January 9th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 557, Tom Bukovac, “The Singing River”

Chapters
00:00 - Multi-bending beauty
01:10 - Hello, friends! / Natchez Trace (Indian road) / NFL gift
03:51 - Trip to Muscle Shoals / Beautiful voice - Thomas "Tommy" Edwards
05:30 - Lynyrd Skynyrd / Artimus Pyle timing / "Time for a book?" Bohemian Grove
08:20 - "Raconteur"
10:15 - John Oates guitar / Hearing / Old Mom Bukovac
15:18 - Hearing aids
16:55 - Thomas "Tommy" Edwards snippet


Notes
Uncle Larry recounts his recent experience in the ancient magnetism of the “Singing River” and a place that the Native Americans thought had a magical power…Muscle Shoals Alabama

I don’t travel much these days …I’ve been everywhere ten times over in this life and i NEVER condone the horrors of traveling to anyone else because i personally LOATHE traveling with every fiber of my being…but if you’ve never been there friends, you need to go.

There is just something about that place that is truly remarkable....neither i or anyone else i know can put it into words.

and TOTALLY unrelated....Kiwi is working on my 65 impala that i have owned for over 20 years

January 5th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 556, Tom Bukovac & John Oates “One On One”

Chapters
00:00 - John Oates story of selling guitar
01:35 - Interview with John
03:44 - "First moment you knew were a rockstar?"
06:00 - "Oates and Hall?" / USA for Africa signatures
08:19 - Waylon Jennings, "Fuck this shit!"
08:35 - Ray Charles speaks
09:57 - A.I.?
12:35 - Dan Auerbach
14:20 - "Smash or Trash"
16:54 - Badass pedalboard influence
18:30 - John Oates update / 3rd & Lindsley
20:46 - Deep Hall & Oates cut? "Had I Known You Better Then"
21:54 - What's the song you would erase?
22:18 - Setting up a guitar


Notes
A brief interview with one of the coolest dudes I have ever known in this wild and crazy business of music….the legendary John Oates.

As you can clearly see here, just a lovely laid back fella, with a great sense of humor and a shitload of talent.
What’s not to love?

Hope you kids enjoy watching this as much as I enjoyed chatting it up with him

Check his website for tour details friends

January 4th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Volume 555, Tom Bukovac, “Romeo & Julietta”

Chapters
00:00 - Mental purge / Duesenberg Julietta
10:00 - Yes
20:44 - Tuning the "Tuners of Death"


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings a very cool and rather obscure model from the Duesenberg line up…the Julietta…in the same intoxicating candy apple red finish that the Tony Stark helmet came in.

this friends...the fucking BEST Yes documentary piece ever...holy shit
• Yes Fragile Documentary - The Story of Fra...

and this....there's NO WAY that anyone could ever sound this good live and "un-fixed" is there??....are they REALLY singing these harmonies live?
and whoever mixed the audio on this should have won a Nobel Peace Prize.
• Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace (1971)

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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

December 19th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 545, Tom Bukovac, “Let The Good Times Roll”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends
01:19 - 2009 Duesenberg Double Cat from John Oats
05:00 - Playing
05:42 - Fine tune adjustments on multibender
08:22 - '63 Gibson ES-335
09:46 - Playing
11:56 - "Middle sound" of ES-335
12:13 - "This is awesome" / Playing some Cars - Let the Good Times Roll
15:14 - Salude / Jazz strings


Notes
Uncle Larry gets home from an honest day’s work and shows the Homeschooling community a couple cool guitars that showed at the research laboratory today for further evaluation

Special thanks to John Oates and John Ladas from Black Magic Vintage Guitars

November 25th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 533, Tom Bukovac, “Sneaky Bends”

Chapters
00:00 - Bender magic playing
04:12 - Hello, friends! / Sell you stuff / Sylviu and the voices / 5 years / Fall weather
06:10 - How many days does it take to start fighting in a session?
07:05 - '07 Duesenberg Multibender / Faith Hill
08:45 - Lesson: Multibending and making it sexy
14:41 - Cool piece of gear if used properly will up your game
15:54 - Don't be redundant in your gear choices


Notes
Uncle Larry shows you an old friend that has proven to be an important component of his brief time on this planet .

Here are the details for the upcoming Black Friday sale of the guitar course my friends:

Grab the Course for a BIG 40% Off: https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...
Make sure to use coupon code 2025BF for the discount!

and speaking of history...this is one of the most amazing and well done videos i have ever seen on the YouTubes...fucking FASCINATING shit here friends.
Hats off to the makers of this bad ass video.

