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 ?

June 19th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 652, Tom Bukovac, “Bare Knuckles Chording”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Soft tune
03:48 - Helloooo / Triple sessioneering
04:50 - "Why the G chord" / Whole tone Bluegrass lick / Showing passion in sessions
05:55 - Playing: '44 Gibson J45 Banner Head
07:17 - "Should learn to flatpick"
07:31 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Eq'ing guitars
08:24 - "Instead of vintage guitars?"
08:38 - 13s on an acoustic pulling off the neck
10:00 - Lesson: Boom chuck perfectly / A with high E string
12:09 - Lession: "What are those chords?" "What tuning?" / Cascading A G D
14:13 - Martin Shadetop?
15:22 - Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul (Documentary Tom Bukovac did some music on)
16:47 - Lesson: Cool harmonics / Ugly hand chords
18:54 - Lesson: Figuring out the intro to this video [3 x 0 2 0 3] -> [2 x 2 2 0 2] -> [0 x 5 6 3 0] -> [x 0 7 6 9 0] - [4 x 6 4 4 0]


Notes
Uncle Larry answers some great VCB and shows you some chords that are guaranteed to pull a tendon or two…right after getting home from 9 hours of sessioneering.

Happy birthday dear Kris “Sandals” Donegan

June 19th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 651, Tom Bukovac, “Fresh 013’s”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Catchy tune on the Martin D-28 Herringbone
03:12 - Hello, friends / Triple day sessioneering
04:53 - "I eat the song" / "Takes a little longer to get there than I used to"
07:09 - Christmas songs
08:30 - Trifecta record
09:37 - Show: Widows Bay / Western movie: Rust
10:10 - Playing: Martin Herringbone
11:50 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '56 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow
14:50 - "You don't need them all"
15:57 - '39 Martin D-28 Herringbone (rear-shifted)


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the boundless possibilities of some new strings on a sweet old 30’s Martin.

June 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 650, Tom Bukovac, “Uncle Larry’s Southern Jumbo”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Gibson Les Paul Special
08:32 - Hello, friends / '58 Gibson Les Paul Special
09:34 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '48 Gibson Southern Jumbo


Notes
Email me if you wanna take a swing at this magnificent 48 SJ at tombukovac@gmail.com

guitar is ready to go , all the work already done

13.5k

Local pickup and inspection preferred

Special thanks to dearest Greg Voros for ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING the refret on this 58 LP Special …wow

June 12th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 646, Tom Bukovac, “Hair Of The Bird”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Nazareth - Hair of the Dog into some good shit
05:48 - Hey friends! / Family update and dentists
07:42 - "Sitting in the sand..." lyrics and help from J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr.
08:35 - Nazareth - Hair of the Dog and son story
09:45 - '64 Gibson Firebird 3 / Firebird numbers / Brian Jones haircut
11:30 - Car central / Hellcat light up emblem and update
13:03 - Talkboxes and history
14:22 - The "speaking" Firebird has "good contact"
15:12 - Maestro Vibrola
15:42 - The Cliffs
16:53 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Thanks
17:30 - "Miserable people say 'Fuck that guy'" / People post their best moments / Negative facebook
20:08 - Gordon Mote and perfect pitch / Playing: Firebird
21:45 - Ann Wilson moments / Being in a band


Notes
Uncle Larry dusts off the old ember red Bird on a rainy day

this is the CLIFFS song Pepe and I were trying to think of...i love this one

• Ready To Go

Here’s the whole record dear friends

June 3rd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 640, Tom Bukovac, “Garage Chopper”

Chapters
00:00 - Hi, friends / Movie: The Lost Boys
01:17 - '62 Gibson ES-330 chopper
03:12 - Ben Gallagher session
06:15 - Eagles - Already Gone / Cooper Time Cube
09:30 - Shipped guitars
12:00 - Tuning
13:07 - Playing: Gibson ES-330


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class an egregiously chopped 62 es-330 with a particularly gnarly pair of late 60’s Gibson Patent Number humbuckers after a day’s work

And please take a moment to check out the video for CLIFFS new single

June 2nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 639, Tom Bukovac, “The New Music”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Fender Jazzmaster
06:21 - Hi, friends! / Pepe the dandruff boy
07:45 - Movies: The Lost Boys vs. Fight Club
08:17 - '63 Fender Jazzmaster
09:25 - "The New Wave" / Cocaine level in Nashville '80s
11:18 - Lesson: The Gallop
15:10 - Brandon Hood / Gibson Les Paul Junior


Notes
Uncle Larry kicks off today’s progrum with the lost new wave song from 1981…that he just made up 5 minutes before he rolled the camera

After a quick google I found the book…it was actually called “The New Music”…

Wow, what a distant memory…but it had a big effect on me as a kid

and TOTALLY unrelated, I somehow happened upon this old video last night , a rare rehearsal version of Nathaniel Rateliff singing an old Leon Russell tune beautifully…this was for some tribute concert we did years ago.

