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June 2nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 639, Tom Bukovac, “The New Music”
Chapters00:00 - 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
May 31st, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 638, Tom Bukovac, “Heavy Benchin’”
Chapters00:00 - Hello friends / Sparkling water / Serial 4445
03:32 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior
05:52 - Music City Bridge
07:13 - Marcus King & Dan Auerbach | Behind the Scenes with Rolling Stone (link)
11:30 - Alison Krauss
12:30 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior / Brandon Hood
15:26 - Nashville guy / Setting up the guitar / Fender Stratocaster
Notes
Here’s some long form bench content for the TRUE Homeskoolers out there…this is basically the Homeskoolin’ equivalent of reading “War And Peace”…
Maybe save this one for the next time you get a cold and you’ve got a few days to just lay around on the couch and watch 10 movies in a row
What you’ll see and hear if you DO stick around ….
You’ll see Larry changing out the original bridge on a lovely old 58 LP Junior, and you’ll get to hear that guitar play TRULY in tune for the first time in its life…after 68 years of faithful rock and roll service on this glorious planet
and… you’ll take an extensive tour through 3 very strident lovely sounding original pickups on a 1957 Stratocaster …and you’ll get to hear them played right next to the original pickups on a 65 LPB Stratocaster through the same amp
Hope you enjoy friends
May 31st, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 637, Tom Bukovac, “Good Guitar Hands”
Chapters00:00 - Son playing the acoustic / Form 1 and Form 2 chords
06:19 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '57 Fender Stratocaster
09:30 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior
Notes
You gotta admit, the boy has BEAUTIFUL guitar hands….literally born to play …13 years old and strong as an ox.
Thanks for watching friends ..the old Hornswaggler has sure enough been at it lately…buying and selling hard friends…keeping UPS and Fed Ex in business
Thanks for all the kind comments lately about the video that just came out of Marcus King and your favorite uncle throwin down on an old Allman Brothers classic …you guys all know how I feel about Marcus, he gives me hope for the future of music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwKFn2Qlmmc
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May 25th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 633, Tom Bukovac, “PAF Fury”
Chapters00:00 - It's all in the description / Cycling through some guitars
00:32 - '58 Gibson EMS 1235
00:58 - '59 Gibson ES-335
01:24 - '60 Gibson ES-335
01:51 - '61 Gibson Les Paul
02:24 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
03:00 - '64 Reissue Murphy Lab with special pickups from Spain
04:30 - '64 Reissue Murphy Lab with special pickups from Spain
05:04 - '61 Gibson Les Paul
05:25 - '59 Gibson ES-335
06:12 - '60 Gibson ES-335
06:40 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
07:17 - '58 Gibson EMS 1235
09:00 - Thoughts / Neck pickups '58 Gibson EMS 1235
10:49 - '59 Gibson ES-335 neck
11:25 - '60 Gibson ES-335 neck
11:56 - '61 Gibson Les Paul neck
12:36 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom neck
13:22 - '64 Reissue Murphy Lab with special pickups from Spain neck ("the blue thing")
15:38 - Acoustically shootout
20:50 - Princeton amp and pedalboard used
Notes
Hello friends…a small army of guitar lovers gathered tonite at Uncle Larry’s Sanctuary to drink a couple beers and reminisce about the good old days.
This episode features young Eddie Blacksmith (aka Eddie Haddad)….young Ben Brandt (aka the boy with the good “scrong”) …and Ford Thurston (aka Fordy Ounce) …as well as a fairly large cache of golden era humbuckers (and even a couple modern pickups) framed inside some delightful dry aged lightweight Honduran hog for your viewing and listening pleasure
Our dear Fordy had a pretty solid buzz on, so he elected not play and only listen to the evening’s proceedings…
Granted, it may be a little challenging at times to make out what he’s saying, but I think you’ll find his tonal observations to be pretty spot on, despite his rather “relaxed” state of consciousness.
Hope you enjoy yet another crazy day in the life of your old buddy from northeast Ohio.
