Bumblefoot's Artist Series (JamPlay)

Unconventional... Diabolical... Just plain crazy! Learn a fresh, quirky and MUSICAL approach to extreme guitar playing!

Marty FriedmanTommy EmmanuelSteve VaiEric GalesEric Johnson

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Bumblefoot's Artist Series (JamPlay)

About this course

Unconventional... Diabolical... Just plain crazy! Learn a fresh, quirky and MUSICAL approach to extreme guitar playing!

What you'll learn

  • Play two different scale patterns simultaneously with different hands
  • Apply slides to highest notes for expressive phrasing
  • Add notes below pentatonic scale shapes for more melodic options
  • Allow technique to become automatic rather than consciously controlled
  • Build foundation for complex polyphonic playing
Release date: 12/19/2013 • 3h 05m runtime
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Sample lessons
Sweeping Sensation
Sweeping Sensation
Sweeping Sensation
Huh? Two Scales at Once?
Huh? Two Scales at Once?
Two Scales At Once
Now Let's Go Tap Dancing
Now Let's Go Tap Dancing
Tap Dancing
Blues it Up!
Blues it Up!
Blues It Up!

What's included

25 lessons • 18 charts • 4 Jam Tracks

Series Introduction
Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal pulls out all the stops in his blistering artist series. Dive into the intense, yet seemingly effortless, playing style of a true legend in our time. Learn the mental discipline and get the physical training necessary to take your playing to the next level!
The Drummer Is King!
Of all the crazy antics and skills you'll learn in this series, learning your place in the rhythm section may be the most important and arguably the most difficult! Learn the importance of playing behind the beat and letting the pulse of the rhythm lead you! Apply this concept over a grotesquely slow metronome setting and LAY IT BACK!
The Drummer Is King!
Of all the crazy antics and skills you'll learn in this series, learning your place in the rhythm section may be the most important and arguably the most difficult! Learn the importance of playing behind the beat and letting the pulse of the rhythm lead you! Apply this concept over a grotesquely slow metronome setting and LAY IT BACK!
Focus on the Rhythm
Now try taking the concepts learned in the last lesson and apply them to chords and strumming. The physical differences between playing chords and single notes provide an interesting challenge when staying continually behind the beat.
Focus on the Rhythm
Now try taking the concepts learned in the last lesson and apply them to chords and strumming. The physical differences between playing chords and single notes provide an interesting challenge when staying continually behind the beat.
Do You Have an Accent?
Make sure you're thinking and playing behind the beat...Check! Now Bumblefoot makes sure you are thinking about each note and each beat you play. Just like the spoken word, good guitar playing is punctuated. Learn a great drill for working accenting into your playing!
Do You Have an Accent?
Make sure you're thinking and playing behind the beat...Check! Now Bumblefoot makes sure you are thinking about each note and each beat you play. Just like the spoken word, good guitar playing is punctuated. Learn a great drill for working accenting into your playing!

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Reviews

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mingonator

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01/19/26

If you don’t have it, get it!

Really very impressive and interesting. And Bumblefoot is such a sympathetic musician!

fred4

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11/11/25

Bumblefoot always delivers

Great teaching and unique approach to being a guitarist.

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