October 30th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 728, Tom Bukovac, “Fuzz Off”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends / '70 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
02:04 - Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi / J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.)
03:18 - Gretsch Expandafuzz / Farfisa Wah
04:08 - Mini pedals and love for them (Nobels)
04:50 - Playing '73 Big Muff
09:18 - Weird-ass Gretsch pedal / Fix?  :|
12:48 - Getting into the minis
13:24 - "Mod" mini (tremolo, phaser, vibe)
14:44 - "Reverb" mini (spring, plate, hall)
16:01 - "Delay" mini (tape, analog, digital)
18:11 - "Chorus" mini (chorus1, chorus2, flange)


Notes
Happy fuzzy Friday my dear friends …let me please extend the clammy hand of gratitude once again to those who have stuck around and supported my free channel for all these years …

You’ve stuck around through divorces, the life threatening illnesses, the face cancer and all the other insane ups and downs on this rollercoaster ride through the endless twists and turns of the modern day music business.

We CLEARLY know that making a living in the music business in the 20’s (the two thousand and 20’s I mean) is not easy friends….yet here we are.

Special thanks to my friends at Nobels for sending a very sweet and kind gift box.

Thanks to Ray for the cool pedals.

Thanks to Yann for fixing all the broken shit.

Thanks to my sweet little boys for being the fucking greatest sweetest coolest kids on earth.

Thanks to my dear friend Johnny for being the best bookie a man could ever ask for over the last 20 plus years.

October 19th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 721, Tom Bukovac, “The Vintage Lie”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Soaring, clashing chords
02:58 - Good morning, dear class! / Hanging onto the '70 Goldtop
04:25 - '70 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (before Norland)
07:52 - Some guitars want to be in tune (combination of woods?)
09:32 - Instruments for sale with Greg Voros / NFL
11:59 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "Rare items that you have owned?" (one of the first Marshalls, Fender Blackface, etc.)
15:30 - "Hey Larry, [taboo saying]" / Silly things (locks on cases, mini pedals, modeling)
17:50 - "Didn't understanding pedals when I was a kid" / Roland Jazz Chorus, Marshall, Peavy (soundman nightmare)
20:07 - Work on some Fender Strats
21:28 - '65 Fender Stratocaster


Notes
Did you think this was gonna be another one of those videos that broke fruitcake guitar owners make about "the vintage lie" or the "vintage myth"?

Oh how they love to "debunk"…they just debunk and debunk their lives away.

Professional debunkers just going around debunking everything while they lay in their bunk beds down in their bunkers, while Archie Bunker plays on the TV set down the hall in their mom’s room.

All day long just bunking on things …bunk bunk bunk…bunk bunk bunk

Well it’s not

October 15th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Cleveland Gold”

Chapters
00:00 - Description says it all!
02:14 - Timeless Guitars
02:46 - Jar in C#
02:57 - '70 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop


Notes
Just a quick look at the lovely Airbnb me and the boys are staying at for this little fall break vacation we are on.

Nice place and a nice guy that runs it

I might need to get in the Airbnb business…I could do that ….
"Ok sir, you just need to type in this code on the front door to get in, there’s towels on the bed"

Maybe I’ll buy a few houses and start in on that

September 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 497, Tom Bukovac, “Feels Like Cleveland”

Chapters
00:00 - 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

August 26th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 331, Tom Bukovac, “Royal Power Pop”

Chapters
00:00 - Plucking out a song to a loop with a little Leslie in it
03:23 - Hello, friends! / Life update / NFL diddy
04:46 - Morgan Wallen session
05:58 - '79 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe / Playing
06:30 - Lesson: Blue Oyster Cult / 2 parts as one / Burnin' For You
07:30 - Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper lyrics
09:00 - "Hardest thing about being a session man?"
11:00 - Numbnuts from Tulsa in the comments / "Jam off" / "Off his meds"
13:53 - The Gear Page Moderator and getting banned
14:45 - Lesson: Smear with hammer into bend / Pre-bend dead in tune
16:50 - Lesson: Bending strings / Tightly slammed fingers


Notes
Uncle Larry gets his English melody on.
God Save the Queen

so, do you think i even stand a chance in a "jam off" against this fella?

