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October 26th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 724, Tom Bukovac, “The Forgiving Years”
Chapters00:00 - 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 4th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 714, Tom Bukovac, “The Cold Sheet”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Firebird nicely
02:04 - Singing: "All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray" (The Mama's and the Papa's - California Dreamin')
03:09 - Latest Rap hooks / Cardigans - Been It
05:00 - 'Touring pedalboard' maiden voyage at home / Hanging out with Nicky G
06:07 - Gibson SJ-200 bringing to tears / Happy endings :| Titty bars
07:38 - "Guy thought he was Jesus" / Snoolee7950, Gus / Morons following the morons
10:40 - Session playing is all about focus
11:52 - Concentration metaphor
12:41 - Willie Nelson / "What annoys you the most about the most imitated?" / 1 Jeff Beck & 1 Derek Trucks
14:56 - Rick Beato interview with Sheryl Crow / Sheryl Crow and Stevie Nicks song
16:59 - Bass player friend taking apart neck
18:20 - Gold sheet for NFL gambling
Notes
Uncle Larry tries a new pedalboard and a new gambling approach on live television...
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September 23rd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 708, Tom Bukovac, “Rule, Britania!”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Gibson Firebird
01:55 - Checking in / Vox AC15 and Firebird
03:07 - "Sympathetic howl" in the amp / Playing
04:15 - Thanks / Andy Partridge / CMA Awards nomination
06:28 - Ella Langley #1 song for running
07:22 - Special thanks
08:25 - Vox amp thing (magical chime)
09:15 - Lesson: Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
10:11 - Lesson: XTC - Humble Daisy
13:42 - New sessions / Playing
17:17 - Tune Down, Tune Out / Sitting on the Sand / New restaurant
Notes
Uncle Larry explores the unique classic chime of an early AC15 twin twelve
September 22nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Nonsuch”
Chapters00:00 - Strat part
02:20 - Firebird part
04:43 - Bass part
07:05 - Firebird part II (money shot)
Notes
Uncle Larry builds a loop part by part for one of his all time favorite Andy Partridge masterpieces that sadly nobody knows…
Give it a minute to develop friends
It’s kind of a slow burn
Two tracks of rhythm , a bass…and then the money shot
“Humble Daisy
Form a chain to hold all battleships in check
Humble Daisy
Knit a ladder down to nature's sunken wreck”
My favorite Andy quote….
“I like chords with a bit of dissonance and pungency, they’re not afraid to kick their legs out and let you know they’re alive”
and…i want to say a very special thank you to a guy named Joe Maggelet for being a totally honest upstanding human being
September 7th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 703, Tom Bukovac “P-90 West”
Chapters00:00 - Playing those things called chords
02:26 - Uncle-est Larry / Middle pickup heaven on the Firebird / Playing: Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
04:01 - Party, get-together fun / Labor Day session
07:30 - Lesson: The boink and up-picking
09:52 - Weird non-reverse Gibson Firebird
10:45 - Fernandes Sustainer / Demonstration of the Sustainer
13:48 - Fender Stratocaster
17:33 - Fernder Stratocaster / Million sounds in a Strat
Notes
Uncle Larry explores the glorious belching pukey tone of two old p-90s in the middle position…
The output of the guitar’s magnetic vibrations are being amplified by a narrow panel tweed Harvard
Special thanks to sweet Jaime French for a super fun evening last night
September 1st, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 697, Tom Bukovac, “What’s The Frequency Larry?”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Mello into singing
01:20 - Hey friends! / Tuesday Gone rendition
02:29 - Checking in / Brett Papa update
02:51 - Harmony Sovereign / Jimmy Burkett
04:16 - Harmony Bass guitar / Stratotone Jupiter
05:56 - Dedication to Brooks Thomas / Gibson Firebird
07:05 - Frequencies used at a concert / Know your frequencies
09:57 - Boss GE-10 (Graphic 10-band EQ) and demonstration of frequencies
14:40 - Thank you / Gus, Jizzboy
15:39 - "Tune Down, Tune Out"
Notes
Sure it’s important to know the notes on the fretboard, but it’s equally important to know your frequencies friends
August 20th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 686, Tom Bukovac, “Doozy Day”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Duesenberg Double Cat
02:36 - Hello, friends! / Fall
03:15 - Duesenberg Double Cat / John Oats / Morgan Wallen / Fakin' steel
04:41 - Playing: Faking pedal steel
05:53 - "Weird EQ" / Coolest moves on a multibender
06:22 - Lesson: Keeping the G while hitting the B
07:41 - "That move right there"
08:51 - Getting to a cool Major 7
09:51 - "Cool move" / "Sound of the benders"
10:51 - Lesson: Crippled by the slide
13:27 - '63 Gibson Firebird V / Taking out high end by swapping potentiometers (pots)
