May 17th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 627, Tom Bukovac, “He’s Got A Pretty Mouth”

Chapters
00:00 - 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 16th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “So Ya’ Wanna Be A Session Man?”

Chapters
00:00 - Session piano player
05:39 - Back with the band


Notes
Dear Homeskoolers, meet Jason Webb, cherished member of the Nashville session community, and one of the most amazing keyboard players i have seen in my entire life.

Just for a little mind blowing context, in this section of the song we were working on, the chart just said “5 bars of 5 chord”….

some folks would see and naturally, they would just hold a 5 chord for 5 bars…and then certain OTHER folks can envision/create/perform something like this… on the fly…and actually get it on tape

I would say this is a pretty good example of the old phrase “there’s probably something more you could potentially be doing…”

…and the end of this video shows Dann Huff, Tommy Sims and Chris McHugh in the heat of battle

I feel honored and lucky to be able to work with musicians of this caliber almost every day

May 11th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 622, Tom Bukovac, “Kickstand Swing”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing Jazz Country Swing
01:59 - Hello, friends
03:22 - Hear the chord changes underneath?
04:05 - Playing
04:36 - Lesson: Lick that let's people know you mean business
06:53 - Lesson: Get using your pinky a lot
10:16 - Funny story about kids
11:38 - Lesson: Volume swell
13:46 - Movie: Sound of Metal
14:20 - '48 Gibson D-18
14:27 - Lesson: Bbmaj7 [1 1 0 2 3 3]


Notes
Uncle Larry shows you how to voice lead with a guitar that has a built in kickstand…and a pitched headstock with no volute…what could POSSIBLY go wrong?

January 29th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 566, Tom Bukovac, “Up With People”

Chapters
00:00 - Hi everybody / Waiting for eternal thaw
02:00 - Lesson: Tone Control
03:27 - Thanks / VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
04:13 - "Where did your hybrid picking come in?" / Total obsurity Rig Rundown for Premier Guitar
05:11 - Lesson: Good practice lick
05:31 - Back to Rig Rundown and hybrid picking
07:24 - This is what is meant by "tone is in the hand" / Moving the pick around and fingering picking
09:36 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "What are you known for at sessions?"
10:08 - "Your eyes look alive without the booze"
10:18 - "Steve Cutler suck a dick"
11:14 - "Style of guitar you cannot play?" / Singers are like guitar players in regard to identification
12:50 - "Guitar is one of the most expressive instruments"
13:43 - Eric Gales is a good guitar player / Getting expression
15:57 - Playing
16:27 - '63 Gibson ES-335


Notes
Uncle Larry skins it back a little on an old 335 and discusses his new ultra positive approach to life …”up with people” he calls it….well, everyone except Steve Cutler of course….he can suck a dick.

This episode also contains a healthy amount of VCB…where Larry touches on some of the meaning behind the old saying “if you don’t hybrid pick, what the fuck are you even doing with your life?” that has been spoken in guitar culture for decades.

January 28th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 565, Tom Bukovac, “Off The Wagon”

Chapters
00:00 - Hybrid pickin good / "Suburb Chile"
08:15 - Hi guys / Not drinking
09:13 - Playing: Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
10:25 - "Testing your manhood" / Siphoning
15:43 - Coming back to guitar after a week / Playing upbeats
18:22 - Young Sheldon / Guthrie Trapp thing
20:26 - Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry lets off a little steam after a session and ends a very annoying short streak of not drinking alcohol that was purely brought on by stress…thank God that’s over

Nothing can interfere with a man’s drinking more than stress…terrible

Here’s that thing that Guthrie has goin’ on in October
• Proud To Announce ”Trapped In Nashville”-T...

…..and totally unrelated…THIS is an amazing documentary
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...

