Latest about Bumblefoot
"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
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
“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
The guitarist ranks the onstage mishap with Guns N’ Roses as his ultimate Spinal Tap moment
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Rick Beato, Phil X and Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal rewrite Angus Young’s Back in Black solo
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...
Watch Nita Strauss, Bumblefoot, Michael Starr and Jason Hook pay homage to Eddie Van Halen on the 2022 ShipRocked Cruise
The all-star cast of musicians featured in The Stowaways, a band with a revolving lineup resident to the cruise
Bumblefoot recalls recording guitar parts for the song that became Guns N’ Roses’ new track, Absurd
The former GNR man gives his opinion on how the old Chinese Democracy cut, once known as Silkworms, turned out
A new instrumental album featuring Guthrie Govan, Bumblefoot, Jack Gardiner and more is arriving later this month
Agent and manager Kris Claerhout gathered some famous friends together for his debut album as ANYWHEREDOOR, observables
Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal: “Every time I do an acoustic version of something, I realize how beautiful the song is at its core”
The Sons Of Apollo guitar wizard on recording his two new stripped-down and heartfelt acoustic EPs
Richard Fortus dishes on the many guitarists who have passed through Guns N’ Roses’ ranks
"It was a difficult dynamic to make three guitars work,” he says of playing alongside Buckethead and Robin Finck
