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?

January 2nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 554, Tom Bukovac, “Blues For Woodrow Wilson”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro to Universal Audio
02:33 - Woodrow
05:28 - Astra
07:56 - Ibanez CS9


Notes
Uncle Larry tries out a few pedals that the boys at Universal Audio were kind enough to send along....

The Woodrow and the Astra

and…Larry also shows us a lovely matching pair of ember red Gibson Firebirds from the golden era of Kalamazoo.

Hope everyone is feeling good about the beginning of 2026 so far..I know I certainly am

check out the 500th episode print at
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and here is the link to Uncle Larry's new instructional guitar course...over eight hours of detailed professionally shot multi camera lessons with tabs....
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 and have learned a ton of shit from this channel, and you feel led to make a little donation....please feel free

my PayPal address is:
tombukovac @gmail.com

my venmo address is:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

December 30th, 2025

The AC-15 Channel Volume 551, Tom Bukovac, “Back Seat Psychology”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming away into melody
03:18 - Hello, friends
03:47 - Lesson: The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
05:17 - The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket (Pop record crafting)
07:22 - '63 Gibson ES-335
08:42 - You can tell what kind of person's mind by the messyness of backseat of their car
10:20 - NFL
12:12 - Revisiting The Pretenders album


Notes
Uncle Larry talks about “big mo”…and various and sundry other items, whilst simultaneously coaxing tones out of an “exceptionally fine condition” (as George Gruhn would say) 1963 Gibson ES-335 being amplified by a particularly pleasing sounding early Vox amplifier.

December 29th, 2025

The AC-15 Channel Volume 550, Tom Bukovac, “Conspiracy Of Dunces”

Chapters
00:00 - Larry Hendrix - Suburb Chile / $2,000 NFL miss
04:39 - "AC-15 Channel" name change
05:15 - Lesson: Poor 12-string
05:41 - Playing: Def Leppard / Mutt Lange
06:41 - Playing: Alice Cooper and more
12:57 - Gibson Firebird / "Why would someone sell this?"
13:50 - Some people just want to be combative / See the comedy in it all


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a tour through the classics on a bird that is red.

December 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 548, “Tube Amps Are Dead”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing through the '62 Vox AC15
03:10 - Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty
06:13 - Amp volume
07:32 - Volume control
08:53 - NFL / Parker Edmonson


Notes
Can you tell I grew up on Skynyrd?
Uncle Larry takes a stroll through the tonal offerings of one of the best sounding amps I have ever played through in my entire life …this fawn 62 Vox AC-15 I just recently acquired.

My god man

I just wish you all could be in the room to hear this shit

I also cannot tell you what a kick I get out of all these RIDICULOUS videos that people are putting up talking about how tube amps are dead ….not in this town they’re not

Hope yall had a great Christmas

Here’s that fella I mentioned …this is quite the rabbit hole friends..dude can fix anything

Doing the Charleston and driving my 1928 D...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbvHYNvXZV4

December 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 547, Tom Bukovac, “Patent Sticker Shoes”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello friends / Look-alike son / Pickups (PAF)
04:42 - Driving for Mr. Larry / '62 Vox Fawn AC15 2x12 Candy Panel
06:03 - Sold '57 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop and '58 Gibson Les Paul Burst / Mortgage
08:37 - PAF sticker
13:22 - AC15
14:41 - Chili soup / NFL / Caved bridge / Tuning
16:00 - Playing / Fender amp


Notes
Uncle Larry opens the neck pickup tomb of his recently acquired 63 335 and releases some bomb shell news to the Homeskoolin community.

And COMPLETELY unrelated, I’ve been on this planet for a pretty long time friends…and this is one of the most fucked things I have ever seen.

I can’t tell how pissed off this makes me

This poor woman
Savannah acid attack: Woman severely burne...

