June 26th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 657, Tom Bukovac, “Cigarette Burn Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing Gibson SG
05:47 - Hello Rock 'n' Roll Enthusiasts / Wild West of parenting / Ken Burn stuff
07:31 - Forming of this country and the old days
09:18 - Question: "What year would you have chosen to be born?"
10:00 - Gregg Allman documentary (The Music of My Soul)
11:12 - Reese Wynans / Book: Sky Dog
13:02 - Question: "What Classic Rock band should you be in?"
14:43 - '65 Gibson SG ('64)
15:00 - Putting different tuners on a guitar / 99.9% it is bridge
17:15 - Denmark Street Guitars good story
19:08 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: Fender Tweed Deluxe
20:55 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '63 Gibson ES-330
21:16 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: Fender Tweed Deluxe


Notes
Uncle Larry offers up a few cool items for the garage sale

59 tweed deluxe 7500…local pickup only
63 es-330 chopped for old 60’s parent sticker humbucks 6K

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

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 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.

November 16th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 526, Tom Bukovac, “Acoustic Erotic”

Chapters
00:00 - Soft playing on an interesting acoustic
05:50 - Hello, friends / Football picks
07:00 - Little party with Jaime French
08:40 - Lifes changes from chasing women to knowledge
09:37 - Gibson Acoustic
10:42 - Changing tuners is usually a myth / Not holding in tune
12:40 - Misprint on the Plexi Soul / Grass instead of Glass error
15:05 - Mount Rushmore of stalkers...which one is best
16:43 - Acoustic or Electric?
18:32 - Plugged in acoustic? / Acoustic pickup cannot get the sound
23:31 - Vintage prices are crazy


Notes
Uncle Larry professes his life long hatred for the sound of plugged in acoustics and answers some probing VCB on a beautiful fall Sunday

Thank you for being a part of this madness, i just saw today that we are almost at 127K subs...i never would have believed it five years ago if you told me this was all gonna be happening....it's truly crazy, considering this all started as a total joke

if you guys are indeed getting something useful out of these absolutely free rants and occasional lessons please feel free to visit the Homeskoolin' tip jars:
Paypal is tombukovac‪@gmail.com‬
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

every little bit helps friends...i'll be using all the money to pay for the records i am currently working on....an acoustic record with Guthrie and Jedd....and a solo record follow up to Plexi Soul

October 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 517, Tom Bukovac, “Orchestra Sized Maneuvers In The Dark”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming away on an oldie
05:44 - '51 Martin 000-18 acoustic for sale
07:00 - Guthrie and Jedd show tickets
08:15 - Plexi Soul / NFL
09:43 - Bizarre accident story with feedback / Cancelled gigs and uncontrollable
15:24 - Pretty cool series on Netflix


Notes
Uncle Larry discusses a recent brutal affliction and shows you a sweet old '51 OOO-18 with a K&K western mini pickup that a friend of his is selling for 6k plus shipping

email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you want to purchase this fine instrument

if you wanna check out the new Homeskoolin' swag go here:
https://humbuckermerch.com

if you wanna come to the Guitar Party gig on November 1st go here:
https://www.3rdandlindsley.com/tm-eve...

if you wanna donate a little something to the channel:
my PayPal tip jar is
tombukovac‪@gmail.com‬

my venmo tip jar is @Tom-Bukovac-1

if you wanna see a pretty cool doco on Netflix check out "No One Saw A Thing"....some really great early 80's footage and more Morley Safer than you EVER got after a football game ended when you were a kid and "60 Minutes" came on...which was always just a sad reminder that you had to go back to school the next morning...don't act like you don't remember

February 5th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 274, Tom Bukovac, “Poser”

Chapters
00:00 - Epiphone P90 rockin' into AC/DC
01:50 - Hello, friends! / PAN aramic amp
02:26 - Drawing guitars / Larry hello and giving time
03:15 - Guthrie birthday / Nashville hangouts
05:35 - Mysterious characters / Ebo
08:00 - Love of Epiphone guitars
10:36 - Epiphone Crestwood
12:06 - Epiphone Wilshire
13:35 - "When is enough?"
14:00 - "Who has the most Soul?" / Ray Charles
14:57 - "How do you approach fills?"
16:06 - Official fills chart and mixing it up...no bullshit
18:10 - Carl Weathers send off (R.I.P.)