May 22nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 630, “Real 59 Tweed Deluxe versus New Dumble Tweedle-Dee”
Chapters00:00 - Hello, friends! / '56 Gibson Les Paul Jr
00:45 - '59 Fender Tweed Deluxe vs. Dumble Tweedle D intro / '56 Gibson Les Paul Jr and original case
01:49 - Settings on Tweed Deluxe
02:51 - Playing: Tweed
03:53 - Turn guitar to 7 and get acoustic sound
04:25 - Music City Bridge
05:15 - Black Crowes vibe
05:31 - Setting on the Dumble Tweedle
06:07 - Playing: Tweedle
07:03 - Playing: Tweedle - normal channel
07:23 - Switching back and forth between amps
Notes
I got a feeling this one is gonna spark a helluva ruckus in the comment section friends hahaaaa
In one corner , an original 1959 fender tweed deluxe with stock trannies and Jensen speaker (value 8-10k)
In the other corner, a new Dumble Tweedle-Dee with Celestion 25w greenback (MSRP 12.5k)
May 18th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 628, Tom Bukovac, “The Human Tendency To Rush”
Chapters00:00 - Playing Goldtop with Firebird pickup
05:32 - Hillo, friends / Facing the day of American life :|
08:47 - Negative Visualization
11:00 - Not a fat rockstar, just a healthy session man
12:06 - Beatles - Rubber Soul album / Weird songs
12:56 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Things Going On
13:20 - Rushing Theory (Billy Powell, Dickey Betts) - "You can hear yourself a bit better"
16:15 - Lesson: Tempo being wrong
17:08 - "Hardest thing to play with energy and put it in the pocket"
18:27 - Young gal that never played in the studio analogy
21:13 - "Why does everything have to be on the click?" / Cutting and fitting every parts
Notes
Uncle Larry, the self proclaimed Sultan Of Smear, shares his thoughts about the ancient human instinct to rush.
May 17th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 627, Tom Bukovac, “He’s Got A Pretty Mouth”
Chapters00:00 - Playing and singing
02:19 - Hello, friends / Pool party
03:28 - Dean DeLeo, Trip The Witch, and getting up on stage with Stone Temple Pilots (STP)
04:18 - Deliverence movie
06:04 - '56 Gibson Les Paul TV Junior / Non-original bridge trivia
07:33 - Playing
07:55 - Looking for an original case
08:22 - Thank you / Abbey Road, Ty Myers, and looking for instruments
10:16 - Playing / Summation
Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class a lovely old limed mahogany Gibson from one of the greatest years in American guitar building history…..1956
…and he discusses one of the greatest American cinematic achievements of the early 70’s….Deliverance
Special thanks to John Shanks and Noah from Carter Vintage Guitars for bending over backwards to facilitate this deal
I would never have been able to get this magnificent old guitar without the help of those two fine gentlemen…
May 15th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 626, Tom Bukovac, “Power Tools”
Chapters00:00 - Playing the shit out that guitar
11:34 - Ah, hello, friends!
12:12 - Lesson: Cool lick (Dmaj -> Amaj -> Emaj) / Bending octaves
15:12 - Lesson: Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Notes
Uncle Larry fresh home from a day of sessioneering heats up the tubes of a crusty old Fullerton tweed kicker box with an old flamethrowin' razor from the golden age of Kalamazoo....a belligerent old six string sawzall from Parsons Street....a tuxedo black triple ply P-90 billy club bruiser.... ebony and blocks from a fly over midwestern ghetto...a blue handle pebble case Honduran hog brawler from McCarty's Michigan....
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May 8th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 620, Tom Bukovac, “Eastbound And Broke”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See on the new Tele
02:46 - Numerous names
04:00 - '65 Fender Telecaster with maple cap neck / Playing / Music City Bridge saddles
08:08 - Playing: Tele Custom
09:47 - Playing: Back to the Maple
11:58 - New '48 Gibson Southern Jumbo
14:56 - Imitation Tom / Guitar shipping boxes
Notes
Uncle Larry gives the class a tour through some exciting new arrivals in the Spring Collection.
Special thanks to Rick Hogue from Garrett Park guitars for a very smooth transaction on a super fuckin’ rad old Tele.
If I don’t stop him Marshall will eat 10 bananas in one day like nothing .
May 7th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “50 % Discount”
Chapters00:00 - It's all in the description
Notes
Hello Homeskoolers here’s your chance to buy a 10k guitar for half off because of a few issues.
