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November 3rd, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 521, Tom Bukovac, “Heart Full O Shred”
Chapters00:00 - 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
https://volume.com/t/paMcOk/?utm_sour...
The audio ain’t too bad…camera work is really nice
November 2nd, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Lost And Found”
Chapters00:00 - Quiet goodness
Notes
One for the night owls
November 2nd, 2025
Homeskoolin Volume 520, Tom Bukovac, “Slap-back Slab-Board Blues”
Chapters00:00 - 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
November 1st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 519, Tom Bukovac, “The Acoustic Slide”
Chapters
00:00 - More sad songs and slide
01:26 - Hello, friends! / 3rd & Lindsley
02:30 - Lesson: Electric vs acoustic slide / Acoustic with pick to get volume
08:05 - Lesson: Vibrato (Ry Cooder)
09:04 - Lesson: Drop D slide / Using it and not using it
10:47 - Enough Derek Trucks copies already
12:43 - Lesson: Voicings in Drop D (Gmaj7 [5 x 0 3 5 x]) -> (Dmaj9 [0 0 4 6 5 0]) -> (Dmaj96 [0 0 4 6 0 0]) -> (Cmaj79 [10 x 0 0 12 x])
-> (Gmaj7 [5 x 0 0 7 x]) -> (Edom9 [2 x 0 1 3 2])
15:01 - Lesson: Cool chord
16:28 - Lesson: Hammering-on slide
Notes
Uncle Larry shows you some handy slide shit on an old 64 J-200
October 31st, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 518, Tom Bukovac, “The Saddest Guitar In The World”
Chapters00:00 - Sad sliding
05:16 - Singing: Coming in on a wing and prayer
05:47 - Hello, friends! / Gildan
06:48 - '64 Gibson J50 sad guitar
08:18 - Playing and singing a made up sad song
10:00 - Cloying
11:13 - A.I. taking our jobs?
12:07 - FAILACI / Working with young cats
14:31 - Happy Halloween / VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
15:15 - Jim Irsay collection / NFL
17:43 - Formative ages for music / Friends and the old days
20:58 - "Most gratifying thing in your life?" / Kids
22:32 - John Fogerty
23:05 - Ears are doing better / Stories of feedback
Notes
This 64 j-50 I have owned for years must have had a terrible childhood
I’ve never played any acoustic in my life that sounds sadder than it does
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October 30th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 517, Tom Bukovac, “Orchestra Sized Maneuvers In The Dark”
Chapters00:00 - 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:
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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
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October 27th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 516, Tom Bukovac, “Choppers and Benders”
Chapters00:00 - 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”
Chapters00:00 - 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 24th, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Session Update, “Historic Studio A”
Chapters00:00 - Tour of studio
03:45 - Early day photos
Notes
Session update from day two of working with Daniel Tashian and Lawrence Rothman producing an amazing singer named Maggie Rose at one of the coolest studios in Nashville…the historic RCA
Studio A
Which is currently owned by Aubrey Preston and rented by producer Dave Cobb.
Starring Craig Alvin
October 23rd, 2025
Homeskoolin’ Volume 514, Tom Bukovac, “Kalamazoo Girls”
Chapters00:00 - 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