Notes
Uncle Larry extols his great adoration of Epiphone guitars of the 50s and early 60s…

December 10th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 261, Tom Bukovac, “Morning Meditations With Zenmaster Larry”

Chapters
00:00 - Early morning Zen video / Tuning autoharp
00:55 - Nashville tornado
01:30 - Ham sammich tuner and autoharp
02:15 - The Smokestack studio (Paul Moak) / Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton
04:30 - Tuning the harp / Bob Ross
05:13 - Uni-Vibe and Strat sold / Thanks / Body and Soul Instruments
06:45 - Back to tuning the autoharp
07:47 - "Women Who Rock" tv show / Cyndi Lauper story
10:00 - VCB / The Dreggs / Kid Rock
10:54 - Music City Bridge is primo
11:30 - Appreciations / Sizable donation thanks
13:00 - NFL bets


Notes
Get your brushes and your canvas kids…it’s time to paint with Uncle Larry.

November 1st, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 251, Tom Bukovac, "Halloween Candy Hangover"

Chapters
00:00 - Some straight off the press raunch
03:47 - Hello, friends! / Halloween hangover
04:15 - Firebird is back / Amazing intonation
05:40 - Intonation and bending out of tune
06:08 - Lesson: Ziggy Stardust intro out of tune (YouTube)
06:48 - Firebird I description sheet
08:15 - Halloween adventures
08:45 - Gig at 1979 studio
09:03 - Shootout Firebird I vs Firebird V
10:00 - '63 Firebird V
10:58 - Differences Firebird I vs Firebird V
11:35 - Try again
12:00 - 250 episodes of Homeskoolin'
12:47 - Firebird I
13:33 - Acoustic test / Firebird I
13:55 - Firebird V acoustic / 0.5 as loud
14:22 - Firebird I loud test / Why the difference in loudness
15:00 - VCB / Favorite song from The Cure - Facination Street / Sppreciation
15:39 - Kirk Hammett respect
16:12 - Lesson: Genesis - Turn It On Again
17:44 - More vocals / Mick Ronson - Soul Love
18:58 - Rather be in a band? / Getting bored
20:15 - 80's documentary, Husker Du, Bob Mould


Notes
A little wednesday morning blooze for ya on two different '63 birds.

Very special thanks to dearest Lin Crowson at Gruhn Guitars for breathing some new life into this wounded old bird.

Dig this great old 90's power pop....getting guitars THIS loud in a mix where they don't hurt at all is no easy feat. Brilliant track

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

go to www.ziggysartstudio if you want to check out one of the rad limited edition prints he drew up to commemorate episode 250

and...we are getting damn close to 90K prescribers....wow

and i think there are a couple hundred vinyl copies of Plexi soul still left...if you want one go to either of these two links folks

https://thesessionman.myshopify.com/

https://thesessionman.com/

a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after 248 free guitar lessons

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com

You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1


AND...you can purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merchandise..including several different T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to... one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

November 1st, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Industries “Signing Bonus”

Chapters
00:00 - Signing records


Notes
Uncle Larry just having some fun with the lads…big thanks to all that have purchased the vinyl…it truly means a lot

October 29th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Big Owl”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin' it
01:25 - Practicing / Serious thank you!
02:57 - NRBQ Big Al Anderson and garage sale
05:05 - Asher
05:48 - Fulltone Tape Echo
06:04 - Vox AC15c
06:32 - Hamer Newport
08:00 - Big All home footage
09:59 - Session footage


Notes
Hello friends.

Thank you for the purchases of the Plexi Soul vinyl. If you haven’t got one yet here’s the two links you can use:

https://thesessionman.myshopify.com/

https://thesessionman.com/

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com if you wanna buy some of Al’s gear

Asher tele 2500 (will ship)
Fulltone tape echo 1500 (local pickup only)
2 Vox “Maroon Bronco” AC15C 1x12 combos with nice covers 500 apiece (local pickup only)
2009 ish (I think) Hamer Newport hollowbody electric, plays nice 1200 (will ship)

October 27th, 2023

Homeskoolin, "Plexi Soul Vinyl Is Live!!!"

Chapters
00:00 - Amazing plucking
00:51 - Very exciting vinyl / Plexi Soul vinyl album unwrapping and how to get it
05:05 - Joe Walsh gig
06:12 - Couple thanks
07:14 - International orders


Notes
People...it's finally here...I can't even believe it....can you?

Here are the two links you can now officially use to order the Plexi Soul vinyl LP....all the dough goes directly into my PayPal account.

https://thesessionman.myshopify.com/

https://thesessionman.com/

it's gonna be $30.00 plus shipping for regular ones and $40.00 plus shipping for copies signed by Uncle Larry with his magic silver marker.

