June 3rd, 2025
If interested please email tiagocastro1974@gmail.com Local Nashville sales would be preferred and price can be negotiated

00:00 - '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 1st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 435, Tom Bukovac, “Must Be Present To Win”

00:00 - 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 27th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 431, Tom Bukovac, “Hazy Hot Brazilian Slabs”

00:00 - 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.
if one were indeed so inclined to throw a little somethin in the corporate tip jar it’s very easy …
all one must do is go to PayPal and type in these letters
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March 31st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 4:20, Tom Bukovac, “Bongpacker' Blues”

00:00 - 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 17th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 408, Tom Bukovac, “Velvet Hammers”

00:00 - Fishing out those sounds
04:36 - Hey, friends! / Cleveland trip and neighborhood
07:40 - '52 Gibson Les Paul P90 Goldtop
08:25 - "Velvet hammers" (soft notes)
08:57 - Roland JC-120 - chorus off
10:06 - Les Paul pickups, out-of-phase sound
11:15 - "Let me play for a minute"
11:40 - Lesson: Blues in key of B and pre-bends
14:22 - Guitar Riot store / Son bought a MIM Stratocaster / Whatever you like
15:50 - Out-of-phase sound / Replacement bridge
16:45 - Lesson: Expressive pre-bends
17:27 - Gilmour and pre-bends
18:00 - "Fuck off" / "Grown-ass man making videos..." (Stalker Guy)
Notes
anyone that has given their life to the fretboard instantly knows and feels it when a certain guitar is giving you velvet hammers….and what a precious gift it is
today’s amplified signal is coming from my beloved old Roland jazz chorus 120…if you have never owned or tried one of these legendary amps you are making a serious mistake
they are, in a word, magic
February 21st, 2025
Homeskoolin PSA…”Subscription Course Is Coming!!”

00:00 - Uplifting musical beauty oozing out into Blues
06:37 - What's up, friends! / Subscription service
Notes
Brett Papa and I have been BUSTING OUR FUCKING ASSES trying to put together the most kick ass comprehensive lesson course you can ever imagine
It’s gonna be done by the end of April kids….licks and concepts than any man could ever shake a stick at
I am VERY excited that the end zone is in plain sight.
January 27th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 395, Tom Bukovac, “The Dregs Of Winter”

00:00 - Jimi-esque Blues
04:13 - Rod Stewart? Hey, friends!
05:22 - Hey, friends part 2 / NFL / Taylor Swift / Josh Allen
07:18 - Lesson: Quick pickin lick
07:54 - Goldtop Gibson Les Paul neck pickup
08:36 - Watching NFL
09:35 - Bluesy playing / Whispering guitar / Tweed Deluxe
10:56 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Hiwatt, Sound City, Orange amps / Big Daddy Don Garlits
12:43 - Sustain, not feedback
13:07 - Good guitar through crappy amp or visa versa?
14:34 - Cliche chords and dissing guitar players for using them
14:45 - Lesson: Funk voicing
15:58 - Fun work week...
16:15 - "Guilty" on dissing common guitar voicings... / Be more decisive on your choices
17:55 - Back to Fun work week / Music business / "Old car in Country video"
20:25 - "When will you be happy with your guitar collection?" / Buying, selling guitars to get what you want
22:10 - Lesson: Picking and skipping strings
22:38 - Gibson ES-150 / ES-350 Charlie Christian
23:49 - Passion - going through life without passion
26:23 - "Cool pedal?"
27:24 - Fender Precision Bass color suggestions
Notes
Uncle Larry tries to give some comforting words about the dead zone we are now entering ….now that the season is officially over.
Brace yourself friends…for the dregs of winter
it probably should be noted that in approximately 1100 videos spanning the last five years, I have never once asked you to “like” or “hit that subscribe button”….
however, if you guys ARE in fact learning some shit from these videos and you are in fact getting some real entertainment and actual enjoyment out of them, it’s never a bad idea to hit the ol' tip jar…donations are my love language...it always helps and it is always EXTREMELY appreciated
PayPal is Tombukovac@gmail.com.
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1
here's that old hippie refin bass....i forgot it didn't have a guard...been a long time since i've seen this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm_KZSYSiGc
January 3rd, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 384, Tom Bukovac, “Empress New Clothes”

