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May 25th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 633, Tom Bukovac, “PAF Fury”
Chapters00:00 - It's all in the description / Cycling through some guitars
00:32 - '58 Gibson EMS 1235
00:58 - '59 Gibson ES-335
01:24 - '60 Gibson ES-335
01:51 - '61 Gibson Les Paul
02:24 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
03:00 - '64 Reissue Murphy Lab with special pickups from Spain
04:30 - '64 Reissue Murphy Lab with special pickups from Spain
05:04 - '61 Gibson Les Paul
05:25 - '59 Gibson ES-335
06:12 - '60 Gibson ES-335
06:40 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
07:17 - '58 Gibson EMS 1235
09:00 - Thoughts / Neck pickups '58 Gibson EMS 1235
10:49 - '59 Gibson ES-335 neck
11:25 - '60 Gibson ES-335 neck
11:56 - '61 Gibson Les Paul neck
12:36 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom neck
13:22 - '64 Reissue Murphy Lab with special pickups from Spain neck ("the blue thing")
15:38 - Acoustically shootout
20:50 - Princeton amp and pedalboard used
Notes
Hello friends…a small army of guitar lovers gathered tonite at Uncle Larry’s Sanctuary to drink a couple beers and reminisce about the good old days.
This episode features young Eddie Blacksmith (aka Eddie Haddad)….young Ben Brandt (aka the boy with the good “scrong”) …and Ford Thurston (aka Fordy Ounce) …as well as a fairly large cache of golden era humbuckers (and even a couple modern pickups) framed inside some delightful dry aged lightweight Honduran hog for your viewing and listening pleasure
Our dear Fordy had a pretty solid buzz on, so he elected not play and only listen to the evening’s proceedings…
Granted, it may be a little challenging at times to make out what he’s saying, but I think you’ll find his tonal observations to be pretty spot on, despite his rather “relaxed” state of consciousness.
Hope you enjoy yet another crazy day in the life of your old buddy from northeast Ohio.
May 22nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 630, “Real 59 Tweed Deluxe versus New Dumble Tweedle-Dee”
Chapters00:00 - Hello, friends! / '56 Gibson Les Paul Jr
00:45 - '59 Fender Tweed Deluxe vs. Dumble Tweedle D intro / '56 Gibson Les Paul Jr and original case
01:49 - Settings on Tweed Deluxe
02:51 - Playing: Tweed
03:53 - Turn guitar to 7 and get acoustic sound
04:25 - Music City Bridge
05:15 - Black Crowes vibe
05:31 - Setting on the Dumble Tweedle
06:07 - Playing: Tweedle
07:03 - Playing: Tweedle - normal channel
07:23 - Switching back and forth between amps
Notes
I got a feeling this one is gonna spark a helluva ruckus in the comment section friends hahaaaa
In one corner , an original 1959 fender tweed deluxe with stock trannies and Jensen speaker (value 8-10k)
In the other corner, a new Dumble Tweedle-Dee with Celestion 25w greenback (MSRP 12.5k)
May 18th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 628, Tom Bukovac, “The Human Tendency To Rush”
Chapters00:00 - Playing Goldtop with Firebird pickup
05:32 - Hillo, friends / Facing the day of American life :|
08:47 - Negative Visualization
11:00 - Not a fat rockstar, just a healthy session man
12:06 - Beatles - Rubber Soul album / Weird songs
12:56 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Things Going On
13:20 - Rushing Theory (Billy Powell, Dickey Betts) - "You can hear yourself a bit better"
16:15 - Lesson: Tempo being wrong
17:08 - "Hardest thing to play with energy and put it in the pocket"
18:27 - Young gal that never played in the studio analogy
21:13 - "Why does everything have to be on the click?" / Cutting and fitting every parts
Notes
Uncle Larry, the self proclaimed Sultan Of Smear, shares his thoughts about the ancient human instinct to rush.
May 17th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 627, Tom Bukovac, “He’s Got A Pretty Mouth”
Chapters00:00 - Playing and singing
02:19 - Hello, friends / Pool party
03:28 - Dean DeLeo, Trip The Witch, and getting up on stage with Stone Temple Pilots (STP)
04:18 - Deliverence movie
06:04 - '56 Gibson Les Paul TV Junior / Non-original bridge trivia
07:33 - Playing
07:55 - Looking for an original case
08:22 - Thank you / Abbey Road, Ty Myers, and looking for instruments
10:16 - Playing / Summation
Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class a lovely old limed mahogany Gibson from one of the greatest years in American guitar building history…..1956
…and he discusses one of the greatest American cinematic achievements of the early 70’s….Deliverance
Special thanks to John Shanks and Noah from Carter Vintage Guitars for bending over backwards to facilitate this deal
I would never have been able to get this magnificent old guitar without the help of those two fine gentlemen…
May 15th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 626, Tom Bukovac, “Power Tools”
Chapters00:00 - Playing the shit out that guitar
11:34 - Ah, hello, friends!
