December 11th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 538, Tom Bukovac, "Grady's Blues"

Chapters
00:00 - Melody from the soul
06:49 - Fun sound to play 8| / Instruments making a big entrance in a song
09:42 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / '56 Gibson Les Paul Custom neck pickup P90 (staple pickups)
11:39 - Ella Langley song / "Accounts"
12:44 - Slovenian props
13:10 - "Listen to where the instrument wants to go"
13:59 - "Harmonic Swirl"
14:36 - Huey Lewis and the News


Notes
Uncle Larry takes an early morning ride on Grady Martin's old 50's Danelectro 6 string bass.

just imagine being about 30 years old and being in a band THIS successful and THIS fucking tight....
these motherfuckers had the world by the balls
Huey Lewis and the News - I Want A New Dru...

December 10th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 537, Tom Bukovac, “Stump Grinder”

Chapters
00:00 - Some great raunch and eery slides
09:48 - Radio message through the amplifier
10:11 - Huey Lewis and The News
10:47 - Hello, friends! / Watkins Amp
11:35 - "Then I'd be happy" 8|
12:00 - Acoustic record / Mandolin
13:59 - Greg Koch
15:02 - '56 Gibson Les Paul Custom (Rain gutter tuners, staple pickups)


Notes
Uncle Larry gets his grind on with a little Watkins amp that naturally provides an absolute symphony of swirling harmonics on top of your playing

Man what a party

July 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Thank You Letter”

Chapters
00:00 - Blues playing
03:24 - What's up, friends! / Tal/Buk show thank you
05:02 - Packages sent to the Bukovac Office catching up
06:00 - Thank yous


Notes
This video says it all for me right now

May 25th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 455, Tom Bukovac, “The Wide Wide River Of Tuning”

Chapters
00:00 - Gibson P90 harmonics
06:09 - Pedalboard laboratory


Notes
Uncle Larry shows you some licks and some gear


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April 5th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam, “The Wind Beneath My Strings”

Chapters
00:00 - Just amazing...with a '55


Notes
Sometimes Larry gets tired of talking…

March 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 414, Tom Bukovac, “Lord Of The Shims”

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction to Nick Govrik's new album
02:57 - In the studio
03:34 - Hello, friends / Bench video Gibson ES-330 spacers/shims
04:56 - Epiphone Casino / Keith Urban
05:13 - "I like short shorts" sticker / '60 Gibson ES-330
05:45 - Pickup too low / Mo Pitney
08:47 - Shims
17:33 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom / Backstory
20:40 - Custom middle position
21:54 - Pickup height
22:02 - Custom neck pickup
22:33 - Custom bridge pickup
24:55 - Lesson: Double hammer-on
25:00 - "Retro doink"


Notes
It won’t be long now friends…til Uncle Nick’s record will be available for purchase on CD and vinyl!!

Nick Govrik
“One More Time For The Man”

I ain’t gonna lie , we are so damn proud of this thing…truly a labor of love.
The boy can write a song and that’s no joke

…and in other news , we got a quick little clip from todays country and western session AND a failed bench experiment that gets saved by the glory of some ancient Alnico…can I borrow your stapler?