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

May 16th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Session Update “A PROFESSIONAL Recording Studio”

Chapters
00:00 - Keith Urban studio and gear tour
00:37 - Drums
00:52 - Bass
01:01 - Dann Huff guitar rig
01:44 - Tom Bukovac rig
02:10 - Keyboard and leslie room / History
03:50 - Control room, guitars, effects
06:15 - Downtown Nashville / History of the toilet / Patch bay


Notes
Session update from one of the finest REAL recording studios in the world

The Sound in Nashville TN

I made a comment today on a break after hearing Chris McHugh’s God-like drum sounds in the headphones “well, you’re sure as hell not gonna get THAT drum sound in some home studio”

And yes friends…home studios are fun and all, but when you work in a place that was DESIGNED to be a major recording studio, you can CERTAINLY hear the difference

there is no way around it

May 15th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 626, Tom Bukovac, “Power Tools”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing the shit out that guitar
11:34 - Ah, hello, friends!
12:12 - Lesson: Cool lick (Dmaj -> Amaj -> Emaj) / Bending octaves
15:12 - Lesson: Led Zeppelin - No Quarter


Notes
Uncle Larry fresh home from a day of sessioneering heats up the tubes of a crusty old Fullerton tweed kicker box with an old flamethrowin' razor from the golden age of Kalamazoo....a belligerent old six string sawzall from Parsons Street....a tuxedo black triple ply P-90 billy club bruiser.... ebony and blocks from a fly over midwestern ghetto...a blue handle pebble case Honduran hog brawler from McCarty's Michigan....

ya know...if you guys are indeed enjoying this shit PLEASE throw a little somethin' in the tip jar....it certainly helps keep the spirits up here at corporate...you mustn't forget i have NEVER ONCE asked you guys to subscribe or to smash that like button..

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

May 15th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 625, Tom Bukovac, “Uncle Larry’s Bone”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing acoustic
03:34 - Hello, friends / Brandon Hood / Video lighting
06:45 - Dee Dickerson buys a guitar / People want a guitar more than me
08:57 - "What is the tape for?"
09:30 - Old man rant about truths
12:32 - "I don't have dandruff"
13:20 - '39 Martin D-28 Herringbone (Bone)


Notes
Uncle Larry explains why people are smarter today

May 13th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 624, Tom Bukovac, “Murray Olderman Blues”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing that maple cap Blonde Tele
04:27 - Hello, friends!
04:56 - Lesson: 1 chord Easy Listening rhythm with infinite
07:28 - Playing: Strange bending
09:30 - Music City Bridge saddles
11:08 - Freak out with a theremin
12:38 - Acoustic and baked potatoes
14:55 - Music City Bridge saddles
17:44 - Ad for YouTube


Notes
Uncle Larry gets way deep into the science of baked potatoes and guitar bridge saddles

THIS is where you need to be today friends

For your tele AND your Strat

If you buy these….THEN you’ll be happy
https://musiccitybridge.com/products/groove-master-strat-saddles

May 12th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Chess Bonus “A Night In Tunisia”

Chapters
00:00 - Chess game


Notes
This game raised my pitiful rating to 1078…I doubt Magnus is worried about me yet.
Hope you guys enjoy

May 12th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 623, Tom Bukovac, “They’re All Free”

Chapters
00:00 - Getting information about overhauling acoustics


Notes
I had so many possible names for this episode …

“Trifecta”

“Cathedral”

“Fuck Satin”

but i inevitably settled on “they’re all free” for obvious reasons.

This episode stars Nathan Golliher, Greg Voros and Tony Nagy from Gruhn Guitars in Nashville TN, and Eric “Ebo” Borash from Ebo Customs in Lebanon TN

Every one of these guys is a world class repair man , and I had a feeling we would get into some deep ass water if I just asked a few questions…so of course i did

Hope you guys enjoy

May 11th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “The Most Underrated Restaurant In Nashville?…AND An Auction!”

Chapters
00:00 - Nice restaurant
01:25 - Old amp rack case


Notes
Hello friends and particularly my Nashvillian friends …if you want some BAD ASS clean fresh food , you GOTTA check out this place in Bellevue called Pho-Ann at 7073 Highway 70S

It’s in a very unassuming strip mall and from the outside you probably wouldn’t think much of it …(btw the Mexican place next door is also amazing and an alltime favorite of my dear sweet boys)

This place is consistently INCREDIBLE and i just pray that it stays alive ..we all know how brutal the restaurant biz is

Of course no one asked me to make this video …I am just a big believer in promoting REAL quality in this world that is full of fake bullshit

Check it out if you come to town

Simple and nice …like a good guitar part

AND…whoever bids the highest on this old amp rack will be celebrated on the progrum and the proceeds will be given to my most broke friend (yet to be determined, as I have a LOT of broke friends)…and I promise that the recipient will be worthy of such a thing