March 24th, 2025

Uncle Larry’s 1 Amigo Guitar Show

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
02:11 - Novo Serus - $3,200
03:40 - '65 or '66 Epiphone Olympic - $900
04:50 - '64 Epiphone Al Caiola - $2,500
06:37 - '60 Harmony Stratotone Jupiter - $1,600
08:04 - Jerry Jones Electric Sitar - $1,700
08:59 - EHX Memory Man - $700
09:37 - Silvertone amp in case - $1,000


Notes
Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com to claim your prize

March 7th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 407, Tom Bukovac, “Bad Decision Soup”

Chapters
00:00 - Just playing away
10:56 - Alright, how's it going friends / Vision
12:08 - Gibson ES-335 love
12:32 - Drew and Homeskoolin' merch / New t-shirts in mind / Motortrend Magazine
14:00 - DVD movies that will cure you / Brick, Intacto, Delicatessen, Sunshine
14:46 - Muscle Shoal / Things that were great in the past
16:23 - "The cage you built is all you" / Good decision soup, or bad decision soup
17:19 - Cheesy, weak, awesome rhythm playing
18:15 - Muscle Shoals vibe
19:21 - Ty Myers mom and cut off video / Steven Tyler
21:19 - Brett Papa and video subscription project / "Never going to get this done"
23:23 - John McBride and Gruhn Baritone guitar
25:40 - 'Merican Patriot
26:32 - Lesson: Hard pull off


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some straight sports bar blooze and reflects about the recent experience of recording in one of the most soulful places in ‘Merica….

February 26th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Session Update “Bad Investment”

Chapters
00:00 - Starstruck Studios and "the Pond" tour


Notes
A quick tour of “the Pond” at Starstruck studio in downtown Nashville

It turns out that an SSL console wasn’t a great investment in 1994

Brandon Hood producing a record for Emily Ann Robert’s

Starring my dear old pal Chris Ashburn

February 10th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “9 Volt Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' on a small amp...no gear needed


Notes
and a one…and a two…and a one, two, three, four..

January 7th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 386, Tom Bukovac, “Mic It Up”

Chapters
00:00 - Beautiful sounds from the 90s
08:43 - Hello, friends! / MN Chorus / Talking Scott Baggett / Christmas lights
10:40 - Loading out shows / Bands and being a bass player
12:16 - Phases of guitar players life
13:53 - Tube amps vs modelers / Oxbox
15:27 - Miking an amp / Different kinds of mics
19:37 - Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix
20:20 - Lesson: Demonstration of miking an amp (video)



Notes
Uncle Larry explores the dynamic subtleties and tonal possibilities of a couple 70 year old P90s and gets into some deep talks regarding mic’ing tube amplifiers

the microphone tutorial at the end was made by my dear friend Drew Bollman....engineer to the stars...
thank you my dear man

December 11th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 375, Tom Bukovac, “Castles Made Of Salmon”

Chapters
00:00 - Slow and steady Jimi-style?
05:41 - Hello, friends!
06:03 - Rickenbacker 360 / Rumble Seat / Playing
09:35 - Continuation
10:20 - New Novo guitar / Playing
15:25 - The Cliffs (Uncle Larry produced band) / Jed Hughes and Tom Bukovac opening
16:30 - Novo Guitars
17:12 - Playing: Jimi Hendrix - "Castles Made of Sand" (singing)
21:12 - Playing
23:13 - "Jive Bullshit" / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry tries his hand on a couple fresh horses

Special thanks to sweet Doug Jarrell at Rumbleseat Music for bringing this neglected old heap of parts from the 60s into 2024

Go see them Cliffs at the Basement on Dec 18 friends

Congrats to the folks at Novo for building a new guitar that can actually keep up with the likes of a Duesenberg Session Man

Thank you for your continued support of the channel friends….it means a lot to old Uncle Larry

December 1st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 368, Tom Bukovac, “The Tone Zone”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing a new Eastwood Guitars Senn
02:23 - Eastwood Senn guitar
04:26 - NFL
05:36 - Impersonation Contest
07:00 - '60 Fender Telecaster Custom (Burst side?)
09:34 - Glaser adjustiable saddles
10:12 - Fret job
10:51 - '60 Tele
12:11 - '63 Tele
12:57 - '60 Tele again
13:45 - Special thank you
14:14 - Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry shows ya a coupla cool guitars on a crisp Sunday

