May 16th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Old School Friday Rewind

Chapters
00:00 - Fucking great tunes!


Notes
open your minds kids…
take a little trip back to the olden days with Uncle Larry….

#jazzcurious
#clintweak
#bobwillsowick


tryin like hell to learn how to play guitar on a Friday night through a dying echoplex

This one goes out to my old buddy Scank

May 13th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 446, Tom Bukovac, "Wild 700 Horses"

Chapters
00:00 - Playing Special
01:30 - Just Larry / Real Tube and MXR Sugar Drive
02:25 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Special through Princeton Reverb
02:50 - Real Tube pedal
04:58 - Nobels ODR-1
05:37 - MXR Sugar Drive
08:42 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Let everything go
09:40 - Good sound from Nobels with Les Paul comment
10:32 - Dodge Durango Hellcat
12:27 - Touring to bus level / Doing your own thing vs sideman
14:50 - Stalker Guy channel tanking
15:24 - Hellcat


Notes
Why do we still use horses as a unit of engine power measurement anyway?
Is it to further belittle the horse?

May 12th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 445, Tom Bukovac, “New Frontier”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing
01:57 - In tune D chord
02:14 - Hello, friends!
02:50 - '64 Epiphone Frontier
03:33 - '64 Gibson J
05:11 - Dean Cadillac
05:49 - Dean bridge
07:11 - Dean neck
08:50 - Nut and shimming and intonation


Notes
Uncle Larry learns ya some stuff about guitars

May 9th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 443, Tom Bukovac, “John Wilkes Barre”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing
02:50 - Wilkes Barre, PA / Early days in Rust Belt
04:20 - '48 Gibson Southern Jumbo
06:16 - Jedd Hughes / Vince Gill update
07:19 - '48 Gibson Southern Jumbo / Bad D string
08:55 - '85 Kramer Beretta with Floyd Rose "E" Series
11:33 - Setting up for the concert
11:55 - Wandre Roby guitar
14:38 - LiquiSlide


Notes
The first of many summer updates from the road…
that will inevitably depict a completely over the top blood soaked epic orgy of guitar purchases over the next couple months that can potentially be of some use to you fellow Homeskoolers…

May 5th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 440, Tom Bukovac, “The 5th Of May”

Chapters
00:00 - One of those great tangents
08:29 - Hi friends / Fender Vibro Champ Reverb
11:11 - EVO SRO (Electro-Voice)
12:00 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Bought a Hellcat Durango
12:57 - Liqui Slide
13:15 - Strymon Timeline
14:16 - Boss SDE-3000
14:45 - Hotel rooms and Dodge Durango Hellcat color (Destroyer Gray)
15:38 - The Essential Craftsman (YouTube channel)
17:42 - Play with humor and grace / Like a little bit of mess
19:00 - Vince Gill rehearsals


Notes
Happy birthday Bub!

if you guys like rock and roll, you can always throw something in the tip jar
my PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
my venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

and totally unrelated...how crazy is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9u5xUFEDQQ

May 4th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 439, Tom Bukovac, “Swang”

Chapters
00:00 - One Hour Photo loop with slide over it
02:54 - Ungraceful dismount
04:40 - Slide
11:44 - Checking in / Solo over the depressing loop / Vince Gill rehearsals
14:30 - Pedalboard used to use with Ann Wilson
14:52 - Loathe the Strymon Timeline
15:40 - Nashville Guitar Center and meeting a fan in public
17:25 - Lesson: Looking to play some Swang
19:05 - Lesson: "Sure I'll take you home" lick
20:26 - Lesson: Goofing around lick
21:05 - Lesson: "Sure I'll accompany you back to your hotel" picking all 5 fingers lick (F13 [1 x 1 2 3 1])
22:25 - Lesson: Pull off in F is even cooler


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some depressing slide and then gets into some nasty western swing licks you can teach your grand kids some day

…and totally unrelated, this is sooo my new favorite YouTube channel....i fuckin' LOVE this guy

he's a total bad ass master craftsman with a zillion subscribers on YouTube...
i'm not even a builder and i have already learned so much from watching his stuff.
on a more sentimental note, i chose this video of his to show you first because i love the reverence he has for the great people that built this amazing country

this shit is right up my alley friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icMOxBm7NsU

May 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 437, Tom Bukovac “Ten Gallon Hat”

Chapters
00:00 - Somber plucking around
06:53 - Just Larry from the Opry playing through the Ebo Spring Verb
08:17 - New looper pedal
10:43 - Jedd Hughes and the Grand Ole Opry
11:57 - Lesson: Show you a lick with the claw method


