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June 19th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 651, Tom Bukovac, “Fresh 013’s”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Catchy tune on the Martin D-28 Herringbone
03:12 - Hello, friends / Triple day sessioneering
04:53 - "I eat the song" / "Takes a little longer to get there than I used to"
07:09 - Christmas songs
08:30 - Trifecta record
09:37 - Show: Widows Bay / Western movie: Rust
10:10 - Playing: Martin Herringbone
11:50 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '56 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow
14:50 - "You don't need them all"
15:57 - '39 Martin D-28 Herringbone (rear-shifted)
Notes
Uncle Larry explores the boundless possibilities of some new strings on a sweet old 30’s Martin.
June 17th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 648, Tom Bukovac, “Uncle Larry’s Bone”
Chapters00:00 - Hello, friends / Losing that piano feeling / '39 Martin D-28 Herringbone / Tommy Hambridge
05:03 - Hellcat / Jedd Hughes, Guthrie Trapp, Tom Bukovac - Trifecta
07:34 - The piano is back / New Country artist
11:17 - Les Paul Special and other guitars
Notes
Uncle Larry shows ya his beat up old Bone in front of God and everybody
Touched by an uncle …
Hope you guys are all groovy
June 7th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 642, Tom Bukovac, “Acoustophrenia”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Martin D-28 Herringbone
01:55 - Hello friends / Pepe / Fender Mustang
03:00 - Ice Road Truckers / Chef movie
06:24 - CMA Festival?
07:09 - Slip on banana peel?
08:21 - Lesson: "Zeps" or "String squeaks"
10:10 - "They don't know what they don't know" / Learning lessons and crushing dreams
12:22 - Moving out of depression to positiveness
13:43 - Coffee / Selling guitars high / A.I. photo changing
Notes
Uncle Larry shreds on his 39 bone, a guitar which suffers from acute schizophrenia.
June 6th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 641, Tom Bukovac, “Beluga-Grass Festival”
Chapters00:00 - Playing
01:51 - What's up / "What the fuck's that chord Larry?"
02:40 - Love anything depressing
03:23 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "Positive Downbeat Mentality"
04:06 - Beluga cat channel / Son wheelie
05:08 - "Should do a video with Bubba"
05:42 - Lesson: Alternative voicing
07:05 - "Would Jerry Reed...have a YouTube channel?"
08:15 - Negative Vince Gill video comments / Spoonfed vs. hard work
11:30 - Correction of video / Joan Jett / Playing: '39 Martin D-28 Herringbone
14:29 - Beluga cat
14:58 - Peter Frampton studio and coffee / Richard Landis
17:46 - Fun movie fact (Vanishing Point)
18:47 - Bekka Bramlett
Notes
Uncle Larry talks about many many things in a typical morning Homeskoolin’ ramble.
The French movie I was trying to think of was “Irreversible”…still to this day the darkest movie I have ever seen
The Richard Landis movie was called “Greetings”
Thank the Good Lord for the google
June 2nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “A Guitar You Can Grow Old With”
Chapters00:00 - 000-18 for sale
Notes
Here’s a sweet one for you guys
A nice straight 1942 Martin OOO-18 that my dear friend Brandon Hood owns
All there except a non original case
20k plus shipping
If you wanna take a shot at this one email me at tombukovac@gmail.com and I’ll hook you up with Brandon
May 15th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 626, Tom Bukovac, “Power Tools”
Chapters00:00 - Playing the shit out that guitar
11:34 - Ah, hello, friends!
12:12 - Lesson: Cool lick (Dmaj -> Amaj -> Emaj) / Bending octaves
15:12 - Lesson: Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Notes
Uncle Larry fresh home from a day of sessioneering heats up the tubes of a crusty old Fullerton tweed kicker box with an old flamethrowin' razor from the golden age of Kalamazoo....a belligerent old six string sawzall from Parsons Street....a tuxedo black triple ply P-90 billy club bruiser.... ebony and blocks from a fly over midwestern ghetto...a blue handle pebble case Honduran hog brawler from McCarty's Michigan....
ya know...if you guys are indeed enjoying this shit PLEASE throw a little somethin' in the tip jar....it certainly helps keep the spirits up here at corporate...you mustn't forget i have NEVER ONCE asked you guys to subscribe or to smash that like button..
paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com
venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1
May 15th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 625, Tom Bukovac, “Uncle Larry’s Bone”
Chapters00:00 - Playing acoustic
03:34 - Hello, friends / Brandon Hood / Video lighting
06:45 - Dee Dickerson buys a guitar / People want a guitar more than me
08:57 - "What is the tape for?"