December 19th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 545, Tom Bukovac, “Let The Good Times Roll”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends
01:19 - 2009 Duesenberg Double Cat from John Oats
05:00 - Playing
05:42 - Fine tune adjustments on multibender
08:22 - '63 Gibson ES-335
09:46 - Playing
11:56 - "Middle sound" of ES-335
12:13 - "This is awesome" / Playing some Cars - Let the Good Times Roll
15:14 - Salude / Jazz strings


Notes
Uncle Larry gets home from an honest day’s work and shows the Homeschooling community a couple cool guitars that showed at the research laboratory today for further evaluation

Special thanks to John Oates and John Ladas from Black Magic Vintage Guitars

December 14th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Free Licks”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing some oldie licks


Notes
Here’s about 80 million free licks you can steal on a Sunday morning

This is a special guitar here friends…an ember ref 64 bird that has been tastefully upgraded to be a monster…not a bad guy to have on your team when you are out in the cosmos searching for something special

December 13th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 541, Tom Bukovac, “Kalamazoo Reflections”

Chapters
00:00 - '61 Gibson SG Les Paul
05:52 - Mike Bloomfield about Sunburst Sustain
07:29 - Greg Voros and Julio pickguard for ES-335 / Greg Voros expertise
11:39 - Alan Parker project / Dan Auerbach
24:10 - Playing
29:19 - Compare it to the best bridge pickup ('59 Gibson Les Paul Custom)


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings his dear beloved son Marshall’s lovely old chopper 61 SG/LP and reflects upon decades of wins and losses for the greatest guitar making company in the history of life on this planet.

For your amusement, here's an actual comment i got on this channel a couple days ago from a YouTuber called "620photo" after i posted a free video of me playing my 36 ES-150 with that glorious woody sounding Chuck Christian pickup.

"I used to get excited for these long videos. Where I knew he was gonna play for five or six minutes and talk for 20. Personally, I don't come here to hear him play, even though he is amazing. I come here for his great words of wisdom and great stories. I got excited to see a 25 minute video just to find out it's 15 minutes of playing jazz crap"

welcome to my world friends....i mean, seriously...how do you even respond to something in this "IQ range"?

well... anyway...it is true that 99% of the people that watch this channel are super cool...this fella is clearly a "one percenter"...

so, if you are indeed learning/growing/or just plain being entertained by all the bizarre things that take place on this channel, you might consider placing a little gratuity in the corporate tip jar....all proceeds go directly to Tom Bukovac...(not Uncle Larry)

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

If you want to see some cool Homeskoolin merch go here friends...nice comfy t shirts with some cool new designs.
https://humbuckermerch.com

December 12th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 540, Tom Bukovac, "Perfect Match"

Chapters
00:00 - All over the fretboard
03:51 - Hello, friends! / Late Friday night
04:20 - Son's '61 Gibson SG Special
05:34 - Jedd and Guthrie record
06:02 - '52 Gibson Les Paul P90 Goldtop / Finding the magic pickup


Notes
Thank you to everyone who helped make this crazy little dream of putting an old mini humbuck in the bridge of my sweet old featherweight 52 goldie a reality

Nick Drushel
Bubba Sarley
Dave Hinson
Greg Voros
Peter Scajcsik

I TRULY appreciate all of you

December 12th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 539, Tom Bukovac, “Hello Jazzy”

Chapters
00:00 - Looping a song fuckin' bad ass tune
02:32 - "Let's try a bass part"
04:25 - "That should work"
11:49 - Jazzbo Larry / Update
13:23 - '36 Gibson ES-150
15:32 - "You can hear the wood"
16:29 - NFL betting / Fear of God after getting hurt
20:43 - Lesson: Hendrix chord and changing a note / Losing tuning


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some modern jazz REAL early on a Friday morning....while most of his peers are still sound asleep, he gallantly navigates through some severely altered rhythm changes, accompanied by his trusty old '36 ES-150 (which is currently sporting a set of Thomastik flats that Uncle Larry happens to be a big fan of).

in fact, i'll tell ya this friends....if you like flat wounds, and you have yet to try a set of Thomastik strings, you are TOTALLY missing out...

