June 19th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 651, Tom Bukovac, “Fresh 013’s”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Catchy tune on the Martin D-28 Herringbone
03:12 - Hello, friends / Triple day sessioneering
04:53 - "I eat the song" / "Takes a little longer to get there than I used to"
07:09 - Christmas songs
08:30 - Trifecta record
09:37 - Show: Widows Bay / Western movie: Rust
10:10 - Playing: Martin Herringbone
11:50 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '56 Gibson Les Paul Junior TV Yellow
14:50 - "You don't need them all"
15:57 - '39 Martin D-28 Herringbone (rear-shifted)


Notes
Uncle Larry explores the boundless possibilities of some new strings on a sweet old 30’s Martin.

June 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 650, Tom Bukovac, “Uncle Larry’s Southern Jumbo”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Gibson Les Paul Special
08:32 - Hello, friends / '58 Gibson Les Paul Special
09:34 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale: '48 Gibson Southern Jumbo


Notes
Email me if you wanna take a swing at this magnificent 48 SJ at tombukovac@gmail.com

guitar is ready to go , all the work already done

13.5k

Local pickup and inspection preferred

Special thanks to dearest Greg Voros for ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING the refret on this 58 LP Special …wow

June 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 649, Tom Bukovac, “Tape Op”

Chapters
00:00 - Tour of Gold Pacific studio / Words of wisdom from Kaitlyn Prieboy


Notes
This video started out as a quick studio update, and gradually turned into a bit of an interview of one of the sweetest kindest human beings that has ever walked on this planet, Kaitlyn Prieboy, tape op to the stars.

As you can clearly see in this video, just an absolute salt of the earth person who is TRULY great at her crazy ass job…and truly loves what she does.

For several years now, she has been right there with your dear old Uncle Larry…through all the highs and all the lows …on so many sessions and so many records…in the heat of battle.

June 18th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “S**t That Works (Volume 2)”

Chapters
00:00 - Can opener, insecticide, Dad's day cards, Ella Langley, Insecticide


Notes
In an ongoing quest to separate quality from bullshit …Uncle Larry brings you episode two of “Shit That Works”

June 17th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 648, Tom Bukovac, “Uncle Larry’s Bone”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends / Losing that piano feeling / '39 Martin D-28 Herringbone / Tommy Hambridge
05:03 - Hellcat / Jedd Hughes, Guthrie Trapp, Tom Bukovac - Trifecta
07:34 - The piano is back / New Country artist
11:17 - Les Paul Special and other guitars


Notes
Uncle Larry shows ya his beat up old Bone in front of God and everybody

Touched by an uncle …

Hope you guys are all groovy

June 13th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 647, Tom Bukovac, “The Ocean’s Abyss”

Chapters
00:00 - Messing with the EHX Oceans Abyss
01:15 - Hey, friends / EHX pedals
02:25 - LPB-3
05:18 - Oceans Abyss
11:51 - Straight into the amp and turning it up to 8
12:22 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Party director for kids
12:52 - "You'd have the best jam band ever"
14:24 - Keith Urban song "Just the Two of Us"
15:30 - Thanks


Notes
Uncle Larry mixes retro with modern in today’s episode of the Homeskoolin’ progrum.

Thanks to Mike Matthews and Kevin Jolly at EHX

and..totally unrelated…I bought an old basketweave Marshall 4x12 from Chicago Music yesterday….
they need it for the next two weeks for a video shoot they are doing
so, after the 25th of this month, it will need to be transported from Chicago to Nashville
If anyone is traveling that way please let me know

I would even be willing to set up a private guitar lesson to the picker who delivered it here

So, if you are indeed the type that likes to travel the open roads of this great country please email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