This version is way cooler than the “actual” version that ended up on the YouTube ..I love his voice on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEt2Gqn-gNQ

May 31st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 638, Tom Bukovac, “Heavy Benchin’”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello friends / Sparkling water / Serial 4445
03:32 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior
05:52 - Music City Bridge
07:13 - Marcus King & Dan Auerbach | Behind the Scenes with Rolling Stone (link)
11:30 - Alison Krauss
12:30 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior / Brandon Hood
15:26 - Nashville guy / Setting up the guitar / Fender Stratocaster


Notes
Here’s some long form bench content for the TRUE Homeskoolers out there…this is basically the Homeskoolin’ equivalent of reading “War And Peace”…
Maybe save this one for the next time you get a cold and you’ve got a few days to just lay around on the couch and watch 10 movies in a row

What you’ll see and hear if you DO stick around ….

You’ll see Larry changing out the original bridge on a lovely old 58 LP Junior, and you’ll get to hear that guitar play TRULY in tune for the first time in its life…after 68 years of faithful rock and roll service on this glorious planet

and… you’ll take an extensive tour through 3 very strident lovely sounding original pickups on a 1957 Stratocaster …and you’ll get to hear them played right next to the original pickups on a 65 LPB Stratocaster through the same amp

Hope you enjoy friends

May 31st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 637, Tom Bukovac, “Good Guitar Hands”

Chapters
00:00 - Son playing the acoustic / Form 1 and Form 2 chords
06:19 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '57 Fender Stratocaster
09:30 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Junior


Notes
You gotta admit, the boy has BEAUTIFUL guitar hands….literally born to play …13 years old and strong as an ox.

Thanks for watching friends ..the old Hornswaggler has sure enough been at it lately…buying and selling hard friends…keeping UPS and Fed Ex in business

Thanks for all the kind comments lately about the video that just came out of Marcus King and your favorite uncle throwin down on an old Allman Brothers classic …you guys all know how I feel about Marcus, he gives me hope for the future of music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwKFn2Qlmmc

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May 25th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 633, Tom Bukovac, “PAF Fury”

Chapters
00:00 - It's all in the description / Cycling through some guitars
00:32 - '58 Gibson EMS 1235
00:58 - '59 Gibson ES-335
01:24 - '60 Gibson ES-335
01:51 - '61 Gibson Les Paul
02:24 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
03:00 - '64 Reissue Murphy Lab with special pickups from Spain
04:30 - '64 Reissue Murphy Lab with special pickups from Spain
05:04 - '61 Gibson Les Paul
05:25 - '59 Gibson ES-335
06:12 - '60 Gibson ES-335
06:40 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom
07:17 - '58 Gibson EMS 1235
09:00 - Thoughts / Neck pickups '58 Gibson EMS 1235
10:49 - '59 Gibson ES-335 neck
11:25 - '60 Gibson ES-335 neck
11:56 - '61 Gibson Les Paul neck
12:36 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Custom neck
13:22 - '64 Reissue Murphy Lab with special pickups from Spain neck ("the blue thing")
15:38 - Acoustically shootout
20:50 - Princeton amp and pedalboard used


Notes
Hello friends…a small army of guitar lovers gathered tonite at Uncle Larry’s Sanctuary to drink a couple beers and reminisce about the good old days.

This episode features young Eddie Blacksmith (aka Eddie Haddad)….young Ben Brandt (aka the boy with the good “scrong”) …and Ford Thurston (aka Fordy Ounce) …as well as a fairly large cache of golden era humbuckers (and even a couple modern pickups) framed inside some delightful dry aged lightweight Honduran hog for your viewing and listening pleasure

Our dear Fordy had a pretty solid buzz on, so he elected not play and only listen to the evening’s proceedings…

Granted, it may be a little challenging at times to make out what he’s saying, but I think you’ll find his tonal observations to be pretty spot on, despite his rather “relaxed” state of consciousness.

Hope you enjoy yet another crazy day in the life of your old buddy from northeast Ohio.

