December 13th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 541, Tom Bukovac, “Kalamazoo Reflections”

Chapters
00:00 - '61 Gibson SG Les Paul
05:52 - Mike Bloomfield about Sunburst Sustain
07:29 - Greg Voros and Julio pickguard for ES-335 / Greg Voros expertise
11:39 - Alan Parker project / Dan Auerbach
24:10 - Playing
29:19 - Compare it to the best bridge pickup ('59 Gibson Les Paul Custom)


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings his dear beloved son Marshall’s lovely old chopper 61 SG/LP and reflects upon decades of wins and losses for the greatest guitar making company in the history of life on this planet.

For your amusement, here's an actual comment i got on this channel a couple days ago from a YouTuber called "620photo" after i posted a free video of me playing my 36 ES-150 with that glorious woody sounding Chuck Christian pickup.

"I used to get excited for these long videos. Where I knew he was gonna play for five or six minutes and talk for 20. Personally, I don't come here to hear him play, even though he is amazing. I come here for his great words of wisdom and great stories. I got excited to see a 25 minute video just to find out it's 15 minutes of playing jazz crap"

welcome to my world friends....i mean, seriously...how do you even respond to something in this "IQ range"?

well... anyway...it is true that 99% of the people that watch this channel are super cool...this fella is clearly a "one percenter"...

so, if you are indeed learning/growing/or just plain being entertained by all the bizarre things that take place on this channel, you might consider placing a little gratuity in the corporate tip jar....all proceeds go directly to Tom Bukovac...(not Uncle Larry)

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

If you want to see some cool Homeskoolin merch go here friends...nice comfy t shirts with some cool new designs.
https://humbuckermerch.com

December 12th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 540, Tom Bukovac, "Perfect Match"

Chapters
00:00 - All over the fretboard
03:51 - Hello, friends! / Late Friday night
04:20 - Son's '61 Gibson SG Special
05:34 - Jedd and Guthrie record
06:02 - '52 Gibson Les Paul P90 Goldtop / Finding the magic pickup


Notes
Thank you to everyone who helped make this crazy little dream of putting an old mini humbuck in the bridge of my sweet old featherweight 52 goldie a reality

Nick Drushel
Bubba Sarley
Dave Hinson
Greg Voros
Peter Scajcsik

I TRULY appreciate all of you

November 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 521, Tom Bukovac, “Heart Full O Shred”

Chapters
00:00 - Lovely playing, lost in mood
11:12 - Hello, friends
11:55 - Lesson: Artificial Harmonic
14:54 - "Slow Hand" Larry playing fast
16:21 - Lesson: Bending on the low strings
21:00 - Dann Huff and Michael Buble
21:47 - '61 Gibson SG Special with incredible P90s and bleed caps
22:26 - SG bridge pickup
22:41 - SG neck pickup
22:58 - SG middle position
23:18 - SG bridge gassed


Notes
Uncle Larry explores some of the tonal depths achievable with the greatest electronics set up that has ever been installed into an electric guitar …whilst plunking on a prime specimen from the golden age of Parsons Street in Kalamazoo Michigan.

If anyone wants to watch the livestream of the Guitar Party gig we did Saturday night you can go here and check it out for ten bucks
https://volume.com/t/paMcOk/?utm_sour...

The audio ain’t too bad…camera work is really nice

September 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 497, Tom Bukovac, “Feels Like Cleveland”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming away
01:06 - Hello, friends / Early mornings
01:54 - P90 shootout forgotten guitars / '79 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
02:55 - '79 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe bridge
03:35 - '61 Gibson SG Special / All time favorite live gig guitar
04:12 - '61 SG bridge
04:55 - Vince Gill tour
05:26 - '61 SG bridge - turning the volume down bridge
07:09 - '63 Firebird V bridge
07:53 - '61 SG bridge
08:09 - '79 Deluxe / Mini-humbucker different than Firebird pickup / Toaster top pickup
09:33 - Rick Beato show with David Gilmore
11:34 - NFL starting / Hot tub
12:40 - "What makes a man, a man?" / 2 propane tanks and avoid a fat wallet
13:54 - "What amps are you using in the studio?" / Marshall
15:12 - Shootout comments / '65 Firebird I bridge
16:13 - '61 SG bridge


Notes
Uncle Larry shows you some of the different sounds available in the “smaller sized” pickups

