February 11th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “1959 Tone”

Chapters
00:00 - '59 Fender Bassman (fixed by Eric "Ebo" Borash)
02:55 - Playing the Bassman and '59 Gibson ES-355
04:45 - In the studio with some talent


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class a 1959 tweed fender bassman 4x10 he recently acquired that was refurbished by Eric “Ebo” Borash at www.ebocustoms.com

Showcased here with a 1959 factory mono Gibson ES-355, not a bad little combo

Sorry I ain’t been around lately friends , been really busy raising kids and working.

Did a super fun session yesterday at RCA Studio A with Ella Langley

I am very proud of her, she is absolutely killing it.

her song “Choosin’ Texas” is number one in the country right now in all genres…so happy for her, she deserves it. A true talent.

Aaron Sterling is the fine drummist featured at the end of the video

February 6th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 573, Tom Bukovac, “P-90 Orgy”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' out the '61 Gibson SG P90s
01:22 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom
03:01 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special
04:42 - '61 Gibson SG
05:22 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom
06:13 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special
07:06 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special acoustically
07:40 - '61 Gibson SG acoustically
08:30 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom acoustically
08:56 - "Staple pickup is a bit different"
09:53 - Public access to my financial records
14:08 - Shootouts
14:30 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / Fender Stratocaster Ocean Turquoise


Notes
Uncle Larry unleashes some retro P-90 madness in a trio of some of the finest guitars ever made during the golden era of the greatest guitar company in the history of mankind.

and totally unrelated to guitars...but equally fascinating...this is a fucking AWESOME documentary, VERY well done and very insightful.

Good way to spend an hour, you will CERTAINLY learn something here my friends.

February 4th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 572, Tom Bukovac, “The 9.5 And Up Club”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello Homeskoolers' / '56 Gibson Les Paul Special
03:52 - Playing Gibson Les Paul Special acoustically
04:21 - Fender Vibra Amp
04:36 - Playing Gibson Les Paul Special through amp
10:26 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale ('69 Fender Telecaster & parts bass)


Notes
Good evening friends …just wanted to show you a recent arrival to the endless carousel that we call “The Homeskoolin’ Shipping & Receiving Department”

The Lord works in mysterious ways …I just sold two of these 50s LP Specials over the past couple months, and yet another one shows up on my doorstep

Special thanks to my new friend Dale Cross for smuggling this fine one owner specimen across state lines

I’ll figure out what I have into that 69 bigsby tele …somewhere in the 9K range friends …and that restored 68 Tele bass is gonna be 2500

Let me know if anyone is interested

February 2nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 571, Tom Bukovac “Cool Old Gear Party”

Chapters
00:00 - '52 Fender Tweed
01:32 - Acoustically testing '51 Fender Telecaster / Amp setup
02:11 - Playing
04:14 - '60 Fender Telecaster Custom
05:37 - '51 Fender Telecaster
06:41 - Differences?
08:56 - Playing Gibson SG bridge
09:51 - Gibson SG neck


Notes
My dear friend Tiego Castro brought over some EXTREMELY cool guitars and amps tonite …and after we had a beer and a burger we plugged some of it in , and I thought you guys might enjoy it

If you guys want to get in touch with Tiago check him out at tiagocastro1974@gmail.com

February 2nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 570, Tom Bukovac, “Artificial InTELEgence”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing Sunburst Telecaster Custom
03:19 - Hello friends! / Quick Tele shootouts set up / New spectacles
06:42 - Adding EQ for raunch
07:53 - '69 Bigsby Tele bridge
09:16 - '60 Sunburst Tele bridge
09:37 - Lesson: Unknown lick used a lot
10:16 - '69 Bigsby Tele bridge
10:52 - '69 Bigsby Tele neck
11:28 - '60 Sunburst Tele neck
11:55 - '60 Sunburst Tele middle
12:37 - '69 Bigsby Tele middle
13:25 - '60 Sunburst Tele middle / bridge
13:48 - '69 Bigsby Tele bridge


