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July 3rd, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 468, Tom Bukovac, “Hillbilly With A Hellcat”
Chapters00:00 - Honky Tonk playing
06:13 - Thank you for course
08:17 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / The trashy side of comments and retort
11:28 - Real Country players / Paul Franklin
13:33 - The tuning of the Pedal Steel / Buddy Emmens, etc.
15:33 - Lesson: Steel kick
17:45 - Brett Papa course
Notes
ENDLESS thank you’s to everyone out there who took the plunge and bought the course
I am SO HAPPY that you guys dig it
Here’s the link
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
June 21st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Macon Gold”
Chapters00:00 - The Story of Dwayne Allman's GoldTop
03:45 - Acoustic A/Gmaj7...
04:45 - Vince Gill playing the Les Paul
07:06 - More background story
07:25 - Actual playing
07:52 - Tom playing Lynryd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special on the Dwayne's Goldtop
Notes
Hello dear Homeskoolers…dearest Richard Brent, the fella that’s shown at the beginning of this video, was kind enough to bring over the iconic 57 Goldtop that Duane Allman used to plunk on to our soundcheck today .
The guitar is usually on display at the Allman brothers museum in Macon GA, which was about a mile from the old venue we played at apparently.
What a cool old guitar, it’s certainly been through a lot in its life…lots of changes and many owners…but all you gotta do is plug it in and hear it through an amplifier to quickly understand that it’s charm is pretty undeniable.
A nice lightweight guitar with a fairly shallow neck profile, that sports a FANTASTIC sounding pair of PAF’s that are extremely balanced with rich sounding midrange.
What’s not to love?
Special thanks to Steve Harlamert
Here’s a link to some website history on the guitar
June 20th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 465, Tom Bukovac, “Livin After Midnight Ramblin’ Riders On The Storm”
Chapters00:00 - Tom and Jedd
06:00 - Stories from the road (Ronnie Mullins)
07:00 - Acoustic strumming
09:51 - Greetings from Georgia
11:11 - Allman Brothers
12:09 - Throwing bass track down in 5 minutes
13:15 - Vince Gill shows
13:52 - Lesson: Cool lick [8 8 7 x x x] -> [8 6 8 x x x]
15:04 - Instagram
16:08 - Tal Wilkinfeld gig / Videoing at comic gigs
18:20 - Playing
19:43 - Over and out
Notes
Through the magic of “modern digital editing”, Uncle Larry creates a soft cozy quilt of Homeskoolin’ from some leftover fabric remnants that he had laying around …a coat of many colors
…AND he introduces you to the coolest thing that ever came out of West Virginia…and that my friends is a fella named Ronnie Mullins
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You can also still buy nice soft extremely comfy Homeskoolin t shirts in many styles at this site friends
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June 3rd, 2025
If interested please email tiagocastro1974@gmail.com Local Nashville sales would be preferred and price can be negotiated
Chapters00:00 - '69 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop with '68 appointments
02:31 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior
05:19 - Marshall Basketweave cabs
Notes
If interested please email tiagocastro1974@gmail.com
Local Nashville sales would be preferred and price can be negotiated
May 27th, 2025
Homeskoolin' Volume 457, Tom Bukovac, "Does Wood REALLY Matter?"
Chapters
00:00 - Fishing out calming notes
03:20 - Old Homeskoolin' picks
04:11 - Roland Jazz Chorus JC-120
05:02 - Volume pedal swells
05:40 - Skyline Motel
06:10 - Lesson: Waterfall guitar part
09:00 - Got a 'car guy' for the Hellcat with special TN black plates
09:45 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Titles of videos, school newspaper, Creative Writing, Math
12:17 - JC-120
12:30 - Gibson Les Paul -> Duesenberg Sessionman
14:18 - Morgan Wallen records and different mixes (Wood, 808, etc.)
