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 24th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 632.5, Tom Bukovac, “Tough Guy Bends (Part 2)”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Guild S-200 Thunderbird without going out of tune
04:00 - Iannuci Audio clone pedal vs. ODR-1


Notes
A brief addendum to this morning’s Homeskoolin’ curriculum for extra credit

the pedal i am trying is made by Iannucci
https://www.iannucciaudio.com/en-intl/home

May 24th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 632, Tom Bukovac, “Tough Guy Bends”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Guild T-bird
03:57 - Hello, class! / Special guitar
05:15 - Guild pickup in the drawer / '68 Les Paul / Thanks for Gill video
07:14 - Guitar going out of tune because of the nut
10:00 - Nut files
12:00 - Being at Gruhn's
19:64 - '48 Martin D-18


Notes
Uncle Larry shows ya some cool shit on a Sunday….including how to bend like a tough guy

This old Guild S-200 was perfect when I first got it back from Greg Voros, but the nut slots started binding up, so I wanted to show you how to address that problem

This guy is cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiCR8SYLmAY

May 23rd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 631, “How To REALLY Tune A Guitar By Ear” with Vince Gill

Chapters
00:00 - Martin D-18 and intro to video
02:44 - Gruhn's guitars hanging / Vince Gill tunes guitar
08:00 - George Gruhn weighs in / Guitar 2 tuning
12:00 - Difference tuning makes on chords
14:06 - "No note"
15:07 - Jack Schneider and a '57 Martin 000-28 original acoustic
16:47 - '26 45


Notes
It was damn hard not to title this video “Tuggin’ It With Vince and Larry”, but i somehow resisted the urge.

Vince Gill, George Gruhn, Greg Voros and young Jack Schneider join the class for today’s fun at the greatest guitar store on planet earth, Gruhn Guitars in Nashville TN

Any man with half a brain knows that, right next to hitting a 102 MPH fast ball, tuning a guitar by ear is one of the hardest things in this world to do…correctly

Special thanks to Vince for showing us HOW to do it …
special thanks to Nathan Golliher for the beautiful restoration work he did on this sweet old 48 Shade Top D-18…
special thanks to George Gruhn for creating such an amazing environment for guitar lovers to thrive in way back in 1970 …
and special thanks to Greg Voros for being the coolest dude that has ever lived.

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’ Bonus “Keep Gettin Stuck Here All The Time…”

Chapters
00:00 - Stone Temple Pilots - Vaseline brilliant cover with son on drums


Notes
He might be only 10…but the boy can flat groove

Ladies and gentlemen, Leo Thomas Bukovac on the drums, one take

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:

if you wanna make a sweet little donation to the channel:

my paypal tip jar is
tombukovac‪@gmail.com‬
my venmo tip jar is
@Tom-Bukovac-1

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