Notes
Uncle Larry shows you some of the sonic differences of two sweet old Teleblasters

February 1st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 569, Tom Bukovac, “Dregs Of Winter”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing the '69 Fender Telecaster
02:10 - Beatles - I Want You / She's So Heavy cover
04:08 - The attitude of the tele / Up all night fucking with the tele
05:48 - "Like any 67-70 telecaster, totally microphonic" / Chrome finger cut
07:20 - Playing
07:42 - JizzBoy shred lessons
08:35 - Playing and shredding like Jimmy
09:34 - Nice balance in pickups / Nice guitar
11:08 - Cold outside


Notes
Uncle Larry recounts the nasty fight he had with a particularly angry sounding 69 Telecaster yesterday

I was a bloody battle but think I won...

this is that time of year where you stop caring about things like trimming your beard, or giving a fuck about anything......the theme of this last week or so has been "BACK TO THE 1800'S!!"

and seriously friends...if you guys are getting a bunch of useful stuff out of these videos, PLEASE do not forget the fact that there is a tip jar within reach....also PLEASE do not forget that i had to bleed and give everything i had to find all these endless licks that you guys steal so freely and easily...

and you might think "why should i give to a guy who owns a '60 tele custom?"....but friends let's be honest... it probably won't be long til i get old and my hands give out...think about the big picture here

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January 31st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Tele Savales”

Chapters
00:00 - '69 Fender Telecaster with Bigsby
02:37 - Playing acoustically


Notes
Special thank you to the Reverb seller “French Riviera Guitars” for a lovely transaction on a fine fine instrument.

I could not be happier with this beautiful old guitar.

I can promise you that the last thing on earth that I was looking for was a Tele with a Bigsby, but when I scrolled past the ad for this guitar one night while I was Reverbin’ I swear I could just TELL from the photos that this was a special instrument.

I’ve been doing this too long friends

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 17th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 560, Tom Bukovac, “The Island Of Tweed Deluxes”

Chapters
00:00 - 3 Original Tweed Deluxe amp shootout
00:30 - '59, '59, '61 (late) / Speakers (Jensen, Jensen, Celestion)
01:19 - Magic settings / Fender tube chart
04:05 - Hello, friends / Bike addiction / Haggling
07:30 - Shootout intro / '61 Tweed Deluxe with Celestion
09:16 - '59 Tweed Deluxe Middle
10:11 - '59 Tweed Deluxe Other
11:09 - '61 Celestion
12:02 - '59 Middle
12:34 - '59 Other
13:13 - KISS - Rock 'n' Roll All Night


Notes
Uncle Larry sets up three old original tweed deluxes so that the class can decide which one sounds the best.

January 13th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 559, Tom Bukovac “Deer Creek Symphony”

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic playing
03:34 - Hello friends / NFL
04:33 - Lesson: Trick to sound Open Tuning
06:33 - Morgan Wallen / Vincent Gillis and astouding guitars
08:44 - "What's your best acoustic?" [to Vince Gill]
10:15 - Bannerhead and Bryan Sutton
11:49 - John McBride - Blackbird Studios trying out microphone
13:37 - Gibson Southern Jumbo - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
15:27 - NFL
16:19 - Tweed Deluxe - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
17:45 - Grateful Dead - Bob Weir


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on a fun day of sessioneering… and discusses some of the finer points of “acoustical” guitars

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This video is dedicated to one of the most iconic players in the great Homeskoolin’ saga…..our dear old friend Deercreek Audio…the world’s most lovable walrus
Goo goo ga joob buddy

January 3rd, 2026

Sign in Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Good Clean Saturday Fun”

Chapters
00:00 - Pontiac GTO and new carburetor
03:00 - Boys vacation / Playing acoustic bass
06:24 - Camco drums / Fender amp / Leslie Keyboards / Fishman


Notes
Uncle Larry is happy to have his dear boys back home and having a great time on this lovely Saturday whilst waiting for the games to begin!

