June 26th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Pipe Bomb Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Blues on Gibson Les Paul Special


Notes
One for the night owls…just an old man in his cheap Walmart reader glasses who still loves to play that guitar

June 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 650, Tom Bukovac, “Uncle Larry’s Southern Jumbo”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Gibson Les Paul Special
08:32 - Hello, friends / '58 Gibson Les Paul Special
09:34 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '48 Gibson Southern Jumbo


Notes
Email me if you wanna take a swing at this magnificent 48 SJ at tombukovac@gmail.com

guitar is ready to go , all the work already done

13.5k

Local pickup and inspection preferred

Special thanks to dearest Greg Voros for ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING the refret on this 58 LP Special …wow

March 24th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 595, Tom Bukovac, “Spring Cleanin’”

Chapters
00:00 - 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 1st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 587.5 Tom Bukovac, “The Missing Piece Part 2”

Chapters
00:00 - 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”

Chapters
00:00 - 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 6th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 573, Tom Bukovac, “P-90 Orgy”

Chapters
00:00 - 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”

Chapters
00:00 - 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

October 22nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 513, Tom Bukovac, “Chords In Flight”

Chapters
00:00 - Doinking around
00:51 - Hey, friends / Checking in
02:16 - Lesson: You don't have to hit all the notes, just don't break rhythm
03:56 - Lesson: Key (ground / tonal center), chord progression (taking you away from tonal center and back)
05:20 - Lesson: The journey Root -> Flat 7 -> Weird chord -> Home
06:02 - Lesson: Flat 6 (intense) -> Possible Key change -> Three minor -> Four chord -> Blues -> Beatles -> Four minor
07:53 - Lesson: Four minor chord (most emotional)
09:14 - Lesson: Chords are like elevations
09:56 - Lesson: Country Western Swing - Yakety Sax
12:00 - Chord progression / Beatles chords
12:54 - Lesson: Beatles - Sexy Sadie / Recognize and detect chord progressions
15:35 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '59 Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow
17:09 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: Fender Twin Reverb


Notes
Uncle Larry…..chord progressions…you get the idea

I need 22k plus shipping for the 59 special

4k for the dead clean electric instruments 64 twin reverb

September 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 496, Tom Bukovac, “P-90 Miles Per Hour”

Chapters
00:00 - 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

here is the link to Uncle Larry's new instructional guitar course...over eight hours of detailed professionally shot multi camera lessons with tabs....
if you check the comments and look at what people have commented on Gearpage (if you can stomach it) t has been getting rave reviews from even the most skeptical tight ass consumers who desperately WANTED to hate it.
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

And here is a link to the new “Maximum Larry” t shirts and all other Homeskoolin swag
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/to...

if you are being thoroughly entertained by the content of this channel, and you feel led to make a donation to the guy behind the guy, please feel free

the guy behind the guy's PayPal address is:
tombukovac @gmail.com

the guy behind the guy's venmo address is:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

August 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 494, Tom Bukovac, “Raising the Bar(re)”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin'
01:18 - Hello, friends! / Tuning
02:14 - Lesson: Bar chords / Forms
06:00 - Yes - Tempus Fugit
07:26 - Back to the lesson
07:49 - Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash


Notes
I always wondered why they put the extra “re”on barre chord in guitar books…are they just trying to be fancy?

Just a quick message to show you the sheer importance of knowing barre chords if you wanna be a legit garage rocker

August 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 493, Tom Bukovac, "The Big Let Down"

Chapters
00:00 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Special
03:10 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Special


Notes
Today friends, your dear Uncle Larry proves the old adage that "you gotta have the right parts for the job".....

i knew it was too damned good to be true when I found what I THOUGHT was the right bridge for this '59 tv specula in an old parts drawer
it's ok friends, you win some, you lose some

August 24th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 491, Tom Bukovac, “Cups And Cakes”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro to bench / Spinal Tap moment / '60 Gibson Les Paul Special
03:08 - Bridge going to put on guitar
05:00 - Born at the wrong time / Making things easier / Would you really go back?
09:42 - Putting strings and bridge on
21:05 - Greg Voros string changing contest story / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry brings a whipped old 1960 LP Junior Into the 21st century of tuning and brings up a question that we must TRULY soul search to answer.

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 13th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 446, Tom Bukovac, "Wild 700 Horses"

Chapters
00:00 - 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?

April 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 422, Tom Bukovac, "Tone-nado Alley"

Chapters
00:00 - 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

January 17th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 391, Tom Bukovac, “Cable TV Special”

Chapters
00:00 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Special / No refret restring


Notes
Uncle Larry prepares for another day at the mill and waxes rhapsodic about the early days of television.

January 7th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 386, Tom Bukovac, “Mic It Up”

Chapters
00:00 - Beautiful sounds from the 90s
08:43 - Hello, friends! / MN Chorus / Talking Scott Baggett / Christmas lights
10:40 - Loading out shows / Bands and being a bass player
12:16 - Phases of guitar players life
13:53 - Tube amps vs modelers / Oxbox
15:27 - Miking an amp / Different kinds of mics
19:37 - Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix
20:20 - Lesson: Demonstration of miking an amp (video)



Notes
Uncle Larry explores the dynamic subtleties and tonal possibilities of a couple 70 year old P90s and gets into some deep talks regarding mic’ing tube amplifiers

the microphone tutorial at the end was made by my dear friend Drew Bollman....engineer to the stars...
thank you my dear man

December 13th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Mad Loop Friday”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing bass to a loop
01:04 - Switching to overdub guitar
02:14 - Another overdub


Notes
Uncle Larry gives it to ya on a Friday night old school r&b style

A little thing I made up through a luscious old 64 electric instruments twin reverb

When I was a young man, you were TRULY SOMEBODY if you had yourself a twin reverb…it was a rite of passage…still is I suppose

November 17th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 361, Tom Bukovac, “The Downward Pull”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends...hello, friends...
01:22 - Changing strings
02:56 - "Downward pull"
05:24 - Mark Morton - Lamb of God story
14:40 - Less than 50 instruments
15:15 - Love YouTube comments
19:10 - Kick ass Electro-Harmonix pedals (Big Muffs, Ram's Head, Electric Mistress)
21:00 - Dead center on strings / Jeff Senn
23:03 - George Gruhn Versitar
23:37 - Gibson Les Paul Special TV Yellow
24:45 - NFL betting
25:50 - MXR Stereo Chorus / New York gig


Notes
Uncle Larry has a little chat with ya while changing the strings on one of his old mules.

Thanks for the continued support of the channel friends

October 2nd, 2024

Homeskoolin' Bonus "Led Boots"

Chapters
00:00 - Tom Boots '55 Gibson Les Paul Jr.
03:16 - Hello friends / '55 Gibson Les Paul Jr.
04:00 - In tune with Music City Bridge Studfinder
04:18 - Cars / Low E string and Tweed Deluxe
05:47 - Comparison with Gibson SG Special P90
07:00 - Gibson SG Special
07:52 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Special
08:25 - Thomas Boots Jr. / Thunky and chunky / On 10 and The Who - Pinball Wizard


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class a piece of Nebraska history.
R.I.P. Thomas Boots