January 8th, 2026

Homeskoolin’ Bonus , “The Third Floor”

Chapters
00:00 - Gibson ES-335
02:44 - Gibson Banner Head
06:35 - Back to the ES-335


Notes
One of my favorite places on this planet is the legendary third floor of Gruhn Guitars in Nashville TN…the repair department.

I filmed this little video Monday before I left for Muscle Shoals, and I thought you guts might dig it .

There’s about 8 repair guys up there that work full time keeping the Gruhn inventory moving along.

This team of guys are truly world class titans of guitar repair…Greg Voros, Tony Nagy, Phil Jones, Tom Stadler, Joel, Peter, David, Julio Pinho and Nathan Golliher and a couple others I don’t know as well….but you have seen most of these guys in my previous videos.

The collective brain trust, the repair gear and the general level of high end instruments you will see up there on that magical third floor is nothing short of amazing.

Much like making it to the NFL, the guys that work up there all know how good you gotta be to even get that job in the first place …and you can tell they all respect the job and each other’s skills
….
Interesting side note, young Nathan Golliher can also imitate all of the other repair guys perfectly ..and he also does George, and me …he’s like the Rich Little of the bunch.

Im this video , Julio Pinho shows us the amazing work he has been doing on my 59 factory mono es-355…and Nathan Golliher shows us the “trifecta” he just completed on my 44 banner head j-45

I never fail to appreciate the resources we have in this amazing city of Nashville…still in my opinion the best city in America …and I’ve been here for 34 years.

Where else on earth are THIS many talented musical minds all collected together?

December 28th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 549, Tom Bukovac, “Blues For Violet Jessop”

Chapters
00:00 - Playing Tele Custom through Vox AC15
02:52 - Gibson Firebird
03:03 - Watching history stuff / Violet Jessop
05:07 - "Let's hear this bird"


Notes
Uncle Larry tries a couple more guitars through the magic 62 AC-15

Homeskoolin’ corporate is seriously thinking about renaming this channel “the AC-15 channel” where every video is just a different guitar through it

Check out these two fucking AMAZING videos that are soooo well done
This is long haul stuff boys so settle in and watch it on your tv when you get time …top shelf entertainment and fascinating historical facts

Start with this one..
• Final Plunge: Titanic's HORRIFYING Last 5 ...

and then move on to this one about the Brittanic
• The Sinking of Britannic - Titanic's Forgo...

If you happen to love this YouTube channel…feel free to donate to the man who writes all the material, and does all the narration
PayPal tip jar is tombukovac@gmail.com
Venmo tip jar is @Tom-Bukovac-1

December 19th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 544, Tom Bukovac, “Frontier Days”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello, friends / D'Addario E17 Phosphor Bronze (.013-.056) / Lending to friends
02:48 - Luthier knot
04:42 - NFL unbelievable Rams game / Betting
09:56 - Creative work and writer's block
11:06 - Genesis
13:07 - Genesis - Deep in the Motherlode - Phil Collins drumming is unbelieveable
15:42 - Getting into Genesis, where to start?
17:09 - Dann Huff thanks
18:42 - "They hate everything they play"
20:26 - Working at the Castle
22:36 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Allen Collins trying to play
23:17 - Lesson: Allen Collins half-step transition


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings a sweet old 64 Epiphone Frontier with the only strings …D’Addario’s.

December 13th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 541, Tom Bukovac, “Kalamazoo Reflections”

Chapters
00:00 - '61 Gibson SG Les Paul
05:52 - Mike Bloomfield about Sunburst Sustain
07:29 - Greg Voros and Julio pickguard for ES-335 / Greg Voros expertise
11:39 - Alan Parker project / Dan Auerbach
24:10 - Playing
29:19 - Compare it to the best bridge pickup ('59 Gibson Les Paul Custom)


Notes
Uncle Larry restrings his dear beloved son Marshall’s lovely old chopper 61 SG/LP and reflects upon decades of wins and losses for the greatest guitar making company in the history of life on this planet.

For your amusement, here's an actual comment i got on this channel a couple days ago from a YouTuber called "620photo" after i posted a free video of me playing my 36 ES-150 with that glorious woody sounding Chuck Christian pickup.

