December 8th, 2025

Homeskoolin, “A Fun Christmas Time Gear Lover’s Special Holiday Bonus Video Spectacular”

Chapters
00:00 - The Cave tour
00:43 - Gear tour (synth, bass, drums, steel)
00:53 - Uncle Larry's rig and new pedalboard
01:21 - '70 Marshall Superbass
02:23 - Diamond Compressor
02:29 - Donald Fagan's MXR Phaser
02:50 - Mick Ronson Wah
03:00 - Full pedalboard
03:15 - Guitars
03:42 - Amps
04:00 - Addendum / All acoustic guitars


Notes
Uncle Larry gives a brief tour of a cool studio called “The Cave” in Nashville TN…it is one of the sub studios of the bigger entity called “East Iris Studios” which were formerly called “House Of Blues”

If you feel like these free videos are somehow enriching your brief existience on this constantly changing planet , please don’t be shy about visiting the tip jar and sending a little holiday cheer to old Uncle Larry

Friends, i SINCERELY appreciate each and every donation, and I am extremely thankful for all the sweet comments/messages and stories you guys share with me…I am truly thankful for all of you …basically everyone EXCEPT that soul-less fat ass Deercreek ….and that talent-free imbecile Combsie…and that brain dead wanker Jizzboy

If you wanna use PayPal it’s
Tombukovac@gmail.com

If you wanna use Venmo it’s
@Tom-Bukovac-1

December 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 534, Tom Bukovac, “Osmondmosis”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing
06:38 - Hello, friends! / Marie Osmond and Vince Gill recording
07:51 - Lesson: Only using 2 chords / Outline the chord
09:43 - Products (straps, capos)
11:32 - Lesson: The Claw to grab notes
12:43 - Lesson: Cool Major 7s
14:32 - Major operation on the Goldtop / Mini humbucker put in
15:22 - '70 Marshall Superbass and Marshall Straight Cab / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale


Notes
Uncle Larry recaps a busy session day and plays ya some deep cut stratospheric blues on a 52 goldie through an embarrassingly clean 1970 super bass 100

If you ever wondered if Marie Osmond was a cool person or not, I can tell you for sure without a doubt that she is..

2 more days left to get the course for 179 bucks friends and here are the details
Grab the Course for a BIG 40% Off: https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
Make sure to use coupon code 2025BF for the discount!

December 1st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Discounted Course Runs Through This Friday Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Gaining up a 355
00:58 - Hey friends! / NFL
02:13 - Course
02:31 - Marshall Superbass 100W / Ear sensitivity
03:56 - '59 Gibson ES-335 / Offset bridge



Notes
Uncle Larry takes a ride on a temporarily guardless 59 355 and shows off a frustratingly clean 70 super bass 100 that obviously never took a rough ride in the back of a lorry

Here are the details for the upcoming Black Friday sale of the guitar course my friends:
Grab the Course for a BIG 40% Off: https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
Make sure to use coupon code 2025BF for the discount!

October 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 511, Tom Bukovac, “Vertical Input Horizon”

Chapters
00:00 - That sound...holy shit!
04:15 - Hey friends / JCM800
04:34 - '79 Dean Z
05:33 - Playing Dean Z
07:51 - Marshalls and a little slapback
09:00 - Brett Papa
11:22 - Dean & Firebird shape resting arm / Loving the Dean Z
12:45 - Howl Owl Howl / Steve Gorman, Darius Rucker, Mike Mills
16:45 - Dann Huff video thanks / Real interviews vs non-existential meltdowns


Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep into the weeds about quantum physics and Brazilian rosewood whilst plunking on a vintage Dean Z with the very rare Braziliaburst burst finish….

What if you brought a guitar with a Brazilian rosewood board and a Braziliaburst finish to one of those places where you get a Brazilian wax….
I mean, seriously just think about it

This video and video title is dedicated to my dear old friend friend Matt Scannell

September 29th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 506, Tom Bukovac, “Basketweave Cab For Cutie”

Chapters
00:00 - Ripping tone on the Dean Z
04:12 - Helloooo, friends / NFL
05:51 - Dean Z
06:29 - Z neck pickup
07:48 - Difference between cabs
08:27 - Open back cab
09:39 - Closed back cab
13:38 - Explanation of opening the back of the cab / With reverb
16:38 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "First time in Scotland?"
17:50 - "Don't really like to travel"
19:39 - T-shirts


Notes
Uncle Larry demonstrates what would happen if you cut a hole in the back of your 4x12 cab

Special thanks to Hugh and the Marshall boys

try this link for the new shirts friends
https://humbuckermerch.com

September 29th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Blues For Vince Lombardi”

Chapters
00:00 - Marshall cab with new open back / Laney amp / LED sign


Notes
Just a quick thank you to Hugh and the boys in the back room at Marshall amplification …and also a thank you to sweet Daniel C for the light up sign.

