October 11th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 719, Tom Bukovac, “Pumpin’ Iron & Golden Gloves”

Chapters
00:00 - Harmony Sovereign nut fix by Greg Voros at "Trapped in Nashville"


Notes
Part 1) Greg Voros was kind enough to do some final set up on a great old guitar I sold to a sweet fella named Steve who I just met....he came by Gruhn's to get it today on the final day of the Trapped In Nashville event.

Greg also shares some of the highs and lows of his boxing career growing up in Queens NY

Part 2) as if the lovely catered lunch from Ingrassia's restaurant wasn't enough, Chuck Cannon’s beautiful music had everyone, including George, absolutely mesmerized on this fine Sunday afternoon

oh, and by the way, that lovely 1960 cherry double cut LP Junior found a new home, but stay tuned for more fine instruments coming soon on the Homeskoolin' progrum

if you guys are TRULY getting something useful out of these videos PLEASE visit the tip jar...every little bit helps my dear friends

October 4th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus , “Cool Vintige Peddles” (that are both already sold)

Chapters
00:00 - Original Uni-Vibe
05:00 - Roland BeeBaa fuzz
07:43 - Exciting things in the works - Greg Voros fixing/selling guitars business
11:18 - Little studio fun


Notes
Editor's note: both pedals are officially sold...no more inquiries please

Be honest friends, do you pretty much automatically assume that a person is a complete and total Jizzboy level moron when they don’t know how to correctly spell the word “pedal” when they are referring to the guitar accessories that are usually located down on the floor… that the guitar guy stomps on ?

Asking for a friend

oh, i PARTICULARLY love it when they say “distortion paddle” in a Craigslist ad

Anyway…friends …this fuckin’ Univibe is THE TOTAL SHIT wow

It runs PERFECTLY too as you can see here

October 3rd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Visitation”

Chapters
00:00 - Going over the Gibson J-50 and a visit at Gruhn's


Notes
Here is one for the Homeskoolin’ lifers…literally the longest video in the history of the channel.

Chock full of TOTAL inside baseball stuff for the real diehards and fans of major deep cut guitar insider trading

A visitation to the greatest guitar store on planet earth

Starring: (in no particular order)
Greg Voros
Tony Nagy
Phil Jones
George Gruhn
Nathan Golliher
Joel
Corey Terrell
Peter Blacklarge

August 8th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 679, Tom Bukovac, “Transformation”

Chapters
00:00 - Discussion with Greg Voros about a refret
03:58 - Saddles
04:35 - "Wang bar"
06:51 - Playing


Notes
I cannot tell you in words how excited I am to get this 57 Strat back from Greg Voros after working his magic on it

I had a feeling this guitar was gonna have a major transformation, and it turned out to be even more than I dreamed

All I can say is “wow….holy shit”

July 12th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 665.9, Tom Bukovac, “Fret Heads”

Chapters
00:00 - Refret class taught by Greg Voros


Notes

Uncle Larry and his dear boys stop by Gruhn Guitars on a lovely Sunday afternoon to visit the guitar repair workshop hosted by Greg Voros and Tony Nagy


Lots of cool shit and cool people happening here as you can clearly see

Hope you enjoy

and friends , if you wanna jump in on the next round of this contact Tony Nagy

Tony@gruhn.com
Tony is the guy setting all of this up

July 12th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 665, Tom Bukovac, “Six String Steinway”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Exploring a different route
02:17 - "Got a million ideas that can come at you" / Greg Voros guitar class at Gruhn's / Show: I Shouldn't Be Alive
04:28 - Martin Herringbone / "Tumbleweed City" off the new album
05:30 - Lesson: Tumbleweed City (Amin7 -> pick inside a strum C/G -> Gmin -> Gmin6 -> F)
07:20 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Cleaning the cluttered house and real organization
10:52 - Cleveland friend troubles
13:11 - Neil Giraldo
15:21 - "What key is your favorite?" - B is home base
16:18 - "What are the most important speakers made?" - Celestion / Vox Silver Dog / EV


Notes
Uncle Larry delves into some titillating VCB on a steamy Sunday afternoon, whilst coaxing ancient tones out of woods from trees that were probably cut down before Prohibition was even a glimmer in Andy Volstead’s eye.

June 20th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 653, Tom Bukovac, “Poverty Caps and Persian Rugs”

Chapters
00:00 - Missed car show with cool '58 Chevrolet Impala and wagon
03:15 - Greg Voros home shop and refret / Sound
05:12 - Tangs too loose / Joe Glaser reslot
06:54 - "What fret wire?"
10:00 - "What do you like about the guitar [Gibson Les Paul Junior]?"
10:53 - '78 Dean V
14:22 - Dream guitar?


Notes
Your dear old uncle burned a half a tank of gas blazing through some absolutely breathtaking rural scenery in this great state of Tennessee in a finely tuned 67 GTO today friends.

I ended up visiting my dear friend Greg Voros from Gruhn Guitars, who gave us a great lesson on refretting old guitars….and i also got to hang with dear Jack Ruch and sweet Sid while I was there.

