August 20th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 488, Tom Bukovac “Old Dogs & New Tricks”

Chapters
00:00 - Fender Tele playing
02:52 - Hi, friends! / Nashville birthdays and thanks
03:34 - Eddie Shay gift - Donald Fagan MXR script logo Phaser
04:21 - Vince Gill gig
05:03 - Tour gear hostage
05:43 - Pole piece adjustment
06:57 - '57 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop after pole piece adjustment
08:55 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Burst after pole piece adjustment
10:26 - '59 Custom shootout part 2 coming out


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some old honk on a 63 Tele before school

August 19th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 487, “Shootout At PAF Corral”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin a 3 pickup Gibson
02:29 - Hello, friends!
03:19 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
04:00 - Best bridge pickup ever heard
05:55 - Custom bridge
06:12 - '57 Goldtop bridge
07:18 - '58 Burst bridge
08:37 - Back to the Custom
09:17 - Custom bridge
09:37 - Goldtop bridge
10:12 - Burst bridge
10:50 - Burst acoustically
11:33 - Goldtop acoustically
12:13 - Custom acoustically
12:54 - Burst acoustically
13:16 - Goldtop acoustically
13:47 - Custom acoustically / Arguing about tonewoods


Notes
Uncle Larry woke up a little bored today so he figured it would be a good time to get people all riled up arguing about tone woods again

Cue all the comments about how one of these will “sit in the mix”…even though none of us have any idea whatsoever what the actual mix might be or what song we are working on hahaaa

August 14th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 485, “If You Play Old Strats You MUST Watch This!!!”

Chapters
00:00 - Nick Drushel puts a wire on a Strat
01:45 - Pickguard off / A look under the hood
02:25 - The Mod


Notes
After roughly 1200 videos, I’m finally gonna try doing one of those silly clickbait video titles just to see if it works hahaaa

In this video you will learn how to reversible modify your old Strat to get a tone control on the bridge pickup WITHOUT soldering

Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Nick Drushel from Glaser Instrument Repair …

I have been a huge fan of this fella since I first met him 15 or so years ago…he has fixed HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of guitars for me…he never misses

Smart boy, damn good lookin boy, and a farmland Ohio boy….hope you guys enjoy and learn

here is the link to my instructional course friends:
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

August 13th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ “I’ve Always Pictured You Wearing Pants (Part 16)”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing for a friend


Notes
RIP Bobby

August 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 480, Tom Bukovac "A Guitar Is Born"

Chapters
00:00 - Bringing a Strat back
20:16 - Playing the Strat


Notes
Holy shit friends....I've doing this a looooooong time and I seriously don't think i have ever been so completely stunned by the way a guitar turned out after a MUCH NEEDED mini- restoration

check out this site friends....there is a BUNCH of really good shit on here
https://musiccitybridge.com


And….I just realized that Dann Huff finally launched the YouTube channel he has been talking about doing
I am so excited for him
Check it out friends
• The Experience with Dann Huff

August 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 479, Tom Bukovac, “First Glimmer Of Fall… Transitions…”

Chapters
00:00 - Looping some sweet tunes
06:21 - '69 Gibson SG Standard
07:00 - '58 Fender Telecaster
09:02 - Chopped '59 Fender Stratocaster
10:21 - '53 Fender Telecaster Blackguard


Notes
Uncle Larry regroups after the final run of his busy summer touring schedule….
it's been a TON of fun, but like the old saying goes, it's good to home friends

Special shout out to all the sweethearts who came out last night that I failed to mention in this video
Jimmy and Jill Fox
Frank Amato
Mark Reis

Great times boys...Hello Cleveland!!

here is the link to Uncle Larry's new instructional guitar course...over eight hours of detailed professionally shot multi camera lessons with tabs....
if you check the comments and look at what people have commented on Gearpage (if you can stomach it) t has been getting rave reviews from even the most skeptical tight ass consumers who desperately WANTED to hate it.
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

And here is a link to the new “Maximum Larry” t shirts and all other Homeskoolin swag
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/to...