Notes
fresh from the Opry , Uncle Larry gives ya a little western swang with a touch of Kalamazoo...


trust me on this friends...if you REALLY ARE serious about your music, you absolutely MUST look into buying one of these absolutely magical devices...

you: "what is it Larry?"
me: "just the best sounding tube spring reverb in the history of mankind that's all"

https://www.ebocustoms.com/new-products/e-verb-studio-2

and lastly...

check this out friends....back when we were lean and hungry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDKU-0_EqR4

May 1st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 435, Tom Bukovac, “Must Be Present To Win”

Chapters
00:00 - Slow playing into funky character
05:12 - Hangnail hello
06:10 - Lesson: Fingerpicking a sick decent
07:50 - Redneck Woman played on
08:06 - '52 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop with p90s
08:36 - Thanks for Dean Z playing
09:20 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Wife's bitching
09:44 - Trying to 'parent' Larry about selling guitar for car / GTO trade
11:40 - Best ES-335 you had
13:22 - Work on my gallop picking / Not Triplet / Correction from son
14:29 - Lesson: Bb7 lurking in that F minor (Fmin6 [1 x 0 1 3 x])
16:35 - Lesson: All the magic is in the VI
17:42 - Lesson: Coolest pedal steel licks
20:00 - Lesson: VI continued [x x 17 16 15 x] (F#min -> Emin -> Dmaj -> C#maj -> Bmin -> Amaj -> Gmaj -> F#min)
21:09 - Lesson: Chord = Recipe of notes
28:22 - Name that song


Notes
Uncle Larry plunks on the retro and answers some blazing hot VCB

April 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Garage Sale “Upper Tax Bracket Edition”

Chapters
00:00 - Gibson ES-335 for sale
03:36 - Playing
07:13 - Do not want to ship
07:46 - Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry throws one out there for the older own your own business type crowd.

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if interested

I did forget to mention, the original crumbled mummy toe tuners are in the case…nice repros currently on it

I would LOVE to sell this local and not ship friends

I would consider shipping ONLY if someone was willing to pay 500 to cover next day air

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

April 29th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 433, Tom Bukovac, “Strange Days Indeed”

Chapters
00:00 - Gibson ES-355 bench video
01:10 - '63 Fender Telecaster / '59 Gibson Junior
02:05 - '59 Gibson ES-355 / Truss rod cover (engraved plaque
03:27 - Playing
04:38 - Bigsby
08:50 - '64 Fender Telecaster Custom
09:29 - Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry shows you a couple recent projects…one just beginning, and one just ending ….

Thank you for your continued support of the channel friends

April 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 432, Tom Bukovac, “Mink Tweed”

Chapters
00:00 - Hot P90 through Fender Tweed Deluxe
01:57 - Fender Tweed Deluxe
03:03 - Volume on 3 / Being in tune on '59
03:36 - Volume on 2
04:02 - Volume on 1.5
04:55 - Volume even lower
05:34 - Fender Telecaster Custom
06:13 - Wacken Festival with Ann Wilson
07:17 - Volume on anemic
07:31 - Volume on 2
07:46 - Volume on 3
07:54 - Volume on 4
08:06 - Crossroads movie with Ralph Macchio and Steve Vai
08:45 - Back to the Junior / If the last guitar sound I ever had / Playing
09:40 - Lesson: Double bends
14:26 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Junior in tune
15:24 - Music City Bridge Stud Finder


Notes
Uncle Larry gives it to ya straight about the timeless greatness of the fender tweed deluxe

An amplifier that EVERY guitar player should own

April 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 431, Tom Bukovac, “Hazy Hot Brazilian Slabs”

Chapters
00:00 - Ole buddy Rick
02:07 - '60 Fender Telecaster Custom / Glazer saddles
02:32 - LiquiSlide / Don't be a dick if you want someone to come to your funeral
04:39 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / What 'wear' do you like on strings?
05:24 - Drummers with too much dampening on kick drum
06:03 - Flatwounds on a Precision Bass / Dead strings
09:13 - Middle sounds on the Les Paul Goldtop / Price of old guitars sucks
11:15 - Bench videos
11:48 - Harmony H22 bass
13:25 - Slab board
16:32 - Van Halen - Unchained


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings a Golden Age Of Fullerton classic and answers some recent VCB....
i don't know why this video is a bit "hazy"....but it reminds me of a foggy cleveland fall morning

thanks for the continued support of the progrum my friends.