16:26 - '64 Gibson Firebird III
19:00 - Robert Keeley - Tube Drive
19:38 - The Doors - People Are Strange
Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class the discontinued Duesenberg Double Cat Multi Bender guitar that he has been wrestling with for almost 20 years now….and then he gets into some old Firebird minutiae
August 6th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 677, Tom Bukovac, “Student Driver”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Gibson Firebird raunch
06:00 - Hello, class! / Son steering the vehicle moment
08:22 - Wheelin' and dealin' vintage guitar / '52 Goldie (Gibson Les Paul) / Life update
16:25 - Lesson: Cool chord D/C [x 3 4 0 6 x]
18:26 - Gibson Firebird
Notes
Uncle Larry shares a magical moment that EVERY single dad out there can relate to…amidst some ferocious p-90 attacks through some old fender tweed
June 28th, 2026
Uncle Larry’s Random Gear Review (EHX Deluxe Memory Man & Big Muff)
Chapters00:00 - Hello, friends / Electro-Harmonix tryout
01:15 - Clean sound
01:52 - Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
02:36 - Tone control
02:52 - Sustain control
03:23 - Electro-Harmonix Memory Man / Controls / Gain
08:03 - Longest delay you can get / Brightness / Modulation
10:00 - Summary
Notes
Uncle Larry delves into a couple new EHX pedals …the new Big Muff and the new small box Deluxe Memory Man
June 12th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 646, Tom Bukovac, “Hair Of The Bird”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Nazareth - Hair of the Dog into some good shit
05:48 - Hey friends! / Family update and dentists
07:42 - "Sitting in the sand..." lyrics and help from J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr.
08:35 - Nazareth - Hair of the Dog and son story
09:45 - '64 Gibson Firebird 3 / Firebird numbers / Brian Jones haircut
11:30 - Car central / Hellcat light up emblem and update
13:03 - Talkboxes and history
14:22 - The "speaking" Firebird has "good contact"
15:12 - Maestro Vibrola
15:42 - The Cliffs
16:53 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Thanks
17:30 - "Miserable people say 'Fuck that guy'" / People post their best moments / Negative facebook
20:08 - Gordon Mote and perfect pitch / Playing: Firebird
21:45 - Ann Wilson moments / Being in a band
Notes
Uncle Larry dusts off the old ember red Bird on a rainy day
this is the CLIFFS song Pepe and I were trying to think of...i love this one
• Ready To Go
Here’s the whole record dear friends
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 14th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Free Licks”
Chapters00:00 - 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
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October 23rd, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 514, Tom Bukovac, “Kalamazoo Girls”
Chapters00:00 - Calm finger picking
04:37 - Hello, friends!
05:40 - Plexi Soul album
07:37 - Havalina update / Playing
08:49 - Open Chords and wide voicings / Playing
Notes
Uncle Larry explores the universe on a clear fall evening
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October 21st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 512, Tom Bukovac, “Doink 182”
Chapters00:00 - Plinking around
02:33 - Hello, friends!
03:23 - Gibson ES-150 (Charlie Christian)
03:58 - Doink sound? / Outlaw Country vs. Jazz doink
05:20 - Loop with ES-150
06:00 - Loop with Gretsch Duane Eddy
08:08 - Loop with '52 Les Paul
09:40 - Loop with Firebird
11:29 - Back to the ES-150
Notes
It’s full on Doinkapalooza going on at Larry’s house tonite friends…Doinkstock….Doinkamont…
The Isle Of Doink…your indoinktion to the neck pickup hall of twang
Anyway, you get the idea
September 3rd, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 497, Tom Bukovac, “Feels Like Cleveland”
Chapters00:00 - Strumming away
01:06 - Hello, friends / Early mornings
01:54 - P90 shootout forgotten guitars / '79 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
02:55 - '79 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe bridge
03:35 - '61 Gibson SG Special / All time favorite live gig guitar
04:12 - '61 SG bridge
04:55 - Vince Gill tour
05:26 - '61 SG bridge - turning the volume down bridge
07:09 - '63 Firebird V bridge
07:53 - '61 SG bridge
08:09 - '79 Deluxe / Mini-humbucker different than Firebird pickup / Toaster top pickup
09:33 - Rick Beato show with David Gilmore
11:34 - NFL starting / Hot tub
12:40 - "What makes a man, a man?" / 2 propane tanks and avoid a fat wallet
13:54 - "What amps are you using in the studio?" / Marshall
15:12 - Shootout comments / '65 Firebird I bridge
16:13 - '61 SG bridge
Notes
Uncle Larry shows you some of the different sounds available in the “smaller sized” pickups
September 2nd, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 496, Tom Bukovac, “P-90 Miles Per Hour”
Chapters00:00 - Taking a strum into Rock
01:56 - Hello, friends! / T.A.L.K.