Domestic or international shipping is all good...
the buyer just pays whatever the actual costs are, which is supposedly calculated by the magic computer at check out.

Please be patient at first with shipping, this stuff is all BRAND NEW for me and the sweet people that are helping me....all the shipping materials we needed to ship these records are supposed to be delivered on Monday and the first of the records should be shipped out on Tuesday.

Hope you guys truly enjoy the record.

Special thank you's to
Stix Mchugh
Josh Rawlings
Nick from MCB
Third Man record pressing

October 25th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Volume 249, Tom Bukovac, “The Snake”

Chapters
00:00 - Throwing down the layers again
03:02 - Hello, friends! / Thanks and session spa
04:45 - Plexi Soul / Guthrie update / Roll your weed / Gate fold
05:38 - Bought holy grail of home recording - Tascam 388
07:00 - '66 Fender Telecaster / Playing and some free licks for you
08:27 - Lesson: Good exercise for practicing / Little finger
09:00 - (VCB) / "Space between the notes?"
10:19 - Rolling Rock fuckers
10:50 - Buddy Jolly - If Tom Ever had a Video Editor
11:45 - Favorite football player / Football betting
13:54 - Dumbest website?  "Quora"
15:01 - Musicians so good back in the day? / "The great distraction"


Notes
Uncle Larry proclaims his immense lifelong love and respect for the great Kenny Stabler…and then he also discusses a bit of music...because this IS a guitar channel.

a LOT of new viewers have recently asked "where is the tip jar?" when they felt led to contribute something after watching a few of the 700-ish free videos i have posted over the last 3 years.

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

AND...you can purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merchandise..including several different T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

There are still a few more of the hand signed limited edition Uncle Larry prints that Ziggy O'Leary did left....if you wanna check one out go here:
https://www.ziggysartstudio.com

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to...
one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

October 23rd, 2023

Homeskoolin' Bonus "Steel Your Heart Away"

Chapters
00:00 - Ole cowboy playing
02:30 - Hello, friends! / Long day Vince Gill session
03:32 - Real quick message about Plexi Soul
04:50 - Guthrie Trapp record
05:58 - Footage from session


Notes
Kids...we are SO CLOSE to having Plexi Soul on vinyl!! Stay tuned for forthcoming link friends....

The inside of the luxurious gatefold cover opens up to quite the scene....picture basically my entire life story shown in several grainy Polaroid photos laid out on a messy coffee table the morning after a boozy party strictly for grown ups.

And....if thats not enough to get your blood pumpin', you can thrill to the sound of the greatest living pedal steel guitar player on this planet...Paul Franklin.

Oh, and fuck off Teddy Boy you miserable twat...

July 18th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Bonus, "Mondo Bandage"

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic playing into / Surgery announcement
03:25 - Good news - Plexi Soul vinyl album
04:30 - Guthrie Trapp record


Notes
Hello friends...don't be frightened. Your old buddy is fine. I just went in for some surgery yesterday to remove an area of basal cell carcinoma (inflitrative type) thats been there for years actually.

Supposedly the operation was a success...the people at Vanderbilt were soooooo cool and soooo sweet.
I highly recommend plastic surgeon Dr. Galen Perdikis....he's a real bad ass and it's nice to know there is a real live professional around when it's time to get some big holes cut in your head.

The good news is my facial recognition on my phone still works.

Also, the whole time this is going on, I have been thinking how surprised the world would be if it was skin cancer that took me out....and not some liver or kidney issue haha

Special thanks to my dear old friend Nicky G....ain't a better man in this world in my book.

A little advice to you young cats out there...putting the necessary time in to develop some REAL friendships with a few VERY carefully selected people in this lifetime is a lot more important than nailing the solo to "Kid Charlemagne" or getting a pedal with a convincing Dumble tone.

That shit ain't gonna pick you up on a work day at 9am to take you to the hospital when you need it.

May 28th, 2023

Homeskoolin' PSA...New Merch Alert!

Chapters
00:00 - Intro playing
00:30 - Important announcement: Reissue t-shirts / Plexi Soul album
01:40 - Dawner pedals (Pulse & Boonar)


Notes
Hello friends...take a quick break from cookin' brats on the grill today and check out what old Drew has cookin' over in the Guitar House Homeskoolin' Merch department.
Drew actually hand sews each of these SUPER comfy t shirts...I don't know how he finds the time.

https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/me...

and thank you to Dawner Prince from the great land of Croatia for sending these extremely cool pedals for Larry to try out.

https://dawnerprince.com

Happy memorial day weekend friends.
Thank you for your continued support.