You know those special days where you are just happy to be alive ?

May 23rd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 631, “How To REALLY Tune A Guitar By Ear” with Vince Gill

Chapters
00:00 - Martin D-18 and intro to video
02:44 - Gruhn's guitars hanging / Vince Gill tunes guitar
08:00 - George Gruhn weighs in / Guitar 2 tuning
12:00 - Difference tuning makes on chords
14:06 - "No note"
15:07 - Jack Schneider and a '57 Martin 000-28 original acoustic
16:47 - '26 45


Notes
It was damn hard not to title this video “Tuggin’ It With Vince and Larry”, but i somehow resisted the urge.

Vince Gill, George Gruhn, Greg Voros and young Jack Schneider join the class for today’s fun at the greatest guitar store on planet earth, Gruhn Guitars in Nashville TN

Any man with half a brain knows that, right next to hitting a 102 MPH fast ball, tuning a guitar by ear is one of the hardest things in this world to do…correctly

Special thanks to Vince for showing us HOW to do it …
special thanks to Nathan Golliher for the beautiful restoration work he did on this sweet old 48 Shade Top D-18…
special thanks to George Gruhn for creating such an amazing environment for guitar lovers to thrive in way back in 1970 …
and special thanks to Greg Voros for being the coolest dude that has ever lived.

April 24th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 609, Tom Bukovac, “Ice Cold Beards”

Chapters
00:00 - Back at Gruhn's with the '65 Guild Thunderbird S-200
10:39 - "What is the coolest Guild electric?"


Notes
Uncle Larry visits with the boys at Gruhn Guitars in Nashville TN on a lovely spring day

After a world class refret by Greg Voros, this old 65 Guild S-200 Thunderbird went from playing like a log wagon to being one of the best playing guitars I have.
I am ABSOLUTELY STUNNED by the complete transformation.

Starring:
Greg Voros
Cory Terrell

March 25th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 596, Tom Bukovac, “Ivy League Rock”

Chapters
00:00 - 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…

January 20th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Vastly Improved Playability”

Chapters
00:00 - Tuning up the Rickenbacker because it played like shit
02:32 - Nut spacing
03:44 - Mods
05:22 - The transformation / Raise bridge, lower nut
06:59 - The "buzz open"


Notes
Uncle Larry brings his old 58 Ricky Capri to Gruhns for a MUCH needed set-up.

Greg Voros and Peter were kind enough to do a quickie set up that took it from zero to hero in about 30 minutes

Much appreciated fellas!!!

December 13th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 541, Tom Bukovac, “Kalamazoo Reflections”

Chapters
00:00 - '61 Gibson SG Les Paul
05:52 - Mike Bloomfield about Sunburst Sustain
07:29 - Greg Voros and Julio pickguard for ES-335 / Greg Voros expertise
11:39 - Alan Parker project / Dan Auerbach
24:10 - Playing
29:19 - Compare it to the best bridge pickup ('59 Gibson Les Paul Custom)


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings his dear beloved son Marshall’s lovely old chopper 61 SG/LP and reflects upon decades of wins and losses for the greatest guitar making company in the history of life on this planet.

For your amusement, here's an actual comment i got on this channel a couple days ago from a YouTuber called "620photo" after i posted a free video of me playing my 36 ES-150 with that glorious woody sounding Chuck Christian pickup.

"I used to get excited for these long videos. Where I knew he was gonna play for five or six minutes and talk for 20. Personally, I don't come here to hear him play, even though he is amazing. I come here for his great words of wisdom and great stories. I got excited to see a 25 minute video just to find out it's 15 minutes of playing jazz crap"

welcome to my world friends....i mean, seriously...how do you even respond to something in this "IQ range"?

well... anyway...it is true that 99% of the people that watch this channel are super cool...this fella is clearly a "one percenter"...

so, if you are indeed learning/growing/or just plain being entertained by all the bizarre things that take place on this channel, you might consider placing a little gratuity in the corporate tip jar....all proceeds go directly to Tom Bukovac...(not Uncle Larry)

Paypal is tombukovac‪@gmail.com‬
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

If you want to see some cool Homeskoolin merch go here friends...nice comfy t shirts with some cool new designs.
https://humbuckermerch.com

August 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 490, Tom Bukovac, “Barbecue Party”

Chapters
00:00 - Picking and a plucking
05:09 - Hello, friends! / Parties / Fender Telecaster
08:30 - Garage Sale and shootout
08:43 - Fender Telecaster Maple
09:36 - '60 Fender Telecaster slabboard
11:00 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / Acoustic
12:48 - '69 Gibson SG
14:43 - Gibson "Satan's SG" SG
15:43 - Playing
16:50 - Princeton amp / Fiddling with the knobs
18:05 - Lesson: C#dom7 chord open B string


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some old honk on a magical top loader and shows a few cool instruments that are about to be released from captivity

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

Greg Voros in full rock star mode on the album cover thumbnail

(Greg Voros appears courtesy of Electra Records)

October 7th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Neck Set Saturday”