00:00 - Some crunchy goodness
02:25 - Hello, dear friends! / Morgan Wallen
03:54 - Dan Huff and producing record
05:49 - Empress new drive pedal / Controls / Distortion
07:13 - Gibson Les Paul Goldtop clean into amp
07:35 - Pedal demo
09:12 - Bass to match Lake Placid Blue Strat
11:30 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Getting excited about music / 1978 Elvis Costello / Bruce Thomas bass
13:47 - Born without tone? / Being able to decifer tone
16:13 - Did you see you have a stalker?
17:48 - Nasty weather
18:37 - '57 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop / Outro playing
Notes
This is basically a live recording from 1978…try to imagine being in a band THIS good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KI9eN-AY1s
September 23rd, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 344, Tom Bukovac, “Rock And Roll Mountain”

00:00 - Bringing out those tones
04:23 - Hi friends!
05:17 - More tones
05:54 - I Love Rock 'n' Roll
06:27 - Wings of Pegasus crusade
08:50 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / East Lake Ohio bar / Surfside Jack drawing
10:17 - Thanks / 5 minutes to sell guitar / "How long does it take to know if it has it or not?"
14:15 - Not my first PA head (Paul Kossoff)
14:41 - Break off toothpick / Rickenbacker
16:20 - Marshall Basketweave cab
16:49 - "Would you just use modeling gear?" / "Kemper, it's good enough"
19:00 - Drunk emails?
19:43 - Placid Blue Strat
20:22 - NFL games
Notes
Uncle Larry gets into some knee deep VCB on a fall Monday
September 5th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 334, Tom Bukovac, “The Arc Of Life”

00:00 - Some traditional guitar
03:25 - Hello, friends!
04:00 - '57 Gibson Les Paul / Mark Bright, Carrie Underwood connection
05:41 - Looking back on life ("Arc of Life")
09:19 - Black Keys stuff / Dan Auerbach & Pat Carney
09:38 - Creative studio vs Corporate studio / Music as a painting and delivering
13:47 - Randall Bramblett / Putting your hearts into it vs. time and budget radio play
14:52 - Playing the Goldtop / Good guitar gives you everything / Thanks
16:04 - Led Zeppelin stealing, but amazing / Blues
Notes
This is the tune I mentioned, but check out this whole record friends…
Randall Bramblett
August 14th, 2024
Tom Bukovac, “Gold Digger”

00:00 - Looping some amazing shit
Notes
A little tone from way back before the patent was actually granted …
TAGS
June 25th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 320, “The Hallmarks Of An Intermediate Level Guitar Player”

00:00 - Update, thanks, and life experiences
05:25 - New chapter of Home Skoolin' and evaluations
07:43 - 4 Things of Intermediate Guitar Player
08:03 - #1: Choking the neck / Killing the tone / Light touch players
10:42 - #2: Rushing playing the guitar / White people
12:09 - #3: Lose nervous chatter / Leave space
14:32 - #4: Involuntary vibrato
17:23 - Summary / Let's people know you are serious with intent
Notes
Uncle Larry can’t play for ya today, but he can sure talk.
Written by Mutt Lange, all of these amazing backing vocals were multi-tracked by one guy, Johnny Colla
• Huey Lewis & The News Do You Believe...
Music is so much better now
June 20th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 318, Tom Bukovac, “How To Write A Song”

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
June 17th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 317, Tom Bukovac, “English Birds”

