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February 19th, 2026
“How To Butcher A Vintage Guitar”
Chapters00:00 - Gibson ES-345 / Cut out back now attached with magnets
09:03 - Footage of carnage
Notes
Friends…this is not A.I……this is real
Somebody in this world actually thought it was a good idea to do this to a poor old 1960 Gibson ES-345, that had made it through the first 60 years of its life relatively unscathed.
Starring my dear old friend Dan Strain from Danocaster guitars, along with the rest of the boys from Glaser Instrument Repair
February 15th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Rarest Gibson Amp”
Chapters00:00 - Hello lovers of vintage amps
00:27 - '60 Gibson GA-83S (rare amp)
02:32 - Playing: Leslie type effect
04:04 - Playing: Pretty good tough guy stuff
Notes
In the late 50’s and early 60’s Gibson REALLY THOUGHT that their stereo guitars and amps idea was going to revolutionize the world.
The Gretsch company also made a strong push towards stereo in the late 50’s.
They ran it hard for about 4 years before they realized that it was never gonna fly and nobody gave a fuck.
This was the flagship amp of the Gibson stereo amplifier line up …the rare and coveted GA-83S…less than 300 were built during its full run of production, which was 1959-61.
I searched for one of these rare beasts for over 20 years before I found one
February 14th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 576, Tom Bukovac, “100% Pure Unobtainium...1963 Marshall JTM-45 Offset"
Chapters00:00 - One of the first 20 JTM45 amps that Jim Marshall made
06:00 - Good morning / Playing Marshall JTM45
09:00 - Analysis / Playing
10:11 - 4x12 Basketweave cab
12:52 - '52 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop P90/Firebird chopper
Notes
Uncle Larry, fresh out of bed, shows the class one of the rarest most collectible amps on planet Earth…
do you guys know what "JTM" in JTM-45 stands for?
in the video, i talk about the cabs being 2x10"s, but they are actually 2x12" cabinets
in my defense, i have been so infatuated with this head that i have paid very little attention to these cabinets
February 12th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 575, Tom Bukovac, “Community”
Chapters00:00 - '65 Fender Stratocaster Ocean Turquose
05:10 - "What is the point...to leave it alone?"
07:30 - Carfax for guitars
10:00 - "Most heinous chop job?" / '52 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop P90
12:20 - Preamps in acoustics / Van Halen / Brent Mason Telecaster
16:23 - Fiberglass / Carbon fiber splines
23:04 - Neck sets
26:41 - Groove Master bridge and innovations at Glaser
30:00 - Tom Murphy / Tom Bukovac innovation on the hush about a Stratocaster
Notes
Uncle Larry visits with the boys from Music City Bridge to discuss a very cool 1965 Stratocaster that found it’s way to it’s current owner through a very real and very organic network of people working together simply trying to help each other out.
After 30 plus years of living in Nashville, I can tell you that there is a very strong sense of community here, and we are all very thankful for that.
This guitar was originally consigned at Music City Vintage for a LOT of money due to the rarity of the ocean turquoise custom color.
I saw it there and immediately fell in love with it, and decided to feature it in one of my videos thinking that someone out there with way more money than I have might be interested in it.
My dear friend Matt Swanson saw that video and said that he would buy the guitar, but ONLY if the store was cool with having the guitar inspected by the guys at Vintage Verified to MAKE SURE that the finish is original.
You may remember me telling you about Vintage Verified, they use spectrometry and other amazing technology to analyze finishes, plastic and metal. They can tell if a guitar is straight or not, which is very important when you are spending THAT kind of dough.
Vintage Verified inspected the guitar, confirmed that it is indeed authentic. It had already been refretted once, but it was not a great fret job, so they suggested that the guitar be refretted again properly.
Matt agreed, so it was sent over to Glaser Instrument Repair so that Nick Drushel could give it to the bad ass fret job that the guitar deserves.
This whole thing is a great example of how the guitar community in this town works…there are so many great people and great resources here.
It’s truly amazing and I am THRILLED to be a small part of this great big beautiful karmic wheel .
