January 3rd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus Jam “Very Modern Drummer”

Chapters
00:00 - Jamming with the boy


Notes
Just a little clip of me and my dear boy sweet Leo making up a jam earlier today.

He just turned 10 a couple weeks ago… it’s so crazy to see how far he has come since he learned his first drum beat last December…
the progress has just been so incredible to witness.

such a natural…hell they both are….they both have “the ear”

I am noticing how he is starting to really get the super loose wrist thing together, his hands are getting way faster …super fun stuff friends

January 3rd, 2026

Sign in Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Good Clean Saturday Fun”

Chapters
00:00 - Pontiac GTO and new carburetor
03:00 - Boys vacation / Playing acoustic bass
06:24 - Camco drums / Fender amp / Leslie Keyboards / Fishman


Notes
Uncle Larry is happy to have his dear boys back home and having a great time on this lovely Saturday whilst waiting for the games to begin!

January 2nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “A Flavor Capsule Paradise”

Chapters
00:00 - Beer fridge and battery caddie


Notes
A very heartfelt thanks to the dear lads at Easy Eye studios for sending over this lovely beer cooler today that stands about 7 ft tall and weighs 300 pounds…basically about the size of an average NFL offensive tackle ..

Their kind holiday gesture really got me in the feels …I truly appreciate it friends

Here’s to another great year…comin right up!

January 2nd, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 554, Tom Bukovac, “Blues For Woodrow Wilson”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro to Universal Audio
02:33 - Woodrow
05:28 - Astra
07:56 - Ibanez CS9


Notes
Uncle Larry tries out a few pedals that the boys at Universal Audio were kind enough to send along....

The Woodrow and the Astra

and…Larry also shows us a lovely matching pair of ember red Gibson Firebirds from the golden era of Kalamazoo.

Hope everyone is feeling good about the beginning of 2026 so far..I know I certainly am

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January 2nd, 2026

Bachelor Cooking With Uncle Larry (episode 6)

Chapters
00:00 - Chicken Noodle Soup recipe
01:45 - '70s Ernie Ball acoustic bass
05:40 - Back to cooking


Notes
Uncle Larry revisits his exquisite recipe for homemade chicken soup to start this glorious new year…AND shows you one of the coolest acoustic basses that his ever graced this beautiful planet

And if you’ve never heard of Pinkard and Bowden, well here ya go friends

You’re welcome

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January 1st, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 553, Tom Bukovac, “There Are Really Only Three Chords”

Chapters
00:00 - Happy New Year / Young man's game
02:17 - Playing
02:47 - Robert Burns - Auld Lang Syne (Old Long Since)
04:24 - Only 3 chords when you think about it
05:00 - Auld Lang Syne on guitar / Guy Lombardo
05:52 - Master Lesson: Auld Lang Syne


Notes
Happy new year friends …as 2026 begins I think it’s time we talk about the fact that the further along the road of TRULY understanding harmony that we get, one thing becomes more and more clear….there are REALLY only three chords…and everything else is really just a variant of those three chords…I actually think of them as the three “tensions” more than the three chords …as in the way that each one of the three pulls at the melody emotionally speaking

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December 31st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Happy New Year Boys And Girls

Chapters
00:00 - Happy New Year


Notes
Thank you all for stickin’ with your dear old Uncle Larry all these years friends

December 31st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 552, Tom Bukovac, “Flame Thrower”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing
01:48 - Most out-of-tune 12-string on Rod Stuart - Every Picture Tells a Story
05:50 - Shows about old shipwrecks / U.S.S. Indianapolis
08:00 - Not a thrillseeker
09:24 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Genesis
10:51 - Lynyrd Skynyrd seminal album
12:05 - Backseat of car / Joke about "AC-15 Channel"
12:48 - Lifelong Fender guy going to humbuckers
13:24 - AC-15 Channel / Nice head of hair
14:36 - Blondie documentary / Hall of Fame
16:20 - Cocaine brings out the worst in people
16:40 - Happy New Year's / Resolution


Notes
Uncle Larry saddles up on his beloved mid 70s Guild 12 string that can mow down an enemy listener from 200 yards with pure tone

Have I ever told you guys about this nimrod David Ferrera, who calls himself “Carlos Who”? I think I did but I can’t remember…anyway here he is…
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He constantly sends group emails to myself, Tim Pierce, Pete Thorn, Rhett Shull and a bunch of other guitar players talking about how he can outplay all of us…and he always wants to “challenge” us all to some kind of ridiculous “guitar duel”….i swear i am not making this shit up.

He already admitted to us all that he is a few sandwiches short of a picnic in the head, and when he has these “flare ups” he gets very combative …

David…honey, take a fuckin pill and chill the fuck out ferchrissakes…no one is out to get you …calm the fuck down man

December 30th, 2025

The AC-15 Channel Volume 551, Tom Bukovac, “Back Seat Psychology”

Chapters
00:00 - Strumming away into melody
03:18 - Hello, friends
03:47 - Lesson: The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
05:17 - The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket (Pop record crafting)
07:22 - '63 Gibson ES-335
08:42 - You can tell what kind of person's mind by the messyness of backseat of their car
10:20 - NFL
12:12 - Revisiting The Pretenders album


Notes
Uncle Larry talks about “big mo”…and various and sundry other items, whilst simultaneously coaxing tones out of an “exceptionally fine condition” (as George Gruhn would say) 1963 Gibson ES-335 being amplified by a particularly pleasing sounding early Vox amplifier.

December 29th, 2025

The AC-15 Channel Volume 550, Tom Bukovac, “Conspiracy Of Dunces”

Chapters
00:00 - Larry Hendrix - Suburb Chile / $2,000 NFL miss
04:39 - "AC-15 Channel" name change
05:15 - Lesson: Poor 12-string
05:41 - Playing: Def Leppard / Mutt Lange
06:41 - Playing: Alice Cooper and more
12:57 - Gibson Firebird / "Why would someone sell this?"
13:50 - Some people just want to be combative / See the comedy in it all


Notes
Uncle Larry takes a tour through the classics on a bird that is red.