August 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 490, Tom Bukovac, “Barbecue Party”

Chapters
00:00 - Picking and a plucking
05:09 - Hello, friends! / Parties / Fender Telecaster
08:30 - Garage Sale and shootout
08:43 - Fender Telecaster Maple
09:36 - '60 Fender Telecaster slabboard
11:00 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / Acoustic
12:48 - '69 Gibson SG
14:43 - Gibson "Satan's SG" SG
15:43 - Playing
16:50 - Princeton amp / Fiddling with the knobs
18:05 - Lesson: C#dom7 chord open B string


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some old honk on a magical top loader and shows a few cool instruments that are about to be released from captivity

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

Greg Voros in full rock star mode on the album cover thumbnail

(Greg Voros appears courtesy of Electra Records)

August 12th, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 484, Tom Bukovac, “Satan’s SG and Other Earthly Delights”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing some AC/DC into some KISS
03:38 - Checking in / One song with anyone living or dead?
06:14 - '63 Gibson "Satan's SG" (parts guitar)
08:31 - '64 Gibson Firebird III
10:25 - Neck pickup
11:28 - Offset post bridge by Nick Drushel
12:23 - Too many guitars / 1970 Fender Stratocaster (Banana Yellow)
14:18 - '69 Gibson SG for sale
16:03 - '60 Gibson ES-335


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some old honk and starts phase one of a major launch party

Local pickup always preferred but I can ship guitars…just not amps

1970 Stratocaster…no excuses 18k
1969 SG Standard 9500
1960 ES-330 (already fretted) 11k

August 5th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 481, Tom Bukovac, “The Mind Of The Musician”

Chapters
00:00 - Peavey amp
02:15 - Bench video


Notes
Uncle Larry...aka "the hornswaggler"...delves into the ancient psychology that bounces around inside the mind of the average working musician.
He discusses the paranoia of work scheduling…and even sheds some light on the up and down rollercoaster of emotions that are always at play during the many seasons of the typical lifer musician’s career…all whilst putting some brand new D'Addario 013s on a 64 j-50

My dear Grandma used to always say "The Lord loves a good old Peavey amp"...

these old Mace 320T's are not easy to find...these were purportedly the ACTUAL models that the Lynyrd Skynyrd boys REALLY used in their heyday....six power tubes delivering 160 watts of bone crushing Mississippi Marshall tone.

this particular example is barely limping along and definitely needs some love, but even considering all that it STILL sounds damn good.

i would bet this amp has never even been serviced one time in these first 50 years of its life... but the thing still runs, and even the reverb and tremolo effects still work.

i have said this many times in the past and i will say it again...Hartley Peavey was DEFINITELY the Leo Fender of his day, making affordable "field replaceable" gear that the common man could fucking COUNT on every night, no matter what the gig or the conditions were like.

i would like to personally thank a Homeskooler named Christopher Kueffler for dragging this beast down from the snowy north.

I've been listening to these old Skynyrd records RELIGIOUSLY since i was a boy....i always wanted to mess with one of these amps just to see if there was any of "that Skynyrd magic" in them, even though i always suspected it was just their hands making those tones, and not that particular amp....

however, to my amazement, in just a brief amount of time messing around with one, i can already immediately tell that these amps REALLY ARE responsible for delivering a large part of that legendary tone.

on several old Skynyrd tracks, i always thought Gary was getting what i picture in my mind as a "straw" tone...
there's a fizziness to the distortion on a lot of his sounds that reminds me somehow of a distorted guitar sound coming through a straw...follow me on this friends.
there's like a reediness to the distortion that makes it unique.

this particular lead break on "saturday night special" is one many examples of that "straw tone" in my humble opinion.
i also would bet my bottom dollar that Gary was using the neck pickup of "Bernice" on this solo, with the treble on the amp cranked.
you can hear it if you listen REALLY close...it's a neck pickup, not the bridge

prove me wrong friends..

August 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 479, Tom Bukovac, “First Glimmer Of Fall… Transitions…”

Chapters
00:00 - Looping some sweet tunes
06:21 - '69 Gibson SG Standard
07:00 - '58 Fender Telecaster
09:02 - Chopped '59 Fender Stratocaster
10:21 - '53 Fender Telecaster Blackguard


Notes
Uncle Larry regroups after the final run of his busy summer touring schedule….
it's been a TON of fun, but like the old saying goes, it's good to home friends

Special shout out to all the sweethearts who came out last night that I failed to mention in this video
Jimmy and Jill Fox
Frank Amato
Mark Reis

Great times boys...Hello Cleveland!!