Here’s a couple things you need friends
https://musiccitybridge.com


Check out the new Eastwood Senn Model One guitar at Eastwoodguitars.com

Special thanks to Eric Mann at Blackbird Vintage guitars in Orlando FL for the smooth transaction

November 27th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 365, Tom Bukovac, “Dual Gate Shifter Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello friends / Jenn Senn in Shell Pink / Changing strings
04:19 - Gibson Firebrand X talk / Pickups
05:02 - Cutting the strings
05:39 - Spanish tuning
07:41 - Strings D'Addario
08:40 - Stratocaster string wraps
09:03 - Pontiac GTO / Looking for a mechanic
11:23 - Birthday gig Dec. 20th 3rd & Lindsley / Thanks
13:33 - NFL: Giants
18:53 - Playing: The Who - "Teenage Wasteland"
20:02 - Special 'Blues over Major' playing
21:35 - Strings stretching and changing intonation / Cutting the spring
24:54 - Lesson: Test chord (Bmaj/E) [0 14 16 16 16 0]


Notes
Uncle Larry tries to exhume a Senn Strat from a thick coated shell of acidic hand residue and waxes rhapsodic about ratchet shifters and the internet

November 17th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 361, Tom Bukovac, “The Downward Pull”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends...hello, friends...
01:22 - Changing strings
02:56 - "Downward pull"
05:24 - Mark Morton - Lamb of God story
14:40 - Less than 50 instruments
15:15 - Love YouTube comments
19:10 - Kick ass Electro-Harmonix pedals (Big Muffs, Ram's Head, Electric Mistress)
21:00 - Dead center on strings / Jeff Senn
23:03 - George Gruhn Versitar
23:37 - Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow
24:45 - NFL betting
25:50 - MXR Stereo Chorus / New York gig


Notes
Uncle Larry has a little chat with ya while changing the strings on one of his old mules.

Thanks for the continued support of the channel friends

November 9th, 2024

Homeskoolin' "FINALLY, He Talks About Pedals!!!"

Chapters
00:00 - Some crazy pedal modulation and fuzz
01:30 - Collision Devices - Tars
02:14 - Reason son isn't on camera / Worst product ever
03:10 - Bare minimum pedalboard / Heavy and hard to carry
04:45 - Pedalboard look / Brigadier / Vintage pedals selloff?
07:50 - Son, Marshall playing
08:34 - Marshall's pedalboard


Notes
Uncle Larry gets into some pedal talk...because he knows you've been patiently waiting for it

September 14th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Goes To Gruhn’s Episode 8

Chapters
00:00 - Discussing life along with instruments
01:34 - Dean Guitars / Golden years
13:00 - Dean bridge pickup
16:48 - Burst bridge pickup
19:22 - Dean neck pickup / Comparison
24:24 - Discussion
34:00 - ES-335
36:35 - Burst
37:19 - ES-335 discussion
38:00 - Burst neck pickup
38:34 - ES-335 neck pickup
39:30 - ES-335
40:00 - '64 Gibson Firebird 3
41:29 - Firebird
42:48 - Conclusion


Notes
Starring
George Gruhn
Cory Terrell
Greg Voros
Nathan Golliher
and Peter

August 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Hamburgers With Legs”

Chapters
00:00 - Geckos
05:25 - Gruhn's secret way of pressing guitar guards /
10:15 - Bent/cupped guard
10:58 - Old Strat tilted pickup twisted



Notes
If you don’t consider yourself to be a TRUE homeskooler you might want to skip this one lads.

Long form TOTALLY random content…a little something for everyone here in this patchwork quilt of slice of life moments from your old pal Uncle Larry.