12:12 - Lesson: Cool lick (Dmaj -> Amaj -> Emaj) / Bending octaves
15:12 - Lesson: Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Notes
Uncle Larry fresh home from a day of sessioneering heats up the tubes of a crusty old Fullerton tweed kicker box with an old flamethrowin' razor from the golden age of Kalamazoo....a belligerent old six string sawzall from Parsons Street....a tuxedo black triple ply P-90 billy club bruiser.... ebony and blocks from a fly over midwestern ghetto...a blue handle pebble case Honduran hog brawler from McCarty's Michigan....
ya know...if you guys are indeed enjoying this shit PLEASE throw a little somethin' in the tip jar....it certainly helps keep the spirits up here at corporate...you mustn't forget i have NEVER ONCE asked you guys to subscribe or to smash that like button..
paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com
venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1
May 3rd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 616, Tom Bukovac, “Master Volume Madness”
Chapters00:00 - Hello friends / Radio stations
01:33 - Marshall JCM 800 / Marshall JMP 2204 / Gibson Les Paul
02:06 - Different than a Plexi
04:00 - Amp settings / JMP
05:50 - JCM 800
06:26 - JCM 800 with no Bass "AM Radio sound"
06:58 - JCM 800 turn up the Treble "Presence"
07:19 - JCM 800 Mid Range "Treble"
07:38 - JCM 800 Presence "Subtle"
08:13 - Playing: JCM 800
08:34 - JCM 800 Preamp on 10
Notes
Uncle Larry gives the class a tour of the amps that powered the youth of America in the 80’s….the legendary vertical input JCM-800, and the JMP 2204 50 watt…
I KNOW that for many of you out there, this was the amp that was in the trunk of your high mileage late 70’s GM vehicles when you got your first blow jobs after a gig.
and totally unrelated , I know you’ve already seen it, but go back and watch the original 2004 Friday Night Lights movie by Peter Berg….
I watched it with the boys last night ….so gripping , so powerful…UNBELIEVABLE acting performances by Billy Bob and Tim McGraw…
just an incredible movie…and the soundtrack by Explosions In The Sky is soooooo fucking good…and when “just got paid” by ZZ comes on it’s just the perfect marriage between film and music
What a fuckin movie holy shit
April 5th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 603, Tom Bukovac, “Easter Lamia”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Genesis - The Lamia
03:06 - Electro-Harmonix Little Muff
03:54 - '59 Fender Tweed Bassman (40W)
04:20 - Blackface and Tweed together, 3rd voice appears
09:45 - Playing: The Doors - Love Two Times
10:30 - Old pedals tone sucking bypass / Comparing plugging in / New pedals
12:00 - Playing: The Doors - Touch Me
14:00 - Playing: The Doors - Riders on the Storm (loop)
16:00 - Update / Being able to read music
19:00 - Jizzboy
Notes
Uncle Larry sends out a little progressive Easter love for his beloved Homeskoolers with one of Steve Hackett’s most memorable solos…”The Lamia”… from the record that all real Genesis fans just refers to as “The Lamb”
Here’s those cool amp baffles friends :
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check out some cool Homeskoolin merch friends
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and i KNOW you guys appreciate a fun Easter egg hunt…so if anyone out there wants to beat the Competition , there might be a certain guitar about to go up on the block …Orange you glad I told you?
It’s not at all like the guitar that dave Mustang played in megadeth in 1968, so don’t start thinking that it is
i keep thinking of a number somewhere between 7400 and 7600 …if you want to guess what that number is email me at tombukovac@gmail.com
and here is the link to the course that is now selling for half its original price friends
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
April 3rd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 602, Tom Bukovac, “Super Clean Reverb”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Gibson Les Paul Custom
04:15 - Hello, friends / The chord you use when you play funk
05:05 - Fender Super Reverb
05:51 - History of Marshall and Vox
07:00 - Vox amp / House generator
09:05 - "Money is laying all over, just need to pick it up"
11:53 - Jamie French
13:38 - Dan Auerbach studio jam
14:20 - Marcus King
15:00 - Netflix movie about Boeing by Ron Howard
Notes
Uncle Larry keeps the subscribers abreast of current topics.
This is an amazing vid
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So is this
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Half off the course this week friends !!