May 22nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 630, “Real 59 Tweed Deluxe versus New Dumble Tweedle-Dee”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends! / '56 Gibson Les Paul Jr
00:45 - '59 Fender Tweed Deluxe vs. Dumble Tweedle D intro / '56 Gibson Les Paul Jr and original case
01:49 - Settings on Tweed Deluxe
02:51 - Playing: Tweed
03:53 - Turn guitar to 7 and get acoustic sound
04:25 - Music City Bridge
05:15 - Black Crowes vibe
05:31 - Setting on the Dumble Tweedle
06:07 - Playing: Tweedle
07:03 - Playing: Tweedle - normal channel
07:23 - Switching back and forth between amps


Notes
I got a feeling this one is gonna spark a helluva ruckus in the comment section friends hahaaaa

In one corner , an original 1959 fender tweed deluxe with stock trannies and Jensen speaker (value 8-10k)

In the other corner, a new Dumble Tweedle-Dee with Celestion 25w greenback (MSRP 12.5k)

May 22nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 629, Tom Bukovac, “Free Solo Dad”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Tele deliciousness
04:51 - Hellooo...friends
05:30 - Tom's son, Leo's, loop with Roland Jazz Chorus JC-120 "Stadium sound"
06:34 - Stone Temple Pilots (STP) show and being guests
08:11 - Bruce Nelson Guitar (Telecaster style)
09:00 - Bridge pickup
09:10 - Neckup pickup
10:12 - Working in the studio (Harper O'Neil)
11:22 - Serial killer shows and fascination question
12:34 - "The Crash" movie
13:10 - Joe Perry nicking up Dean DeLeo's guitar / D-18 guitar is almost done
14:06 - Teenie Hodges documentary
15:11 - Thanks for previous "Rushing" video
15:38 - "The Cliffs" new music
15:53 - Gordon Mote and the studio


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on a VERY demanding of week of solo parenting two of the coolest little boys in the Deep South.

Been having a blast listening to mixes and making mix revisions of the new Buk/Jedd/Guthrie acoustic album that is about to be unleashed upon the world as soon as we get it mastered and get an album cover done .

I think you guys are gonna like this one …it’s VERY unique.
I can’t quite say I’ve ever heard another record quite like it to be honest…it has elements of sooo many different influences…bluegrass, space honky, western, Spanish, rockabilly, Disney, doom rock, and many others .

It’s a truly high fidelity sonic capture by engineer Brandon Bell…a real auditory feast for your earholes

We don’t have a name for it yet…do you?

Also, check out the new CLIFFS releases on all the streaming platforms ...i’m very proud of those boys

If you want to see more of the work of Bruce Nelson, who made the fine instrument I am playing in today’s video lookie here:

If you want to see more of the new Dumble Tweedle-Dee 1x12” combo flamethrower lookie here:

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May 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 628, Tom Bukovac, “The Human Tendency To Rush”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing Goldtop with Firebird pickup
05:32 - Hillo, friends / Facing the day of American life :|
08:47 - Negative Visualization
11:00 - Not a fat rockstar, just a healthy session man
12:06 - Beatles - Rubber Soul album / Weird songs
12:56 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Things Going On
13:20 - Rushing Theory (Billy Powell, Dickey Betts) - "You can hear yourself a bit better"
16:15 - Lesson: Tempo being wrong
17:08 - "Hardest thing to play with energy and put it in the pocket"
18:27 - Young gal that never played in the studio analogy
21:13 - "Why does everything have to be on the click?" / Cutting and fitting every parts


Notes
Uncle Larry, the self proclaimed Sultan Of Smear, shares his thoughts about the ancient human instinct to rush.

May 17th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 627, Tom Bukovac, “He’s Got A Pretty Mouth”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing and singing
02:19 - Hello, friends / Pool party
03:28 - Dean DeLeo, Trip The Witch, and getting up on stage with Stone Temple Pilots (STP)
04:18 - Deliverence movie
06:04 - '56 Gibson Les Paul TV Junior / Non-original bridge trivia
07:33 - Playing
07:55 - Looking for an original case
08:22 - Thank you / Abbey Road, Ty Myers, and looking for instruments
10:16 - Playing / Summation


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class a lovely old limed mahogany Gibson from one of the greatest years in American guitar building history…..1956

…and he discusses one of the greatest American cinematic achievements of the early 70’s….Deliverance

Special thanks to John Shanks and Noah from Carter Vintage Guitars for bending over backwards to facilitate this deal

I would never have been able to get this magnificent old guitar without the help of those two fine gentlemen…

May 16th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “So Ya’ Wanna Be A Session Man?”

