November 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 532, Tom Bukovac, "The Healer"

Chapters
00:00 - 12 stringing it
00:55 - Try to play it making it sound like a 12 string / Quick vid
01:51 - '75 Guild F412BLD
02:18 - Song used to play with Joe Walsh
02:54 - Josh Rawlings record
05:27 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "The Healer" of guitars / Playing out how old guitars would talk
10:00 - "Purposely flatted 3rd"?
11:13 - Improving via course
12:09 - Another 3rd thing / Thanks
13:40 - Playing
14:00 - John Cougar guitar player Mike Wanchic / Jim Irsay Band leader and friend


Notes
Black Friday sale!

Grab the Course for a BIG 40% Off: https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
Make sure to use coupon code 2025BF for the discount!

The weirdness is getting more "intense" shall we say...perhaps more "pronounced"
here is the Spotify link to the new Josh Rawlings "I Fixed It All" record that Uncle Larry produced and played on...check it out friends
https://open.spotify.com/album/1OVEkp...

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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

October 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 512, Tom Bukovac, “Doink 182”

Chapters
00:00 - Plinking around
02:33 - Hello, friends!
03:23 - Gibson ES-150 (Charlie Christian)
03:58 - Doink sound? / Outlaw Country vs. Jazz doink
05:20 - Loop with ES-150
06:00 - Loop with Gretsch Duane Eddy
08:08 - Loop with '52 Les Paul
09:40 - Loop with Firebird
11:29 - Back to the ES-150


Notes
It’s full on Doinkapalooza going on at Larry’s house tonite friends…Doinkstock….Doinkamont…
The Isle Of Doink…your indoinktion to the neck pickup hall of twang

Anyway, you get the idea

July 13th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 474, Tom Bukovac, “Hybrid And Lonesome”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing from the heart on '74 12-string
02:55 - Top of the pop
03:34 - Hi friends / Road update / Playing
07:27 - Stream of unconsciousness / Paying to record a song
09:02 - More lessons about hybrid picking
12:33 - Picking out individual notes


Notes
This one goes out to my dear friend Eddy Dunlap…the amazing pedal steel player in my current band

Pop a top for old uncle Larry friends

Here’s the link to my guitar course
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

June 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 459, Tom Bukovac, "The Bubble"

Chapters
00:00 - Country swinging
01:48 - Hello StringLocker / Home is ultimate hotel / Being on the road
04:46 - Bringing kids out on the road
07:37 - Dann Huff record / Keith Urban / Miles of Ass
09:27 - 3rd & Lindsley
10:18 - '64 Guild Dwayne Eddie
16:00 - Robert Keeley is a sweet guy
18:26 - YouTube wormhole / Vietnam Turning Point
19:51 - Madeline Kahn
21:00 - Guitar parts work good together


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on the weeks events and shows the Homeskoolers some recent kills from "The Great Blood Soaked Guitar Finding Orgy of 2025"

i do realize that the link to sign up for the email course has been broken for a few days, we are working on it, please stand by

here is the link to the amazing new Dann Huff record...
https://bakedalaskarecords.com/collec...

here is the link to the Nick Govrik record release show that will also feature Guthrie, Jedd and myself on June 27th at Third and Lindsley....it is almost sold out
https://www.vividseats.com/nick-govri...


it is rumoured that Uncle Larry might get up and play a couple tunes with Greg Koch at the Analog Room in Nashville on June 4th, but these rumours cannot be confirmed nor denied

November 25th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 259, Tom Bukovac, “The Black Cup”

Chapters
00:00 - Yes - Starship Trooper / Steve Howe - Close to the Edge
04:44 - All about flange / Ibanez, Electric Mistress / Nervous talk
06:00 - Blue Electric Mistress
07:08 - Green Electric Mistress
08:36 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Old photo of the 'mailbox letter burst'
10:27 - '62 Gretsch White Falcon
11:29 - New neon light
12:25 - Guild guitars
15:26 - Old Marshall amps (Plexi) hard to find
16:10 - Name Versus Game (vs.)


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a look at some 70s analog flanger pedals and answers some VCB

April 3rd, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 207, Tom Bukovac, "Uncle Larry Been....Steppin' Out"

Chapters
00:00 - Steppin' Out looping
03:35 - Hello, lads! / Blake Shelton session
04:30 - Jackie Greene story
05:50 - Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
06:14 - Lesson: Steppin' Out chords (F#Maj / Eb [x x 13 11 11 9])
08:00 - Thanks / Todd Sharp
08:44 - Complicated delays
09:00 - Cleveland music stores back in the day / Guild
11:30 - "Continue with pedal videos"
12:00 - Billy Sims / Beers / Kicking ass
13:03 - Date of the Fender neck?
13:29 - Nobels vs. Clones
13:57 - Jeff Senn Guitar


Notes

Tom discusses lounge piano chording and dips a toe in the VCB.

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May 2nd, 2020

Homeskoolin’ Volume 19, Tom Bukovac, “Retro Twang”

Chapters
00:00 - Twang jam intro
01:10 - Hello
03:00 - Weapons used secretly
04:42 - Fender Jazzmaster
05:15 - Midrange in the mix
06:28 - Harmony Silvertone Jupiter
09:10 - Guild Starfire III Bixby


Notes
Fellas....the T SHIRTS WILL ALL BE SHIPPING LATER THIS WEEK....please be patient. I originally ordered 150 and we have already sold over 200, so the guy making them is doing a double run...and i will get some 3XLs for all you big boned lads. My garage is the noisiest “single coil pickup environment” on earth sorry.

April 22nd, 2020

Homeskoolin' Volume 13, Tom Bukovac, "Dancin' Days & Open G"

Chapters
00:00 - Thank you
02:07 - Coffee
02:59 - Favorite movies?
04:24 - Open tunings
07:18 - Guild Thunderbird
07:40 - Dancing Days lesson
12:38 - Rolling Stones lesson
12:55 - Cool stuff in open tuning


Notes
Thank you guys, I sincerely appreciate this little "Homeskoolin' family" more than you all know. Here's a brief chat on the classic open G tuning after a rough morning.... (from low to hi D,G,D,G,B,D)