"I used to get excited for these long videos. Where I knew he was gonna play for five or six minutes and talk for 20. Personally, I don't come here to hear him play, even though he is amazing. I come here for his great words of wisdom and great stories. I got excited to see a 25 minute video just to find out it's 15 minutes of playing jazz crap"

welcome to my world friends....i mean, seriously...how do you even respond to something in this "IQ range"?

well... anyway...it is true that 99% of the people that watch this channel are super cool...this fella is clearly a "one percenter"...

so, if you are indeed learning/growing/or just plain being entertained by all the bizarre things that take place on this channel, you might consider placing a little gratuity in the corporate tip jar....all proceeds go directly to Tom Bukovac...(not Uncle Larry)

Paypal is tombukovac‪@gmail.com‬
Venmo is @Tom-Bukovac-1

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December 7th, 2025

Homeskoolin Volume 535, Tom Bukovac, “The Boss’s Guitar”

Chapters
00:00 - Hello
01:29 - Vince Gill's '54 Gibson Les Paul
03:29 - A.I. hasn't affected work / Straps
05:50 - New Brett Papa album / New Country star albums / Ozempic and weight loss drugs
07:08 - Humidifiers
08:12 - Collision Devices - Tars and Black Hole Symmetry / NFL
10:58 - Rickenbacker thanks
15:20 - '52 Gibson Les Paul mini humbucker install
19:04 - Do you regret doing any work? / Country version of First Cut is the Deepest by Cat Stevens & Sheryl Crow / John Shanks


Notes
Uncle Larry sets up a cool old chopper 54 Goldie with some cool history

November 21st, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 529, Tom Bukovac, “A Sure Sign Your Repair Guy Is A Hack”

Chapters
00:00 - Bench intro
02:22 - Pedalboard intro
04:37 - Components on board: Diamond - Compressor, Collision Devices - Black Hole Symmetry, Digitech - Whammy, Coppersound - Telegraph V2 Autostutter & Killswitch
05:43 - XTS pedalboard builders
07:36 - '59 Danelectric U2 (Silvertone) / Rick Vito
10:23 - NFL
11:53 - D'Addario strap locks
14:09 - Ace guitar strap
14:42 - Nashville Bender Volume 3
16:45 - Gibson ES-355 Mono / Overbeveled frets
19:29 - Gassed out pickguard / Overbeveled frets
26:54 - Playing


Notes
i'll bet this isn’t the first time you guys have gone on a total stream of consciousness journey after a Bills game

check out this site my dear friends...some cool and cozy new Homeskoolin shirts just in time for winter...
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here's the site for Baked Alaska records...they distribute my solo record, the record i made with Guthrie Trapp, plus the latest Dann Huff record.
https://bakedalaskarecords.com

they will very soon be be putting out the latest "Nashville Benders Volume 3" record featuring all KINDS of red hot pickers...Brent Mason, johnny Hiland, Jimmy Olander etc etc

November 17th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 527, Tom Bukovac, “Blues For Ray Butts”

Chapters
00:00 - Monday Night Bench Night / Sunday Night Football theme with Carrie Underwood and Tom / Chicken Noodle Soup
04:37 - Horse-trading guitars
05:04 - Shipping guitars
06:19 - Flipping bridge / NFL - "Raiders are like the alcoholic homeless guy of NFL franchises" - Eric Ebo Borash
09:24 - Wound G on bridge
14:20 - Sold guitars / '69 Gibson SG Standard (Uncle Larry's Garage Sale)
16:16 - Looking for 60s Gibson Minihumbucker guitar pickup / '52 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop pickup swap
18:29 - Tastefully chop guitars
21:44 - Gibson Les Paul Custom with "staple" pickup P90
24:28 - Stoptail chop that was terrible
27:10 - WWJP (What Would Jesus Play?) / Tuning and adjusting
37:30 - Pluggging it in


Notes
Uncle Larry spruces up a newish Japanese made Gretsch for a dear friend.

November 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 522, Tom Bukovac, “Offset America”

Chapters
00:00 - Bench hello friends / Cannot watch NFL Monday Night Football
01:27 - Michael Buble
02:34 - '64 Fender Jaguar
03:48 - Putting some 0.010 flats on it
08:22 - Jaguar mute (felt mute)
13:09 - Gordon Mote
15:42 - All set up and playing
17:39 - "The strangle switch"
18:16 - Jaguar vs. Jazzmaster / Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry tweaks on a poor old neglected 64 lake placid blue jag with matching headstock that he has had laying around for ages

October 27th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 516, Tom Bukovac, “Choppers and Benders”

Chapters
00:00 - Bench vid on Gretsch 6129
02:16 - Adjusting truss rod by feel / NFL
06:00 - Thanks Guthrie and Jed vid
06:30 - Lesson: Chord you never thought of [0 11 11 14 14 x]
07:16 - '57 Gibson Les Paul Junior with Gene Parsons string bender
08:11 - Playing: String bender
12:17 - Chicken Soup


Notes
Uncle Larry shares the delight of his dear young boys after his first foray into making homemade chicken soup.

