June 22nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 656, Tom Bukovac, “Experimental Doink”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello
01:33 - Fender Telecaster and putting on flatwound 9's on it
03:35 - Music City Bridge Groove Master telly saddles
04:13 - Capo / Going to 9's and the super doink
12:45 - Guild S-200 Thunderbird
13:51 - Testing out for the first time
14:42 - Email about the "Uncle Larry Freeze" / Busting balls
22:33 - Plugging it in / Slamming it on table / Tuning
24:00 - Could not hate this any more than I do


Notes
Uncle Larry forges fearlessly ahead in the quest to experiment with new sounds.

June 21st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 655, Tom Bukovac, “Classic Rock Clams”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: The Allman Brothers - Melissa
01:10 - Hello, friends! / Guild S-200 Thunderbird
02:30 - Movie theatre with Keith Urban / Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul documentary
07:25 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Marcus King Blues collab / Led Zeppelin Dancin' Days / Dan Auerbach and Rolling Stone
10:18 - Capo
11:07 - Lesson: Capo up high
12:18 - Tapping on an acoustic guitar? / Everything is part of the sound
15:26 - The Allman Brothers - Melissa how whack the pocket is on the acoustic
17:19 - The piano intro clam / YouTube channel about Classic Rock clams
18:35 - Another The Allman Brothers clam
20:14 - Dan Auerbach leaves mistakes on records


Notes
Uncle Larry talks about re-discovering the sheer beauty of going to a movie theater…instead of the living room recliner….and he unleashes a super fresh idea for what COULD BE the dopest YouTube channel yet

May 24th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 632.5, Tom Bukovac, “Tough Guy Bends (Part 2)”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Guild S-200 Thunderbird without going out of tune
04:00 - Iannuci Audio clone pedal vs. ODR-1


Notes
A brief addendum to this morning’s Homeskoolin’ curriculum for extra credit

the pedal i am trying is made by Iannucci
https://www.iannucciaudio.com/en-intl/home

May 24th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 632, Tom Bukovac, “Tough Guy Bends”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Guild T-bird
03:57 - Hello, class! / Special guitar
05:15 - Guild pickup in the drawer / '68 Les Paul / Thanks for Gill video
07:14 - Guitar going out of tune because of the nut
10:00 - Nut files
12:00 - Being at Gruhn's
19:64 - '48 Martin D-18


Notes
Uncle Larry shows ya some cool shit on a Sunday….including how to bend like a tough guy

This old Guild S-200 was perfect when I first got it back from Greg Voros, but the nut slots started binding up, so I wanted to show you how to address that problem

This guy is cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiCR8SYLmAY