Carson’s email is cmedders23@gmail.com
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May 3rd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 616, Tom Bukovac, “Master Volume Madness”
Chapters00:00 - Hello friends / Radio stations
01:33 - Marshall JCM 800 / Marshall JMP 2204 / Gibson Les Paul
02:06 - Different than a Plexi
04:00 - Amp settings / JMP
05:50 - JCM 800
06:26 - JCM 800 with no Bass "AM Radio sound"
06:58 - JCM 800 turn up the Treble "Presence"
07:19 - JCM 800 Mid Range "Treble"
07:38 - JCM 800 Presence "Subtle"
08:13 - Playing: JCM 800
08:34 - JCM 800 Preamp on 10
Notes
Uncle Larry gives the class a tour of the amps that powered the youth of America in the 80’s….the legendary vertical input JCM-800, and the JMP 2204 50 watt…
I KNOW that for many of you out there, this was the amp that was in the trunk of your high mileage late 70’s GM vehicles when you got your first blow jobs after a gig.
and totally unrelated , I know you’ve already seen it, but go back and watch the original 2004 Friday Night Lights movie by Peter Berg….
I watched it with the boys last night ….so gripping , so powerful…UNBELIEVABLE acting performances by Billy Bob and Tim McGraw…
just an incredible movie…and the soundtrack by Explosions In The Sky is soooooo fucking good…and when “just got paid” by ZZ comes on it’s just the perfect marriage between film and music
What a fuckin movie holy shit
April 30th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 613, “Hey Kid, You Like Old Gibson Acoustics?”
Chapters00:00 - Playing acoustic
02:45 - Hello, friends / David Allan Coe
04:15 - Today's show: Gibson acoustic comparison
04:53 - Gibson Jumbos / Gibsons have a sad component in general
06:39 - Gibson Banner Head / '48 Shadetop D-18
07:40 - '57 Gibson SJ-200
11:20 - '64 Gibson J-50 ("Saddest guitar ever")
13:05 - '64 Gibson J-200
14:24 - Hot ass chick that is a total dumbass / Things Larry will never do
17:30 - Gibson Century of Progress
21:29 - '57 Gibson SJ-200
22:11 - '64 Gibson J-200
22:38 - '64 Gibson J-50 ("Saddest guitar ever")
22:55 - Gibson Century of Progress
23:20 - '48-'49 Southern Jumbos (Dan Auerbach)
24:49 - Lesson: Bbmaj7/13 / Coolest chord of mankind history (Drop D)
Notes
Uncle Larry breaks out the late spring collection of dead string sadness for all to see
RIP David Allan Coe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXYmOW-hO3Y
Also, this video is rather sad…the sweet French boys at Collision Devices are having a very hard time because of tariffs from the “Orange Man”…
They wanted me to share it with you
I’m telling you guys right now…if you like music, and you DON’T own a collision devices black hole symmetry pedal I truly feel sorry for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4YHkVVJkhM
April 29th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 612, Tom Bukovac, “A Bone To Pick”
Chapters00:00 - Playing beautifully
01:03 - Hello, friends
02:16 - 3 30's Martins and a Gibson J-45 Banner Head ('39 D-28, '39 D-18, '38 000-18)
03:11 - Playing: D-28
04:55 - Playing: 000-18
06:10 - Playing: D-18
07:34 - Playing: D-28
08:50 - Playing: 000-18
09:49 - Playing: Gibson J-45
11:06 - Playing: D-28
12:25 - Playing: D-18
13:06 - Banging on them
13:20 - D-18 banger
13:33 - Gibson J-45 banger
13:50 - 000-18 banger
15:18 - Summary
Notes
Pick your favorite bone from the late spring line-up of 30’s Martins that are piling up at the Homeskoolin’ Industries headquarters nerve center….warehouse…station….place.
These guitars were all built in the same factory within a year from each other, yet they are so COMPLETELY different..I even threw a bad ass old piece of Parsons Street history in there so you can compare that too
April 9th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 606, Tom Bukovac, “Big Band Larry”
Chapters00:00 - Plucking and a pickin' an SG
06:50 - Lynyrd Skynryd - Tuesday's Gone
09:59 - Gibson SG - P90 / Myriad of sounds (Rock, Country, Acoustic, Jazz, Bob Seager)
11:20 - Bob Seager - Baker Street / Michael Buble update
13:47 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Land Rover owners aggro
14:31 - Vince Gill Summer? No.