October 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 509, Tom Bukovac, “Smells Like Godzilla’s Spirit”

Chapters
00:00 - Checking in...busy
01:53 - School of Rock
03:15 - Guthrie, Jedd 3rd & Lindsley Guitar Party
04:00 - 2010 Duesenberg Blackbird
06:41 - Multi-bender
07:28 - PAF replacement and pickups / Music discussion


Notes
Uncle Larry catches up with some old friends while stringing up a rare old Duesenberg at the Homeskoolin Research Kitchen Laboratory Headquarters

i think there are still a few tix left for this friends..
it's gonna be a fun night
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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 15th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 486, “Everything You Need To Know About The Line 6 M9”

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction to the M9
03:39 - Playing into M9
04:38 - Lesson: Operation / Reverb
06:45 - Lesson: Delays
09:36 - Lesson: Modulations
10:03 - Dimension D
10:58 - Vibrato
11:34 - Phaser / Mutron 3 / MXR script logo
13:09 - Bass Octaver
13:31 - Lesson: Secret of Boost/Comp
14:15 - Wahs / Q-Filter / Expression
16:00 - Ring Modulator
17:00 - Fuzz


Notes
Retro Modeling for the ages right here friends...15 years of dust build up.

Uncle Larry takes you back to the early days of modeling with an in depth look at the only digital modeling device that he ever thought was any good.

just a few tricks and slightly inside stuff that I figured out after fuckin' with this thing for the last 10-15 years.

i apologize that you can't really see the readout screen on the M9 because of the camera angle....
but hey, free video right?

and totally unrelated, you might wanna say a little prayer for our psycho stalker friend Gus.
The poor fella was publicly humiliated badly right in front of his own micro-congregation of negativity spreading haters yesterday....caught RED HANDED flat out lying about the 1000 bucks he supposedly "donated" to me a while back....sweet mother, what a f**kin' scumbag


and here is the link to Uncle Larry's new instructional guitar course...over eight hours of detailed professionally shot multi camera lessons with tabs....
if you check the comments and look at what people have commented on Gearpage (if you can stomach it) t has been getting rave reviews from even the most skeptical tight ass consumers who desperately WANTED to hate it.
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...

And here is a link to the new “Maximum Larry” t shirts and all other Homeskoolin swag
https://dvg-inc.shoplightspeed.com/to...

if you are being thoroughly entertained by the content of this channel, and you feel led to make a donation to the guy behind the guy, please feel free

the guy behind the guy's PayPal address is:
tombukovac @gmail.com

the guy behind the guy's venmo address is:
@Tom-Bukovac-1

August 5th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 481, Tom Bukovac, “The Mind Of The Musician”

Chapters
00:00 - Peavey amp
02:15 - Bench video


Notes
Uncle Larry...aka "the hornswaggler"...delves into the ancient psychology that bounces around inside the mind of the average working musician.
He discusses the paranoia of work scheduling…and even sheds some light on the up and down rollercoaster of emotions that are always at play during the many seasons of the typical lifer musician’s career…all whilst putting some brand new D'Addario 013s on a 64 j-50

My dear Grandma used to always say "The Lord loves a good old Peavey amp"...

these old Mace 320T's are not easy to find...these were purportedly the ACTUAL models that the Lynyrd Skynyrd boys REALLY used in their heyday....six power tubes delivering 160 watts of bone crushing Mississippi Marshall tone.

this particular example is barely limping along and definitely needs some love, but even considering all that it STILL sounds damn good.

i would bet this amp has never even been serviced one time in these first 50 years of its life... but the thing still runs, and even the reverb and tremolo effects still work.

i have said this many times in the past and i will say it again...Hartley Peavey was DEFINITELY the Leo Fender of his day, making affordable "field replaceable" gear that the common man could fucking COUNT on every night, no matter what the gig or the conditions were like.

i would like to personally thank a Homeskooler named Christopher Kueffler for dragging this beast down from the snowy north.

