September 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus, “The Great Gear Parade”

Chapters
00:00 - Gear tour in Blackbird Studios
02:50 - Amp room
06:10 - Rack gear and microphones / Recording gear
07:43 - Pedal gear and guitars
09:00 - Most underrated and overrated piece of gear


Notes
Blackbird Studio in Nashville TN

Ain’t NOBODY got more gear any place in this world

Special guest dear Mikey Simmons

September 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 497, Tom Bukovac, “Feels Like Cleveland”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming away
01:06 - Hello, friends / Early mornings
01:54 - P90 shootout forgotten guitars / '79 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe
02:55 - '79 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe bridge
03:35 - '61 Gibson SG Special / All time favorite live gig guitar
04:12 - '61 SG bridge
04:55 - Vince Gill tour
05:26 - '61 SG bridge - turning the volume down bridge
07:09 - '63 Firebird V bridge
07:53 - '61 SG bridge
08:09 - '79 Deluxe / Mini-humbucker different than Firebird pickup / Toaster top pickup
09:33 - Rick Beato show with David Gilmore
11:34 - NFL starting / Hot tub
12:40 - "What makes a man, a man?" / 2 propane tanks and avoid a fat wallet
13:54 - "What amps are you using in the studio?" / Marshall
15:12 - Shootout comments / '65 Firebird I bridge
16:13 - '61 SG bridge


Notes
Uncle Larry shows you some of the different sounds available in the “smaller sized” pickups

September 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 496, Tom Bukovac, “P-90 Miles Per Hour”

Chapters
00:00 - Taking a strum into Rock
01:56 - Hello, friends! / T.A.L.K.
02:47 - '59 Gibson TV Special Double Cut / Clear coat on the headstock
04:43 - P90 shootout
05:31 - Double Cut bridge
06:17 - '65 Gibson Firebird I bridge
07:17 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Special Single Cut bridge
08:25 - '52 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop bridge
09:13 - '55 Gibson Les Paul Custom bridge
10:04 - '60 Gibson Les Paul Junior bridge
10:55 - '60 Junior acoustically
11:15 - '52 Goldtop acoustically
11:38 - '58 Single acoustically
11:56 - '65 Firebird acoustically
12:11 - '55 Custom acoustically
12:27 - '59 Double acoustically
12:55 - '58 Single acoustically
13:32 - There's really magical shit in these guitars
14:35 - '58 Single bridge
14:58 - '52 Goldtop bridge
15:07 - '60 Junior bridge
15:28 - '65 Firebird bridge
15:50 - '55 Custom bridge
16:32 - '58 Single bridge


Notes
Uncle Larry gets balls deep into some old Kalamazoo and shows you several variations of nature’s single coil, the Gibson P-90

i totally forgot to include my 61 SG special in the mix....this might call for a recount

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August 29th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Signature Shootout Addendum”

Chapters
00:00 - Duesenberg Sessionman
01:55 - Reverend Greg Koch Signature Gristle ST
02:47 - Paul Reed Smith Prototype
04:35 - Duesenberg Sessionman
05:30 - Reverend Greg Koch Signature Gristle ST
06:05 - Acoustic shootout / Reverend
06:27 - Duesenberg
06:40 - PRS
07:00 - '59 Fender Stratocaster acoustically


Notes
Uncle Larry throws another guitar into the new guitar comparison mix

The new PRS with no truss rod

August 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 495, Tom Bukovac, “Signature Shootout”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing a foreign guitar
03:19 - Greg Koch guitar made by Reverand
05:27 - Blend control / Louder than fuck all
05:43 - '59 Fender Stratocaster
06:46 - Duesenberg Sessionman / Piezo
09:51 - Reverend neck pickup
10:48 - Stratocaster neck pickup
11:48 - Reverend neck pickup part 2


Notes
Uncle Larry shows ya a couple cool new guitars that both score very high in the “versatility category"...AND the best sounding tube spring reverb unit ever made.