Have a great fall Sunday lads

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 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “The Great Gear Parade”

Chapters
00:00 - Gear tour in Blackbird Studios
02:50 - Amp room
06:10 - Rack gear and microphones / Recording gear
07:43 - Pedal gear and guitars
09:00 - Most underrated and overrated piece of gear


Notes
Blackbird Studio in Nashville TN

Ain’t NOBODY got more gear any place in this world

Special guest dear Mikey Simmons

August 13th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ “Everything You REALLY Should Know About A Stock Old Marshall Plexi”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro to Marshall amps / Tremolo
01:56 - Input channels
03:07 - Controls
04:00 - Best way to set them up / Volume as EQ, Bass off, Presense sounds like Zeppelin
05:54 - Playing / Making it chimey
06:56 - Awakening the beast / Getting punchy
08:15 - AC/DC-land
09:13 - Turning it up / High to Low Input
10:37 - Bass channel with Tremolo
12:10 - Switching to the other amp
14:14 - Darker on the Bass channel
15:22 - Juicing it up a bit / In the room feeling
16:25 - Not putting pedals in front / Printed circuit boards
17:27 - What does Plexi mean? / Plexi to aluminum / Harshness with some
19:03 - Spinal Tap amp - Marshall JMP with master volume


Notes
Uncle Larry gets all British on ya' with an in depth look at not-so-arguably the finest guitar amplifier ever made by the humans beings on this particular planet

Those 1968 era Marshalls with the plexiglass front and back panels


Dutton Surrey Suffolk Ipswich Charring Cross Foxhall Unity Works on the Thames

God i wish you guys could hear this shit in the room...as soon as the iPhone compressor kicks on all amps sound the same


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

June 3rd, 2025

If interested please email tiagocastro1974@gmail.com Local Nashville sales would be preferred and price can be negotiated

Chapters
00:00 - '69 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop with '68 appointments
02:31 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior
05:19 - Marshall Basketweave cabs


Notes
If interested please email tiagocastro1974@gmail.com

Local Nashville sales would be preferred and price can be negotiated

September 22nd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Sunday Bonus “Mapleglo Syrup….”

Chapters
00:00 - '66 Rickenbacker 360 look over
04:00 - '66 Marshall Plexi amp head


Notes
for your Sunday pancakes friends…

Welcome to Larry’s house of guitar horrors…where we take in the neglected brutalized stray dogs of the old guitar world and spend waaaaaay too much time and money trying to turn them in to well behaved domesticated studio pets.

Special thanks to Phil Bennett and Greg Germino for placing this BEAUTIFULLY manicured turn key old plexi into my life.
I can already tell I’m gonna have a LOT of fun with that one….

#whitebackpanelsforevah

…and a little word of encouragement for those of you out there who grew up with that legendary percussive plexi thunk that you can literally feel in your nutsack…that you can ONLY get out of an old Marshall or an old Hiwatt…it’s OK that you absolutely cannot stand modeling amps…neither can i……sssssshhhhhh

August 23rd, 2024

Uncle Larry’s Early Fall Garage Sale, “Utilitarian Edition”

Chapters
00:00 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / Marshall Amp
01:23 - Marshall Cabs


Notes
Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you want either of these items friends

Local pickup only

Once I deem you the first responder/buyer you can PayPal me an earnest money deposit to hold the items using the same email above, which is also my PayPal address

July 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 325, Tom Bukovac, “The Fumble”

Chapters
00:00 - Making that guitar hum along
03:10 - Howya doing? / Blake Shelton
04:10 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Moving and cleaning crew
05:18 - Beers starts to hinder playing? (6 beers)
06:03 - Classical?
06:40 - J.D. Vance
07:07 - "Lightning in a Bottle?" / Sometimes magic happens while creating / Demo is always better
09:29 - Missing kitchen, missing garage / Changing something that's good
10:06 - "Wall of amps"
10:24 - AC/DC Marshall cabinets on stage
11:44 - Fuckin' kick ass cleaning company
12:06 - "The Fumble"
13:33 - The landscape of life ("Old man going through changes" - "Divorce", "Flood", "Death of Best Friend", "Rebirth")


Notes
Uncle Larry covers some events of the day and brings back a painful memory that still haunts Clevelanders to this day....can you imagine living with the fact that YOU are the guy who is associated with an event known by any sports fan in America simply as "The Fumble"....

Even Scott Norwood feels sorry for the poor guy....

The truth is that Earnest Byner's career game that day was the only reason that his team was even in the position of potentially winning that game in the first place...but nobody remembers that part.

...and dig this backline friends…damn...
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxey L...

music is so much cooler now

June 23rd, 2024

Homeskoolin' Bonus "Evolution Of A Rock Star"

Chapters
00:00 - Video of son playing


Notes
11 year old Marshall displays his right hand of doom.

Marshall just said, "so dad do i get the PayPal tip jar too?"

hahaaaaaa

he wants to buy a new Gabb phone (a new type of phone that kids can only call and text on, no internet)....but that's gonna have to be a very looooong family discussion....

April 3rd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 297, Tom Bukovac, “Bench Bum”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends! (catch phrase) / Impending storm
00:57 - Changing up YouTube / 1 of 31,000 / Changing strings (dead strings)
31:57 - Crease that string to stay in tune
37:06 - Marshall stuff for sale


Notes
Uncle Larry breathes some new life into an exhausted old 69 custom.