Chapters
00:00 - Greg Voros intro about neck setting
02:46 - Telecaster lookover


Notes
A little hodge podge fun to get you through a rainy Saturday afternoon

Firstly, the first Homeskoolin’ video in the history of the channel that I had absolutely nothing to do with ….but I think is fuggin awesome.
Greg Voros and Nathan Golliher performing the impossible on a ‘47 Martin

A neck set so good you don’t even need glue…wow

Followed by a look at this sweet old 53 blackguard that recently floated across Uncle Larry’s transom

And then lastly a few string bends that the kids who invented the term “boomer bends” can stick directly up their ass pipe…

Have a great weekend friends

September 14th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Goes To Gruhn’s Episode 8

Chapters
00:00 - Discussing life along with instruments
01:34 - Dean Guitars / Golden years
13:00 - Dean bridge pickup
16:48 - Burst bridge pickup
19:22 - Dean neck pickup / Comparison
24:24 - Discussion
34:00 - ES-335
36:35 - Burst
37:19 - ES-335 discussion
38:00 - Burst neck pickup
38:34 - ES-335 neck pickup
39:30 - ES-335
40:00 - '64 Gibson Firebird 3
41:29 - Firebird
42:48 - Conclusion


Notes
Starring
George Gruhn
Cory Terrell
Greg Voros
Nathan Golliher
and Peter

August 20th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Hamburgers With Legs”

Chapters
00:00 - Geckos
05:25 - Gruhn's secret way of pressing guitar guards /
10:15 - Bent/cupped guard
10:58 - Old Strat tilted pickup twisted



Notes
If you don’t consider yourself to be a TRUE homeskooler you might want to skip this one lads.

Long form TOTALLY random content…a little something for everyone here in this patchwork quilt of slice of life moments from your old pal Uncle Larry.

Starring:
Marshall
Leo
The Leopard Gecko gang (Drake and Dotters)
Bubba
Greg Voros
Drew
Joel
Corey

…and the rest of the Gruhn Guitars family

July 25th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 326, Tom Bukovac, “Junk Food Larry"

Chapters
00:00 - Nice calming vibrations
02:56 - What's up, friends! / Intro / Nashville guitar day / Fretboard Journal call
04:56 - "Insufferable" Larry in the studio / Visions
05:55 - Guthrie Trapp & Tom Bukovac - In Stereo vinyl final product
06:42 - Gruhn's, Guitar Magazine, Eric "Ebo" Borash
08:09 - Album thanks
08:28 - The Gear Page guy equates videos to "junk food"
09:57 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Cast of characters
12:21 - Les Paul measuring tool for the safe
12:34 - "Need to see curled lip"
13:05 - Guthrie Trapp New York trip and gigs in November
14:30 - Joe's Shanghai, Blue Ribbon Sushi / Drinking beer from glass
15:00 - "Guitar players mostly playing for other guitar players?"
16:12 - Musicians that constantly use the volume and tone / Nuances in tone
17:58 - Compression (compressor / 1176) / Darkening the tone
18:45 - Football season
19:23 - Sessionman get paid? / Never ask someone about finances / Unspoken bro code
20:33 -'57 Les Paul Gibson getting refretted at Gruhn's


Notes
Uncle Larry strums a little tune for ya' on a chunky old Gibson with “double grams" as they say in the biz...

can you play like this?.....yeah me neither...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol09CeTzm0

so let's say you feel like you are indeed learning a lot from these silly videos i make...and maybe you are starting to feel a liiiiiiiiittttle bit guilty that you haven't thrown something in the tip jar to help with my personal one man crusade to bring chords back to music...well friends, you can fix that today....

my PayPal is tombukovac@gmail.com
venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

June 16th, 2024

Homeskoolin Volume 316, Tom Bukovac, “Eat A Peach”

Chapters
00:00 - Blues away
02:30 - Hello, good friends! / Hiatus
04:43 - '63 Fender Stratocaster / Greg Voros apprentice story
08:44 - A bitching platform / 6 mos. girlfriend / Nashville
10:45 - IT IS ALL WORK!
15:00 - Moving houses with pool


Notes
Uncle Larry checks in after a long hiatus of solo dadding, working full time and moving all at once…

I’ll have you know that this 16 minute video was uploaded in mere minutes on a brand new wi-fi rig…praise the Baby Jesus

February 2nd, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Art Of Guitar Repair & Restoration”

Chapters
00:00 - Followup Episode to Goes to Gruhn's Volume 5 about a '59 Burst repair


Notes
As promised…a follow up video on a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard that had a very hard life…

I first showed you guys this guitar 4 months ago in a video called “Homeskoolin’ Goes To Gruhns Volume 5”

Sadly it was chopped to pieces by a previous owner.

Tony Nagy and Greg Voros give it to you straight about what separates the men from the boys when it comes to guitar repair and restoration.

Hope you enjoy

November 25th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Goes To Gruhns Volume 7

Chapters
00:00 - Vince Gill Goes to Gruhn's


Notes
Starring
Vince Gill
George Gruhn
Greg Voros
Cory Terrell
and the posse