Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (born September 25, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York City), is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer.
Thal got the name "Bumblefoot" from the bacterial infection, which he learned about while helping his wife review for her veterinary exams. Vigier Guitars later made Thal "The Vigier Bumblefoot Guitar", a custom guitar shaped like a foot, painted like a bumblebee, and with decorative wings that extend from the body when a...
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Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (born September 25, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York City), is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer.
Thal got the name "Bumblefoot" from the bacterial infection, which he learned about while helping his wife review for her veterinary exams. Vigier Guitars later made Thal "The Vigier Bumblefoot Guitar", a custom guitar shaped like a foot, painted like a bumblebee, and with decorative wings that extend from the body when activated by the tremolo bar. This was presented to Thal in January 1998 at the NAMM convention in Los Angeles. His song "Firebrand" is the opening theme song for MXC, the American adaptation of Takeshi's Castle.
Thal began talking with Guns N' Roses in July 2004 about working together, and officially joined the band in May 2006. He made his live debut with the band at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on May 12, 2006. They have since toured Europe, North and Central America, Oceania, and Japan. Thal appears on every song of the band's...
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