16:00 - Maximumlarry.com
16:30 - Ghost story / Haunted guitar
17:09 - 3 50's Gibson Les Paul acoustic shootout
17:26 - '55 Custom
17:53 - '58 Special
18:18 - '52 Goldtop
19:00 - Lesson: E F G A B C D E
Notes
I was just thinking to myself...what would be the funniest most bullshit clickbait video title i could possibly think of...
here's a cool old track...the legendary Richard Bennett on acoustic...Uncle Larry on electrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPyzrdsKhe0
May 25th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 455, Tom Bukovac, “The Wide Wide River Of Tuning”
Chapters00:00 - Gibson P90 harmonics
06:09 - Pedalboard laboratory
Notes
Uncle Larry shows you some licks and some gear
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May 13th, 2025
Homeskoolin' Volume 446, Tom Bukovac, "Wild 700 Horses"
Chapters00:00 - 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 1st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 435, Tom Bukovac, “Must Be Present To Win”
Chapters00:00 - 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 29th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 433, Tom Bukovac, “Strange Days Indeed”
Chapters00:00 - 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”
Chapters00:00 - 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”
Chapters00:00 - 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.
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April 26th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 430, Tom Bukovac, “Neckrestphilia”
Chapters00:00 - 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 14th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ “A Heartwarming Human Interest Story”
Chapters00:00 - 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 5th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam, “The Wind Beneath My Strings”
Chapters00:00 - Just amazing...with a '55
Notes
Sometimes Larry gets tired of talking…
April 3rd, 2025
Homeskoolin' Volume 422, Tom Bukovac, "Tone-nado Alley"
Chapters00:00 - Putting those chords back into the music
01:48 - Hello, friends! / Lightning, thunder, and storms
03:00 - Playing with a cast of friends
06:10 - Firebird bridge (Volume 10)
06:55 - Firebird bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
07:21 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow
07:51 - Special bridge (Volume 10)
08:36 - Special bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
09:18 - '61 Gibson SG Special / Music City Saavy Bridge / Tweed Twins
10:37 - SG bridge (Volume 10)
11:36 - SG bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
12:08 - Treble bleed circuit
12:57 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow
13:10 - Junior bridge (Volume 10) / tuning
13:50 - Cont.
14:01 - Junior bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
14:37 - eBay '59 Gibson Junior
16:25 - '60 Gibson ES-330 / Not DIY
17:20 - ES-330 bridge (Volume 10)
18:00 - ES-330 bridge (Volume 7 or 8)
19:00 - ES-330 neck (Volume 10)
19:29 - ES-330 neck (Volume 7 or 8) / Junior neck skip
19:57 - SG neck (Volume 10)
20:27 - SG neck (Volume 7 or 8)
20:55 - Special neck (Volume 10)
21:00 - Special neck (Volume 7 or 8)
21:50 - Firebird neck (Volume 10)
22:00 - Firebird neck (Volume 7 or 8)
22:33 - Conclusion / Sonic differences
Notes
Uncle Larry dodges endless tornado attacks in an effort to provide you with some useful information regarding the sound of the most dangerous rock and roll sounding pickup ever be installed into an electric guitar...the Gibson P-90
Here it is some various instruments...let me know your thoughts about which one looks....uh...i mean sounds the best
April 2nd, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Attention All Rush Fanatics”
Chapters00:00 - Alex Lifeson story / Blackbird Studios / Maestro MPF-1 Parametric Filter, Deluxe Electric Mistress Flanger, Boss CE-1 Chorus (Westbury Sound)
03:40 - Playing through the guitar effect
06:50 - Maestro MPF-1 Parametric Filter
08:20 - All 3 together
08:50 - Old debate (Ford vs Chevy)
10:29 - Selling it (1 of 2)
Notes
Uncle Larry has been around a lot of really cool old gear in his life friends…but he has seen very few things quite as cool as this …
March 31st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 4:20, Tom Bukovac, “Bongpacker' Blues”
Chapters00:00 - Guitar goodness
03:06 - "Apologies to Kenny Wayne"
04:20 - Lesson: Bending both notes / Dann Huff
07:07 - Paul Reed Smith, Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, Burst and shootout setup
08:28 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
10:07 - PRS bridge
12:00 - Burst bridge
13:57 - Goldtop bridge
14:57 - PRS bridge
15:55 - PRS neck
17:37 - Goldtop neck
18:47 - Burst neck
19:41 - Burst bridge
20:13 - Goldtop bridge
21:03 - PRS bridge
Notes
I can already hear y'all complainin'.…
“Jesus Larry, i haven’t seen this many shootouts since i watched “Gunfight At OK Corral”…ease up man…”
well. i'm sorry friends...but this one was by request
ya' see friends, Uncle Larry don't smokes no weeds...but he can still dedicate an episode to all you stoners out there...