May 11th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 215, Tom Bukovac, "Orange Skin Blues"

Chapters
00:00 - Some Country playing and whammy bar playing
02:45 - Hello, class!
03:33 - Guitar picks / Rolling Rock pick / Favorite
05:38 - '62 Strat / Wang bars (Vibrato vs. Tremolo) / Leo Fender
07:25 - Talent show at son's school (Back In Black)
07:48 - Lesson: Wang bars (whammy bar, trem, vibrato) and how to use it
09:40 - Floating the bar
10:18 - Different position
10:45 - Setting up a wang bar and measurement
12:10 - Gretsch Sparkle Jet with Bigsby measurement
14:11 - Subtle effect
15:33 - Teddy Boy! altercation / Totalling up guitar expenditure / Brian May
19:20 - Pickup height
20:15 - Thanks
21:21 - Plexi Soul CDs
21:45 - Music City Bridge
23:20 - Go practice!  "Stop watching The Gear Page"


Notes
Uncle Larry addresses a major problem in the guitar culture...a complete and total misunderstanding of what that shiny metal bar that sticks out of your bridge is supposed to do.

Thanks for watching kids, i mean it

Paypal tip jar is tombukovac@gmail.com

Venmo tip jar is @Tom-Bukovac-1

March 28th, 2023

Homeskoolin' Volume 204, Tom Bukovac, "A.I. Blues"

Chapters
00:00 - Sweet, slow and dreamy tune
02:42 - Hello, Homeskoolers' / Sad school shooting in Nashville
03:38 - Cat Stevens - Trouble
04:36 - Harmony Soveriegn conversion guitar
05:50 - Originality, "reminds me of...", sounds like / All music is "stolen" vs. plagiarism vs. 100% original
10:00 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Pet peeves - "You're not wrong."
10:45 - Kemper, modeling, and loving amps
11:51 - Vinyl for Plexi Soul
12:30 - JHS and DigiTech Bad Monkey / Klon and lower gain setting
14:45 - ChatGPT and AI (Artificial Intelligence)
16:47 - "What session would you have loved to be present?" / Led Zeppelin - Black Dog / Dancing Days


Notes
Uncle Larry gets into the VCB and recent sad events in Nashville

March 21st, 2023

Homeskoolin' Bonus Jam "Mad Dogs And Clevelanders"

Chapters
00:00 - Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends (Joe Cocker / Tom Bukovac Rendition)
03:20 - All time favorite tunes / Howya going mate!
03:55 - "Mad Dog with Soul" (Joe Cocker documentary)
04:20 - The Struts (Session project)
05:00 - Watch Delta Lady from live performance of "Mad Dog with Soul"


Notes
Uncle Larry waxes rhapsodic about one of the greatest voices to ever step up to a microphone....and the great convergence of England and Tulsa.

November 16th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “Ticket To Ride”

Chapters
00:00 - Ticket to ride


Notes
Get yours today kids!!!

https://www.ticketweb.com/event/tom-bukovac-uncle-larry-w-3rd-and-lindsley-tickets/12680615

November 10th, 2022

Homeskoolin’ Volume 172, Tom Bukovac, “The Shingles”

Chapters
00:00 - Down home playing on the 335
01:27 - Hello, Homeskoolers' / Joe Walsh
02:30 - Roofing guys / Boone Whitaker at Whitaker Roofing / Finding good people
04:30 - Strat magic stuff
05:00 - Gig announcement / Plexi Soul / Fronting own band
06:20 - Gibson 335 & '59 Fender Tweed Deluxe / Playing
08:12 - Oz Noy
08:50 - Gig


Notes
Write it down kids

When?
Dec 20th 2022

Where?
3rd and Lindsley

What?
Larry playing his own shit with a cookin' little combo

Any special guests?
yes, but i'm not allowed to tell you exactly who...however i can tell you that their initials are Jedd Hughes and Guthrie Trapp

If you ever need a roofer that is NOT a criminal trying to completely rip you off, then call this guy... Boone Whitaker at Whitaker Roofing in Murfreesboro TN 615-424-1622.... Tell him you are a Homeskooler…after that, everything is gonna be smoother than Telly Savales’s head...he's a good guy and they do excellent work.