October 11th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 719, Tom Bukovac, “Pumpin’ Iron & Golden Gloves”

Chapters
00:00 - Harmony Sovereign nut fix by Greg Voros at "Trapped in Nashville"


Notes
Part 1) Greg Voros was kind enough to do some final set up on a great old guitar I sold to a sweet fella named Steve who I just met....he came by Gruhn's to get it today on the final day of the Trapped In Nashville event.

Greg also shares some of the highs and lows of his boxing career growing up in Queens NY

Part 2) as if the lovely catered lunch from Ingrassia's restaurant wasn't enough, Chuck Cannon’s beautiful music had everyone, including George, absolutely mesmerized on this fine Sunday afternoon

oh, and by the way, that lovely 1960 cherry double cut LP Junior found a new home, but stay tuned for more fine instruments coming soon on the Homeskoolin' progrum

if you guys are TRULY getting something useful out of these videos PLEASE visit the tip jar...every little bit helps my dear friends

October 9th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 717, Tom Bukovac, “Blown Speaker Blooze”

Chapters
00:00 - 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 8th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 717, Tom Bukovac, “Triple Ply Ebony With Blocks Gold Hardware Ebony Dream”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Strumming the acoustic
01:21 - Lesson: Hard one Ab5bmaj7 [4 6 5 5 3 x]
02:24 - Lesson: Hendrix something with low 5th
04:08 - "Trapped in Nashville" event
07:35 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Martin Herringbone
09:25 - National New Yorker thanks
09:36 - Lesson: Copying the riff, make it cool
11:05 - "Eb sound better?" - Yeah
12:20 - Lesson: Guitar secondary job is keeping that motor going
14:52 - Herringbone changing sounds
16:55 - "Any new guitars?"
20:12 - '68 Marshall Superbass / Selling Plexis


Notes
Uncle Larry selflessly offers yet another video for the class on a busy week day morning.

The 0-4 Bucs plus 8.5 at Dallas (2-2)

October 6th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 716, Tom Bukovac, “Is That A Banana In Your Pants?”

Chapters
00:00 - Pickin' and a groovin'
03:45 - Hello, friends / Playing
06:45 - Lesson: Ring finger and little finger coordination
12:53 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "Pure rhythm guitar on record?" The Doors - L.A. Woman (Marc Benno)
15:56 - Lesson: Hold E7 chord down
16:58 - "One should strive to have their own voice" / "Make sure people know it is you"
19:27 - Phil Jones at Gruhn's
22:08 - Lesson: Use these fingers
22:53 - "Trapped in Nashville"
24:03 - Easy Eye Sound Studio (Dan Auerbach)


Notes
Uncle Larry gets into some unrecognizably altered blues on one of the most unique sounding guitars on planet earth…the 1940 National New Yorker

October 5th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 715, Tom Bukovac, “Fresh Mutes”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Montage genius!
07:40 - Red Hot Chili Peppers love / NFL fail
09:59 - Dan Auerbach studio
10:45 - Lesson: Good right hand workout [4 3 3 0 x x]
12:48 - Mute on a Jaguar / Playing & Singing: Rambling Man
19:34 - "Trapped in Nashville"


Notes
(Sing with lively uptempo New Orleans type beat)

“Oh when Bijan, goes marching in…
When Bijan goes marching in…
Oh well I want to be in that end zone…when Bijan goes marching in”

I swear I remember one of you guys out there in the comment bin talking about how the Saints were gonna “surprise the world this year”…fess up whoever you are…

Uncle Larry checks in with the late night Homeschooling crowd and shows ya a cool trick about using fresh mutes on an old jazzmassah

August 31st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 696, Tom Bukovac, “Feels Like The Fourth Time”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Foreigner - Feels Like the First Time
02:41 - Hello, Camaros
03:19 - "Tune Down. Tune Out." / Coffee
04:53 - Lesson: Old Blues guy - Play with your thumb
07:40 - '61 Gibson SG Special / Pickups have a good "scrock" / Rosewood fretboard
08:30 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Dark Web Larry
09:50 - "DeArmond Dynasonic pickups?" / Find a position where no hum
11:31 - "Do you ever miss the good ole Gus days?"
12:56 - "What's the worst guitar tone on an otherwise great record?" / Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (Terry Kath)
16:15 - Nashville was built by strangers writing songs together
17:20 - Lesson: Chord progression / "Sitting On The Sand"
20:03 - Lesson: Whole step downward pull index bend
21:01 - Really bad Country guys / Videos: How things got built in America / Building chimneys / Immigrants


Notes
Uncle Larry goes wayyy out on the ledge in this one in the name of brutal honesty ....

and yes, it's totally fine if you unsubscribe after you watch this , I get it


and..if you guys want one of these bitchin' t shirts go here...
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/