02:47 - '59 Gibson TV Special Double Cut / Clear coat on the headstock
04:43 - P90 shootout
05:31 - Double Cut bridge
06:17 - '65 Gibson Firebird I bridge
07:17 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Special Single Cut bridge
08:25 - '52 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop bridge
09:13 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom bridge
10:04 - '60 Gibson Les Paul Junior bridge
10:55 - '60 Junior acoustically
11:15 - '52 Goldtop acoustically
11:38 - '58 Single acoustically
11:56 - '65 Firebird acoustically
12:11 - '55 Custom acoustically
12:27 - '59 Double acoustically
12:55 - '58 Single acoustically
13:32 - There's really magical shit in these guitars
14:35 - '58 Single bridge
14:58 - '52 Goldtop bridge
15:07 - '60 Junior bridge
15:28 - '65 Firebird bridge
15:50 - '55 Custom bridge
16:32 - '58 Single bridge
Notes
Uncle Larry gets balls deep into some old Kalamazoo and shows you several variations of nature’s single coil, the Gibson P-90
i totally forgot to include my 61 SG special in the mix....this might call for a recount
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August 12th, 2025
Homeskoolin Volume 484, Tom Bukovac, “Satan’s SG and Other Earthly Delights”
Chapters00:00 - Playing some AC/DC into some KISS
03:38 - Checking in / One song with anyone living or dead?
06:14 - '63 Gibson "Satan's SG" (parts guitar)
08:31 - '64 Gibson Firebird III
10:25 - Neck pickup
11:28 - Offset post bridge by Nick Drushel
12:23 - Too many guitars / 1970 Fender Stratocaster (Banana Yellow)
14:18 - '69 Gibson SG for sale
16:03 - '60 Gibson ES-335
Notes
Uncle Larry plays some old honk and starts phase one of a major launch party
Local pickup always preferred but I can ship guitars…just not amps
1970 Stratocaster…no excuses 18k
1969 SG Standard 9500
1960 ES-330 (already fretted) 11k
July 21st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Two More Days Friends”
Chapters00:00 - Rocking with the wah - Mick Ronson style
01:23 - Mick Ronson wah / Brett Papa course
02:44 - Boss BP-1w Booster / Preamp / Thanks for many gifts
04:03 - '65 Gibson Firebird / Controls and layout
06:50 - Lesson: Tom Morello boing
08:08 - Lesson: Coolest note in E (Bb)
Notes
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Also special thanks to:
Greg for the cool Cleveland mug
Chris for the tiny amp built into an Altoids box
Pete Thomas for the Larry’s hair putty
You guys are all sweethearts for being thoughtful enough to send gifts ...i appreciate it
and....i may have found just the thing to cover that nasty route on that chopper 68 Telecaster bass i got recently ...an original 70's Hunter Ronson tour sticker
looks a hell of a lot better with a cool pickguard don't it?
Todays rig
65 Gibson firebird I
Gretsch 6161 combo amp made by Valco
May 18th, 2025
Homeskoolin' Volume 450, Tom Bukovac, "maximumlarry.com/course"
Chapters00:00 - Gibson Firebird string changing
02:17 - Dean Cadillac back from Gruhn's
03:09 - Second wave of vintage / Pink Ibanez
05:03 - Jedd's copied amp circuit and Ebo
07:21 - Shaq, convertible Hellcat
16:00 - Redd Volkaert
22:18 - Gruhn Guitars Inc. - George Gruhn
Notes
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