they are, in a word, EXQUISITE

and COMPLETELY unrelated, this video i linked here below here is absolutely AMAZING to me on so many levels...
Severely-Burned Former Firefighter Opts for face transplant

i fucking love this guy...what a warrior.

let us never forget friends....there are people on this earth, walking among us, that know pain that the rest of us literally could not even imagine.

and i'm not talking about "i'm overweight, broke, out of shape, i suck at guitar and i live in my mom's basement at age 48" pain like Gus has....i'm talking about REAL fucking pain.

i have nothing but total reverence and respect for this dude...just trying to do his job and everything goes totally wrong...but he powered through it

incredible

December 11th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 538, Tom Bukovac, "Grady's Blues"

Chapters
00:00 - Melody from the soul
06:49 - Fun sound to play 8| / Instruments making a big entrance in a song
09:42 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / '56 Gibson Les Paul Custom neck pickup P90 (staple pickups)
11:39 - Ella Langley song / "Accounts"
12:44 - Slovenian props
13:10 - "Listen to where the instrument wants to go"
13:59 - "Harmonic Swirl"
14:36 - Huey Lewis and the News


Notes
Uncle Larry takes an early morning ride on Grady Martin's old 50's Danelectro 6 string bass.

just imagine being about 30 years old and being in a band THIS successful and THIS fucking tight....
these motherfuckers had the world by the balls
Huey Lewis and the News - I Want A New Dru...

December 10th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 537, Tom Bukovac, “Stump Grinder”

Chapters
00:00 - Some great raunch and eery slides
09:48 - Radio message through the amplifier
10:11 - Huey Lewis and The News
10:47 - Hello, friends! / Watkins Amp
11:35 - "Then I'd be happy" 8|
12:00 - Acoustic record / Mandolin
13:59 - Greg Koch
15:02 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Custom (Rain gutter tuners, staple pickups)


Notes
Uncle Larry gets his grind on with a little Watkins amp that naturally provides an absolute symphony of swirling harmonics on top of your playing

Man what a party

December 7th, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 535, Tom Bukovac, “The Boss’s Guitar”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello
01:29 - Vince Gill's '54 Gibson Les Paul
03:29 - A.I. hasn't affected work / Straps
05:50 - New Brett Papa album / New Country star albums / Ozempic and weight loss drugs
07:08 - Humidifiers
08:12 - Collision Devices - Tars and Black Hole Symmetry / NFL
10:58 - Rickenbacker thanks
15:20 - '52 Gibson Les Paul mini humbucker install
19:04 - Do you regret doing any work? / Country version of First Cut is the Deepest by Cat Stevens & Sheryl Crow / John Shanks


Notes
Uncle Larry sets up a cool old chopper 54 Goldie with some cool history

December 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 534, Tom Bukovac, “Osmondmosis”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing
06:38 - Hello, friends! / Marie Osmond and Vince Gill recording
07:51 - Lesson: Only using 2 chords / Outline the chord
09:43 - Products (straps, capos)
11:32 - Lesson: The Claw to grab notes
12:43 - Lesson: Cool Major 7s
14:32 - Major operation on the Goldtop / Mini humbucker put in
15:22 - '70 Marshall Superbass and Marshall Straight Cab / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale


Notes
Uncle Larry recaps a busy session day and plays ya some deep cut stratospheric blues on a 52 goldie through an embarrassingly clean 1970 super bass 100

If you ever wondered if Marie Osmond was a cool person or not, I can tell you for sure without a doubt that she is..

2 more days left to get the course for 179 bucks friends and here are the details
Grab the Course for a BIG 40% Off: https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
Make sure to use coupon code 2025BF for the discount!

December 1st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Discounted Course Runs Through This Friday Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Gaining up a 355
00:58 - Hey friends! / NFL
02:13 - Course
02:31 - Marshall Superbass 100W / Ear sensitivity
03:56 - '59 Gibson ES-335 / Offset bridge



Notes
Uncle Larry takes a ride on a temporarily guardless 59 355 and shows off a frustratingly clean 70 super bass 100 that obviously never took a rough ride in the back of a lorry

Here are the details for the upcoming Black Friday sale of the guitar course my friends:
Grab the Course for a BIG 40% Off: https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
Make sure to use coupon code 2025BF for the discount!

