September 6th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 702, Tom Bukovac, “She’s A Sustainiac”

Chapters
00:00 - 'Putting a new fresh set of guts' on the Fernandes
07:55 - Window washing saga / Heat, slang, sons' update
16:23 - Scams, strings, and getting over illness
18:31 - 2-step verification and getting hacked / "Anonymous"(hacking group for good)
24:13 - Hearing loss
28:10 - Tuning / Playing


Notes
She’s a sustainiac, stainiac on the floor…and she’s dancin’ like she never danced before….

In his second bench video in one day , Uncle Larry tries to remember how to change strings on a Floyd in front of a live audience

September 6th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 701, Tom Bukovac, “For Lovers Of Jazz & Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Good morning
01:47 - Gibson P13 pickups / Restringing
10:00 - "Not just about guitar; it's about life" / Learn the hard way


Notes
Uncle Larry tries to jump start an old 59 Harmony H-62 that needs a good bit of work...

and totally unrelated...i could literally watch this shit all day long, i love how he talks like Angus Young.
• 1979: Fred Dibnah - Steeplejack: Full Docu...

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August 27th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 693, Tom Bukovac, “X’s and OOO’s”

Chapters
00:00 - "Sitting on the Sand" / Hi, friends / Update / Dolly Parton
04:00 - Anyone want to do a delivery from Nashville to Maryland?
05:35 - Guild Thunderbird / Little mystery in life is good
07:33 - XTS (XAct Tone Solutions) / "Coxman"
11:28 - '38 Martin 000-18
13:02 - Cutting the string in the wrong place / Tuning / Playing
16:08 - Phil X


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings one of his favorite old acoustics while running his mouth about the current events of the day

August 7th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 678, Tom Bukovac, “Utility Acoustic”

Chapters
00:00 - Thanks and happy to be alive / Zinger picks
02:54 - 2000ish Gibson J45 / Changing strings / NFL Hall of Fame game / Playing tuning


Notes
Uncle Larry strings up a good workin’ man’s guitar for the Homeskoolers after a day of sessioneering

Special thanks to all you dear Homeskoolers who have stuck around through this whole bloody mess

June 28th, 2026

Uncle Larry’s Random Gear Review (EHX Deluxe Memory Man & Big Muff)

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends / Electro-Harmonix tryout
01:15 - Clean sound
01:52 - Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
02:36 - Tone control
02:52 - Sustain control
03:23 - Electro-Harmonix Memory Man / Controls / Gain
08:03 - Longest delay you can get / Brightness / Modulation
10:00 - Summary


Notes
Uncle Larry delves into a couple new EHX pedals …the new Big Muff and the new small box Deluxe Memory Man

June 22nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 656, Tom Bukovac, “Experimental Doink”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello
01:33 - Fender Telecaster and putting on flatwound 9's on it
03:35 - Music City Bridge Groove Master telly saddles
04:13 - Capo / Going to 9's and the super doink
12:45 - Guild S-200 Thunderbird
13:51 - Testing out for the first time
14:42 - Email about the "Uncle Larry Freeze" / Busting balls
22:33 - Plugging it in / Slamming it on table / Tuning
24:00 - Could not hate this any more than I do


Notes
Uncle Larry forges fearlessly ahead in the quest to experiment with new sounds.

June 3rd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 640, Tom Bukovac, “Garage Chopper”

Chapters
00:00 - Hi, friends / Movie: The Lost Boys
01:17 - '62 Gibson ES-330 chopper
03:12 - Ben Gallagher session
06:15 - Eagles - Already Gone / Cooper Time Cube
09:30 - Shipped guitars
12:00 - Tuning
13:07 - Playing: Gibson ES-330


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class an egregiously chopped 62 es-330 with a particularly gnarly pair of late 60’s Gibson Patent Number humbuckers after a day’s work

And please take a moment to check out the video for CLIFFS new single

May 31st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 638, Tom Bukovac, “Heavy Benchin’”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello friends / Sparkling water / Serial 4445
03:32 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior
05:52 - Music City Bridge
07:13 - Marcus King & Dan Auerbach | Behind the Scenes with Rolling Stone (link)
11:30 - Alison Krauss
12:30 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior / Brandon Hood
15:26 - Nashville guy / Setting up the guitar / Fender Stratocaster


Notes
Here’s some long form bench content for the TRUE Homeskoolers out there…this is basically the Homeskoolin’ equivalent of reading “War And Peace”…
Maybe save this one for the next time you get a cold and you’ve got a few days to just lay around on the couch and watch 10 movies in a row

What you’ll see and hear if you DO stick around ….

You’ll see Larry changing out the original bridge on a lovely old 58 LP Junior, and you’ll get to hear that guitar play TRULY in tune for the first time in its life…after 68 years of faithful rock and roll service on this glorious planet

and… you’ll take an extensive tour through 3 very strident lovely sounding original pickups on a 1957 Stratocaster …and you’ll get to hear them played right next to the original pickups on a 65 LPB Stratocaster through the same amp

Hope you enjoy friends

May 24th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 632.5, Tom Bukovac, “Tough Guy Bends (Part 2)”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Guild S-200 Thunderbird without going out of tune
04:00 - Iannuci Audio clone pedal vs. ODR-1


Notes
A brief addendum to this morning’s Homeskoolin’ curriculum for extra credit

the pedal i am trying is made by Iannucci
https://www.iannucciaudio.com/en-intl/home