15:19 - Vox AC-15
16:34 - Band at Keith Urban's studio (Gordon Mote and friends) / Futureman
17:45 - Michael Buble's session with John Clayton
20:28 - Gordon Mote session
Notes
Uncle Larry recounts the last couple days of intense sessioneering with Michael Buble and a bunch of other people that are way more talented than I am
April 7th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Uncle Larry’s Hot Picks (Volume 1)
Chapters00:00 - '42 Gibson Southern Jumbo
Notes
I’m tellin ya friends …somebody out there should call Music City Vintage Guitars in Nashville and buy this bad ass guitar
42 Southern Jumbo with a ton of excuses and a ton of soul
April 5th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 603, Tom Bukovac, “Easter Lamia”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Genesis - The Lamia
03:06 - Electro-Harmonix Little Muff
03:54 - '59 Fender Tweed Bassman (40W)
04:20 - Blackface and Tweed together, 3rd voice appears
09:45 - Playing: The Doors - Love Two Times
10:30 - Old pedals tone sucking bypass / Comparing plugging in / New pedals
12:00 - Playing: The Doors - Touch Me
14:00 - Playing: The Doors - Riders on the Storm (loop)
16:00 - Update / Being able to read music
19:00 - Jizzboy
Notes
Uncle Larry sends out a little progressive Easter love for his beloved Homeskoolers with one of Steve Hackett’s most memorable solos…”The Lamia”… from the record that all real Genesis fans just refers to as “The Lamb”
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check out some cool Homeskoolin merch friends
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and i KNOW you guys appreciate a fun Easter egg hunt…so if anyone out there wants to beat the Competition , there might be a certain guitar about to go up on the block …Orange you glad I told you?
It’s not at all like the guitar that dave Mustang played in megadeth in 1968, so don’t start thinking that it is
i keep thinking of a number somewhere between 7400 and 7600 …if you want to guess what that number is email me at tombukovac@gmail.com
and here is the link to the course that is now selling for half its original price friends
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
April 3rd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 602, Tom Bukovac, “Super Clean Reverb”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Gibson Les Paul Custom
04:15 - Hello, friends / The chord you use when you play funk
05:05 - Fender Super Reverb
05:51 - History of Marshall and Vox
07:00 - Vox amp / House generator
09:05 - "Money is laying all over, just need to pick it up"
11:53 - Jamie French
13:38 - Dan Auerbach studio jam
14:20 - Marcus King
15:00 - Netflix movie about Boeing by Ron Howard
Notes
Uncle Larry keeps the subscribers abreast of current topics.
This is an amazing vid
• Inside Vox: The Bankruptcy That Destroyed ...
So is this
• The Fatal Marshall Scandal: The Corporate ...
Half off the course this week friends !!
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And she’s already got a million subs so she don’t need all my stragglers, but here ya go
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April 2nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 601, Tom Bukovac, “If 36 Was 39”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Acoustic
02:39 - Hello, friends! / Morgan Wallen, Dan Auerbach, Michael Buble
05:15 - Lesson: McCartney style acoustic playing / Beatles - Blackbird
09:55 - Playing and singing
10:53 - "Saddest guitar ever" - Gibson J-50
12:34 - Son troubles
14:54 - Lesson: Nice chord Fmaj7add9 [x 8 0 5 0 8]
17:57 - Bryan Sutton and D18
Notes
Uncle Larry teaches ya a very cool fingerpickin technique that you REALLY need to get under your hands.
And is joined at the end by a special guest
If the video isn’t perfectly synced with the audio on the end piece, please try to remember, these videos are absolutely free
March 29th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 600, Tom Bukovac, “Faded Cherry”
Chapters00:00 - Changing strings '61 Gibson SG
05:00 - Taking off pickguard
Notes
Uncle Larry commandeers an old 61 SG/LP from his own son’s guitar stash
Friends, please check out the big sale going on this weekend for my guitar instructional course going on at brettpapa.com
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
Half off this time , so if you have been putting it off, NOW is the time to take the plunge
March 26th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 597, Tom Bukovac “Ouds and Lutes”
Chapters00:00 - Little heat from Texas
05:15 - Guitar is hard, friends
07:11 - Playing: Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
09:49 - Chess songs / Yes / Playing and singing
14:20 - Teaching lessons to ass guy
Notes
Uncle Larry fantasizes about being young and British with long straight hair and weird teeth, and about having some ancient exotic stringed instruments …all while being trapped in a world of American P-90s and vintage Cleveland tweed…