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

April 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 422, Tom Bukovac, "Tone-nado Alley"

Chapters
00:00 - Putting those chords back into the music
01:48 - Hello, friends! / Lightning, thunder, and storms
03:00 - Playing with a cast of friends
06:10 - Firebird bridge (Volume 10)
06:55 - Firebird bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
07:21 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow
07:51 - Special bridge (Volume 10)
08:36 - Special bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
09:18 - '61 Gibson SG Special / Music City Saavy Bridge / Tweed Twins
10:37 - SG bridge (Volume 10)
11:36 - SG bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
12:08 - Treble bleed circuit
12:57 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow
13:10 - Junior bridge (Volume 10) / tuning
13:50 - Cont.
14:01 - Junior bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
14:37 - eBay '59 Gibson Junior
16:25 - '60 Gibson ES-330 / Not DIY
17:20 - ES-330 bridge (Volume 10)
18:00 - ES-330 bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
19:00 - ES-330 neck (Volume 10)
19:29 - ES-330 neck (Volume 7 or 8) / Junior neck skip
19:57 - SG neck (Volume 10)
20:27 - SG neck (Volume 7 or 8)
20:55 - Special neck (Volume 10)
21:00 - Special neck (Volume 7 or 8)
21:50 - Firebird neck (Volume 10)
22:00 - Firebird neck (Volume 7 or 8)
22:33 - Conclusion / Sonic differences


Notes
Uncle Larry dodges endless tornado attacks in an effort to provide you with some useful information regarding the sound of the most dangerous rock and roll sounding pickup ever be installed into an electric guitar...the Gibson P-90

Here it is some various instruments...let me know your thoughts about which one looks....uh...i mean sounds the best

March 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 406, Tom Bukovac, “Let It Slide”

Chapters
00:00 - Mean riffing
06:51 - Happy Sunday / "Turn that down!"
07:21 - Lesson: Slide concepts
08:05 - Tom Brit story
09:25 - Lesson: Parallel to the frets
10:04 - Lesson: Muting
11:15 - Lesson: Hammer on
14:35 - Hateful comments on video Chibsons vs Gibson / Joe Glazer, Nick Drueshel, Joe Bonamassa
18:00 - Lesson: Tap hammer on
18:34 - Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People / Sean Beavan (record producer) / Bill Bottrell (producer) / Sheryl Crow writer - David Baerwald
21:22 - Lab Series L5 amp
22:03 - Playing / Squaky midrange


Notes
Uncle Larry pays forward some of the knowledge he was given many moons ago by the great Tom Britt.

March 1st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 405, Tom Bukovac, “Mr. Organized”

Chapters
00:00 - New slide
04:21 - What's up? / Cleaning and organized
04:50 - Liquislide (Pete Flynn) / PAFs
07:04 - Playing with a slide on
08:33 - Lab Series L5
09:05 - Gibson ES-335 purchase / Trip The Witch CDs
12:10 - Son Leo and drumming


Notes
Uncle Larry is absolutely IN LOVE with these new slides friends…

the liquislide.com

Happy Saturday and thank you for watching the progrum people

January 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Evolution Of An Electronic Drummer”

Chapters
00:00 - Teaching son to play drums


Notes
Well friends, it’s been exactly 2 months since I taught Leo how to cross his hands and play his very first drum beat....that was right before he turned 9 years old…now look at the boy go.

Like I said before, these boys have so much music in their DNA, it’s not really like “teaching”…it’s more like “releasing a fish into water”

January 16th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 390, Tom Bukovac, “Hello...1983 Calling….”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends (creepy version)
00:53 - '83 Gibson Les Paul Studio with D'Addario 43-10
01:35 - Gibson serial number year
02:55 - Top wrap and break angle / Tim Shaw pickups
05:10 - Winder
06:30 - Selling house
25:00 - Playing
28:35 - Gibson SG comparison
31:00 - Gibson LP Studio playing and lowering pickups / Low end shaved off


Notes
Uncle Larry undresses a 1983 Les Paul Studio on national television.

