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

December 7th, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 535, Tom Bukovac, “The Boss’s Guitar”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello
01:29 - Vince Gill's '54 Gibson Les Paul
03:29 - A.I. hasn't affected work / Straps
05:50 - New Brett Papa album / New Country star albums / Ozempic and weight loss drugs
07:08 - Humidifiers
08:12 - Collision Devices - Tars and Black Hole Symmetry / NFL
10:58 - Rickenbacker thanks
15:20 - '52 Gibson Les Paul mini humbucker install
19:04 - Do you regret doing any work? / Country version of First Cut is the Deepest by Cat Stevens & Sheryl Crow / John Shanks


Notes
Uncle Larry sets up a cool old chopper 54 Goldie with some cool history

December 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 534, Tom Bukovac, “Osmondmosis”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing
06:38 - Hello, friends! / Marie Osmond and Vince Gill recording
07:51 - Lesson: Only using 2 chords / Outline the chord
09:43 - Products (straps, capos)
11:32 - Lesson: The Claw to grab notes
12:43 - Lesson: Cool Major 7s
14:32 - Major operation on the Goldtop / Mini humbucker put in
15:22 - '70 Marshall Superbass and Marshall Straight Cab / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale


Notes
Uncle Larry recaps a busy session day and plays ya some deep cut stratospheric blues on a 52 goldie through an embarrassingly clean 1970 super bass 100

If you ever wondered if Marie Osmond was a cool person or not, I can tell you for sure without a doubt that she is..

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December 1st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Discounted Course Runs Through This Friday Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Gaining up a 355
00:58 - Hey friends! / NFL
02:13 - Course
02:31 - Marshall Superbass 100W / Ear sensitivity
03:56 - '59 Gibson ES-335 / Offset bridge



Notes
Uncle Larry takes a ride on a temporarily guardless 59 355 and shows off a frustratingly clean 70 super bass 100 that obviously never took a rough ride in the back of a lorry

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November 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 530, Tom Bukovac, “Watermelon Party”

Chapters
00:00 - Picking and strumming fervorously on the Silvertone into beautiful playing
04:47 - Dumble Tweedle Dee - Matt Swanson gift
05:34 - Gibson Mono ES-355 shootout intro / Tortoiseshell pickguard
06:15 - #1 acoustic / bridge
06:45 - #1 neck
08:00 - #1 middle
09:30 - #2 acoustic / bridge
10:28 - #2 neck
10:50 - #2 middle
11:10 - #1 neck
11:24 - #1 middle
11:34 - #1 bridge
12:32 - #2 neck
12:55 - #2 bridge
13:25 - #2 middle
13:41 - #2 acoustic
13:58 - #1 acoustic


Notes
355+355=710…just some simple math for ya here on a lovely Friday afternoon friends

Hope all you guys are doing great out there…
The opening bit of this vid is just a shameless little rave-up on a lovely old ‘59 Silvertone branded Danelecto U-2 that was formerly owned by my old buddy, the great Rick Vito …

and then we move on to some A/B comparisons between two sweet old watermelon red 59 factory mono Gibson ES-355s with PAFs…the one I just bought has double whites , I’m actually not sure what the one I have had for a while has

These guitars are very close in serial number in case you were wondering
A 31613
A 31507

Totally unrelated..I like this gal…she’s got just the right amount of attitude, and skill to back it up …I watch her videos even though a can’t cook for shit

November 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 529, Tom Bukovac, “A Sure Sign Your Repair Guy Is A Hack”

Chapters
00:00 - Bench intro
02:22 - Pedalboard intro
04:37 - Components on board: Diamond - Compressor, Collision Devices - Black Hole Symmetry, Digitech - Whammy, Coppersound - Telegraph V2 Autostutter & Killswitch
05:43 - XTS pedalboard builders
07:36 - '59 Danelectric U2 (Silvertone) / Rick Vito
10:23 - NFL
11:53 - D'Addario strap locks
14:09 - Ace guitar strap
14:42 - Nashville Bender Volume 3
16:45 - Gibson ES-355 Mono / Overbeveled frets
19:29 - Gassed out pickguard / Overbeveled frets
26:54 - Playing


Notes
i'll bet this isn’t the first time you guys have gone on a total stream of consciousness journey after a Bills game

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they will very soon be be putting out the latest "Nashville Benders Volume 3" record featuring all KINDS of red hot pickers...Brent Mason, johnny Hiland, Jimmy Olander etc etc

November 20th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Vintage Football Flashback….Set The Controls For 1969

Chapters
00:00 - American football card video / Favorite cards
08:32 - '59 Gibson ES-355 Mono



Notes
Warning: if you are not into American football please skip this video

Uncle Larry shows you one of the most attractive sets in Topps football card history…the uber-classy 1969 set…263 total cards, notable rookie cards from this set are Larry Csonka (card # 120) and Brian Piccolo (card # 26)

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November 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Odds and Ends

Chapters
00:00 - '57 Rickenbacker Combo / Uncle Larry's Garage Sale
01:07 - '57 Gibson ES-225
02:20 - '64 Fender Twin Reverb


Notes
Uncle Larry tries hard to keep everyone updated regarding all the endless wheelin and dealin that has taken place in recent weeks here at the Homeskoolin’ company headquarters …Larry and his team are working hard to keep all the viewers informed with up to the minute details showing all the insanity that comprises a normal day here at Homeskoolin Industries Worldwide

November 15th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 525, Tom Bukovac, “Brit Clean”