…and of you haven’t seen the Netflix series “Chernobyl”, you ABSOLUTELY MUST watch it friends …fucking incredible

January 19th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 562, Tom Bukovac, “Carandolet In The Wind”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing a strange Les Paul
00:58 - Hello, dear friends / Carondelet Pickups
02:25 - Carondelet bridge
02:55 - '59 PAF bridge
03:51 - Carondelet bridge
04:18 - Gibson ES-335 PAF bridge
05:02 - Carondelet bridge
05:39 - Pickup height /  It all sounds great
06:40 - Sometimes mismatched coils inside pickup
07:48 - Just listen to midrange / '59 PAF
08:21 - ES-335 PAF
08:45 - Carondelet (scooped) / Thoughts
10:00 - Carondelet neck pickup / NFL


Notes
Uncle Larry tries out some lovely new PAF style pickups that his dear friend Owen Barry brought him to try.

Check out this site friends
https://www.carondeletpickups.com/


…and totally unrelated, I think this might be the hardest I have ever laughed at an Instagram clip in my entire life :
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTq5hP...

and happy birthday to Dr. Martin Luther King....even though today is actually not your birthday

December 16th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 542, Tom Bukovac, “Hoard Festival”

Chapters
00:00 - Beautiful tunes on acoustic
02:31 - Tuning / NFL
06:50 - Lesson: Chord voicing that's overlooked (E -> E/G# -> A) [4 x 2 4 5 x]
10:02 - Hunter Flynn at Easy Eye Studio / Dann Huff
10:53 - Lesson: Vibrato / Steve Howe's side to side vibrato
12:08 - Pickups hoard / Patent Sticker Gibson pickups / Guild mini-humbucker
13:53 - Modding things / Tech schools
15:00 - Maton acoustic / Piezo
15:48 - Beautiful playing outro


Notes
Uncle Larry shows off his growing hoard of raw old pickups…is this pickup obsession becoming a problem? You decide

oh...and check this out dear friends...GT giving away all the songs that we are gonna put on the acoustic record
Acoustic Sessions-Behind The Scenes With T...

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

November 22nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 531, Tom Bukovac, “Child Actor”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming into, "how do you play a G chord"?
02:51 - Branching out into other chords
03:23 - Lesson: Avoiding 3rds and when not to / Dolly Parton chords / Playing like old records
06:43 - Tuner-ette
09:02 - Chopping into a Les Paul / Minihumbucker
10:07 - Brett Papa's son play date with Tom's son
10:30 - New tortoiseshell pickguard / Course Black Friday Sale
13:17 - UA pedals gift thank you
14:07 - Jaime French music video featuring Tom's son / Marshall kid giving haircuts


Notes
Uncle Larry mashes a million things together into one video

A real "hodge podge" as they say

check this thing out....its awesome
https://www.tunerette.net

November 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 529, Tom Bukovac, “A Sure Sign Your Repair Guy Is A Hack”

Chapters
00:00 - Bench intro
02:22 - Pedalboard intro
04:37 - Components on board: Diamond - Compressor, Collision Devices - Black Hole Symmetry, Digitech - Whammy, Coppersound - Telegraph V2 Autostutter & Killswitch
05:43 - XTS pedalboard builders
07:36 - '59 Danelectro U2 (Silvertone) / Rick Vito
10:23 - NFL
11:53 - D'Addario strap locks
14:09 - Ace guitar strap
14:42 - Nashville Bender Volume 3
16:45 - Gibson ES-355 Mono / Overbeveled frets
19:29 - Gassed out pickguard / Overbeveled frets
26:54 - Playing


Notes
i'll bet this isn’t the first time you guys have gone on a total stream of consciousness journey after a Bills game

check out this site my dear friends...some cool and cozy new Homeskoolin shirts just in time for winter...
https://humbuckermerch.com

here's the site for Baked Alaska records...they distribute my solo record, the record i made with Guthrie Trapp, plus the latest Dann Huff record.
https://bakedalaskarecords.com

they will very soon be be putting out the latest "Nashville Benders Volume 3" record featuring all KINDS of red hot pickers...Brent Mason, johnny Hiland, Jimmy Olander etc etc