• Early 70s Carvin AS50

June 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 318, Tom Bukovac, “How To Write A Song”

Chapters
00:00 - Eagles - Victim of Love
01:16 - What's up class!
01:42 - '73-74 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe chopper / Doug Jarrell (Rumbleseat)
03:35 - Fernandes Telecaster
05:00 - New house / '70 Monte Carlo for sale
06:33 - D'Addario endorsement and buying strings/ Goodrich volume pedal / Thanks
08:00 - How do you write songs? / Building songs
10:00 - Have your interest in guitars waning? / Goldtop and Burst are the top / Total instruments (less than 50)
12:23 - Thoughts on tribute bands? (Fairweather)
15:00 - Pop song chords vs Jazz song
17:15 - Listening to Genesis / Conditioned to listen to 4 chords music


Notes
Thanks for watching friends

I wanted to give a sincere thank you to Doug Jarrell for the fine work on my instruments

To D’Addario and Andy Pitcher for the supplies

To the boys at Goodrich Sound for the bangin’ new volume pedal.

Upcoming things to look out for:

In Stereo vinyl will be here in early July, appreciate your patience on that

There are still a handful of tickets left for the Guthrie and Uncle Larry record release parties in august 16 and 17…it’s about to be sold out

There are still tickets around if you wanna come see old Larry plunkin in the band behind Vince Gill at the Ryman for a few nights August 1-4

Guthrie and I are going to Hotlanta next week to film an episode with Rick Beato talking about our new record as well, so keep an eye out for that too friends


If you are getting something out of these videos, every little contribution helps

My PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com

My Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

August 28th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 239, "Can't Find My Thank You Can't You See My Way Home"

Chapters
00:00 - Electric football montage / Plunking around intro / Surgery update / Family life / Heat
03:37 - Gibson Deluxe
04:13 - Electric football teams / Rolling Rock thermometer / Cool magazine thanks
05:30 - Thanks and relation to Homeskoolin' / 80%/20% rule
07:35 - VCB / "How many instruments do you have?"
09:48 - Song: Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You
10:42 - Theory about money and success
12:30 - Costco and armchair financial advice from Uncle Larry


Notes
Frank Zappa's definition of "folk music"

"when you play a D chord and wiggle your little finger around"

In this episode Larry talks about finances, he talks about Costco, and most importantly, he talks about the 7 decade legacy of Tudor Electric Football...which is potentially the catalyst for the single greatest bond between a father and a son to be found on this earth.

January 10th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 185, “Shut Up And Play Your 79 Deluxe With Flatwounds”

Chapters
00:00 - Cleaner down and dirty


Notes
Uncle Larry explores different degrees of swing and tries to take advantage of some of the naughtier aspects of a shuffle.

May 23rd, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Man In A Plastic Bag”

Chapters
00:00 - Mixture intro playing
01:23 - Hello, friends! / Thanks
02:25 - Playing without gain / Paul Kossoff
03:48 - Contest
04:39 - '72 Deluxe / Norlin
05:52 - Thanks
06:33 - Pick handling


Notes
Hello kids, Larry just wanted to say thanks for all the kind comments on the recent Brett Papa video i did with sweet Guthrie Trapp which you can watch here…

https://youtu.be/YCFFjWtXYGE

Also, I was looking around and thinking to myself…”i got way too much shit”….im gonna sell a bunch of my sort of lower echelon stuff…none of the really blue chip stuff… I got some cool lower end stuff like my old Mosrite that i used in the “cuban breeze” video…that old Supro with the lap steel sandwich pickup i used in the “saturday night bonus jam” vid, i might launch my old Dean Cadillac (for the right price) and some other shit. I may even sell that bad ass 76 bc rich mockingbird i have.

January 21st, 2022

Homeskoolin Daily Double, “Sentimental Case”

Chapters
00:00 - Blues playing
00:40 - Hey, guys / 1979 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
01:07 - Christmas story


Notes
A little stroll down memory lane aimed mostly at the real diehard Homeskoolers out there….a rare daily double. Can you tell sessions have been a little slow lately? Hahaaa