August 28th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 694, Tom Bukovac, “Acoustica”

Chapters
00:00 - Acoustic shootout / '38 Martin 000-18
01:48 - '44 Gibson J-45 Bannerhead
02:53 - '39 Martin Herringbone
04:42 - Lot's of prep on the Homeskoolin' show / Dan Auerbach / Mower
05:44 - New riff / 000-18
06:36 - Bannerhead
09:02 - Herringbone
10:51 - 000-18
12:51 - Lesson: Tune for the part your playing
14:48 - Bannerhead
15:41 - Herringbone


Notes
Uncle Larry compares three old acoustics on a shitty sounding iPhone mic on his way out the door to a session

One has new strings so it’s kinda unfair, but hey, what the hell else are we gonna do?

There is also a lovely guitar/weed eater duet at the end of this that I think you guys might enjoy

This might also be a helpful insight into the “tuning for whatever key you are playing in” thing that people rarely discuss…and more importantly a good illustration of “the crease”

Let us know in the comments which one moves you the most

August 27th, 2026

Uncle Larry’s Top Picks

Chapters
00:00 - '35 Gibson


Notes
Call Music City Vintage today friends

August 27th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 693, Tom Bukovac, “X’s and OOO’s”

Chapters
00:00 - "Sitting on the Sand" / Hi, friends / Update / Dolly Parton
04:00 - Anyone want to do a delivery from Nashville to Maryland?
05:35 - Guild Thunderbird / Little mystery in life is good
07:33 - XTS (XAct Tone Solutions) / "Coxman"
11:28 - '38 Martin 000-18
13:02 - Cutting the string in the wrong place / Tuning / Playing
16:08 - Phil X


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings one of his favorite old acoustics while running his mouth about the current events of the day

August 26th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 692, Tom Bukovac, “CCM Rider”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Acoustic through an amp
04:19 - Check in
06:22 - Cool riff revisit ("Space Wagon Part II") / Acoustic into a bunch of effects
07:30 - Dean DeLeo
08:02 - Guitar Party guys / "Social / partying chops are like a muscle"
09:48 - Old submarine backdrop
11:23 - Dweezil Zappa video and gettin' a little wild
12:06 - Can't see or feel 'setups'
12:39 - Lesson: Make melodies out of chords (top notes)
14:14 - Lesson: (Fmaj7 -> Am -> D7 -> G -> D7 -> Gsus)


Notes
Uncle Larry gives ya some more weird ass chords before he has to leave for a corporate session

August 25th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 691, Tom Bukovac, “He Goes On TV Like That”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Acoustic
04:37 - Hello, friends / Early morning going on TV
05:46 - Lesson: '38 "Crusty and Trusty"
09:20 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / "Most overpriced vintage guitar?"
13:12 - Lesson: Reverb tricks / Reverb math
17:22 - "Best value vintage guitar?" / Guild Starfire
18:24 - Danny Gaton videos
20:26 - Movie: "Pure White Bitch"
21:13 - Cool chord / Big Marshall amps are dead / Checkerd vs. Basketweave


Notes
Uncle Larry gets into some VCB and plunks on an old golden era Martin with a frog in his throat


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August 24th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 690, Tom Bukovac, “Hey Man What’s Your Settings?”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Slow Guild
03:55 - Hello, friends! / Word "Camaro" and other cool car names
08:33 - Lesson: C#min9 [x 4 2 4 4 0] with "talent stick" maneuvoring
10:37 - "What are your settings?"
17:46 - Lesson: "How do you come up with chord changes?" / Amalgamation of past music


Notes
Uncle Larry discusses the inner working of low clustered harmony over a one note loop.

Hope you like these videos friends…wouldn’t it be weird if I made all these videos and nobody watched them ?

