September 5th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 700, Tom Bukovac, “The 700 Club”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Since I've Been Lovin' You
01:33 - "Never did learn that right" / Favorite Jimmy Page / 700 Club
02:19 - Episode 699, account failure, phishing, scam, YouTube channel down
03:28 - Epiphone Olympic
04:55 - Window washing business and non-paying guy / "Whipping some ass"
06:08 - Son's favorite guitar / Fender Tweed Harvard / Big Jam Distortion
08:02 - Music City Bridge
08:21 - Lesson: "Tune Down, Tune Out" - C#min7 [4 4 2 4 0 0] -> CMaj7 [3 3 2 4 0 0] -> Bm7 [2 2 0 2 0 0] -> BbMaj7 [1 1 0 2 0 0]
13:07 - Lesson: Groups of five


Notes
Wow….700 episodes of the Homeskoolin’ progrum my dear friends (and that’s not even counting the other 900 videos that were considered "bonus videos" because they weren't good enough to be an actual "volume")

can you even believe we have come this far?

i will say it’s good to be back on the air after a brief hacking hiatus my dear Homeskoolers

This episode goes out to our friend Hot Carl

…and here's a fun trivia fact for all you TRUE Homeskoolers (i'm referring to the ones that Hot Carl thinks are REALLY creepy)

let it henceforth be noted in the annals of the Homeskoolin' archives that there will always be a void where an episode 699 WOULD have been.

This little detail is made even more interesting by the fact that Uncle Larry was trying to upload a DIFFERENT volume 699 at the precise moment the channel got hacked, but of course that particular video was aborted and never seen, so there were actually TWO failed attempts at a volume 699

April 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 434, Tom Bukovac, “The Hang”

Chapters
00:00 - Classic Rock medley
05:04 - Lesson: Major IV into a minor iv
06:54 - ES-355 snarl
08:58 - Phone case
09:20 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / PHone trick
10:43 - Jim Strange on truss rod cover
11:21 - J. Geils Band gig and quiet P90s
12:28 - Lesson: "The hang" / Personality mixture
15:13 - Multivox Big Jam Distortion pedal
17:10 - Hardy (Country)
17:20 - Coming home from work and drink a beer with Homeskoolin' / Being bought and sold
20:35 - Paul Blart Mall Cop
21:35 - '60 Fender Telecaster / Grand Ole Opry
23:29 - '64 Fender Telecaster


Notes
Uncle Larry gets into the some VCB at a depth that few people have ever come back from.


These iPhone cases rule

Look at this product I found on google.com https://g.co/kgs/iMSnGpb

June 2nd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ …”An Open Letter To Little Johnny In Nowheresville Nebraska”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming the Online Chess song
00:44 - Sunday chilling / Gear questions / Imitation pedalboards appreciated
02:07 - Pedalboard build journey for years
03:29 - Learn how to touch the guitar
04:06 - Each piece of gear on pedalboard was a discovery
05:12 - Side ebay business selling gear / Remembering the gear that works
06:47 - Boss SD-2, Tube Screamers, Rotosphere, Volume pedals, Boss GE-7 (EQ), Line 6 M9 / Making pedalboards
09:00 - 5 different pedalboards and use them all
10:03 - Key components on pedalboard (incremental gain, eq, trail, volume)
10:55 - Pedalboard #1 (mid-size case for demos when don't have cartage)
12:03 - Pedalboard #2 (2nd largest for touring)
13:30 - Pedalboard case
13:44 - Pedalboard #3 (bare essentials)
14:13 - Pedalboard #4 (video making board)


Notes
Uncle Larry goes waaaaay off brand with this pedalboard “excursion”

April 7th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 299, Tom Bukovac, “Shootout At The Kalamazoo Corral”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends! / Shootout ('57 Goldtop, '59 Black Custom, '58 Burst, '69 Custom)
00:24 - Notice of the pitch angle
00:44 - Nice day fishing / Disclaimers
01:45 - Shootout setup (Big Jam Distortion, Vemuram Shanks, Princeton)
02:40 - '57 Goldtop Bridge
03:33 - '58 Burst Bridge ("Larryburst")
04:45 - '59 Custom Bridge ("Black Beauty")
05:58 - '69 Custom Bridge
07:03 - Blind test setup
07:48 - Exhibit A
08:20 - Exhibit B
08:56 - Exhibit C
09:34 - Exhibit D
10:16 - Lick A
10:45 - Lick B
11:18 - Lick C
11:48 - Lick D
12:31 - Acoustic A
12:56 - Acoustic B
13:19 - Acoustic C
13:46 - Acoustic D
14:13 - Closeout and VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
14:35 - Recovering alcoholic viewer "The booze guy" / "Thinking abou it..."
16:12 - Q: Sessions sounding out of tune?  A: Takes a lot to build the song; Practicing...we know
17:55 - "Black Beauty" '59 Custom helps drives the player / Inspiration factor
19:34 - Happy fishing


Notes
Uncle Larry performs a friendly little bridge pickup only shootout on a few of the more noteworthy items that came from the Golden Age of the Greatest Guitar Company To Ever Exist on this beautiful planet of ours….and a 69 too

This video is for entertainment purposes only…no user serviceable parts inside

Directors note: the guitars were cycled through in the same order in each of the “blind tests”…results will be forthcoming for anyone that actually gives a fuck

Spoiler Alert! - Guitars

A - '58 Burst
B - '57 Goldtop
C - '69 Custom
D - '59 Black Custom