November 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 530, Tom Bukovac, “Watermelon Party”

Chapters
00:00 - Picking and strumming fervorously on the Silvertone into beautiful playing
04:47 - Dumble Tweedle Dee - Matt Swanson gift
05:34 - Gibson Mono ES-355 shootout intro / Tortoiseshell pickguard
06:15 - #1 acoustic / bridge
06:45 - #1 neck
08:00 - #1 middle
09:30 - #2 acoustic / bridge
10:28 - #2 neck
10:50 - #2 middle
11:10 - #1 neck
11:24 - #1 middle
11:34 - #1 bridge
12:32 - #2 neck
12:55 - #2 bridge
13:25 - #2 middle
13:41 - #2 acoustic
13:58 - #1 acoustic


Notes
355+355=710…just some simple math for ya here on a lovely Friday afternoon friends

Hope all you guys are doing great out there…
The opening bit of this vid is just a shameless little rave-up on a lovely old ‘59 Silvertone branded Danelecto U-2 that was formerly owned by my old buddy, the great Rick Vito …

and then we move on to some A/B comparisons between two sweet old watermelon red 59 factory mono Gibson ES-355s with PAFs…the one I just bought has double whites , I’m actually not sure what the one I have had for a while has

These guitars are very close in serial number in case you were wondering
A 31613
A 31507

Totally unrelated..I like this gal…she’s got just the right amount of attitude, and skill to back it up …I watch her videos even though a can’t cook for shit

November 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 529, Tom Bukovac, “A Sure Sign Your Repair Guy Is A Hack”

Chapters
00:00 - Bench intro
02:22 - Pedalboard intro
04:37 - Components on board: Diamond - Compressor, Collision Devices - Black Hole Symmetry, Digitech - Whammy, Coppersound - Telegraph V2 Autostutter & Killswitch
05:43 - XTS pedalboard builders
07:36 - '59 Danelectric U2 (Silvertone) / Rick Vito
10:23 - NFL
11:53 - D'Addario strap locks
14:09 - Ace guitar strap
14:42 - Nashville Bender Volume 3
16:45 - Gibson ES-355 Mono / Overbeveled frets
19:29 - Gassed out pickguard / Overbeveled frets
26:54 - Playing


Notes
i'll bet this isn’t the first time you guys have gone on a total stream of consciousness journey after a Bills game

check out this site my dear friends...some cool and cozy new Homeskoolin shirts just in time for winter...
https://humbuckermerch.com

here's the site for Baked Alaska records...they distribute my solo record, the record i made with Guthrie Trapp, plus the latest Dann Huff record.
https://bakedalaskarecords.com

they will very soon be be putting out the latest "Nashville Benders Volume 3" record featuring all KINDS of red hot pickers...Brent Mason, johnny Hiland, Jimmy Olander etc etc

November 20th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Vintage Football Flashback….Set The Controls For 1969

Chapters
00:00 - American football card video / Favorite cards
08:32 - '59 Gibson ES-355 Mono



Notes
Warning: if you are not into American football please skip this video

Uncle Larry shows you one of the most attractive sets in Topps football card history…the uber-classy 1969 set…263 total cards, notable rookie cards from this set are Larry Csonka (card # 120) and Brian Piccolo (card # 26)

If you want to check out some cool new Homeskoolin comfy t shirts go to this site friends
https://humbuckermerch.com

November 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Odds and Ends

Chapters
00:00 - '57 Rickenbacker Combo / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
01:07 - '57 Gibson ES-225
02:20 - '64 Fender Twin Reverb


Notes
Uncle Larry tries hard to keep everyone updated regarding all the endless wheelin and dealin that has taken place in recent weeks here at the Homeskoolin’ company headquarters …Larry and his team are working hard to keep all the viewers informed with up to the minute details showing all the insanity that comprises a normal day here at Homeskoolin Industries Worldwide