Starring:
Marshall
Leo
The Leopard Gecko gang (Drake and Dotters)
Bubba
Greg Voros
Drew
Joel
Corey

…and the rest of the Gruhn Guitars family

August 12th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Danger Will Robinson”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro, Jeff Senn
01:08 - '54 Fender Stratocaster
01:46 - Fender Middle pickup
02:04 - Senn Middle pickup


Notes
As part of my lifelong effort to defend the honor and virtue of old guitars, I offer you this short comparison

Check out how much more fucking DANGEROUS the bridge pickup on this time capsule 150k early production 54 Strat is compared to the shit I normally use.

In a side by side comparison the senn sounds like a cheap model of the 54…

Granted, it’s all about context…what song are we playing etc etc…but you gotta admit, that shit sounds damn good.

Wish I could afford it friends

July 25th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 326, Tom Bukovac, “Junk Food Larry"

Chapters
00:00 - Nice calming vibrations
02:56 - What's up, friends! / Intro / Nashville guitar day / Fretboard Journal call
04:56 - "Insufferable" Larry in the studio / Visions
05:55 - Guthrie Trapp & Tom Bukovac - In Stereo vinyl final product
06:42 - Gruhn's, Guitar Magazine, Eric "Ebo" Borash
08:09 - Album thanks
08:28 - The Gear Page guy equates videos to "junk food"
09:57 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Cast of characters
12:21 - Les Paul measuring tool for the safe
12:34 - "Need to see curled lip"
13:05 - Guthrie Trapp New York trip and gigs in November
14:30 - Joe's Shanghai, Blue Ribbon Sushi / Drinking beer from glass
15:00 - "Guitar players mostly playing for other guitar players?"
16:12 - Musicians that constantly use the volume and tone / Nuances in tone
17:58 - Compression (compressor / 1176) / Darkening the tone
18:45 - Football season
19:23 - Sessionman get paid? / Never ask someone about finances / Unspoken bro code
20:33 -'57 Les Paul Gibson getting refretted at Gruhn's


Notes
Uncle Larry strums a little tune for ya' on a chunky old Gibson with “double grams" as they say in the biz...

can you play like this?.....yeah me neither...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol09CeTzm0

so let's say you feel like you are indeed learning a lot from these silly videos i make...and maybe you are starting to feel a liiiiiiiiittttle bit guilty that you haven't thrown something in the tip jar to help with my personal one man crusade to bring chords back to music...well friends, you can fix that today....

my PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

June 28th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Class Presentation (Volume 1, Anthony Ziomek)

Chapters
00:00 - Mixing it up on the Senn Strat
03:06 - Hello, friends! / Explanation of new platform / Ebo amp drop off
04:20 - Rick Beato
05:37 - Vinyl record in 10 days
05:54 - Volume 1 - Anthony Ziomek (07:20 - Start)
14:17 - Lesson: Vibrato / Trem bar / Whammy


Notes
The pilot episode of a potential new Homeskoolin' spin-off series....(well, that is of course if anybody actually LIKES it)....

So here's the pitch...
a Homeskooler submits a 3-5 minute video of their guitar playing to be evaluated by Uncle Larry AND the rest of the class....you gotta clearly show both your hands in the video....a solo performance with no accompaniment or backing tracks is preferred, but not mandatory.

Larry will then watch the video and of course make his patented BRUTALLY honest assessments of that person's touch, technique, feel, sound, pocket and all the rest of the elements that go into playing guitar for real.

Todays student for your consideration is Anthony Ziomek

It takes some thick skin to open yourself up to this type of thing in the first place…I appreciate you being willing to participate Anthony...you got balls my friend.

So, if anyone else wants to try their hand at this madness just go ahead and email me at tombukovac@gmail.com and we can discuss details.

It's gonna cost you 500 bucks to get your video sent off to the lab and get your test results back friends. You have to be patient too...that is VERY important.

This 500 bucks is the same fee i charge for actual in person guitar lessons (that sadly i never have time to actually do, but i wish i could)....oh well...someday friends.

I sincerely hope this helps all of you learn a thing or two that can be useful down the road...


and totally unrelated, but still fun...damn i love a nasty blues harp.

• Blues & Dank Nugs (Tom Bukovac Cover)

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

but wait....THERE'S MERCH TOO!!!!

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/me...


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...

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/alb...