I have had lots of inquiries about the "pile of plexi"...i'm going to start off by trying to sell the entire collection at once...35K for all 7 pieces. if you study the market on plexi's with original transformers you will clearly see that is a very fair price. I know that people who are card carrying members of the old marshall cult like to buy things in collections so i am starting there. local pickup only of course...no shipping. i would also consider a trade for a dead original slab board 59 or 60 two tone tele custom...and of course any no excuses pre 1965 es-335

March 30th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 295, Tom Bukovac “Colorado”

Chapters
00:00 - Loopin' with the echoing '58 Burst
06:21 - Hello, Homeskoolers'!
06:43 - '58 Gibson Les Paul "Burst" / "Like your favorite restaurante" / Internet transportation of guitars
07:45 - Brett Papa video of Tom and Guthrie in the studio / Guthrie record / Expensive to make a record
08:44 - "Using cowboy chords?" /  CAGED
10:00 - Friend wants a 70's Fawn Marshall JMP
10:28 - Selling Marshalls?
11:37 - Best effect pedal company / Electro-Harmonix
12:58 - Talking with Eric "Ebo" Borash
14:04 - Lesson: Loop & "4 Bar Loop" / New Country songs themes (alcohol) / "Colorado" song


Notes
i just did a google images search for "beautiful colorado snowy landscape" to put something pretty in the thumbnail for this video.
i don't know who those people are, but those snowy mountains in the background are just beautiful aren't they?

in this video...Uncle Larry plunks on a 58 burst and gets into some naughty VCB...

"can't forget the way her brown hair catches the wind...shoulda stayed in coloraaaaaadoooo".....
ya' know, something like that for the last bit of the soaring chorus...



and....since we have a lot of new viewers coming along recently...
let me tell ya' how shit works around here...
first off, i NEVER ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....

if you do indeed learn some useful stuff from this channel and feel like it is indeed helping you as a player, all i ask is that you just throw a little something in the tip jar...especially since it's tax season ferchrissakes

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1


a person could potentially purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merch..including several different extremely comfortable and nice feeling T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...i pride myself on having the comfiest t shirts on earth...no scratchy bad fitting horseshit here people.. check it out at
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to... one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

March 26th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Inner Mounting Cleveland”

Chapters
00:00 - Trance, sitar-like guitar
01:21 - The holy temple of Marshalls


Notes
Awaken…with Uncle Larry…

March 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Session Man Pt. 2”

Chapters
00:00 - Recorded track for album coming out


Notes
Oceanway Studios…

Lauren Watkins “Settlin’ Things” in case you are really bored and want to match it to the record when it comes out.

February 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 283, Tom Bukovac, “Hot Marshall Sundae”

Chapters
00:00 - SG Rock 'n' Roll tone
01:00 - Old Uncle Larry on Plexi Sunday
02:00 - "Favorite Homeskoolin'?" / "Hate everything I play"
03:00 - Jeff Steele and Scott Bagman
03:45 - Foreigner and "Corporate Rock" formula
04:35 - "Crazy-ass lick" to torture someone
05:00 - Lesson: Pull-off
06:00 - Dio - Holy Diver (demon bleat)
06:45 - Joni Mitchell - Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm (Lakota Indian chant)
07:15 - Hot Rod Lincoln (George Frayne)
08:35 - "What rockstar that died early would you like to see to continue?" / Jimi Hendrix
09:38 - Rush
10:35 - Drummers interested in old guitars? / Greg Morrow and vintage drums
13:30 - What guitar do you want?
14:01 - '68 Marshall Plexi Super Tremolo 100W


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the absolute zenith of humankind’s experiments with tube amplification...the late 1960's Marshall Plexi panel....

File this one under "stuff Uncle Larry thinks is really fuckin' cool"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMEuibX4c04

so we have a lot of new viewers recently and here's the real inside shit folks...for realz.

i NEVER ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....

if you do indeed learn a lot of stuff from this channel and feel like it is indeed helping you as a player, all i ask is that you just throw a little something in the tip jar...


and where is this tip jar you say???

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1


a person could potentially purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merch..including several different extremely comfortable and nice feeling T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...i pride myself on having the comfiest t shirts on earth...no scratchy bad fitting horseshit here people.. check it out at
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to... one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

November 25th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 259, Tom Bukovac, “The Black Cup”

Chapters
00:00 - Yes - Starship Trooper / Steve Howe - Close to the Edge
04:44 - All about flange / Ibanez, Electric Mistress / Nervous talk
06:00 - Blue Electric Mistress
07:08 - Green Electric Mistress
08:36 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Old photo of the 'mailbox letter burst'
10:27 - '62 Gretsch White Falcon
11:29 - New neon light
12:25 - Guild guitars
15:26 - Old Marshall amps (Plexi) hard to find
16:10 - Name Versus Game (vs.)


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a look at some 70s analog flanger pedals and answers some VCB