LESSON } Shred
BUMBLEFOOT
Charlie Griffiths takes a look at Ron Thal’s weird and wonderful approach to creativity, thinking outside the box and thimble tapping.
Ron Thal playing his signature Vigier guitar with fretless neck
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Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal is perhaps best known for appearing on Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy album and as their subsequent touring guitarist. But guitar lovers will have followed The Adventures Of Bumblefoot since that debut solo album of 1995. Since then, Ron has released a host of solo works, most recently Little Brother Is Watching in 2015. He is also a member of prog metal band Sons Of Apollo, with ex-Dream Theater’s Derek Sherinian and Mike Portnoy, plus Billy Sheehan on bass.