1 song for running
07:22 - Special thanks
08:25 - Vox amp thing (magical chime)
09:15 - Lesson: Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
10:11 - Lesson: XTC - Humble Daisy
13:42 - New sessions / Playing
17:17 - Tune Down, Tune Out / Sitting on the Sand / New restaurant
Notes
Uncle Larry explores the unique classic chime of an early AC15 twin twelve
September 22nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Nonsuch”
Chapters00:00 - Strat part
02:20 - Firebird part
04:43 - Bass part
07:05 - Firebird part II (money shot)
Notes
Uncle Larry builds a loop part by part for one of his all time favorite Andy Partridge masterpieces that sadly nobody knows…
Give it a minute to develop friends
It’s kind of a slow burn
Two tracks of rhythm , a bass…and then the money shot
“Humble Daisy
Form a chain to hold all battleships in check
Humble Daisy
Knit a ladder down to nature's sunken wreck”
My favorite Andy quote….
“I like chords with a bit of dissonance and pungency, they’re not afraid to kick their legs out and let you know they’re alive”
and…i want to say a very special thank you to a guy named Joe Maggelet for being a totally honest upstanding human being
September 7th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 703, Tom Bukovac “P-90 West”
Chapters00:00 - Playing those things called chords
02:26 - Uncle-est Larry / Middle pickup heaven on the Firebird / Playing: Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
04:01 - Party, get-together fun / Labor Day session
07:30 - Lesson: The boink and up-picking
09:52 - Weird non-reverse Gibson Firebird
10:45 - Fernandes Sustainer / Demonstration of the Sustainer
13:48 - Fender Stratocaster
17:33 - Fernder Stratocaster / Million sounds in a Strat
Notes
Uncle Larry explores the glorious belching pukey tone of two old p-90s in the middle position…
The output of the guitar’s magnetic vibrations are being amplified by a narrow panel tweed Harvard
Special thanks to sweet Jaime French for a super fun evening last night
September 6th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 701, Tom Bukovac, “For Lovers Of Jazz & Blues”
Chapters00:00 - Good morning
01:47 - Gibson P13 pickups / Restringing
10:00 - "Not just about guitar; it's about life" / Learn the hard way
Notes
Uncle Larry tries to jump start an old 59 Harmony H-62 that needs a good bit of work...
and totally unrelated...i could literally watch this shit all day long, i love how he talks like Angus Young.
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September 1st, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 697, Tom Bukovac, “What’s The Frequency Larry?”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Mello into singing
01:20 - Hey friends! / Tuesday Gone rendition
02:29 - Checking in / Brett Papa update
02:51 - Harmony Sovereign / Jimmy Burkett
04:16 - Harmony Bass guitar / Stratotone Jupiter
05:56 - Dedication to Brooks Thomas / Gibson Firebird
07:05 - Frequencies used at a concert / Know your frequencies
09:57 - Boss GE-10 (Graphic 10-band EQ) and demonstration of frequencies
14:40 - Thank you / Gus, Jizzboy
15:39 - "Tune Down, Tune Out"
Notes
Sure it’s important to know the notes on the fretboard, but it’s equally important to know your frequencies friends