January 1st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 553, Tom Bukovac, “There Are Really Only Three Chords”

Chapters
00:00 - Happy New Year / Young man's game
02:17 - Playing
02:47 - Robert Burns - Auld Lang Syne (Old Long Since)
04:24 - Only 3 chords when you think about it
05:00 - Auld Lang Syne on guitar / Guy Lombardo
05:52 - Master Lesson: Auld Lang Syne


Notes
Happy new year friends …as 2026 begins I think it’s time we talk about the fact that the further along the road of TRULY understanding harmony that we get, one thing becomes more and more clear….there are REALLY only three chords…and everything else is really just a variant of those three chords…I actually think of them as the three “tensions” more than the three chords …as in the way that each one of the three pulls at the melody emotionally speaking

Watch this video and dig what I am saying...

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and....check out ALL of the oceanliner designs videos friends…they are absolutely top shelf...
some of the best quality videos i have ever seen on our beloved Youtube:
• What Really Sank the Edmund Fitzgerald? A ...

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December 31st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Happy New Year Boys And Girls

Chapters
00:00 - Happy New Year


Notes
Thank you all for stickin’ with your dear old Uncle Larry all these years friends

December 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 549, Tom Bukovac, “Blues For Violet Jessop”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing Tele Custom through Vox AC15
02:52 - Gibson Firebird
03:03 - Watching history stuff / Violet Jessop
05:07 - "Let's hear this bird"


Notes
Uncle Larry tries a couple more guitars through the magic 62 AC-15

Homeskoolin’ corporate is seriously thinking about renaming this channel “the AC-15 channel” where every video is just a different guitar through it

Check out these two fucking AMAZING videos that are soooo well done
This is long haul stuff boys so settle in and watch it on your tv when you get time …top shelf entertainment and fascinating historical facts

Start with this one..
• Final Plunge: Titanic's HORRIFYING Last 5 ...

and then move on to this one about the Brittanic
• The Sinking of Britannic - Titanic's Forgo...

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December 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 548, “Tube Amps Are Dead”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing through the '62 Vox AC15
03:10 - Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty
06:13 - Amp volume
07:32 - Volume control
08:53 - NFL / Parker Edmonson


Notes
Can you tell I grew up on Skynyrd?
Uncle Larry takes a stroll through the tonal offerings of one of the best sounding amps I have ever played through in my entire life …this fawn 62 Vox AC-15 I just recently acquired.

My god man

I just wish you all could be in the room to hear this shit

I also cannot tell you what a kick I get out of all these RIDICULOUS videos that people are putting up talking about how tube amps are dead ….not in this town they’re not

Hope yall had a great Christmas

Here’s that fella I mentioned …this is quite the rabbit hole friends..dude can fix anything

Doing the Charleston and driving my 1928 D...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbvHYNvXZV4

December 20th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 546, Tom Bukovac, “Slabbin’ Cabin”

Chapters
00:00 - Creepy Larry on 57th birthday / Thanks
03:19 - '63 Fender Telecaster (slab board) / Old terminology lost
07:00 - Andy Summers and the Police / 3 tone slab
08:53 - Calls, texts, cards, technology
11:00 - Cable tensioning / NFL
19:00 - Tuning / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings a sweet old Fullerton slabber and contemplates the disappearance of stationery.