Volume 4:20
hope you enjoy
look around the corner friends...right down the hallway, just past the bathroom...
there is a tip jar...any money that you put in there goes to helping bring chords back to music
venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1
paypal is tombukovac@gmail.com
and one more thing i probably should mention... all of the sudden i've gotten into turkey hunting...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu8vzgYZDkA
March 29th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 416, Tom Bukovac, “Mr. Click & His Friends”
Chapters00:00 - Hello, friends / Update / Playing
04:34 - Neck pickup
07:30 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow / Playing
11:00 - Music City Bridge / Playing
11:55 - Paul Reed Smith McCarty
13:30 - PRS Prototype / McCarty playing
16:30 - Gibson ES-335 playing
17:38 - McCarty bridge
18:07 - McCarty neck
20:04 - ES-335 neck
20:48 - John Coltrane lick
22:00 - PRS Prototype
23:24 - PRS Prototype neck
24:18 - Lesson: Kenny Wayne Shepherd swipe
Notes
Uncle Larry shows off how ridiculously in tune he can make an old Gibson with just some simple household tools…AND shows you a couple new guitars
March 27th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 414, Tom Bukovac, “Lord Of The Shims”
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction to Nick Govrik's new album
02:57 - In the studio
03:34 - Hello, friends / Bench video Gibson ES-330 spacers/shims
04:56 - Epiphone Casino / Keith Urban
05:13 - "I like short shorts" sticker / '60 Gibson ES-330
05:45 - Pickup too low / Mo Pitney
08:47 - Shims
17:33 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom / Backstory
20:40 - Custom middle position
21:54 - Pickup height
22:02 - Custom neck pickup
22:33 - Custom bridge pickup
24:55 - Lesson: Double hammer-on
25:00 - "Retro doink"
Notes
It won’t be long now friends…til Uncle Nick’s record will be available for purchase on CD and vinyl!!
Nick Govrik
“One More Time For The Man”
I ain’t gonna lie , we are so damn proud of this thing…truly a labor of love.
The boy can write a song and that’s no joke
…and in other news , we got a quick little clip from todays country and western session AND a failed bench experiment that gets saved by the glory of some ancient Alnico…can I borrow your stapler?
March 27th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 413, Tom Bukovac, “American Plumber”
Chapters00:00 - Chugging on a PRS Prototype
02:20 - Hello, friends!
02:38 - Paul Reed Smith / New pickups
03:24 - Alpha male
04:00 - New no truss rod neck
04:44 - New PRS pickups
05:30 - Rickenbacker video comment
06:00 - Endless sustain
07:00 - PRS bridge pickup
07:36 - PRS neck pickup
08:15 - Stratocaster single coil
09:15 - Gibson SG P90 / Not as crystalline as Strat
10:36 - PRS one more time / Cross between: Strat sounding P90
12:20 - PRS neck pickup
12:50 - Les Paul Special P90 neck
13:58 - PRS same lick
14:35 - Sessions today
Notes
Uncle Larry gives ya an idea of what the new PRS guitars are all about
I’m really proud of Paul, he ain’t fuckin around …
I appreciate any man who wants to push the boundaries in this life