August 23rd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 689, Tom Bukovac, “Blues From Neptune”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Slow loop with Danelectro
04:47 - "Don't get too rowdy" / "The frets of the guitar no one ever plays"
06:32 - Happy Sunday / "Bonus Years" - longer than Hendrix and Cobain
08:13 - Silvertone U2 (Rick Vito) / Rick Vito story / Silvertone was only a name
12:45 - Danelectro amp
13:19 - Robert Keeley new pedal (Keeley - Tube Driver) / Base sound and playing
14:48 - Tube Driver settings
16:14 - Everything at 10 o'clock
17:25 - Robert Keeley
20:33 - "How to make money in life?" / "Bend over and pick it up" / Baseball bat company and Bella Canvas shirts


Notes
Nat Daniel gave the world guitars made from Masonite that were high quality yet very affordable ….Uncle Larry gave the world quality t shirts

August 22nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 688 Tom Bukovac, “Slide Guitar For Dummies”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Smooth raunch
05:09 - Hey friends! / Update
05:35 - '57 Supro Ozark
06:52 - Volume and tone on 10 / Fucking awesome strings / Tweed Deluxe
08:19 - "Love the sound of a dying speaker"
11:53 - Sharp corners on pickups / "What a sound"
12:33 - Slide on the third finger / Use slide without using it
15:00 - Don't get crippled by slide / Don't be too obvious


Notes
Uncle Larry provides a little comfort food for your ears with some gut bucket slide on an old Supro Ozark

August 21st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 687, Tom Bukovac, “New York Tweed”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: National New Yorker
03:13 - Hello, friends! / Fender Tweed Deluxe
04:00 - '40 National New Yorker ("Satan's Banjo")
04:54 - "The thickest high E string"
06:49 - Special thank you to Smacker Bats
08:32 - Robert Keeley - Tube Drive / Dead Ringer rubber bridge
09:21 - Bone chords / Marshall amps aren't selling
13:08 - Tommy Emanuel


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class some really fun new items…and most importantly he sends out a huge thank you to sweet Brian Carter at Smacker Baseball Bats for sending the family a nice trio of personalized bats so Uncle Larry can crush some bombs outta the park

and class, you might want to take note.....if you ever get a chance to check out one of these old National New Yorker guitars you should DEFINITELY do it....but sadly, they only made that guitar with this exact design and layout for one year...1940.

With a little work and a few tasty upgrades these can become very dangerous weapons.

This is very much like the one Memphis Minnie played, except hers was sunburst and had a slightly different pickup.

People think the original pickup on these guitars is a humbucker when they look at it, and even more so when they hear it because it's so loud and ballsy....but it's not friends.

I have taken one apart and it's just a big loud raunchy single coil with a VERY unique design and a ridiculous gnarly tone with a metric SHIT LOAD of particularly nasty midrange cut....

it basically sounds like this through any decent rock and roll amp.

Uncle Larry thinks it's a damn shame that they only used this pickup for such a short time because they are so insanely cool and unique sounding...if they would have put this pickup on more guitars for a longer period of time, Uncle Larry believes that they would have become iconic in the annals of rock and roll history.

I have had them all friends...there is no other pickup that sounds quite like this.

August 20th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 686, Tom Bukovac, “Doozy Day”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Duesenberg Double Cat
02:36 - Hello, friends! / Fall
03:15 - Duesenberg Double Cat / John Oats / Morgan Wallen / Fakin' steel
04:41 - Playing: Faking pedal steel
05:53 - "Weird EQ" / Coolest moves on a multibender
06:22 - Lesson: Keeping the G while hitting the B
07:41 - "That move right there"
08:51 - Getting to a cool Major 7
09:51 - "Cool move" / "Sound of the benders"
10:51 - Lesson: Crippled by the slide
13:27 - '63 Gibson Firebird V / Taking out high end by swapping potentiometers (pots)
16:26 - '64 Gibson Firebird III
19:00 - Robert Keeley - Tube Drive
19:38 - The Doors - People Are Strange


Notes
Uncle Larry shows the class the discontinued Duesenberg Double Cat Multi Bender guitar that he has been wrestling with for almost 20 years now….and then he gets into some old Firebird minutiae