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Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal plays a doubleneck electric onstage in 2020. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and the stagelights are green-gray.
Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal on the magic of the guitar instrumental and the letter a man name Guthrie sent him

By Andrew Daly Published

The former Guns N’ Roses guitarist's new solo album features Brian May, Steve Vai and Guthrie Govan – and, yes, it does not disappoint

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Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal performs onstage
"I’ve been using Vigier guitars since 1997. One of their reps had me try them, but I didn’t want to – I’d been playing my own awful, homemade, Swiss cheese guitars!" Failed luthier Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal is busier than ever, but success isn't on his mind

By Andrew Daly Published

The former Guns N’ Roses man discusses giving up constructing his own instruments, learning how to sing like a bassist while playing like a guitarist for Asia, and the upcoming Art of Anarchy record

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Ron Bumblefoot Thal performs in a stormtrooper mask
“The iconic solo was about to come up and it's like, ‘Oh god. This is not gonna work out well’”: Bumblefoot says he received death threats after fumbling the Welcome to the Jungle solo – while he was stuck in a stormtrooper helmet

By Matt Parker Published

The guitarist ranks the onstage mishap with Guns N’ Roses as his ultimate Spinal Tap moment

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[L-R] Rick Beato, Phil X and Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal
Rick Beato, Phil X and Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal rewrite Angus Young’s Back in Black solo

By Sam Roche Published

Beato and Phil X stay faithful to the original, wielding AC/DC-appropriate Gibson SGs for a flurry of pentatonic runs, while Bumblefoot takes a different approach...

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The Stowaways
Watch Nita Strauss, Bumblefoot, Michael Starr and Jason Hook pay homage to Eddie Van Halen on the 2022 ShipRocked Cruise

By Sam Roche Published

The all-star cast of musicians featured in The Stowaways, a band with a revolving lineup resident to the cruise

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Bumblefoot playing live with Guns N' Roses
Bumblefoot recalls recording guitar parts for the song that became Guns N’ Roses’ new track, Absurd

By Matt Owen Published

The former GNR man gives his opinion on how the old Chinese Democracy cut, once known as Silkworms, turned out

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(from left) Guthrie Govan, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and Jack Gardiner
A new instrumental album featuring Guthrie Govan, Bumblefoot, Jack Gardiner and more is arriving later this month

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Agent and manager Kris Claerhout gathered some famous friends together for his debut album as ANYWHEREDOOR, observables

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Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal: “Every time I do an acoustic version of something, I realize how beautiful the song is at its core”

By Amit Sharma Published

The Sons Of Apollo guitar wizard on recording his two new stripped-down and heartfelt acoustic EPs

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Axl Rose and Richard Fortus of Guns N' Roses perform at BankAtlantic Center on October 24, 2011 in Sunrise, Florida
Richard Fortus dishes on the many guitarists who have passed through Guns N’ Roses’ ranks

By Richard Bienstock Published

"It was a difficult dynamic to make three guitars work,” he says of playing alongside Buckethead and Robin Finck

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Derek Sherinian of Sons of Apollo performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on January 26, 2020
Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde and Joe Bonamassa to guest on new Derek Sherinian album, The Phoenix

By Richard Bienstock Published

The insane lineup also includes Kiko Loureiro, Bumblefoot, Billy Sheehan and more

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