if one were indeed so inclined to throw a little somethin in the corporate tip jar it’s very easy …

all one must do is go to PayPal and type in these letters
tombukovac@gmail.com

or go to Venmo and type in these letters
@Tom-Bukovac-1

April 26th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 430, Tom Bukovac, “Neckrestphilia”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends / Neck rests
02:25 - LiquiSlides
03:40 - Harmony H22 bass / Fender Precision Bass - Lake Placid Blue
05:18 - Stalker Guy
07:32 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Favorite all-time artists / Beatles & David Bowie
14:47 - Different styles of music
21:00 - Stretching out the strings
24:14 - Tuning
25:05 - Playing through Fender Tweed Deluxe amp / Stalker Guy
26:32 - PAFs


Notes
Uncle Larry proudly shows off his extensive collection of neck rests…

We are closing in on the 120K subscriber mark my dear friends…thank you for your generous support of the channel and for helping bring chords back to music

April 25th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 429, Tom Bukovac, “No Singer Left Behind”

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic playing
02:26 - Hi, friends! / Working
04:46 - Helping others make records
06:03 - Gibson J-200 / Recording mojo / Changed out bridge
08:05 - Nashville resources
09:11 - Donnie Iris - Ah Leah / Producer Mark Avsec
13:46 - Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes / Transcendentally out of tune / Garth Fundis
18:25 - Pro Tools
22:36 - Working on something truly unique / Freddy Mercury
24:55 - Pet Sematary (movie)
25:54 - Vince Gill / Jedd Hughes


Notes
Uncle Larry lays out the AGE OLD moral dilemma of that dark world where technology, creativity and music meet.

April 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 428, Tom Bukovac, "The Illusion Of Time"

Chapters
00:00 - Some tricky guitar swinging
02:28 - Hey friends! / Playing and singing
03:50 - Hi friends! Take two / Josh Rawlings
04:57 - Gibson J-50
05:51 - Session fuzz bass
06:28 - The Beatles - The Word odd things in the song / "What Makes This Song Weird?"
07:22 - Minor chord over the major chord
08:30 - The bass part
08:49 - Minor vocals
09:07 - The time changes
11:52 - Out of time, but together
13:49 - '56 Gibson J-50 and cool story Keith Whitley
15:44 - Thanks / Eddie Van Halen guitar
17:19 - Sometimes leave the guitar alone


Notes
Uncle Larry talks about time...and great things from Britain...and Kalamazoo...

Editors note...sorry the audio clips from the rubber soul record are "a bit bright" as we like to say in the studio hahaa

April 14th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ “A Heartwarming Human Interest Story”

Chapters
00:00 - Four Leaf Clover revoice and mixture or good tunes
03:26 - Leo Ellis and getting his pedalboard back!
06:17 - Brett Papa / Dan Huff
07:00 - Playing


Notes
There are still good people out there friends


Stand up and take a bow Larry Goetz

April 6th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 424, Tom Bukovac, “Sunday Morning Acoustic Shootout"

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming
01:38 - Hello, friends! / Playing
02:40 - Lesson: Unexpected cool chords
06:25 - '64 Gibson J-50
06:56 - Martin D-28 Age Authentic
10:17 - J-50
11:15 - '64 Gibson J-200
13:14 - The Who and cell phones banned rant
16:05 - '43 Gibson J-45 Banner Head Mahogany
21:38 - J-45 Banner Head
21:59 - J-200
22:24 - D-28
22:50 - J-50
23:22 - Lesson: "What song are we playing"


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the dark corners some sweet old acoustics on a nice relaxing Sunday morning....grab a nice coffee and enjoy the ride.

friends....why do we all have all these different instruments?

is it an obsession? maybe

is it because we never know what song we are gonna be playing next? probably

if you are indeed enjoying this fine Sunday morning sermon, the collection plate is being passed through the aisles

PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1.

April 5th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam, “The Wind Beneath My Strings”

Chapters
00:00 - Just amazing...with a '55


Notes
Sometimes Larry gets tired of talking…

April 4th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 423, Tom Bukovac, “Foxhole Friends”

Chapters
00:00 - Stringing up a ES
02:41 - '83 Gibson ES-335 Pro
03:45 - Double break / Tal Wilkinfeld
12:22 - Pickup height
16:00 - Skank and old cars
22:00 - Playing / Bridge height
23:05 - Alex Lifeson gear $6,500
32:30 - Tal Wilkinfeld


Notes
Uncle Larry tweaks on some Norlinry and waxes rhapsodic about the days events

…and of course my phone ran out of storage right as Tal was startin to get f-o-n-k—y…

oh and never mind that one of none dead original 57 anodized guard p bass with factory ORIGINAL gold sparkle finish she is playing in this video…please disperse people, there’s nothing to see here…