I've been listening to these old Skynyrd records RELIGIOUSLY since i was a boy....i always wanted to mess with one of these amps just to see if there was any of "that Skynyrd magic" in them, even though i always suspected it was just their hands making those tones, and not that particular amp....

however, to my amazement, in just a brief amount of time messing around with one, i can already immediately tell that these amps REALLY ARE responsible for delivering a large part of that legendary tone.

on several old Skynyrd tracks, i always thought Gary was getting what i picture in my mind as a "straw" tone...
there's a fizziness to the distortion on a lot of his sounds that reminds me somehow of a distorted guitar sound coming through a straw...follow me on this friends.
there's like a reediness to the distortion that makes it unique.

this particular lead break on "saturday night special" is one many examples of that "straw tone" in my humble opinion.
i also would bet my bottom dollar that Gary was using the neck pickup of "Bernice" on this solo, with the treble on the amp cranked.
you can hear it if you listen REALLY close...it's a neck pickup, not the bridge

prove me wrong friends..

August 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 480, Tom Bukovac "A Guitar Is Born"

Chapters
00:00 - Bringing a Strat back
20:16 - Playing the Strat


Notes
Holy shit friends....I've doing this a looooooong time and I seriously don't think i have ever been so completely stunned by the way a guitar turned out after a MUCH NEEDED mini- restoration

check out this site friends....there is a BUNCH of really good shit on here
https://musiccitybridge.com


And….I just realized that Dann Huff finally launched the YouTube channel he has been talking about doing
I am so excited for him
Check it out friends
• The Experience with Dann Huff

July 9th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 473, Tom Bukovac, "Chopper Time"

Chapters
00:00 - Big reveal Fender Telecaster Bass
09:16 - Music City Bridge / Glaser Instruments / Baked Alaska
17:52 - Gretsch Space Control Bridge


Notes
Part 1- Uncle Larry shows the class one of the more hideous chop jobs that you may ever happen across in this lifetime

Part 2- Uncle Larry visits with Joe Glaser and Josh Rawlings at Baked Alaska/Music City Bridge headquarters


here is the link to the new Maximum Larry guitar instructional course friends
https://www.brettpapa.com/maximum-lar...


If you wanna check out Dann’s record go here
https://bakedalaskarecords.com/

June 3rd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 461, Tom Bukovac, “Vintage Kitchen Equipment”

Chapters
00:00 - "Uncle Larry" / Locked string change on Rickenbacker
01:55 - Paleboard fretboard / Keith Urban / Greg Koch and language
05:45 - Rickenbacker part nicknames (toaster pickups, oven knobs)


Notes
Uncle Larry explains the ancient correlation between old guitar parts and kitchen equipment…whilst fixing up a 58 capri that was once a member of the pale young boys club….

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May 18th, 2025

Homeskoolin' Volume 450, Tom Bukovac, "maximumlarry.com/course"

Chapters
00:00 - Gibson Firebird string changing
02:17 - Dean Cadillac back from Gruhn's
03:09 - Second wave of vintage / Pink Ibanez
05:03 - Jedd's copied amp circuit and Ebo
07:21 - Shaq, convertible Hellcat
16:00 - Redd Volkaert
22:18 - Gruhn Guitars Inc. - George Gruhn


Notes
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May 11th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 444, Tom Bukovac, “Caddy Shack”

Chapters
00:00 - Dean Cadillac string change
10:15 - MXR Sugar Drive / Real Tube
12:00 - Dodge Durango Hellcat / Stolen measures


Notes
Uncle Larry talks about road life and shows you a VERY rare guitar

May 2nd, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 436, Tom Bukovac, “Back In The Compensated Saddle”

Chapters
00:00 - Demonstration of Music City saddles / '63 Fender Telecaster
03:30 - '64 Fender Telecaster Custom
05:29 - '60 Fender Telecaster / The Who
06:47 - Lesson: Jefferson Airplane basic Music Theory
10:12 - Metallica & Pantera show
10:36 - Lesson: Beatles love of major and minor 3rd at same time


Notes
If you don’t already have a set of Music City Bridge Groovemaster Tele saddles, you are a naughty naughty boy

April 29th, 2025

Homeskoolin’ Volume 433, Tom Bukovac, “Strange Days Indeed”

Chapters
00:00 - Gibson ES-355 bench video
01:10 - '63 Fender Telecaster / '59 Gibson Junior
02:05 - '59 Gibson ES-355 / Truss rod cover (engraved plaque
03:27 - Playing
04:38 - Bigsby
08:50 - '64 Fender Telecaster Custom
09:29 - Playing


Notes
Uncle Larry shows you a couple recent projects…one just beginning, and one just ending ….

Thank you for your continued support of the channel friends