October 26th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 724, Tom Bukovac, “The Forgiving Years”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Gibson SG
02:20 - "Tune Down, Tune Out"
03:21 - Hello, friends! / Beautiful outside
04:15 - Lesson: Beatles - Hard Days Night chord
04:24 - Ibanez Flanger FL-305 / Eagles - Hotel California solo
05:54 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / NFL / Playing
06:51 - "He only knows 1 fast lick" / Non-guitar player looking at a guitar
08:31 - Guthrie hang / Favorite guitar (Gibson Firebird)
10:29 - "Straight into the amp" / "Howya going to get this sound?"
12:26 - Gary Moore and Rory Gallagher viciously defended
16:19 - Jizzboy vs. Gus / Subcategory guys / Stringlocker
18:13 - "Least favorite human trait?" / Being cheap
23:09 - Electro Harmonix pedals
26:08 - Kitrae Big Muff Pi History site (http://www.kitrae.net/music/music_big_muff.html) / J Mascus (Dinosaur Jr.)


Notes
Uncle Larry attacks a large swath of VCB, and gets into great detail discussing the difference between “frugal” and “cheap”

October 25th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Finally…A Guy Who Can Fix Cool Old Broken Pedals"

Chapters
00:00 - Yann (Body and Soul)
01:57 - Electro Harmonix (EHX) - Electric Mistress
04:27 - EHX power switch / Electro Harmonix (EHX) - Big Muff Pi


Notes
You’re not gonna believe this friends, I actually found a guy who can fix cool old broken pedals ….his name is Yann Ly, he’s a super cool dude, and he has already saved my ass a couple times.

He has his own company called Body And Soul that makes cool big muffs and Marshall Supa-Fuzz recreations …

He said it’s cool if i give you guys his Instagram, but he told me upfront he only wants to work on cool old stuff…please don’t ask him to fix your Behringer headphone amp...that part is IMPERATIVE

Here’s his Instacart :
/ bsinstruments

Here’s his email friends
Jesuisyann@gmail.com

if you guys like that t shirt i was wearing in yesterday's progrum, check out this website
www.humbuckermerch.com

some dead cool British shit on there for yo' ass

also....if your life is being improved by these videos, please consider visiting the class tip jar.
Uncle Larry has Paypal....
tombukovac‪@gmail.com‬

AND Uncle Larry has Venmo...
@Tom-Bukovac-1

EVERY little bit helps and encourages Uncle Larry to keep providing this service.

April 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Attention All Rush Fanatics”

Chapters
00:00 - Alex Lifeson story / Blackbird Studios / Maestro MPF-1 Parametric Filter, Deluxe Electric Mistress Flanger, Boss CE-1 Chorus (Westbury Sound)
03:40 - Playing through the guitar effect
06:50 - Maestro MPF-1 Parametric Filter
08:20 - All 3 together
08:50 - Old debate (Ford vs Chevy)
10:29 - Selling it (1 of 2)


Notes
Uncle Larry has been around a lot of really cool old gear in his life friends…but he has seen very few things quite as cool as this …

January 24th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 394, Tom Bukovac, “Electric Mistress Sunset”

Chapters
00:00 - Mellow playing
04:58 - What's Up? / Fun project Dan Auerbach / Miles Kane
08:07 - NFL games
09:00 - What pedal is this? / 70s Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress
10:30 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Most versatile pickup? / Most versatile guitar?
12:44 - Gretsch Harmon Booster Playboy aka Jen Fuzz
14:13 - Stalker video guy
15:01 - Gangster movies / Martin Scorsese
15:32 - Lesson: Coolest chord min9 / Gm9 [x 10 8 10 10 x] -> Dm9 [x 5 3 5 5 x] -> Cm9 [x 3 1 3 3 x]
18:19 - Lesson: Em9 [0 2 5 0 3 2] variants
21:05 - '63 Fender Telecaster


Notes
Uncle Larry returns to YouTube to discuss one of his favorite chords, one of his favorite guitars, and one of his favorite old pedals with you…

Thumb nail photo taken by Uncle Larry tonite on his way home from work.

if you feel led to donate to the channel...
my paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com
my venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

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 25th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 259, Tom Bukovac, “The Black Cup”

Chapters
00:00 - Yes - Starship Trooper / Steve Howe - Close to the Edge
04:44 - All about flange / Ibanez, Electric Mistress / Nervous talk
06:00 - Blue Electric Mistress
07:08 - Green Electric Mistress
08:36 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Old photo of the 'mailbox letter burst'
10:27 - '62 Gretsch White Falcon
11:29 - New neon light
12:25 - Guild guitars
15:26 - Old Marshall amps (Plexi) hard to find
16:10 - Name Versus Game (vs.)


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a look at some 70s analog flanger pedals and answers some VCB

December 6th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Noise??…What Noise???”

Chapters
00:00 - Electro-Harmonix - Frequency Analyzer and idea
03:20 - Electro-Harmonix - Electric Mistress
05:13 - Ibanez FL-305 Flanger


Notes
Uncle Larry takes you on a trip to Analog City….a long forgotten place where tape hiss and noise were just part of the scenery.

There is a big difference between modern high definition video and a slightly blurry Super 8 film from the 70's....kinda the same thing with guitar pedals....

Hope you enjoy friends you guys can donate to Homeskoolin’ anytime you want…a good portion of the proceeds go to the fine people at Annheuser Busch LLC

Paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com

Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

...and did you guys know Larry made a solo album a while back?

it's called “Plexi Soul” and you can can find it right here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

...and did you know that Larry made an instrumental record with Dean Deleo from Stone Temple Pilots called "Trip The Witch"?
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

...and did you know that Trip The Witch merch is also available??
https://shop.bandwear.com/collections/trip-the-witch-shop