May 30th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 636, Tom Bukovac, “The Harsh Truth About Being Uncle Larry”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Rickenbacker
02:33 - Hello / Pepe the dandruff attendant
03:30 - '59 Rickenbacker 360 Capri with work by Greg Voros
05:07 - James Burkett - Harmony Sovereign
07:09 - "Harsh Truth..." / Nashville difference between now and then
09:10 - Word of mouth is the only way / Son interruption / Rate of pay the same
10:56 - True story: Paying band members
14:30 - Playing: Pink Floyd - Hey You
15:27 - Hot movie recommendations
16:09 - Thanks and James Burkett
17:27 - Duesneberg at Gruhn's Guitars


Notes
I just wanted to try doing one of these “harsh truth” clickbait titles that everyone is doing now, just to see if this video would get a zillion views…the harsh truth is that it probably won’t.

the ACTUAL truth is that i'm just checkin' in to show you guys the INCREDIBLE restoration work that dear Greg Voros did on my trusty old '59 Ricky Capri 360, and also show you one of the amazing acoustic guitars that James Burkett in Dothan Alabama builds for way too cheap....whilst concluding with a quick but effective tour of the recently added "Duesenberg Wing" at Gruhn Guitars in Nashville TN.

Co-starring, Cory Terrell, Emmett Rozelle and young Marshall Bukovac.

stay tuned and stick around if you happen to be into bad ass old golden era Gibson and Fender guitars my friends...ol' Uncle Larry's got some top shelf freshly hornswaggled grade A 100 % wood pussy to show y'all real soon....i got a feelin' you're gonna like it

May 16th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Session Update “A PROFESSIONAL Recording Studio”

Chapters
00:00 - Keith Urban studio and gear tour
00:37 - Drums
00:52 - Bass
01:01 - Dann Huff guitar rig
01:44 - Tom Bukovac rig
02:10 - Keyboard and leslie room / History
03:50 - Control room, guitars, effects
06:15 - Downtown Nashville / History of the toilet / Patch bay


Notes
Session update from one of the finest REAL recording studios in the world

The Sound in Nashville TN

I made a comment today on a break after hearing Chris McHugh’s God-like drum sounds in the headphones “well, you’re sure as hell not gonna get THAT drum sound in some home studio”

And yes friends…home studios are fun and all, but when you work in a place that was DESIGNED to be a major recording studio, you can CERTAINLY hear the difference

there is no way around it

January 27th, 2026

Homeskoolin Apocalypse Update

Chapters
00:00 - Reality of storm


Notes
I ain’t gonna lie , this storm sucked a giant dick, but we made it through friends

Thanks to all those that sent well wishes

Thanks to all the neighbors and friends that helped me out

This will be known heretofore as the great ice storm of 26

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

April 25th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 429, Tom Bukovac, “No Singer Left Behind”

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic playing
02:26 - Hi, friends! / Working
04:46 - Helping others make records
06:03 - Gibson J-200 / Recording mojo / Changed out bridge
08:05 - Nashville resources
09:11 - Donnie Iris - Ah Leah / Producer Mark Avsec
13:46 - Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes / Transcendentally out of tune / Garth Fundis
18:25 - Pro Tools
22:36 - Working on something truly unique / Freddy Mercury
24:55 - Pet Sematary (movie)
25:54 - Vince Gill / Jedd Hughes


Notes
Uncle Larry lays out the AGE OLD moral dilemma of that dark world where technology, creativity and music meet.

January 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus…”Our Legacy”

Chapters
00:00 - After hours dropbox


Notes
It should be our goal to leave this world in better condition than we found it in friends…

Besides my children and my help designing the music city bridge, this may be I consider my greatest contribution to mankind hahahaaa

January 10th, 2025

The Guitar Case…..A Brief History

Chapters
00:00 - Snowing in Nashville
00:40 - '63 Fender Jazz Bass / Case
02:54 - Earliest Fender case owned
03:46 - '60's Fender cases ('60, '63, '64)
05:22 - Gibson cases (Les Paul)
05:45 - Gibson archtop cases ("California case")
06:56 - Gibson SG cases
07:33 - '62 Gibson SG case
07:55 - Early 60's Gibson / ES-335
08:30 - '70s Gibson cases / Doubleneck case
09:28 - Gretsch case '60s


Notes
Hello friends …Uncle Larry might be snowed in, but that doesn’t mean he can’t make a little video that shines a little light on the most criminally overlooked part of the whole wide world of vintage guitars ….the guitar case.

Uncle Larry takes you through several decades of these often forgotten and highly under-appreciated vessels that kept all the guitars of yesterday in one piece.

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll learn, you’ll complain…but mostly, you will REMEMBER.