if you are being thoroughly entertained by the content of this channel, and you feel led to make a donation to the guy behind the guy, please feel free

the guy behind the guy's PayPal address is:
tombukovac @gmail.com

the guy behind the guy's venmo address is:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

July 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Controlled Psychedlia”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing Doors - People Are Strange


Notes
Take a trip with Uncle Larry and his old buddy Leo “Lidor” Ellis

July 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 478, Tom Bukovac, “Breakneck Redneck Mock Turtleneck Bottleneck”

Chapters
00:00 - Nice, mellow playing with some slide into rockin' Cash Blues
13:40 - Working at the Al Capone castle / Jeff Steel
15:58 - Thank you for course!
18:26 - Spitfire tortoise guard on Jeff Senn guitar / Singing and playing
22:19 - Steely Dan and Walter Becker and not giving a fuck


Notes
Uncle Larry gettin pretty weird on a Monday night before the NFL football season starts...

remember when i sold off my ENTIRE extensive late 60's Marshall collection a while back in one fell swoop?
well....i've slowly rebuilt that stash over the last year....and now i'm back up to 3 old basketweave cabs and 4 plexi heads haha.. i suppose you could say it's an illness friends

here is the link to Uncle Larry's new instructional guitar course...over eight hours of detailed professionally shot multi camera lessons with tabs....
if you check the comments and look at what people have commented on Gearpage (if you can stomach it) t has been getting rave reviews from even the most skeptical tight ass consumers who desperately WANTED to hate it.
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

And here is a link to the new “Maximum Larry” t shirts and all other Homeskoolin swag
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/to...

if you are being thoroughly entertained by the content of this channel, and you feel led to make a donation to the guy behind the guy, please feel free

the guy behind the guy's PayPal address is:
tombukovac @gmail.com

the guy behind the guy's venmo address is:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

July 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “How To Play Slide Guitar In Under 5 Minutes”

Chapters
00:00 - Lesson: How to play slide


Notes
A made this quick video tonite for a friend of mine who is starting to get interested in playing slide.

I just wanted to show the extreme basics of what I learned about slide in the early days so he doesn’t adopt and practice any bad habits

but sadly the video was too long to text to him, so I just decided to post it here on YouTube instead ….

Who knows, maybe it was a sign from God (or whoever/whatever you believe in) that this little video might actually be beneficial to more than just one person in the end

Hope this helps kids

I absolutely love and HIGHLY recommend these slides made by Liquislide
https://theliquislide.com/

They are AMAZING …check one out friends

The guy who designed them says they have scientifically proven that the liquid that is inside them makes a difference to the sound ….
Hell I don’t know, maybe it does …honestly I don’t even care about that.
I just LOVE the way they feel…best slides I have ever tried

July 9th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 473, Tom Bukovac, "Chopper Time"

Chapters
00:00 - Big reveal Fender Telecaster Bass
09:16 - Music City Bridge / Glaser Instruments / Baked Alaska
17:52 - Gretsch Space Control Bridge


Notes
Part 1- Uncle Larry shows the class one of the more hideous chop jobs that you may ever happen across in this lifetime

Part 2- Uncle Larry visits with Joe Glaser and Josh Rawlings at Baked Alaska/Music City Bridge headquarters


here is the link to the new Maximum Larry guitar instructional course friends
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...


If you wanna check out Dann’s record go here
https://bakedalaskarecords.com/

July 5th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 471, Tom Bukovac, “The Rocket’s Red Glarry”

Chapters
00:00 - Nice mellow playing from Trip The Witch
03:40 - Good Morning / 4th of the July
07:00 - '65 Fender Stratocaster - Lake Placid Blue
07:41 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Nick Govrik
08:50 - David Letterman and the Yellow Strat / Sid McGinnis / Wynonna Judd
10:28 - Sid McGinnis story
11:25 - Star Licks videos / Guitar Heaven
12:47 - Brett Papa comment
16:06 - Thank you / Fresh outlook on life
20:00 - Trip The Witch number
22:09 - Lesson: Bb -> Gmin -> Eb -> Bb / Scale
23:24 - Blues sounds like shit over that / Why? / Relative Minor
26:20 - Lesson: Trip The Witch - Planet TD1 (Gmin -> F6 -> Ebmaj7)


Notes
Hope everyone had a great 4th…we sure did …lots of family and friends

‘Merica…fuck yeah….