00:00 - 70's imagery
01:20 - Van Halen tuning / Hi friends!
01:43 - The Butter trick
02:10 - Rock Williams band story
03:07 - Lesson: The Butter trick (get that fu fu) / Knife pick attack with upstroke
05:10 - Early morning chess / Uncle Larry Garage Sale Tele went fast
05:57 - '52 Goldtop
06:25 - 3rd & Lindsley Bukovac & Guthrie special guests gig
07:05 - Wrist pain, arm pain, carpal tunnel / Arthritis / Hand stretches
10:27 - "Got a pool guy yet, Larry?" / Need for a pool guy
11:08 - What does it cost to make a record in Nashville? / Break down of costs
14:10 - Milwaukee completely furnished studio for cheap
14:56 - Funniest comment? Namath DJ your party
17:20 - Some gal that interviews people
18:00 - Tube amps and Eric "Ebo" Borash
Notes
Uncle Larry dives into some deep VCB waters and serves up the recipe for butter tone, whilst continuing the tour through the various colors of XTS t shirts
May 14th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 309, Tom Bukovac, “From Dusk Til Dawn”

00:00 - The Blues coming to town
04:10 - Bad jacks / Hey, friends! / Suffering the Summer
05:40 - Cool gifts / Charles Bukowski Envelope Filter
07:38 - Not really a wah or filter user
08:34 - Shit in life that really works (Advil, Dawn, Music City Bridge, etc.)
09:25 - Amazon is making pedals now
10:35 - Base tone sound
11:30 - Amazon Distortion / Liking Amazon
13:00 - Thanks / Building & writing a song
15:40 - Techniques ("devices"), styles, mixing it up
17:30 - Killer show "Rust Valley Restorers" with Mike Hall
Notes
Uncle Larry revels in late spring with a 57 PAF goldie and a hot cuppa joe
....and he tries out a coupla pedals too....
more CD's are coming early next week....1500 have already sold and we hastily ordered 1000 more cuz we didn't think we were gonna sell that many
Vinyl coming very soon
thank you for your patience friends
April 6th, 2024
Homeskoolin' Volume 298, Tom Bukovac, "Something Borrowed Something Black"

00:00 - Session take on the goldtop
01:45 - Playing some ZZ Top montage riffs into full rock n' roll into Joe Walsh on a black Gibson Les Paul Custom
08:58 - The 3 best guitars I've played but don't own (Dan Auerbach - '60 Tele Custom, Jim Bagget - '38 Martin D-18, Elliot Michael - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom)
09:27 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
10:23 - Acoustically played
10:50 - Bridge pickup
11:32 - Playing like Jimmy Page
11:58 - Out-of-phase bridge and middle pickup (shit sound)
12:24 - Neck pickup
13:10 - Trying to buy the guitar / Headstock repair, doesn't care
Notes
"well the bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar"...
The opening bit is one of Nicky G's soulful masterpieces...from the sessions we did this week.
April 5th, 2024
Holmeskoolin’ Bonus “Early Morning Bench Time”

00:00 - Reverend Willy's string change on '57 Goldtop / Haggling
Notes
Coffee and PAF’s with Larry.
February 17th, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Volume 282, Tom Bukovac, “Pet Smells”

00:00 - Foreigner - Double Vision
01:40 - Dio - Don't Talk to Strangers (with singing)
03:00 - Different version of Bad Company - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
04:00 - 800+ videos and Homeskoolin' community
04:55 - Amp buzz vs hiss
05:18 - Brian Wilson work / Mills
05:55 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
06:25 - "Why hate for Foreigner" / Painful lyrics / Hot Blooded ("Three Blind Mice")
09:23 - "New guy" rukus causer (Bum petty)
10:12 - Learning songs exactly like the record
12:38 - Ray Charles and Jimi Hendrix play the same way?
13:40 - John Waite exploring / Fine line in changing the song's melodgy
15:20 - Pet peeve with covers
16:30 - Pay attention to the singer and lyrics / "Hit lyrics"
17:25 - "Marriage again?" / Bachelor life
18:40 - "Perfect Rock 'n' Roll guitar tone?" / Gretsch Playboy amp
Notes
Uncle Larry plays some ol’ honk and wades into some heavy VCB swamp…
January 31st, 2024
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Leaving Las Vegas”

00:00 - Taking songs to the next level
Notes
Remember that scene where Nic Cage is cleaning out the booze aisle with a shopping cart while Mike McDonald kills it in the background?