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November 14th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 524, Tom Bukovac, “Antique-ing”
Chapters00:00 - 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
If you want to check out the Vintage Verified website here ya go:
https://www.vintageverified.com/
Check out all the latest Homeskoolin merch here:
https://humbuckermerch.com/
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
If you feel like learning some in depth guitar shut check out this guitar course I made with Brett papa…it’s CHOCK FULL of ideas and concepts you can make your own:
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
If you wanna buy some super comfy original Homeskoolin merch go here…this is the OG stuff:
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/me...
If you feel like donating something to the cause:
My PayPal tip jar is tombukovac@gmail.com
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November 8th, 2025
Homeskoolin' Volume 523, Tom Bukovac, "Vintage Verified"
Chapters00:00 - Vintage instrument verification
Notes
Well friends, you have probably heard me mention this new company in the past.
A vintage guitar authentication service right here in Nashville TN called “Vintage Verified”
http://www.vintageverified.com
They have finally officially launched their business and are offering their services to the world.
FINALLY, there is a way to use pure science and data (spectrometry, x ray, microscope etc) to determine whether the finishes, plastics and metals on our beloved old guitars is indeed original or not.
They are now a part of the Gruhn appraisal network, backed by several heavy hitters in the vintage world.
Check out the website to see the list of services and endorsees.
Special thank you to my friend Matt Swanson for joining us .
September 10th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 499, Tom Bukovac, “Nature’s Fifths”
Chapters00:00 - Rockin' it
08:04 - Good morning people / Having a guitar that in tune
09:36 - Doing different things with harmonics
10:50 - Saturday night gig / VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
11:22 - "What is that white box?" / Step-down transformer
11:53 - "Bashing vintage guitars?" / Lamborghini guitars / Expensive ES-335 / Class war
16:40 - T.A.L.K.
17:48 - Percussive palm mute / Ibanez Smashbox / Korn Heavy Metal tones
Notes
Uncle Larry explores the cosmos on a 60 junior that is particularly compliant about being in tune
March 26th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 412, Tom Bukovac, “Retail Of Two Cities”
Chapters00:00 - Buying a Gibson Les Paul at Music City Vintage / Best guitars in the store
05:46 - Graham Whitford story about rockstar dad (Brad Whitford)
10:30 - "Best walk in guitar?"
12:38 - Studio at the old house checkin out a session
Notes
well ok Homeskoolers, i would like you to meet a few more of my friends.
check out this cool store next time you are in the hood folks…Music City Vintage…very nice gear and very sweet folks....
Today's video starring:
Beau Carter
Graham Whitford
Ben
Tammy
I mentioned in the MCV video that I had a day off today…hahaaa.
I literally forgot that I did a quick overdub session this afternoon at my beloved old house that I owned years ago….
as i mentioned before to you guys, i should have never gotten rid of that studio...
#liferegrets
but... I am thrilled that my dear friend Mills Logan still has it and we can work there anytime we want…
so many memories in that room friends...i can't even begin to tell ya'
that’s the little home studio I told you guys about a while back where Brad Paisley made a lot of his earlier records. it was also the place where the Alison Krauss track “Whiskey Lullaby” was recorded.
i remember back in those days Zac Childs was Brad's guitar tech and he was always out there in my little garage.
I remember getting ready to go to work on an ordinary day, and I would open the door to the garage studio and someone like James Burton would just be standing there…
i never knew who would be out there at any given moment...fun times.
that session today was just a little pop country thing ….easy breezy…i worked for an LA based producer I had never met before called David Kershenbaum…very sweet fella
The folks in the studio with me were Mills Logan (amazing engineer) , Rowan Stewart (amazing drummer for Cliffs) and the studio assistant Riley
January 27th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus…”Blues-In-Case”
Chapters00:00 - Rockin' on some different equipment
Notes
Uncle Larry wants to say thank you to the boys at Music City Vintage in Nashville TN for hookin’ a brother up with a fair deal on an EXTREMELY tidy ‘65 Silvertone 1448 with the straightest neck a man could ever ask for…AND a .00005 watt tube amp built right into the case!
Raise your hand if your first guitar was one of these….
We need to start a new trend of building small modeling amps into modern guitar cases with an iPhone type speaker you can barely hear…that would be fuckin’ cool
January 10th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 388, Tom Bukovac, “The Feed Trough & The Egg Basket”
Chapters00:00 - Rockin' out to a loop, starting with bass
11:47 - What's up friends / Snow day / Fires
12:54 - Lesson: Circle of fifths & fourths
15:10 - Don't ever put all your eggs in 1 basket / Multiple feed troughs
19:25 - Pet peeve of fired musicians / Trash talking head musician / Networking
25:51 - Lesson: Faster, cleaner chords
27:28 - '58 Gibson EMS 1235 double neck / Less than 100 built / Abalone Vintage
Notes
Tom Bukovac heats up the tubes in old narrow panel tweed Deluxe on a snowy day in the not so Deep South….and also recounts the ancient tale of “the basket and the trough” (that’s pronounced “troff” Stringlocker…you know, like one of those things cows eat out of?)
August 9th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Time Travel…1963”
Chapters00:00 - Medley of everything from Beatles to the Flintstones
03:25 - Hello, friends!
03:45 - '63 Fender Telecaster / True Vintage / Frets & white case
05:50 - Guthrie Trapp gigs
06:12 - Vince Gill thank you at the Ryman
07:29 - In Studio with Cheap Trick
Notes
Uncle Larry displays a recently unearthed new old stock 1963 Telecaster and gets a little swampy with an old Beatle classic …even going as far as to change the title to “I Sawed Her Standing Hair”
June 17th, 2022
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “What City Are We In?
Chapters00:00 - On stage pedalboard sound experiments
02:50 - Bass drum head
04:18 - Bluesman Vintage bass / Bluesman Deville
06:29 - Backstage, amps, instruments
Notes
A brief look at some of the things the Amazing Dawgs do to prepare for a show….starring Tony Lucido, Eric “Ebo” Borash, Gary “Hard-On” Hartung, and Sarah Johnson.
July 22nd, 2021
Homeskoolin’ Volume 108, Tom Bukovac, “Reverb Math”
Chapters00:00 - Slow ambient jam
02:17 - Hello, class!
04:37 - Baritone strings / Gauge
05:29 - Wrapping strings
06:28 - Jerry Jones Neptune Longhorn Baritone / A tuning
07:40 - Gibson Eb-2D Bass garage sale
Notes
Hello class, just a brief exploratory look at baritone guitars….keep in mind, EVERY guitar sounds cool when you tune it down low enough. Props to John Scott from Bluesman Vintage guitars in Nashville. You may want to contact him if you like lightweight guitars…the Strat he had with him yesterday was literally the lightest Strat i have ever felt in my entire life…5 pounds tops.
If you guys want either of the two instruments from Uncle Larrys Garage Sale just email me at tombukovac@gmail.com
Buyer pays all shipping
Homeskoolin merch available at www.guitarhouse.net
Paypal tip jar is tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo tip jar is @Tom-Bukovac-1
August 1st, 2020
Homeskoolin’ Volume 60, Tom Bukovac “Full Rotor Jacket”
Chapters00:00 - Intro loop jam
03:16 - Hello, class!
05:30 - Video descriptions / Movie
06:49 - Session Man Sandwich
07:51 - Playing for emotion
10:27 - Leslie
11:04 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / Vintage Rat
12:28 - Guitar slide lesson
Notes
See? I write stuff in here.....stuff about the videos that you should consider reading before you ask me stuff .
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