My old friend Tony Lucido sent me this video this morning and said “good band”
Ann Wilson - Dream On (Live)

Indeed it was…there was about a year period where that band could play with ANYBODY…but then of course the “great disillusion” set in, fueled by lack of corporate funding , and it all went to hell in a handbasket…but I still have very fond memories of being in a band that was literally tighter than a gnat’s ass..good times

Ann’s vocal on this absolutely live recording is fucking transcendant

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December 9th, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 536, Tom Bukovac, “Trust The Process”

Chapters
00:00 - Working with a loop


Notes
Hello friends...this video shows our Uncle Larry fresh home from day one of working on the new acoustic record with Guthrie and Jedd....

in case you were wondering, let me assure you that we are having so much fun it should be illegal....hell it MIGHT even be illegal in some states ..

i thought you guys might also get a kick out of seeing a silly live loop get made right in front of your face....replete with mistakes and all...i mean who gives a fuck?

i usually work all this shit out before i roll the camera...but this time i just let it roll so you can see the whole painful creative process i usually go through from start to finish.

there are more clams in this one video than in the last 5 years of Homeskoolin videos, but thats the whole point friends

i figure we know each other good enough at this point to do something ridiculous like this

if you ARE in fact learning some valuable stuff from these outpourings of guitarautism, please feel free to visit the tip jar:
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any little bit is MUCH appreciated friends

November 24th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Black Friday Course Details”

Chapters
00:00 - Exploring the rare colors
01:52 - Hello friends! / Black Friday / NFL / Playing
04:46 - Obessessed with learning history / PBS programming / Ken Burns - Donner Party


Notes
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oh...and in case you haven't seen him before, here's that tool that stalks me...
Does Tom Bukovac Have A Stalker? ‎⁨@501cho...

a beginner level guitar player from St Louis named Gus Penny...
he has literally devoted his ENTIRE LIFE to making hate videos about me....
it's pretty fuggin' weird friends, i ain't gonna lie

oh my God this video had me CRYING

if you're ever at a Chinese Buffet in the St Louis area, check out his little one chord white blues trio called "Blues In Babylon"

Gus is one of the best "croakers" on earth...it's like a brand new type of "vocalization" that he developed himself...it has been known to make any species of frog jealous

November 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Odds and Ends

Chapters
00:00 - '57 Rickenbacker Combo / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
01:07 - '57 Gibson ES-225
02:20 - '64 Fender Twin Reverb


Notes
Uncle Larry tries hard to keep everyone updated regarding all the endless wheelin and dealin that has taken place in recent weeks here at the Homeskoolin’ company headquarters …Larry and his team are working hard to keep all the viewers informed with up to the minute details showing all the insanity that comprises a normal day here at Homeskoolin Industries Worldwide

November 14th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 524, Tom Bukovac, “Antique-ing”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming some chords
05:13 - Good morning! / Brett Papa and recording at his house
06:18 - Creative power of 3 minds / NFL
08:52 - '50 Gibson Southern Jumbo
10:18 - Lesson: Tuning chord to know intonation
12:30 -Fender Vibrolux Reverb
12:47 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
13:08 - '60 Les Paul Junior Double-Cut Cherry
13:16 - '57 Les Paul Special Single-Cut
13:28 - '62 Guild Duane Eddy
14:07 - Thanks for "Vintage Verified" / Process and how it works
17:02 ' 64 Gibson Firebird and touching up color
20:40 - Great newish guitar players and who Tom likes / Derek Trucks, Marcus King, Gary Clark Jr.


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some flat top and gets into some heavy VCB

The fine work that has been performed on this old basket case Gibson SJ was done by Nathan Golliher at Gruhn Guitars in Nashville

He is AMAZING and I highly recommend him for any of your acoustic repair needs

Check out this old track if you wanna hear some vintage Uncle Larry…I was probably 25 when I did this record…it was pretty crude but you can hear all the Larryisms
Drive Right Into the Sun


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Check out all the latest Homeskoolin merch here:
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If anyone is interested in these old guitars …all of the work is already done…they need nothing and they are running on all cylinders…you guys know how obsessive I am about that shit

1960 Les Paul cherry double cut
12k plus shipping

1957 Les Paul special tv single cut
24k plus shipping

1962 guild de-500 Duane Eddy model
5500 plus shipping

If anyone out there has a pre ‘64 Gibson L-5CES with humbuckers or a straight 59 tv junior with tortoiseshell guard and no excuses I am all ears on potential trades…
Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you are interested in any of these instruments

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