Chapters
00:00 - Session piano player
05:39 - Back with the band


Notes
Dear Homeskoolers, meet Jason Webb, cherished member of the Nashville session community, and one of the most amazing keyboard players i have seen in my entire life.

Just for a little mind blowing context, in this section of the song we were working on, the chart just said “5 bars of 5 chord”….

some folks would see and naturally, they would just hold a 5 chord for 5 bars…and then certain OTHER folks can envision/create/perform something like this… on the fly…and actually get it on tape

I would say this is a pretty good example of the old phrase “there’s probably something more you could potentially be doing…”

…and the end of this video shows Dann Huff, Tommy Sims and Chris McHugh in the heat of battle

I feel honored and lucky to be able to work with musicians of this caliber almost every day

May 16th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Session Update “A PROFESSIONAL Recording Studio”

Chapters
00:00 - Keith Urban studio and gear tour
00:37 - Drums
00:52 - Bass
01:01 - Dann Huff guitar rig
01:44 - Tom Bukovac rig
02:10 - Keyboard and leslie room / History
03:50 - Control room, guitars, effects
06:15 - Downtown Nashville / History of the toilet / Patch bay


Notes
Session update from one of the finest REAL recording studios in the world

The Sound in Nashville TN

I made a comment today on a break after hearing Chris McHugh’s God-like drum sounds in the headphones “well, you’re sure as hell not gonna get THAT drum sound in some home studio”

And yes friends…home studios are fun and all, but when you work in a place that was DESIGNED to be a major recording studio, you can CERTAINLY hear the difference

there is no way around it

May 15th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 626, Tom Bukovac, “Power Tools”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing the shit out that guitar
11:34 - Ah, hello, friends!
12:12 - Lesson: Cool lick (Dmaj -> Amaj -> Emaj) / Bending octaves
15:12 - Lesson: Led Zeppelin - No Quarter


Notes
Uncle Larry fresh home from a day of sessioneering heats up the tubes of a crusty old Fullerton tweed kicker box with an old flamethrowin' razor from the golden age of Kalamazoo....a belligerent old six string sawzall from Parsons Street....a tuxedo black triple ply P-90 billy club bruiser.... ebony and blocks from a fly over midwestern ghetto...a blue handle pebble case Honduran hog brawler from McCarty's Michigan....

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May 8th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 620, Tom Bukovac, “Eastbound And Broke”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See on the new Tele
02:46 - Numerous names
04:00 - '65 Fender Telecaster with maple cap neck / Playing / Music City Bridge saddles
08:08 - Playing: Tele Custom
09:47 - Playing: Back to the Maple
11:58 - New '48 Gibson Southern Jumbo
14:56 - Imitation Tom / Guitar shipping boxes


Notes
Uncle Larry gives the class a tour through some exciting new arrivals in the Spring Collection.

Special thanks to Rick Hogue from Garrett Park guitars for a very smooth transaction on a super fuckin’ rad old Tele.

If I don’t stop him Marshall will eat 10 bananas in one day like nothing .

May 7th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “50 % Discount”

Chapters
00:00 - It's all in the description


Notes
Hello Homeskoolers here’s your chance to buy a 10k guitar for half off because of a few issues.

Carson’s email is cmedders23@gmail.com

May 3rd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 616, Tom Bukovac, “Master Volume Madness”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello friends / Radio stations
01:33 - Marshall JCM 800 / Marshall JMP 2204 / Gibson Les Paul
02:06 - Different than a Plexi
04:00 - Amp settings / JMP
05:50 - JCM 800
06:26 - JCM 800 with no Bass "AM Radio sound"
06:58 - JCM 800 turn up the Treble "Presence"
07:19 - JCM 800 Mid Range "Treble"
07:38 - JCM 800 Presence "Subtle"
08:13 - Playing: JCM 800
08:34 - JCM 800 Preamp on 10


Notes
Uncle Larry gives the class a tour of the amps that powered the youth of America in the 80’s….the legendary vertical input JCM-800, and the JMP 2204 50 watt…

I KNOW that for many of you out there, this was the amp that was in the trunk of your high mileage late 70’s GM vehicles when you got your first blow jobs after a gig.

and totally unrelated , I know you’ve already seen it, but go back and watch the original 2004 Friday Night Lights movie by Peter Berg….

I watched it with the boys last night ….so gripping , so powerful…UNBELIEVABLE acting performances by Billy Bob and Tim McGraw…
just an incredible movie…and the soundtrack by Explosions In The Sky is soooooo fucking good…and when “just got paid” by ZZ comes on it’s just the perfect marriage between film and music

What a fuckin movie holy shit