09:30 - Old man rant about truths
12:32 - "I don't have dandruff"
13:20 - '39 Martin D-28 Herringbone (Bone)
Notes
Uncle Larry explains why people are smarter today
May 6th, 2026
Homeskoolin' Volume 618, Little Tommy Bukovac, "Wipe Out"
Chapters00:00 - Best sounding acoustic
06:06 - Hello friends
06:39 - '39 Martin D-28 Herringbone (Bone) / Different sounds
09:00 - Jedd, Guthrie album is finished
10:00 - Son is natural born guitar player
11:00 - eBike wreck
11:30 - Back to the acoustic sound / eBike wreck
13:53 - Martin Bone sounds / Selling off other gear / Playing
15:38 - Park Guitars and purchase
16:12 - Jamie French and video
17:00 - Lesson: Check out these chords
17:43 - Martin 000-18 comparison
18:40 - Martin D-28
19:00 - Lesson: Bbmaj7 [1 1 0 2 3 x ] / Ebmaj7 [x 1 1 0 3 3]
19:46 - Wipeout
Notes
Unbelievably, his friend Benny just HAPPENED to be filming when it happened.
Hope you enjoy this somewhat intimate look at the best acoustic guitar I have ever personally owned.
For the last couple days these creepy ass black vultures have been hanging around my house ...the neighbors dog is barking at them...hope they get the message that they should move on
April 30th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 614, Tom Bukovac, “American Youth”
Chapters00:00 - Playing the Martins
Notes
Uncle Larry is joined today by Steve Kovach, a brilliant young guitarist from the band CLIFFS…he also plays with big machine artist Hunter Flynn
Lovely young man with good parents and good hands.
April 29th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 612, Tom Bukovac, “A Bone To Pick”
Chapters00:00 - Playing beautifully
01:03 - Hello, friends
02:16 - 3 30's Martins and a Gibson J-45 Banner Head ('39 D-28, '39 D-18, '38 000-18)
03:11 - Playing: D-28
04:55 - Playing: 000-18
06:10 - Playing: D-18
07:34 - Playing: D-28
08:50 - Playing: 000-18
09:49 - Playing: Gibson J-45
11:06 - Playing: D-28
12:25 - Playing: D-18
13:06 - Banging on them
13:20 - D-18 banger
13:33 - Gibson J-45 banger
13:50 - 000-18 banger
15:18 - Summary
Notes
Pick your favorite bone from the late spring line-up of 30’s Martins that are piling up at the Homeskoolin’ Industries headquarters nerve center….warehouse…station….place.
These guitars were all built in the same factory within a year from each other, yet they are so COMPLETELY different..I even threw a bad ass old piece of Parsons Street history in there so you can compare that too
April 28th, 2026
Boneskoolin’ Volume 611, Tom Bukovac, “Lipstick Swamper”
Chapters00:00 - Drink cooler / Loula / Getting bored
03:00 - '50s Danelectro U-2
04:15 - Muscle Shoals / Gun Runner hotel / Using guitars on recordings
07:40 - Ella Langley
11:19 - '30's Martins
14:20 - Playing
18:29 - Guild S-200 T-Bird
21:39 - Rick Beato and Peter Frampton interview / Playing into the Beatles
Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on yet another busy week, fresh home from "the Shoals", as the music business insiders say, whilst restringing a tastefully chopped late 50's Danelectro U-2.
Sorry for the blur in this 100 percent absolutely free video friends...as you can already tell, the phone camera was in cinematic mode by accident.... i'll be sure to fire the camera guy.
Check out The Band Loula…great singers with a very cool vibe...sweetheart people...i really enjoyed working with them.
and totally unrelated, check this vid out friends....fucking FASCINATING
April 10th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 607, “Does Tone Come From The Hands?”
Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Fender Telecaster
05:21 - Hellooo, friends!
06:00 - Playing: Coming up with some Michael Jackson tunes
08:10 - "Killer Chorus" / Michael Jackson and greats making great noises
09:25 - "How do you come up with flow of ideas?"
11:25 - Paul McCartney
11:52 - Lesson: Get a motif going and then start fucking with it / Putting melodies to it
13:30 - "If you don't practice improvising, how are you ever going to get better at it?" / Pre-Internet practice
14:59 - Lesson: Weakness tentativeness
15:38 - "How much tone is in the hands?" = 95%, the other 5% in gear is important! :|
16:36 - The most interesting video - Tonal shading of 10 different individual guitar players
18:41 - Danny Dugmore story about David Grissom and tone from the hands / Gear settings are in the ear
22:56 - Summation / Play the Middle Way (not too much and not too little)
Notes
The age old question that we are all SOOOO sick of finally gets definitely answered Cleveland style.
I even did one of those super dumb thumbnail pictures to match my clickbait video title…cuz it seemed appropriate
April 2nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 601, Tom Bukovac, “If 36 Was 39”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Acoustic
02:39 - Hello, friends! / Morgan Wallen, Dan Auerbach, Michael Buble
05:15 - Lesson: McCartney style acoustic playing / Beatles - Blackbird
09:55 - Playing and singing
10:53 - "Saddest guitar ever" - Gibson J-50
12:34 - Son troubles
14:54 - Lesson: Nice chord Fmaj7add9 [x 8 0 5 0 8]
17:57 - Bryan Sutton and D18
Notes
Uncle Larry teaches ya a very cool fingerpickin technique that you REALLY need to get under your hands.