What Actually Happened To Amelia Earhart?

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

May 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 458, Tom Bukovac, “Pool Party”

Chapters
00:00 - Pool party
04:18 - Guitar game '70s Fender Stratocaster
09:50 - Duesenberg Sessionman


Notes
As an old man, I like to surround with supremely talented wunderkind such as the fella in this video, young Stephen Kovach from the great state of Arizona, who happens to be one of the amazing guitar players in CLIFFS.

Also starring my dear son Leo and our dear babysitter Miss Melissa

May 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 457, Tom Bukovac, "Does Wood REALLY Matter?"

Chapters
00:00 - Fishing out calming notes
03:20 - Old Homeskoolin' picks
04:11 - Roland Jazz Chorus JC-120
05:02 - Volume pedal swells
05:40 - Skyline Motel
06:10 - Lesson: Waterfall guitar part
09:00 - Got a 'car guy' for the Hellcat with special TN black plates
09:45 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Titles of videos, school newspaper, Creative Writing, Math
12:17 - JC-120
12:30 - Gibson Les Paul -> Duesenberg Sessionman
14:18 - Morgan Wallen records and different mixes (Wood, 808, etc.)
16:00 - Maximumlarry.com
16:30 - Ghost story / Haunted guitar
17:09 - 3 50's Gibson Les Paul acoustic shootout
17:26 - '55 Custom
17:53 - '58 Special
18:18 - '52 Goldtop
19:00 - Lesson: E F G A B C D E


Notes
I was just thinking to myself...what would be the funniest most bullshit clickbait video title i could possibly think of...

here's a cool old track...the legendary Richard Bennett on acoustic...Uncle Larry on electrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPyzrdsKhe0

March 30th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 417, Tom Bukovac, “Sunday Drive”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing the PRS McCarty
03:06 - Hello, class
05:13 - Paul Reed Smith
06:13 - PRS bridge / Intonation
07:34 - Stalker Guy imploding YouTube channel / Jumping the Shark
10:08 - Dean Z bridge
12:34 - PRS McCarty
13:06 - Duesenberg Session Man bridge
14:12 - Duesenberg summary
14:41 - PRS McCarty bridge
15:23 - Dean Z bridge
16:27 - Duesenberg bridge / Bridge height / Voxey AC30 sound
17:19 - Duesenberg neck
18:01 - The lick on the Duesenberg
18:30 - Dean Z neck fantastic sustain
20:10 - PRS McCarty neck
21:57 - One more time (PRS)
22:31 - Same horseshit (Dean)
23:33 - Duesenberg


Notes
Uncle Larry puts on his driving gloves and takes a few humbuckers out on a little trip through the country….


best 20 bucks i ever spent right here...the walrus was Paul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0WJO5iDa6Y

March 19th, 2025

Chapters
00:00 - Cheap Trick tune
00:47 - Hello, friends / Cheap Trick
01:35 - The Castle / Drake Milligan / Getting backstage
02:41 - Good session never get old
03:19 - Duesenberg Session Man / Uli Roth
03:29 - Cool fuzz pedal (Harmon Booster, Playboy, Jen Fuzz) / Drew from Guitar House show / Human price guide
04:35 - Tuning / VCB (Viewer Comment Bin)
05:02 - "Most unique guitar tone?" / Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky | Steely Dan (Elliot Randall) - Reelin' in the Years
06:48 - "Never repeat yourself?" / "Get bored easily"
08:00 - Depression / Charles Bukowski / Elliot Smith
08:52 - Stalker Guy comment
10:03 - New guitars vs Old guitars
12:55 - What can I show you? / Piezo on Duesenberg Session Man
13:48 - Playing: David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust


Notes
Uncle Larry reflects on a fun day of music and friends, and delves into some heavy VCB, and gives a shout out to the yellow toothed stalker villain

May 27th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 313, Tom Bukovac, “Rumours”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing some unique licks with an attenuator
00:25 - New upcomer and Heart - Barracuda
00:35 - Loop playing with soul
04:05 - Hello, friends! / Memorial Day tribute / Starbucks tangent
05:38 - Update / Vince Gill gig at Ryman
06:30 - Bukovac & Guthrie show w/ special guests
07:25 - Back to playing that beautiful music
08:35 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Attenuators?
09:35 - Do you use direct sounds? / Direct rack effects (TC 2290, etc.)
11:39 - Gibson SG Special and playing


Notes
Uncle Larry WILL indeed be playing with Vince Gill during his residency at the Ryman August 1 through 4…that gig is firm, officially "on the books" as they say in the biz....