October 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 515, Tom Bukovac, “Sick Day”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing acoustic / Sick kids
05:30 - New UK Merch
06:17 - '50 Gibson Southern Jumbo / Saving an old acoustic / Nathan Guller
08:04 - '64 Epiphone Frontier
08:47 - Lesson: Uncle Larry composition
12:18 - Losing money on NFL
13:19 - Playing: Stolen lick from Gus
14:20 - Epiphone brand


Notes
Uncle Larry plunks some acoustics on a rare day off ...

check out this site lads
https://humbuckermerch.com

October 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 514, Tom Bukovac, “Kalamazoo Girls”

Chapters
00:00 - Calm finger picking
04:37 - Hello, friends!
05:40 - Plexi Soul album
07:37 - Havalina update / Playing
08:49 - Open Chords and wide voicings / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the universe on a clear fall evening

September 19th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “One Take Wonder”

Chapters
00:00 - Country picking
03:22 - Marshall company gift / European shirts


Notes
Hello friends, I just wanted to see what would happen if I really quickly did one take only to build a simple guitar and bass loop….and then quickly did one take only soloing on top of it

I’m all about the freshness of the spontaneous musical moment...and I'm also all about a 1960 slab board Tele Custom....what could possibly go wrong?

anyway, this is the result of my little one take experiment…hope you enjoy my friends

Also a little love here for our long suffering European friends who have been completely screwed in the Homeskoolin merch game since day one

this whole campaign is mainly designed a special treat for our friends across the pond..
although i do promise I will try to get some of these in the states too if you hound me enough.

Of course, in the true tradition of Homeskoolin' Inc., these shirts will be of the utmost quality and EXTREMELY soft and comfortable.

I will forward the ordering details as soon as they are officially available

Also, big thanks to Hugh Gilmartin and all our friends in the custom shop at Marshall Amplification for hooking me up with this sweet ass back panel.

September 19th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 503, Tom Bukovac, “Expectations”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing slow
07:58 - Hey guys / Douchebag comment / NFL / Playing
09:43 - Weed smoking coach
10:49 - Lesson: Blazing fast cross picking sweep
12:28 - '58 Fender Telecaster
14:08 - Life lessons
18:38 - Lesson: F# -> Bmaj climb
20:36 - Brett James passed away in plane crash


Notes
In this episode he plunks on some old Fullerton magic and addresses one of the great problem that plagues all of us ….expectations

August 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 495, Tom Bukovac, “Signature Shootout”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing a foreign guitar
03:19 - Greg Koch guitar made by Reverand
05:27 - Blend control / Louder than fuck all
05:43 - '59 Fender Stratocaster
06:46 - Duesenberg Sessionman / Piezo
09:51 - Reverend neck pickup
10:48 - Stratocaster neck pickup
11:48 - Reverend neck pickup part 2


Notes
Uncle Larry shows ya a couple cool new guitars that both score very high in the “versatility category"...AND the best sounding tube spring reverb unit ever made.

here are the factory specs of the Reverb Greg Koch Gristlemaster ST

Reverend Greg Koch Signature Gristle ST Features:
S-style companion to Greg Koch’s signature Gristlemaster, with single-space Fishman Fluence multi-voice pickups
Slightly oversized chambered korina body with a raised center ridge
Roasted maple neck and fingerboard retain exceptional stability, even with environmental changes
12-in. radius offers a bend-friendly foundation with sleek playability all the way up to the 22nd fret
Medium oval neck profile designed to supply players of all styles and sizes with a fast, comfortable feel
Modified electronics section includes a push-pull boost, in addition to a blend control that mixes the neck/middle pickups into your current position on the 5-way switch
World-class hardware, including Reverend’s Pin-Lock tuners and a modernized S-style Wilkinson VS100N tremolo unit

PRICE
$1699


and here are the particulars of the Duesenberg Alliance Series Session Man

SEMI-HOLLOW BODY
The classic semi-hollow construction with bent sides, arched top and back and a solid centerblock provides a unique tonal response and feedback resistance.