And is joined at the end by a special guest
If the video isn’t perfectly synced with the audio on the end piece, please try to remember, these videos are absolutely free
March 24th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 595, Tom Bukovac, “Spring Cleanin’”
Chapters00:00 - Playing acoustic
02:44 - Checking in...
03:36 - '36 Martin D-18
06:09 - Grabbing the '38 Martin
06:32 - '38 Marting 000-18
06:53 - Playing: 000-18
08:27 - Playing: D-18
10:26 - Comparing it to a Neumann U67 microphone
13:01 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '59 Gibson J50 - $6,500
13:48 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '56 Gibson Les Paul Special - $22,000
14:42 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '80 Hamer Sunburst - $3,000
16:03 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '61 Fender 400 Pedal Steel - $2,500
Notes
Uncle Larry’s champagne tastes on a beer budget once again forces him to liquidate some gear he wasn’t planning on selling
As always …local pickup ALWAYS wins here
My email is tombukovac@gmail.com
59 J-50…I got 6k in it and I am trying to make 500 bucks on it…do the math
56 LP Special …22K plus shipping …ask any vintage dealer about that price…oh and don’t forget to tell them that it’s 9.5/10 condition
1980 Hamer Sunburst, a bit heavy but it’s a tone machine…set up PERFECTLY…priced VERY affordabily 3K
61 Fender 400 pedal steel…very low mileage and no rust whatsoever $2500.00
March 22nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 594, Tom Bukovac, “Shade Top Mechanic”
Chapters00:00 - Unclus Larrius and Springtime
02:32 - Shorepoint Guitars and classic Gibson acoustic purchase
05:00 - '48 Martin D-18 Shaded Top
09:18 - Back to the Gibson J-50 string change / Playing
Notes
Uncle Larry recounts a lovely experience he had yesterday at the Amigo’s vintage guitar show in Music City USA
January 9th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 558, Tom Bukovac, “Fear Of Changing Strings”
Chapters00:00 - Acoustic Magic
03:45 - Uncle Larry checking in / Talladega Nights
04:35 - Martin acoustic and never changing the strings
12:36 - New D'Addario string, creasing the bridge / Launching some Gibsons?
Notes
Asking for a friend here , you know that feeling when you love a guitar SO MUCH just the way it is, that you are terrified to change the completely knackered worn out old strings , because you’re deathly afraid it’s gonna totally kill the whole vibe of the guitar?
I have never changed the strings on this magical little 38 OOO-18 the whole time I have had it for that very reason …but tonight friends??
Tonight that all changed
The old strings just wouldn’t tune up anymore, so I had no choice .
In retrospect I’m glad I did …the new strings reminded me of why I fell in love with this guitar in the first place …sure they are a tiny bit bright right now, but after a couple weeks of passing it around to people on sessions that will all be sorted out
January 9th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 557, Tom Bukovac, “The Singing River”
Chapters00:00 - Multi-bending beauty
01:10 - Hello, friends! / Natchez Trace (Indian road) / NFL gift
03:51 - Trip to Muscle Shoals / Beautiful voice - Thomas "Tommy" Edwards
05:30 - Lynyrd Skynyrd / Artimus Pyle timing / "Time for a book?" Bohemian Grove
08:20 - "Raconteur"
10:15 - John Oates guitar / Hearing / Old Mom Bukovac
15:18 - Hearing aids
16:55 - Thomas "Tommy" Edwards snippet
Notes
Uncle Larry recounts his recent experience in the ancient magnetism of the “Singing River” and a place that the Native Americans thought had a magical power…Muscle Shoals Alabama
I don’t travel much these days …I’ve been everywhere ten times over in this life and i NEVER condone the horrors of traveling to anyone else because i personally LOATHE traveling with every fiber of my being…but if you’ve never been there friends, you need to go.
There is just something about that place that is truly remarkable....neither i or anyone else i know can put it into words.
and TOTALLY unrelated....Kiwi is working on my 65 impala that i have owned for over 20 years
November 24th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Black Friday Course Details”
Chapters00:00 - 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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Make sure to use coupon code 2025BF for the discount!
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 22nd, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 531, Tom Bukovac, “Child Actor”
Chapters00:00 - 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
October 18th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 508, Tom Bukovac, “La Red Grange”
Chapters00:00 - Pulling out some tricky playing
04:05 - Hello, friends! / NFL shootout / Son's driving experience
06:28 - Lesson: The smear revisited in many forms
07:42 - '57 Gibson ES-225
08:45 - Thanks for kind words / Working
09:52 - '57 Gibson ES-225 / Couch plunkers
11:45 - Music City Bridge
13:07 - Guitar Party Band at 3rd & Lindsley
14:30 - Ninevolt and Dan Auerbach
15:16 - Honking like a harmonica
Notes
Uncle Larry smears it out on a delicious chunk of golden era Kalamazoo....just a little wet bulb blues for the galloping ghost
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