here are the factory specs of the Reverb Greg Koch Gristlemaster ST

Reverend Greg Koch Signature Gristle ST Features:
S-style companion to Greg Koch’s signature Gristlemaster, with single-space Fishman Fluence multi-voice pickups
Slightly oversized chambered korina body with a raised center ridge
Roasted maple neck and fingerboard retain exceptional stability, even with environmental changes
12-in. radius offers a bend-friendly foundation with sleek playability all the way up to the 22nd fret
Medium oval neck profile designed to supply players of all styles and sizes with a fast, comfortable feel
Modified electronics section includes a push-pull boost, in addition to a blend control that mixes the neck/middle pickups into your current position on the 5-way switch
World-class hardware, including Reverend’s Pin-Lock tuners and a modernized S-style Wilkinson VS100N tremolo unit

PRICE
$1699


and here are the particulars of the Duesenberg Alliance Series Session Man

SEMI-HOLLOW BODY
The classic semi-hollow construction with bent sides, arched top and back and a solid centerblock provides a unique tonal response and feedback resistance.

GRAND VINTAGE HUMBUCKERS
Fitted with two GrandVintage Humbuckers for a wide, clear and defined tone without noise.
A benchmark for classic Humbucker tone.

PIEZO PICKUP
The additional Piezo pickup inside the bridge delivers increased transparency and nuance on demand.
Blend in with the Multi-Tone control.


Here is the website specs on the Ebo Customs E-Verb

E-verb
$1,650.00
Unrivaled high-fidelity reverberation
100% vacuum tube signal path
Full control over reverb drive level, reverb tone, wet/dry mix, and output gain
Front and rear panel inputs
Wet signal mute via footswitch or front panel toggle
19”W x 9”D x 6”H

August 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 494, Tom Bukovac, “Raising the Bar(re)”

Chapters
00:00 - Rockin'
01:18 - Hello, friends! / Tuning
02:14 - Lesson: Bar chords / Forms
06:00 - Yes - Tempus Fugit
07:26 - Back to the lesson
07:49 - Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash


Notes
I always wondered why they put the extra “re”on barre chord in guitar books…are they just trying to be fancy?

Just a quick message to show you the sheer importance of knowing barre chords if you wanna be a legit garage rocker

August 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 493, Tom Bukovac, "The Big Let Down"

Chapters
00:00 - '59 Gibson Les Paul Special
03:10 - '58 Gibson Les Paul Special


Notes
Today friends, your dear Uncle Larry proves the old adage that "you gotta have the right parts for the job".....

i knew it was too damned good to be true when I found what I THOUGHT was the right bridge for this '59 tv specula in an old parts drawer
it's ok friends, you win some, you lose some

August 26th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 492, Tom Bukovac, "The Lazy Old River”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing with the rubs
09:45 - Hey friends / Watkins amp
10:10 - Muscle Shoals
12:10 - Cypress Moon studio
13:03 - Fame
15:58 - Fender Telecaster
16:33 - Derek and the Dominos - I Am Yours / Eric Clapton and Dwayne Allman
19:13 - Note for note wasn't planned / Jimi Hendrix
21:10 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody / Talent is no longer recognized / Before A.I.


Notes
Uncle Larry reminisces about the last couple days of freedom and adventure down by the lazy old river.
Special thanks to all the sweet home Alabama friends that made everything so fun for us

August 24th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 491, Tom Bukovac, “Cups And Cakes”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro to bench / Spinal Tap moment / '60 Gibson Les Paul Special
03:08 - Bridge going to put on guitar
05:00 - Born at the wrong time / Making things easier / Would you really go back?
09:42 - Putting strings and bridge on
21:05 - Greg Voros string changing contest story / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry brings a whipped old 1960 LP Junior Into the 21st century of tuning and brings up a question that we must TRULY soul search to answer.

August 23rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 490, Tom Bukovac, “Barbecue Party”

Chapters
00:00 - Picking and a plucking
05:09 - Hello, friends! / Parties / Fender Telecaster
08:30 - Garage Sale and shootout
08:43 - Fender Telecaster Maple
09:36 - '60 Fender Telecaster slabboard
11:00 - Uncle Larry's Garage Sale / Acoustic
12:48 - '69 Gibson SG
14:43 - Gibson "Satan's SG" SG
15:43 - Playing
16:50 - Princeton amp / Fiddling with the knobs
18:05 - Lesson: C#dom7 chord open B string


Notes
Uncle Larry plays some old honk on a magical top loader and shows a few cool instruments that are about to be released from captivity

Email me at tombukovac@gmail.com

Greg Voros in full rock star mode on the album cover thumbnail

(Greg Voros appears courtesy of Electra Records)