GRAND VINTAGE HUMBUCKERS
Fitted with two GrandVintage Humbuckers for a wide, clear and defined tone without noise.
A benchmark for classic Humbucker tone.

PIEZO PICKUP
The additional Piezo pickup inside the bridge delivers increased transparency and nuance on demand.
Blend in with the Multi-Tone control.


Here is the website specs on the Ebo Customs E-Verb

E-verb
$1,650.00
Unrivaled high-fidelity reverberation
100% vacuum tube signal path
Full control over reverb drive level, reverb tone, wet/dry mix, and output gain
Front and rear panel inputs
Wet signal mute via footswitch or front panel toggle
19”W x 9”D x 6”H

August 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 494, Tom Bukovac, “Raising the Bar(re)”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin'
01:18 - Hello, friends! / Tuning
02:14 - Lesson: Bar chords / Forms
06:00 - Yes - Tempus Fugit
07:26 - Back to the lesson
07:49 - Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash


Notes
I always wondered why they put the extra “re”on barre chord in guitar books…are they just trying to be fancy?

Just a quick message to show you the sheer importance of knowing barre chords if you wanna be a legit garage rocker

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 22nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 489, Tom Bukovac, “80…The New 50”

Chapters
00:00 - Beautiful playing
04:35 - Hello, friends! / Gruhn's birthday party
07:00 - Gift from Vince Gill
08:42 - Gretsch 6120 / Controls
11:37 - Pickguard thoughts
12:36 - Watkins Scout amp
14:05 - Music City Vintage
15:54 - Video of George Gruhn's birthday


Notes
Uncle Larry reminisces about a truly special evening where a very special guy was celebrated at the home of another very special guy…AND gives ya a tour through some archaic and arcane electronics

At one point in this video I mistakenly referred to the old circa 1962 Watkins amp as a Joker model…it’s actually a Scout

July 13th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 474, Tom Bukovac, “Hybrid And Lonesome”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing from the heart on '74 12-string
02:55 - Top of the pop
03:34 - Hi friends / Road update / Playing
07:27 - Stream of unconsciousness / Paying to record a song
09:02 - More lessons about hybrid picking
12:33 - Picking out individual notes


Notes
This one goes out to my dear friend Eddy Dunlap…the amazing pedal steel player in my current band

Pop a top for old uncle Larry friends

Here’s the link to my guitar course
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

July 4th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 470, Tom Bukovac, “1776”

Chapters
00:00 - Singing that Country
00:45 - Hey friends all the way to Zimbabwe
02:35 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
03:17 - Ever so lightly holding the pick
05:54 - Blues Junior amps?
06:45 - Tweed 410 / Blues DeVille
07:30 - Boss GE-7 Equalizer / EQ after the drives
08:30 - Thanks
10:12 - All that matters - Right-hand pocket
12:06 - Joe Walsh playing and amps choice
14:12 - Side Fills
15:19 - Course
17:19 - Inner peace / Clarity of life
19:15 - '64 SJ-200
19:30 - Tuned-down Rickenbacker
22:00 - Don't blow your fuckin' fingers off


Notes
Uncle Larry gets heavy into some current day VCB

I was gonna call this episode “carnival of pain” but I changed it to “1776”…it’s a little more snappy and upbeat

Here’s the link to my new course that just came out a couple days ago
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

Pictured in the thumbnail photo …the amazing band from the last two weeks of recording over at Vince Gill’s studio

From left to right
Matt “Hazmatt” Rausch (engineer)
Jedd Hughes (guitar)
Fred Eltringham (drums)
Jimmie Lee Sloas (bass)
Yours Truly
John Jarvis (keys)
Jim “Moose” Brown (keys)
Boss Man
Paul Franklin (pedal steel)
Justin Niebank (engineer)