Chapters
00:00 - Chord picking Steve Hackett - Lamia
08:24 - What's up peoples?
09:35 - Lesson: Steve Hackett lead
10:52 - Brett Papa / "Radiators and drains" people in life
14:08 - '59 Gibson ES-355 / Tortoiseshell pickguard
16:48 - Jedd Hughes, Guthrie Trapp, Tom Bukovac acoustic record
17:55 - Winter hot-tubbing
18:38 - Vince Gill
19:06 - "Wood doesn't make a difference" 8|


Notes
Uncle Larry takes you to the clean middle pickup of PAF’s on an ebony board land

Velvet English hammers…

Even without an AC-30 it does “the thing”

November 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 521, Tom Bukovac, “Heart Full O Shred”

Chapters
00:00 - Lovely playing, lost in mood
11:12 - Hello, friends
11:55 - Lesson: Artificial Harmonic
14:54 - "Slow Hand" Larry playing fast
16:21 - Lesson: Bending on the low strings
21:00 - Dann Huff and Michael Buble
21:47 - '61 Gibson SG Special with incredible P90s and bleed caps
22:26 - SG bridge pickup
22:41 - SG neck pickup
22:58 - SG middle position
23:18 - SG bridge gassed


Notes
Uncle Larry explores some of the tonal depths achievable with the greatest electronics set up that has ever been installed into an electric guitar …whilst plunking on a prime specimen from the golden age of Parsons Street in Kalamazoo Michigan.

If anyone wants to watch the livestream of the Guitar Party gig we did Saturday night you can go here and check it out for ten bucks
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The audio ain’t too bad…camera work is really nice

November 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 520, Tom Bukovac, “Slap-back Slab-Board Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Popping off a song
03:31 - Hello, friends! / Fighting a cold and playing with Guthrie
05:26 - Scott Henderson story about an empty night
07:26 - Organized event / John Oates, Mike Mills, Steve Gorman
10:15 - '60 Fender Telecaster / Coolest Tele with "2-tone" / '61 AC30 or Fender amp / Font
13:24 - Lesson: Nastiest, dirtiest guitar lick


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on last evening’s madness with a lovely old Telecaster Custom and a Tweed Deluxe both for 1960

October 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 516, Tom Bukovac, “Choppers and Benders”

Chapters
00:00 - Bench vid on Gretsch 6129
02:16 - Adjusting truss rod by feel / NFL
06:00 - Thanks Guthrie and Jed vid
06:30 - Lesson: Chord you never thought of [0 11 11 14 14 x]
07:16 - '57 Gibson Les Paul Junior with Gene Parsons string bender
08:11 - Playing: String bender
12:17 - Chicken Soup


Notes
Uncle Larry shares the delight of his dear young boys after his first foray into making homemade chicken soup.

October 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 515, Tom Bukovac, “Sick Day”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing acoustic / Sick kids
05:30 - New UK Merch
06:17 - '50 Gibson Southern Jumbo / Saving an old acoustic / Nathan Guller
08:04 - '64 Epiphone Frontier
08:47 - Lesson: Uncle Larry composition
12:18 - Losing money on NFL
13:19 - Playing: Stolen lick from Gus
14:20 - Epiphone brand


Notes
Uncle Larry plunks some acoustics on a rare day off ...

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October 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 514, Tom Bukovac, “Kalamazoo Girls”

Chapters
00:00 - Calm finger picking
04:37 - Hello, friends!
05:40 - Plexi Soul album
07:37 - Havalina update / Playing
08:49 - Open Chords and wide voicings / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the universe on a clear fall evening

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

October 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 511, Tom Bukovac, “Vertical Input Horizon”

Chapters
00:00 - That sound...holy shit!
04:15 - Hey friends / JCM800
04:34 - '79 Dean Z
05:33 - Playing Dean Z
07:51 - Marshalls and a little slapback
09:00 - Brett Papa
11:22 - Dean & Firebird shape resting arm / Loving the Dean Z
12:45 - Howl Owl Howl / Steve Gorman, Darius Rucker, Mike Mills
16:45 - Dann Huff video thanks / Real interviews vs non-existential meltdowns


Notes
Uncle Larry gets deep into the weeds about quantum physics and Brazilian rosewood whilst plunking on a vintage Dean Z with the very rare Braziliaburst burst finish….

What if you brought a guitar with a Brazilian rosewood board and a Braziliaburst finish to one of those places where you get a Brazilian wax….
I mean, seriously just think about it

This video and video title is dedicated to my dear old friend friend Matt Scannell

October 20th, 2025

Homeskoolin Bonus “San Francisco Rock City”

Chapters
00:00 - 12-String version of Detroit Rock City
05:00 - Lesson: Tuning 12-string guitar with Peterson Strobe Tuner
09:25 - Brett Papa course part 2


Notes
RIP P.D. Frehley

October 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 508, Tom Bukovac, “La Red Grange”

Chapters
00:00 - Pulling out some tricky playing
04:05 - Hello, friends! / NFL shootout / Son's driving experience
06:28 - Lesson: The smear revisited in many forms
07:42 - '57 Gibson ES-225
08:45 - Thanks for kind words / Working
09:52 - '57 Gibson ES-225 / Couch plunkers
11:45 - Music City Bridge
13:07 - Guitar Party Band at 3rd & Lindsley
14:30 - Ninevolt and Dan Auerbach
15:16 - Honking like a harmonica


Notes
Uncle Larry smears it out on a delicious chunk of golden era Kalamazoo....just a little wet bulb blues for the galloping ghost

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