The Guthrie/Jedd/Uncle Larry Guitar Party is coming to Chicago in early February...
Two nights At The Martyr's Club
Feb 7&8, that's a Friday And Saturday friends


If you are enjoying these ramblings, the tip jar is never too far away friends..
PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

December 18th, 2024

Hey Kid….Ya Like Rock And Roll??

Chapters
00:00 - A little Van Halen
00:44 - "Do you like Rock 'n' Roll?" / The Cliffs


Notes
Wednesday night Cliffs at the Basement

December 16th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 376, Tom Bukovac, “The Great Gear Trap”

Chapters
00:00 - Looping some 70s goodness
06:05 - Alright / Shitty kind of sound to sound good (poke)
07:15 - NFL
07:31 - Thanks for new camera view / Muscle memory
09:47 - Lonely Christmas and cheer
11:00 - Willie's 90th Birthday lookback / Benmont Tench, Gabe Witcher, Greg Leisz, Terence Higgins, Beck
13:25 - Drugs...never have done them...just a joke
14:10 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Jamie French
14:50 - Modeling and marketing / "Am I good enough for the gear" / Pool playing analogy
18:58 - New amp made by Paul Reed Smith / Jimi Hendrix & Duane Allman bullshit
21:35 - Cool outro



Notes
Uncle Larry glances off several cars in the VCB parking lot before finally crashing into the side of a building

December 8th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 373, Tom Bukovac, “Eight Is Enough”

Chapters
00:00 - '61 Gibson SG on the workbench


Notes
Larry is joined by his dear son Marshall, who just turned 12 a couple days ago for a Sunday restringing session of a 1961 Gibson SG/Les Paul….the guitar was purchased new in 1961 by a dear friend of mine’s ex father in law for 275.00 as you can see by looking at the thumb nail of this upload. The photo shows the original receipt surrounded by the second best pink in the world.

December 7th, 2024

Uncle Larry’s Garage Sale “Early Winter Utilitarian Price Point Edition”

Chapters
00:00 - Led Zeppelin, "where did they steal that lick?"
02:17 - Fender Telecaster
03:10 - Fernandes Tele
04:09 - '79 Gibson SG
05:59 - Led Zeppelin - "No Quarter", "where did they steal that from?"


Notes
Three guitars

79 sg 1250
80s Fernandes tele custom 500
97 MIJ tele custom 1750

Plus shipping

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if interested

Local pickup always preferred

Package sale REALLY preferred

November 26th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 364, Tom Bukovac, “Firebrand X”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' the SG
08:49 - What's up? / Experimenting with beer
09:28 - '79 Gibson SG Firebrand X


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a stroll on a VERY affordable instrument from the dark days when Norlin The Magician ruled the world...

There is something just so inherently wrong about any guitar with a fret marker on the first fret …please forgive me

and you'll probably get a kick outta this friends...

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if you like what you are hearing and seeing please throw something in the offering plate

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Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

October 18th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 350, Tom Bukovac, “Small Block”

Chapters
00:00 - Cover: Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
02:44 - What's up? / Playing
05:55 - Night Rider - Jimmy Bryant
07:00 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
07:45 - "Blowing your musical mind lately?" / Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey by Paul McCartney
09:00 - Lesson: Beautiful off chords / E6/9 [0 2 6 4 2 2]
09:40 - Lesson: Fmaj713 [8 8 7 9 10 8]
10:56 - "What's on the horizon?" / Producing
12:43 - "What does it cost to make a record?" / $40,000 - $45,000 / Brett Papa course
15:57 - ' 61 - '62 Gibson SG & story
17:18 - Arena tone
19:14 - Old Western playing


Notes
Uncle Larry answers a few questions in the VCB and caterwauls one of his all time favorite songs for your listening pleasure.

October 2nd, 2024

Homeskoolin' Bonus "Led Boots"

Chapters
00:00 - Tom Boots '55 Gibson Les Paul Jr.
03:16 - Hello friends / '55 Gibson Les Paul Jr.
04:00 - In tune with Music City Bridge Studfinder
04:18 - Cars / Low E string and Tweed Deluxe
05:47 - Comparison with Gibson SG Special P90
07:00 - Gibson SG Special
07:52 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Special
08:25 - Thomas Boots Jr. / Thunky and chunky / On 10 and The Who - Pinball Wizard


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class a piece of Nebraska history.
R.I.P. Thomas Boots