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
And she’s already got a million subs so she don’t need all my stragglers, but here ya go
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March 26th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 597, Tom Bukovac “Ouds and Lutes”
Chapters00:00 - Little heat from Texas
05:15 - Guitar is hard, friends
07:11 - Playing: Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
09:49 - Chess songs / Yes / Playing and singing
14:20 - Teaching lessons to ass guy
Notes
Uncle Larry fantasizes about being young and British with long straight hair and weird teeth, and about having some ancient exotic stringed instruments …all while being trapped in a world of American P-90s and vintage Cleveland tweed…
March 25th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 596, Tom Bukovac, “Ivy League Rock”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Strat
04:10 - Hello, friends! / Kid Rock and JD Simo
05:17 - Fender Tweed Harvard
05:55 - Playing: Strat into Harvard
06:56 - Playing: '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
09:07 - Greg Voros
10:20 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / '78 Yamaha FG750S comment
Notes
Uncle Larry soaks his weary ears in a nice hot tweed bath….Harvard, Princeton, Yale..whatever it takes…
March 24th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 595, Tom Bukovac, “Spring Cleanin’”
Chapters00:00 - Playing acoustic
02:44 - Checking in...
03:36 - '36 Martin D-18
06:09 - Grabbing the '38 Martin
06:32 - '38 Marting 000-18
06:53 - Playing: 000-18
08:27 - Playing: D-18
10:26 - Comparing it to a Neumann U67 microphone
13:01 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '59 Gibson J50 - $6,500
13:48 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '56 Gibson Les Paul Special - $22,000
14:42 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '80 Hamer Sunburst - $3,000
16:03 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '61 Fender 400 Pedal Steel - $2,500
Notes
Uncle Larry’s champagne tastes on a beer budget once again forces him to liquidate some gear he wasn’t planning on selling
As always …local pickup ALWAYS wins here
My email is tombukovac@gmail.com
59 J-50…I got 6k in it and I am trying to make 500 bucks on it…do the math
56 LP Special …22K plus shipping …ask any vintage dealer about that price…oh and don’t forget to tell them that it’s 9.5/10 condition
1980 Hamer Sunburst, a bit heavy but it’s a tone machine…set up PERFECTLY…priced VERY affordabily 3K
61 Fender 400 pedal steel…very low mileage and no rust whatsoever $2500.00
March 16th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Piano Black”
Chapters00:00 - Playing: Les Paul Custom gettin' dirty
Notes
Back home after day one of a 5 day session run at Blackbird working for producer Jamie Kenney and pop sensation Max Mcnown
Feedback by Maestro
March 10th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Mr. Chewy” (#1963 Marshall JTM-45 Offset)
Chapters00:00 - '63 Marshall JTM-45
Notes
A friend of mine wanted to hear this old 63 offset JTM-45 Marshall rig, so I made him this video .
Thought you guys might get a kick out of it too…this amp sounds so fuggin’ cool to me.
I can’t believe how chewy and gummy it is …such a unique sounding rig
March 9th, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 589, Tom Bukovac, “Buddhism Made Easy”
Chapters00:00 - Raunch
01:33 - Hello, class! / Radio stations through the Watkins Scout / Chilling out
02:52 - Feeling like a dirty whore / Jamie French - The Hunter & Edge of Seventeen
06:37 - Hypochondria / CT scan and bloodwork
12:19 - Steely Dan body of work / Bodhisattva
15:09 - Acoustic change out and tuning
16:30 - Lesson: Steely Dan - Bodhisattva chords
20:28 - Drummer friend channel / Pedal steel
Notes
Uncle Larry plays some post test results rock and roll for ya on a lovely old Gibson solid body.
March 2nd, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Bukysattva”
Chapters00:00 - Playing loop Steely Dan - Bodhisattva
Notes
the shine in your Japan…the sparkle in your China
March 1st, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 587.5 Tom Bukovac, “The Missing Piece Part 2”
Chapters00:00 - Playing the '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (new)
02:16 - Intonation part 2 / Bridge and studs
03:31 - Stabbed finger
04:11 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (original)
05:30 - Summary
05:55 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom P90 J.T.
07:01 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (new)
09:18 - Checking acoustic properties / '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (new)
09:55 - Checking acoustic properties / '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (original)
10:15 - Checking acoustic properties / '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (new)
10:30 - Checking acoustic properties / '56 Gibson Les Paul Special (original)
10:39 - Checking acoustic properties / '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom P90 J.T. Ebony board
11:05 - It's the little things that make Rock n' Roll
Notes
Uncle Larry takes a victory lap on the old chopper 56 after beating it fully into submission ….damn this thing is pretty fuggin cool kids
March 1st, 2026
Homeskoolin’ Volume 587, Tom Bukovac, “The Missing Piece”
Chapters00:00 - Guess, hello, friends
00:56 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Special
03:00 - Stash of parts
07:38 - Marshall amps / Dumble amps
13:02 - Fender vs Gibson guitars / Gibson L5
15:40 - Soul Power series
17:35 - Jizzboy / Pickup height / Tuning
21:34 - Playing / Intonation...
Notes
In today’s episode, Larry’s big reveal gets completely ruined by the discovery of a missing part …
but rest assured friends, he will live to fight another day …
until next time my friends
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