Ladies and gentlemen…I bring you…episode one of the critically acclaimed one part one season docu-drama…”The Guitar Case”

June 17th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 317, Tom Bukovac, “English Birds”

Chapters
00:00 - 70's imagery
01:20 - Van Halen tuning / Hi friends!
01:43 - The Butter trick
02:10 - Rock Williams band story
03:07 - Lesson: The Butter trick (get that fu fu) / Knife pick attack with upstroke
05:10 - Early morning chess / Uncle Larry Garage Sale Tele went fast
05:57 - '52 Goldtop
06:25 - 3rd & Lindsley Bukovac & Guthrie special guests gig
07:05 - Wrist pain, arm pain, carpal tunnel / Arthritis / Hand stretches
10:27 - "Got a pool guy yet, Larry?" / Need for a pool guy
11:08 - What does it cost to make a record in Nashville?  / Break down of costs
14:10 - Milwaukee completely furnished studio for cheap
14:56 - Funniest comment? Namath DJ your party
17:20 - Some gal that interviews people
18:00 - Tube amps and Eric "Ebo" Borash


Notes
Uncle Larry dives into some deep VCB waters and serves up the recipe for butter tone, whilst continuing the tour through the various colors of XTS t shirts

May 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 308, “In Stereo” Album Review (well back half anyway)

Chapters
00:00 - Downtown Nashville
00:28 - Playing some heavy stuff
01:27 - Ehlo, friends! / Happy Mother's Day
02:10 - Going over "In Stereo" back half of album and thanks
03:04 - "A shopping accident" story (Paragon Mills)
03:36 - Ibanez "lawsuit"
03:48 - Lab Series L5
04:27 - Lab Series L5 demonstration
05:35 - Track #6 and on deep dive


Notes
People come to Nashville from all over the world to drink 10 dollar draft beers and hear five different songs playing all at once in the 110 degree open air of Broadway…I mean, who wouldn’t?

if you wanna check out this record here's the link:
https://bakedalaskarecords.com

if you wanna throw something in the PayPal tip jar for dear Uncle Larry:
tombuovac@gmail.com

or venmo:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

March 23rd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Guitar Show!!”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking and singing
00:22 - Hey friends! / Dealer day in Nashville


Notes
Check it out today and tomorrow friends

At the AG CENTER in Williamson county

December 10th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 261, Tom Bukovac, “Morning Meditations With Zenmaster Larry”

Chapters
00:00 - Early morning Zen video / Tuning autoharp
00:55 - Nashville tornado
01:30 - Ham sammich tuner and autoharp
02:15 - The Smokestack studio (Paul Moak) / Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton
04:30 - Tuning the harp / Bob Ross
05:13 - Uni-Vibe and Strat sold / Thanks / Body and Soul Instruments
06:45 - Back to tuning the autoharp
07:47 - "Women Who Rock" tv show / Cyndi Lauper story
10:00 - VCB / The Dreggs / Kid Rock
10:54 - Music City Bridge is primo
11:30 - Appreciations / Sizable donation thanks
13:00 - NFL bets


Notes
Get your brushes and your canvas kids…it’s time to paint with Uncle Larry.

June 7th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Oh, Hey Man..."

Chapters
00:00 - Intro to Robert Baker
04:20 - Fender Esquire
06:00 - Potientiometer codes


Notes
Uncle Larry gets a visit from a friend and well known YouTuber, dearest Robert Baker….who just happened to move here to the great country of Nashville .....a place that is completely isolated in it's own economic and social bubble.... and thusly absolutely impervious to any of the "economic woes" that may happen to occasionally devastate the rest of the United States at any given time.

Welcome my son….welcome….to…the machine….

...and if anyone wants to see ol' Uncle Larry plunkin' it waaaaaay back in 1996 on a major television broadcast check this out.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws6D23KvsN8

if anyone is interested in purchasing dear Robert's '58 Esquire for 15K with nice tweed case email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

April 10th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 209, Tom Bukovac, "Instacart Blues"

Chapters
00:00 - Song with chords - Remeber that?
02:40 - What's up cats! / Worn in fret job
04:30 - Thanks for past videos (John McBride & Gruhn)
05:41 - Lesson: Trip The Witch - Saturn We Miss You (C, Ebadd9, Cm7, Abadd9)
07:59 - Everyone moving to Nashville (Nash Angeles)
11:00 - Instacart
11:53 - Do you miss analog tape?
14:37 - The Gear Page
19:16 - Uncle Larry is always drunk!


Notes
Uncle Larry waxes rhapsodic about many topics...plus an in depth VCB examination.

March 28th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 204, Tom Bukovac, "A.I. Blues"

Chapters
00:00 - Sweet, slow and dreamy tune
02:42 - Hello, Homeskoolers' / Sad school shooting in Nashville
03:38 - Cat Stevens - Trouble
04:36 - Harmony Soveriegn conversion guitar
05:50 - Originality, "reminds me of...", sounds like / All music is "stolen" vs. plagiarism vs. 100% original
10:00 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Pet peeves - "You're not wrong."
10:45 - Kemper, modeling, and loving amps
11:51 - Vinyl for Plexi Soul
12:30 - JHS and DigiTech Bad Monkey / Klon and lower gain setting
14:45 - ChatGPT and AI (Artificial Intelligence)
16:47 - "What session would you have loved to be present?" / Led Zeppelin - Black Dog / Dancing Days


Notes
Uncle Larry gets into the VCB and recent sad events in Nashville