...but this other thing that I overheard some weird drunk guy blabbing on and on about at the bar last night is definitely NOT confirmed by any stretch…

the guy was saying something about some gig by two Nashville guitar nerds who were all excited about some dumb instrumental record they made...i can't really remember the details because i wasn't really listening...

i do remember though that he kept saying that it’s ESPECIALLY NOT supposed to happen on those two calendar days that fall in between august 15 and 18...but thats about all i remember


and totally unrelated...
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May 25th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 312, Tom Bukovac, “Negative Intelligence”

Chapters
00:00 - Slow melody into the Blues
02:07 - Good morning! / "Homeschooling" name
02:48 - Duesenberg Session Man / Heartwarming stories / Piezo / Buying Duesenberg
08:28 - Dark side of life / The Gear Page / Sticking to guns when off-track
10:18 - The Gear Page thread / Guitar faces / partytrain / Some "real sweethearts" on The Gear Page
13:21 - Back to the Blues playing and imitating the slide
14:00 - Lesson: Using the pinky / Injury to the middle finger
15:58 - Seinfeld bit - "Maximum Strength" / Call your Mom!


Notes
Uncle Larry gives us a heartwarming human interest story and then encourages 100k people to sign up to be part of the problem, not the cure….

May 8th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 307, Tom Bukovac, “Next Stop, Buffalo”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing that guitar!
04:43 - Duesenberg Session Man / Fender Pro Reverb
05:29 - Ryman update, Hermanos Gutiérrez / Quiet, instrumental performances
07:17 - Best Duesenberg Session Man / Piezo?
08:35 - "What I really want to say"
10:00 - Dear friend passed away
11:27 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / People pleaser vs. brutal honesty
14:04 - You're supposed to be lost in your 20s
15:40 - In Stereo record / Create something you like / Watching careers wax and wane
18:02 - Big producer story / Taylor Swift and Sarah Buxton
21:13 - Movies to watch: "Being There", "Smoke", "Simple Plan", "Skin"


Notes
Uncle Larry plunks on his namesake guitar and regales the Homeskoolers with story time.

February 21st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 285, Tom Bukovac “The Top 5 Most Asked Homeskoolin’ Questions”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends! / Elaborate full production
00:32 - Jacob Collier / "Greatest Night in Pop" (We Are the World)
02:13 - Martin D-45 / "Then I'd be happy" (Black hole inside us all)
03:19 - "What are the top 5 questions?"

1. "New, cheap guitar as good as old?"
2. "What New pickups as good as old?"
3. "Desert island guitar and amp?"
4. "Will you evaluate my playing?"
5. "Are new Nobels pedals as good as old?"

04:50 - Today's setup
06:20 - Duesenberg bridge
06:50 - Duesenberg neck
07:09 - Burst with PAFs bridge
07:49 - Burst with PAFs neck
08:21 - 2006 SG Special Lollar P90s bridge
09:01 - 2006 SG Special Lollar P90s neck
09:17 - '61 SG Special original P90s bridge
09:49 - '61 SG Special original P90s neck
10:30 - Fender Tele with '62 and Ellis bridge
11:26 - Esquire with original bridge
12:03 - "What New pickups as good as old?" / Don't know
12:32 - "Desert island guitar and amp?" / Goldtop and Princeton
13:00 - "Will you evaluate my playing?" / Don't always have time / Lessons
13:33 - "Are new Nobels pedals as good as old?" / Nothing as good as original


Notes
The title pretty much says it all here kids....

today's test gear...
amp: dead original 1965 Fender Princeton Reverb with original 10" Jensen
pedals: original no-balls ODR-1, strymon el cap slapback, tiny bit of reverb from the amp

full disclosure...i completely forgot to mention that the bridge pickup in the 1954 esquire is actually an original wound fender pickup taken out of a 1960 tele custom, so not original to the guitar, but still over 60 years old.


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February 15th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 280, Tom Bukovac, “Twang Newton”

Chapters
00:00 - Twanging
05:30 - Good morning / Flatwounds on the Duesenberg Danelectro
06:45 - Click bait videos
07:00 - New rented gear has no "danger" / Old pickups vs. new
08:08 - "Bent out of shape" guy "coming in hot!" - Pitch correction content
11:00 - Click bait != hot chicks / "Sounds good" compliment
11:45 - 99% of tone is in your hands / 1% in gear is very important / Inspiration factor
13:28 - Red Gibson Firebird I
14:10 - T-Shirt drawer and how many t-shirts
14:35 - We are here for the content
14:52 - Fender Tweed Deluxe / With mic
16:10 - Getting old / Old crappy equipment looks good / MIJ Fender Strat
17:35 - Japanese Tele with Van Zant
18:49 - Blackguard Teles
19:57 - Pitch correction on Rolling Stones record?