Thank you guys for all the continued support and kindness…I truly appreciate it

Here is the link to the course I worked my fucking ASS off on
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

July 4th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 470, Tom Bukovac, “1776”

Chapters
00:00 - Singing that Country
00:45 - Hey friends all the way to Zimbabwe
02:35 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
03:17 - Ever so lightly holding the pick
05:54 - Blues Junior amps?
06:45 - Tweed 410 / Blues DeVille
07:30 - Boss GE-7 Equalizer / EQ after the drives
08:30 - Thanks
10:12 - All that matters - Right-hand pocket
12:06 - Joe Walsh playing and amps choice
14:12 - Side Fills
15:19 - Course
17:19 - Inner peace / Clarity of life
19:15 - '64 SJ-200
19:30 - Tuned-down Rickenbacker
22:00 - Don't blow your fuckin' fingers off


Notes
Uncle Larry gets heavy into some current day VCB

I was gonna call this episode “carnival of pain” but I changed it to “1776”…it’s a little more snappy and upbeat

Here’s the link to my new course that just came out a couple days ago
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

Pictured in the thumbnail photo …the amazing band from the last two weeks of recording over at Vince Gill’s studio

From left to right
Matt “Hazmatt” Rausch (engineer)
Jedd Hughes (guitar)
Fred Eltringham (drums)
Jimmie Lee Sloas (bass)
Yours Truly
John Jarvis (keys)
Jim “Moose” Brown (keys)
Boss Man
Paul Franklin (pedal steel)
Justin Niebank (engineer)

July 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 469, Tom Bukovac, “Class A”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing that Tele
09:49 - Hey guys! / Update
10:10 - '63 JMI Vox AC30
12:54 - Vox - "Normal Channel"
13:26 - Vox - "Vibe Channel"
14:38 - All the amps you ever need
16:03 - Course thanks / Vince Gill thanks


Notes
Uncle Larry expounds on his lifelong appreciation for one of the finest valve amplifiers ever conceived by the human mind....

also, if you want to check out the new Maximum Larry instructional guitar course you can see it here....
8 hours of Uncle Larry mayhem from several camera angles, all professionally tabbed out.
this shit will keep you busy the rest of your life

https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

June 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 466, Tom Bukovac “Don’t Rock The Jukebox In My Mind”

Chapters
00:00 - Singing the weather blues
02:05 - Hey, friends! / Benson Gallagher
03:45 - Vincent Gill
05:32 - Playing: Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made of Sand
06:36 - Playing: Jimi Hendrix - You Got Me Floatin'
07:20 - Playing: Jimi Hendrix - Wait Until Tomorrow / Medley
10:29 - Playing: Blues
11:10 - Playing: Doors - Love Me Two Times / Medley
21:40 - Guessing game / Country playing


Notes
Uncle Larry gets way in the weeds…

riding a stream of unconsciousness….

a musical run-on sentence that carries on without a comma

turn it on Salvador Dali Llama

May 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 458, Tom Bukovac, “Pool Party”

Chapters
00:00 - Pool party
04:18 - Guitar game '70s Fender Stratocaster
09:50 - Duesenberg Sessionman


Notes
As an old man, I like to surround with supremely talented wunderkind such as the fella in this video, young Stephen Kovach from the great state of Arizona, who happens to be one of the amazing guitar players in CLIFFS.