June 12th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 646, Tom Bukovac, “Hair Of The Bird”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing: Nazareth - Hair of the Dog into some good shit
05:48 - Hey friends! / Family update and dentists
07:42 - "Sitting in the sand..." lyrics and help from J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr.
08:35 - Nazareth - Hair of the Dog and son story
09:45 - '64 Gibson Firebird 3 / Firebird numbers / Brian Jones haircut
11:30 - Car central / Hellcat light up emblem and update
13:03 - Talkboxes and history
14:22 - The "speaking" Firebird has "good contact"
15:12 - Maestro Vibrola
15:42 - The Cliffs
16:53 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Thanks
17:30 - "Miserable people say 'Fuck that guy'" / People post their best moments / Negative facebook
20:08 - Gordon Mote and perfect pitch / Playing: Firebird
21:45 - Ann Wilson moments / Being in a band


Notes
Uncle Larry dusts off the old ember red Bird on a rainy day

this is the CLIFFS song Pepe and I were trying to think of...i love this one

• Ready To Go

Here’s the whole record dear friends

June 11th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “The Best Yard Guy In Nashville”

Chapters
00:00 - Description is where it is at


Notes
Jedd Hughes turned me on to dear Kevin Hidalgo many years ago as a very capable yard guy…he has been absolutely GREAT

Such a sweet sweet guy , and he does an amazing job

He is a super hard worker, he has a beautiful family and his wife is also a house cleaner.

he has friends who do really great tree work for EXTREMELY affordable prices.

I am kind of reluctant to tell you guys about Kevin because I’m afraid he will forget all about me, but I’m willing to risk it for his benefit

I couldn’t recommend this guy any higher

I watched him climb a high ass ladder all by himself and remove a birds nest that had formed inside a hole in my siding …super dangerous job

When it was all over I said “what do I owe ya buddy?”

“100 bucks”

Give him a call …him and his wife can use some extra work

June 11th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 645, Tom Bukovac, “S**t That Works”

Chapters
00:00 - Delivering those old time tones
08:29 - Lesson: Cool technique - mute as you pick
09:36 - Good morning / Circling roomers and stalkers
11:15 - Lesson: C# minor - Flat 7 is Blues note
13:17 - Playing: Tony Iommi like licks / Swinging Iron Man
14:36 - Terry Kath and Pignose amp
16:00 - Keith Urban and Austrailians / Ebo Everb / Pool vacuum
21:58 - Remember when Fender made good guitars?


Notes
Uncle Larry braves some extreme bed head to deliver another faithful episode of the progrum.

June 9th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 644, Tom Bukovac, “Soul Food”

Chapters
00:00 - Theramin fun
01:10 - Thank you EHX and pedals
02:50 - Best invention yet
03:00 - In a session


Notes
Uncle Larry wanted to make this video as a sincere heartfelt thank you to Mike Matthews and Kevin Jolly at Electro-Harmonix.

My love affair with EHX pedals is well documented…i have said many times before that in the end, there is really no arguing the fact that since the early 70’s EHX has absolutely dominated the pedal industry much the same way D’Addario has dominated the string industry

without a doubt the most innovative, the most ground-breaking, and the most copied company in the vast totally over-saturated cosmos of pedals.

I fondly remember about 25 years ago I bought a large lifelong collection of about 150 super rare vintage EHX pedals from a recording engineer friend of mine named Steve Bishir …all the rarest coolest old shit …stuff you NEVER see…there was even a rack mount EHX delay in that stash that I have never seen before or since …great gear, not always the most well made or reliable, but ALWAYS amazing sounding.

After that we have an old video of a much younger thinner me that I found in the archives from January of 2023 of a recording session at Vince Gill’s studio.

Working on a track called “Pink Cadillac” that actually just got released about 3 months ago (sometimes this shit takes a while friends hahaa).

You can hear the sounds of Vince, Jedd Hughes, Paul Franklin and engineer Justin Niebank in the background….always a blast to work with those guys , those sessions are always SO MUCH fun.
Vince knows how to throw a damn good party.

The guitar I am using is a beautiful 1961 Gretsch 6120 that Vince actually ended up gifting to me about a year ago because he’s a sweetheart and because he remembered how much I loved that guitar

That boy is truly one of a kind friends

Here’s the finished version of that song for ya

• Vince Gill - Pink Cadillac (Official Audio)

I hope you do indeed enjoy this little hodge podge of stuff today my dear Homeskoolers