Notes
Uncle Larry, sans click bait, with some early mornin’ flat wound twang served up Southern style on a cheapo guitar…

January 31st, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Volume 271, Tom Bukovac “Orange County Blossom Special”

Chapters
00:00 - Intro playing
01:39 - Starship Trooper from Cleveland / Dan Auerbach / Thanks
03:03 - LA Duesenberg trip
04:25 - Shitty glasses
04:54 - Joey Landreth / Duesenberg Germans
06:00 - Rick Beato / Lovers and haters / Teddy Boy & Silviu
08:12 - Gibson Theodore
09:45 - VCB (Viewer Comment Bin) / Peavey Amps
10:20 - How loud do you like to play? / Tinnitus / 100W Marshalls (Valve Power)
11:15 - "Music sounded better when I was younger" / Shawn Colvin - Polaroids / Frank Zappa
13:07 - Pedal reviews / Hologram - Chroma Console
14:00 - Today's guitar player (need more rhythm and balls)


Notes
Uncle Larry takes you through the last week or so of life as a session man and makes a psychic prediction about the future value of the world’s latest “lawsuit guitar”….

so we have a lot of new viewers recently

here's the real inside shit folks...i NEVER ask anyone to subscribe or "smash that like button"....

if you do indeed learn a lot of stuff from this channel and feel like it is indeed helping you as a player, all i ask is that you just throw a little something in the tip jar...

i'm not gonna lie people, it helps pay for beer, food for me and the boys, bills, and old guitars...that is truly all i use it for....oh, and maybe the occasional football bet...

where is this tip jar you say???

You can make PayPal donations to this address:
tombukovac@gmail.com
You can make Venmo donations to this address:
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AND THERE'S MERCH TOO!!!!

a person could potentially purchase a myriad of Homeskoolin' related merch..including several different extremely comfortable and nice feeling T-shirts and some beautifully constructed coffee mugs for those afflicted with thin lips...i pride myself on having the comfiest t shirts on earth...no scratchy bad fitting horseshit here people.. check it out at
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/merch/tom-bukovac/

AND....believe it or not....i have a new website people....an actual proper website.
https://thesessionman.com

You can see all kinds of weird old photos there, you can also purchase a download of the live concert i did last December if you like.

A lot of these very same new viewers don't seem to know that Uncle Larry made a couple records that they could potentially listen to... one is an instrumental solo record called "Plexi Soul" that is available here:
https://tombukovac.bandcamp.com/album/plexi-soul

another is an instrumental collaboration with his dear friend Dean Deleo (originally from the Stone Temple Pilots organization) that is available here:
https://tripthewitch.bandcamp.com/album/trip-the-witch

January 26th, 2024

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Anaheim Boogie”

Chapters
00:00 - Two great players playing the shit out of those things we call guitars


Notes
At the lovely Duesenberg showroom making a few promo vids for all the new Duesenberg models.

Getting to hang out and jam with Joey Landreth is quite a treat. Lovely guy and fantastic player.

July 30th, 2023

Homeskoolin’ Bonus “Boss Man & Bubba”

Chapters
00:00 - Special Duesenberg Session Man


Notes
This video shows two sweetheart dudes that have both been a MAJOR positive influence on my life.

The first part was shot back on July 11th.

Vinnie ordered a special one-off short scale version of the Duesenberg Session Man Uncle Larry model, and i couldn't resist the urge to film the "unboxing" part of the program haha.
I think he truly liked it....it's a beautiful guitar.
He says he plans to use it on the next Eagles run.
Thanks to dearest Nathan (or "Navin" as Vince calls him) Fawley for taking care of us all these years.
I'm very proud to be a part of the Duesenberg team

I've learned a lot from Mr. Gill in this life....i played behind him for years, and spent many hours in the studio with him, and I'm ALWAYS learning something from watching him operate.
A true master and a lovely guy.

The fella at the end of the vid is my "mentor" or "guru" or whatever other word you would use.

He was the best man at my wedding in 2010.....he literally taught me everything i know about old guitars and amps when i was growing up.

Greg "Bubba" Sarley

I don't know what the hell i would do without him.

Love you Bubba and Vinnie....bros to the end

Thanks for watching friends.