Also starring my dear son Leo and our dear babysitter Miss Melissa

May 26th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Crystal City”

Chapters
00:00 - Late night playing


Notes
Uncle Larry serves up a late night smoothie of icy frosted glass and frozen shimmering crystals on a solid state platter

May 17th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 449, Tom Bukovac, “Northeastern Flyer”

Chapters
00:00 - Beautiful Old Times music
02:43 - Hey friends / Vince Gill
03:26 - Lesson: C9aug into a C69
03:45 - Brother Doug
04:55 - Playing / Music Theory / Kurt Cobain in a Western Swing Jam
06:48 - Guyatone PS-023 Chorus Flanger (Jedd gifted pedal)
08:00 - Western Swing
09:09 - Pretender in life / What you spend time on
09:58 - Redd Volkaert
11:33 - Whit Smith
13:10 - Lesson: Inversions / Playing over changes
14:57 - Lesson: Right or Wrong tune (chord progression) / Playing over
18:06 - YouTuber Rob Chapman / 1975 Strat and Tele
20:36 - Mailing List / Uncle Larry course
22:03 - Echoplex dying
22:42 - Clint Strong


Notes
Uncle Larry publicly apologizes for trying to play some western swing last night....

I'm still 6 foot 2, but I’m down to 226 on the scale this morning friends…slow and steady…12 pounds down from my fattest moment about 4-5 months ago

My diet motto:
“All meat and veg, and no carbs except Yuenglings”

Try it friends....it’s slow, but it works and it’s REAL weight loss…not that fly by night temporary weight loss you see on the last night infomercials

Get the burger, but just don’t eat the bun.....you don’t even miss it after a while.

check out this shit awesome shit...
• The Western Flyers with Redd Volkaert & Wh...

and if any of you kids out there can play the shit that happens starting at about 61 minutes into this video, then you are watching the wrong channel:
• Guitar Lesson - Clint Strong - Mastering J...

and here is the link to enter your email in, so you get half off my upcoming course:

May 15th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 447, Tom Bukovac, “This Machine Kills Cell Phone Cameras”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing
07:18 - Out of tune / Check-in / Talent show / Hellcat
08:54 - '65 Fender Stratocaster / D minor progression / Thanks for shredding words
09:48 - Brett Papa and Rock 'n' Roll
11:00 - Daniel Tasha
11:39 - Pedal Steel and Slash
15:00 - Brett Papa class


Notes
Uncle Larry on another one of his rants

Here is the link to join the mailing list friends

I PROMISE I will never mail bomb you….it will be tasteful
https://maximumlarry.com/course

May 14th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ “A Complete Guide To Overdrive Pedals That Actually Work”

Chapters
00:00 - Shredding
03:28 - Howya doing?
03:49 - Harmonic Minor
04:40 - Shortcomings of the Kramer
06:55 - What makes a pedal sound like a pedal
14:08 - Boss SD-2 Dual Overdrive, Blues Driver, etc.
15:47 - Boss EQ-10
18:16 - Gruhn's shopping and finding a bass
18:53 - Fender Precision Bass
19:13 - "Rare"
19:52 - Jazz bass vs Precision
21:16 - Hellcat


Notes
Uncle Larry demonstrates how he won the Cleveland Ohio "Guitar Wars Contest" in 1987...
and dips his foot in the water of talking about gear…at the risk of pissing off all the tube screamer and klon lovers

May 6th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 4-4-2, Tom Bukovac, “Supercharged”

Chapters
00:00 - Behind the scenes concert gig
01:43 - Dodge Durango Hellcat
02:57 - Playing
05:14 - "Hello...?" pickup
06:55 - Chord just fell out
07:16 - John Fogerty tour with Tina Turner
08:29 - John never warms up voice - "I just trust it"
09:00 - Dodge Durango Hellcat
10:00 - '68 Fender Telecaster
11:10 - Microphonic pickups / Wax potting
13:33 - Lesson: Roy Nichols turnaround
15:44 - Trivia Question: No mudcap tele.  1st year Fender went to modern wiring?


Notes
Uncle Larry provides the standard fare of riffs you can pirate and not give me credit for.

Eddie Dunlap on that weird table guitar contraption