There is also an instrumental record Larry made with Guthrie Trapp called "In Stereo" that can be found here...
https://bakedalaskarecords.com/produc...

June 16th, 2024

Homeskoolin Volume 316, Tom Bukovac, “Eat A Peach”

Chapters
00:00 - Blues away
02:30 - Hello, good friends! / Hiatus
04:43 - '63 Fender Stratocaster / Greg Voros apprentice story
08:44 - A bitching platform / 6 mos. girlfriend / Nashville
10:45 - IT IS ALL WORK!
15:00 - Moving houses with pool


Notes
Uncle Larry checks in after a long hiatus of solo dadding, working full time and moving all at once…

I’ll have you know that this 16 minute video was uploaded in mere minutes on a brand new wi-fi rig…praise the Baby Jesus

May 28th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 314, Tom Bukovac, “Hellhound On My Facebook Message Inbox”

Chapters
00:00 - Blooming that slide
01:14 - Playing Blues over Major (01:34 - Start playing)
02:35 - Would like to see Homeskoolers' and what they look like
03:15 - Let's talk about slide / Tom Britt lessons
06:26 - Lesson: Slide players, using fingers, muting
07:51 - Slide players and exact copies / Derek Trucks
09:09 - Lesson: Don't let slide cripple you
10:57 - Keeping in tune when using slide / Tendency to be sharp
12:32 - Playing without looking
13:03 - Buddy Emmons practiced in darkness


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the blues on a Tuesday just like any other Tuesday

May 21st, 2024

Homeskoolin' Volume 310, Tom Bukovac, "The Dining Dead"

Chapters
00:00 - Plugging the Blues
01:29 - Hello, friends. / Over 900 videos / At least 18,000 hrs. / Getting better is a journey
05:20 - Sometimes just not the right guy (movie score job)
06:47 - Guitar playing is a lifestyle (Clint Strong, Tommy Immanuel) / Nobody is good at everything
09:47 - Jeff Senn Strat / Ilitch switch
11:18 - '63 Fender Stratocaster
12:52 - Jeff Senn Strat bridge
13:26 - Thank you for Guthrie gig / Cell phone videos / Brett Papa camera
15:21 - Completely on the fly and improv
16:39 - '63 Fender Strat neck


Notes
Uncle Larry stars in this exclusive Netfux reality based mini series about the ups and downs of a life in music

May 18th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “A Cool Chopper From The Early Days Of 501chorusecho”

Chapters
00:00 - Montage
00:17 - Hey, friends! / Special guest guitar player / Talent show
01:55 - Jeff Senn selling Princeton Reverb
02:17 - Jerry Reed - Amos Moses (guitar and singing tangent)
03:36 - '73 Princeton Reverb garage sale


Notes
Todays lesson? Amps can be choppers too friends…

Contact me if you want this one that was used in this ancient video you may recall...
of a much younger Larry....without a care in the world....many years prior to "The Great Trilogy Of Pain" ....

Tom Bukovac and his Original Senn Ful...

1500 CASH LOCAL PICKUP IN NASHVILLE ONLY

i am selling this for my friend Jeff, so you will have to meet up with him

It’s probably gonna go quick so as soon after it sells I’ll post and pin a comment saying it’s sold and then, I beg you….after that PLEASE don’t flood me with a million emails after that asking if it’s still available….PLEASE i beg you


Special thanks to all who came out to throw down at the Underdog last night…one of the funnest gigs i have ever played....no shit.
GT is bringing killer live music back to this great city and i am proud to be a small part of it in any way

May 8th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Petit Bouche”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - 1950 Petit Bouche / Django Reinhardt sound (Jazz)
01:28 - Petit Bouche playing / That tone
02:40 - '30 Gibson L-5 (George's loudest ever heard)
03:38 - L-5 playing
04:46 - "I can play Foghat"
05:10 - Comparison of guitars
06:00 - Stromberg vs. L-5
06:30 - What do you like best?


Notes
Hello friends…I just wanted to do a quick video with George after I fell absolutely in love with both of these KILLER guitars, even though I have no idea how to play them…

If any of you guys out there play this type of music i can tell you for a FACT that either of these old guitars are a no brainer.