Hope you enjoy the video friends
It stars :
Joe Glaser
Nick Drushel
Josh Rawlings
February 11th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 574, Tom Bukovac, “Tuxedo Black”
Chapters00:00 - Salud / Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul Custom setup
20:07 - Tuning
20:23 - Playing Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul Custom
23:02 - Playing '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
24:05 - Playing Custom Shop Gibson Les Paul Custom,
24:41 - Playing P90 / Playing '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
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Homeskoolin’ Volume 574, Tom Bukovac, “Tuxedo Black”
February 6th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 573, Tom Bukovac, “P-90 Orgy”
Chapters00:00 - Rockin' out the '61 Gibson SG P90s
01:22 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom
03:01 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special
04:42 - '61 Gibson SG
05:22 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom
06:13 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special
07:06 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special acoustically
07:40 - '61 Gibson SG acoustically
08:30 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom acoustically
08:56 - "Staple pickup is a bit different"
09:53 - Public access to my financial records
14:08 - Shootouts
14:30 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / Fender Stratocaster Ocean Turquoise
Notes
Uncle Larry unleashes some retro P-90 madness in a trio of some of the finest guitars ever made during the golden era of the greatest guitar company in the history of mankind.
and totally unrelated to guitars...but equally fascinating...this is a fucking AWESOME documentary, VERY well done and very insightful.
Good way to spend an hour, you will CERTAINLY learn something here my friends.
February 4th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 572, Tom Bukovac, “The 9.5 And Up Club”
Chapters00:00 - Hello Homeskoolers' / '56 Gibson Les Paul Special
03:52 - Playing Gibson Les Paul Special acoustically
04:21 - Fender Vibra Amp
04:36 - Playing Gibson Les Paul Special through amp
10:26 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale ('69 Fender Telecaster & parts bass)
Notes
Good evening friends …just wanted to show you a recent arrival to the endless carousel that we call “The Homeskoolin’ Shipping & Receiving Department”
The Lord works in mysterious ways …I just sold two of these 50s LP Specials over the past couple months, and yet another one shows up on my doorstep
Special thanks to my new friend Dale Cross for smuggling this fine one owner specimen across state lines
I’ll figure out what I have into that 69 bigsby tele …somewhere in the 9K range friends …and that restored 68 Tele bass is gonna be 2500
Let me know if anyone is interested
February 2nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 571, Tom Bukovac “Cool Old Gear Party”
Chapters00:00 - '52 Fender Tweed
01:32 - Acoustically testing '51 Fender Telecaster / Amp setup
02:11 - Playing
04:14 - '60 Fender Telecaster Custom
05:37 - '51 Fender Telecaster
06:41 - Differences?
08:56 - Playing Gibson SG bridge
09:51 - Gibson SG neck
Notes
My dear friend Tiego Castro brought over some EXTREMELY cool guitars and amps tonite …and after we had a beer and a burger we plugged some of it in , and I thought you guys might enjoy it
If you guys want to get in touch with Tiago check him out at tiagocastro1974@gmail.com
January 29th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 567, Tom Bukovac, “Grinder”
Chapters00:00 - Playing the best pickup ever owned
05:27 - "Hear an ebony board"
05:56 - How's everyone doing? / '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
06:50 - Fuck you Steve Cutler and retraction
07:17 - Lesson: Lush-ass chord [7 9 6 8 0 0]
08:56 - The Castle recording studio
09:22 - Lesson: B6sus -> C6maj7
10:40 - What a Gibson PAF should sound like
11:21 - Gibson Firebird III selling guitar
13:24 - Buying a Fender Telecaster / Lightweight guitars
14:58 - Sold a bunch of gear
15:22 - Lesson: Sliding down sixths / Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Notes
Uncle Larry grinds up some fresh PAF for you to put on your tone salad
January 29th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 566, Tom Bukovac, “Up With People”
Chapters00:00 - Hi everybody / Waiting for eternal thaw
02:00 - Lesson: Tone Control
03:27 - Thanks / VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
04:13 - "Where did your hybrid picking come in?" / Total obsurity Rig Rundown for Premier Guitar
05:11 - Lesson: Good practice lick
05:31 - Back to Rig Rundown and hybrid picking
07:24 - This is what is meant by "tone is in the hand" / Moving the pick around and fingering picking
09:36 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "What are you known for at sessions?"
10:08 - "Your eyes look alive without the booze"
10:18 - "Steve Cutler suck a dick"
11:14 - "Style of guitar you cannot play?" / Singers are like guitar players in regard to identification
12:50 - "Guitar is one of the most expressive instruments"
13:43 - Eric Gales is a good guitar player / Getting expression
15:57 - Playing
16:27 - '63 Gibson ES-335
Notes
Uncle Larry skins it back a little on an old 335 and discusses his new ultra positive approach to life …”up with people” he calls it….well, everyone except Steve Cutler of course….he can suck a dick.