May 24th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 632, Tom Bukovac, “Tough Guy Bends”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Guild T-bird
03:57 - Hello, class! / Special guitar
05:15 - Guild pickup in the drawer / '68 Les Paul / Thanks for Gill video
07:14 - Guitar going out of tune because of the nut
10:00 - Nut files
12:00 - Being at Gruhn's
19:64 - '48 Martin D-18


Notes
Uncle Larry shows ya some cool shit on a Sunday….including how to bend like a tough guy

This old Guild S-200 was perfect when I first got it back from Greg Voros, but the nut slots started binding up, so I wanted to show you how to address that problem

This guy is cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiCR8SYLmAY

April 28th, 2026

Boneskoolin’ Volume 611, Tom Bukovac, “Lipstick Swamper”

Chapters
00:00 - 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

March 29th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 600, Tom Bukovac, “Faded Cherry”

Chapters
00:00 - Changing strings '61 Gibson SG
05:00 - Taking off pickguard


Notes
Uncle Larry commandeers an old 61 SG/LP from his own son’s guitar stash

Friends, please check out the big sale going on this weekend for my guitar instructional course going on at brettpapa.com
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Half off this time , so if you have been putting it off, NOW is the time to take the plunge

March 29th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Offset America Part 3”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing Fender Electric XII
03:44 - The guitar Candy Apple Red


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class one of the grand ideas CBS tarted out right after they purchased the second best guitar company in the world in 1965.

The Fender Electric XII…replete with offset body, hockey stick headstock, 4 way rotary pickup selector, binding and blocks, and in this case…a lovely candy apple red finish

Friends, please check out the big sale going on this weekend for my guitar instructional course going on at brettpapa.com
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Half off this time , so if you have been putting it off, NOW is the time to take the plunge

March 28th, 2026

Homeskoolin Volume 599, Tom Bukovac, “Pulled Into Nazareth…”

Chapters
00:00 - Stringing an acoustic and talking Kid Rock and putting together unknown players
10:00 - Thanks and update


Notes
Friends, please check out the big sale going on this weekend for my guitar instructional course going on at brettpapa.com
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

Half off this time , so if you have been putting it off, NOW is the time to take the plunge

Witness a complete and total transformation that takes place after I get rid of the bullshit coated strings that were on this 39 D-18 and put on a set of Daddario phosphor bronze 013s, as the Good Lord intended .

March 22nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 594, Tom Bukovac, “Shade Top Mechanic”

Chapters
00:00 - 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

March 15th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Uncle Rowdy”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing


Notes

Uncle Larry takes a ride on “Uncle Rowdy”, a particularly angry terminally pissed off chopped 59 Strat …he never wanted to be chopped, now he lives with a chip on his shoulder and a bad disposition in a lawless western town hiding from the Pinkertons and cheating every man he meets blind

…and in the end, all great songs just become one …

For example …over this I like to sing stuff like
“l’m gonna love you forever and ever, here’s a quarter call someone who cares”

March 1st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 587, Tom Bukovac, “The Missing Piece”

Chapters
00:00 - Guess, hello, friends
00:56 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special
03:00 - Stash of parts
07:38 - Marshall amps / Dumble amps
13:02 - Fender vs Gibson guitars / Gibson L5
15:40 - Soul Power series
17:35 - Jizzboy / Pickup height / Tuning
21:34 - Playing / Intonation...


Notes
In today’s episode, Larry’s big reveal gets completely ruined by the discovery of a missing part …
but rest assured friends, he will live to fight another day …
until next time my friends

February 11th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 574, Tom Bukovac, “Tuxedo Black”

Chapters
00:00 - Salud / Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul Custom setup
20:07 - Tuning
20:23 - Playing Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul Custom
23:02 - Playing '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
24:05 - Playing Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul Custom,
24:41 - Playing P90 / Playing '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom


Notes
Homeskoolin’ Volume 574, Tom Bukovac, “Tuxedo Black”

January 8th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus , “The Third Floor”

Chapters
00:00 - Gibson ES-335
02:44 - Gibson Banner Head
06:35 - Back to the ES-335


Notes
One of my favorite places on this planet is the legendary third floor of Gruhn Guitars in Nashville TN…the repair department.

I filmed this little video Monday before I left for Muscle Shoals, and I thought you guts might dig it .

There’s about 8 repair guys up there that work full time keeping the Gruhn inventory moving along.

This team of guys are truly world class titans of guitar repair…Greg Voros, Tony Nagy, Phil Jones, Tom Stadler, Joel, Peter, David, Julio Pinho and Nathan Golliher and a couple others I don’t know as well….but you have seen most of these guys in my previous videos.

The collective brain trust, the repair gear and the general level of high end instruments you will see up there on that magical third floor is nothing short of amazing.

Much like making it to the NFL, the guys that work up there all know how good you gotta be to even get that job in the first place …and you can tell they all respect the job and each other’s skills
….
Interesting side note, young Nathan Golliher can also imitate all of the other repair guys perfectly ..and he also does George, and me …he’s like the Rich Little of the bunch.

Im this video , Julio Pinho shows us the amazing work he has been doing on my 59 factory mono es-355…and Nathan Golliher shows us the “trifecta” he just completed on my 44 banner head j-45

I never fail to appreciate the resources we have in this amazing city of Nashville…still in my opinion the best city in America …and I’ve been here for 34 years.

Where else on earth are THIS many talented musical minds all collected together?

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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