This episode also contains a healthy amount of VCB…where Larry touches on some of the meaning behind the old saying “if you don’t hybrid pick, what the fuck are you even doing with your life?” that has been spoken in guitar culture for decades.
January 20th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 564, Tom Bukovac, “Goodbye Goldtop Hat”
Chapters00:00 - Playing somber tunes
05:24 - Hello, friends / Getting ready for storm / Michael Buble
07:27 - '52 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop P90
08:29 - Lesson: Em (1 x 5 5 0 3) -> A7 (x 0 4 5 0 2)
09:41 - Guitar is set up perfectly allows expression to the highest
10:37 - Steven Wilson
12:19 - Jim Irsay gig
14:13 - Playing
16:35 - Jim Irsay gig footage
Notes
Uncle Larry refects on a day of sessioneering and discusses the ins and outs of preparing for an ensuing winter storm with young lads to take care of….all whilst channeling Mingus and Lester, filtered through a very English lens…that then gets squeezed through the heart of Cleveland through a blonde Bassman….
and God bless Jimmy Irsay…miss you every day buddy
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January 19th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 562, Tom Bukovac, “Carandolet In The Wind”
Chapters00:00 - Playing a strange Les Paul
00:58 - Hello, dear friends / Carondelet Pickups
02:25 - Carondelet bridge
02:55 - '59 PAF bridge
03:51 - Carondelet bridge
04:18 - Gibson ES-335 PAF bridge
05:02 - Carondelet bridge
05:39 - Pickup height / It all sounds great
06:40 - Sometimes mismatched coils inside pickup
07:48 - Just listen to midrange / '59 PAF
08:21 - ES-335 PAF
08:45 - Carondelet (scooped) / Thoughts
10:00 - Carondelet neck pickup / NFL
Notes
Uncle Larry tries out some lovely new PAF style pickups that his dear friend Owen Barry brought him to try.
Check out this site friends
https://www.carondeletpickups.com/
…and totally unrelated, I think this might be the hardest I have ever laughed at an Instagram clip in my entire life :
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTq5hP...
and happy birthday to Dr. Martin Luther King....even though today is actually not your birthday
January 18th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 561, Tom Bukovac, “Freedom Isn’t Free…There’s A Hefty F**kin Fee…”
Chapters00:00 - Playing the double neck
04:03 - Hello, friends! / NFL
05:31 - Lesson: Emaj scale never though of
08:18 - "Talk a lot of rubbish"
09:19 - '58 Gibson EMS 1235
09:59 - Bixby / Playing
11:40 - Andy Summers great lick / Thanks for Brett Papa video / Mutual respect between 3 musicians
13:13 - History buff / Tough job / NFL
16:59 - Football card collection
Notes
Uncle Larry gets into some doubleneck musings and tries to brace himself for the end of his beloved NFL season.
At the end young Marshall shows off his Tech Deck skills whilst narrating a run through of the football card collection it has taken his father a lifetime of work to put together
Check out this brief preview of what’s coming down the pike for the new GT, JH, TB acoustic record
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January 13th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 559, Tom Bukovac “Deer Creek Symphony”
Chapters00:00 - Acoustic playing
03:34 - Hello friends / NFL
04:33 - Lesson: Trick to sound Open Tuning
06:33 - Morgan Wallen / Vincent Gillis and astouding guitars
08:44 - "What's your best acoustic?" [to Vince Gill]
10:15 - Bannerhead and Bryan Sutton
11:49 - John McBride - Blackbird Studios trying out microphone
13:37 - Gibson Southern Jumbo - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
15:27 - NFL
16:19 - Tweed Deluxe - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
17:45 - Grateful Dead - Bob Weir
Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on a fun day of sessioneering… and discusses some of the finer points of “acoustical” guitars
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This video is dedicated to one of the most iconic players in the great Homeskoolin’ saga…..our dear old friend Deercreek Audio…the world’s most lovable walrus
Goo goo ga joob buddy
January 8th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus , “The Third Floor”
Chapters00:00 - 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
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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”
Chapters00:00 - 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
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December 30th, 2025
The AC-15 Channel Volume 551, Tom Bukovac, “Back Seat Psychology”
Chapters00:00 - 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”
Chapters00:00 - 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.
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December 27th, 2025
Homeskoolin Volume 548, “Tube Amps Are Dead”
Chapters00:00 - 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”
Chapters00:00 - 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...