we have a new guitar player!!!!

[Scabbie]

Hence my biggest questionmark in this being Thal.

-PEACE-

Ps. Claiming it solely based upon the poorly sounding short fragment would be plain arrogant.

You are right to be cautious. I'm not claiming it is based on the phone call, nevertheless you can't discount him because of the 'jet engine' or 'tsunami' that we heard on the radio.

Whilst I think that the guitarist doesn't need to be a huge name, he needs to have star quality, which is what an unknown or technical player may lack. This is the lead guitarist position for Guns N' Roses, after all.

[russtcb]

If its Ron Thal (wich it would be indeed the right choice to replace Buckethead), why would Axl be so mysterious about this? I mean, it's not like people would be shocked with this almost unknown guy.

Maybe he just wants everyone to judge him based on what they see/hear at the shows. Not just run and download everything we can find and judge him on that, ya know?

[Scabbie]

If its Ron Thal (wich it would be indeed the right choice to replace Buckethead), why would Axl be so mysterious about this? I mean, it's not like people would be shocked with this almost unknown guy.

Maybe he just wants everyone to judge him based on what they see/hear at the shows. Not just run and download everything we can find and judge him on that, ya know?

I couldn't agree more. Axl wasn't going to say the name on Friday, but he was keen to open the door when the solo to Nightrain kicked in.

[nesquick]

Ron Thal is a great guy and a great talent. He is a shredder, ok, but he is different from the rest. He is a great entertainer and is really friendly.
He would be very popular among the GNR fans. 

[elevendayempire]

I'd gain a hell of a lot of respect for Axl if he brought Thal in - I always thought his attack on Thal for trying to set the record straight with his fans was completely excessive and out of order.

SG

[speed-stone]

Ron Thal is a great guy and a great talent. He is a shredder, ok, but he is different from the rest. He is a great entertainer and is really friendly.
He would be very popular among the GNR fans.?

what happened to "axl ruining the band with another shredder" and refusing to give the new guy a chance or "attention"?

[Slipdisc]

Ron Thal is a great guy and a great talent. He is a shredder, ok, but he is different from the rest. He is a great entertainer and is really friendly.
He would be very popular among the GNR fans.?

what happened to "axl ruining the band with another shredder" and refusing to give the new guy a chance or "attention"?

Moving on people, nothing to see here....

psssst....Or what about totally ignoring the amazing parallels between Thal and Buckethead?

-PEACE-

[nesquick]

Ron Thal is different. I don't especially want him in the band for his guitar playing, I will always prefer the Classic bluesy/Rock guitar players like the 2 RF, question of musical taste. But at least he is a great entertainer and a great guy. He plays with a lot of fun, even if his guitar playing is quite special (and dawn speed), at least he is fun.

[Olorin]

Can't someone go down to where they are rehearsing and have a peep?

[speed-stone]

Ron Thal is a great guy and a great talent. He is a shredder, ok, but he is different from the rest. He is a great entertainer and is really friendly.
He would be very popular among the GNR fans.?

what happened to "axl ruining the band with another shredder" and refusing to give the new guy a chance or "attention"?

Moving on people, nothing to see here....

psssst....Or what about totally ignoring the amazing parallels between Thal and Buckethead?

-PEACE-

tell me about it. his inconsistancy is mind-blowing. after spending year whining about buckethead because he was an "emotionless shredder" (any dumbfuck who listen to his solos can easily see the emotion in his playing), even after he left the group, he proceeds to embrace the person who is one of the most similar to bucket in terms of playing. now there's consistancy if i ever saw it.

[Scabbie]

Here is a link to an interview and video of Ron.

http://vortex.cl/index.php?page=bfootE

Even if he's not in GNR I might get some of his stuff!

[speed-stone]

personally, i'm not gonna check out any guitar player rumoured for the spot until i see him on stage with guns n' roses, i want to be as pleasantly surprised as possible.

[chineseblues]

I'm just not too sure he's the guy we're hearing on the cell...
-PEACE-

Especially considering Ron was playing a show at that time friday night.

[Scabbie]

I'm just not too sure he's the guy we're hearing on the cell...
-PEACE-

Especially considering Ron was playing a show at that time friday night.

If thats the case cross him off the list and lets move on.

[chineseblues]

I'm just not too sure he's the guy we're hearing on the cell...
-PEACE-

Especially considering Ron was playing a show at that time friday night.

If thats the case cross him off the list and lets move on.

http://bumbleforum.lesvilles.org/viewtopic.php?t=1763

that thread talks about the show friday night.

[speed-stone]

I'm just not too sure he's the guy we're hearing on the cell...
-PEACE-

Especially considering Ron was playing a show at that time friday night.

If thats the case cross him off the list and lets move on.

word. now i can check the guy out
the mystery continues... god i love gnr!

[Slipdisc]

I'm just not too sure he's the guy we're hearing on the cell...
-PEACE-

Especially considering Ron was playing a show at that time friday night.

Well, thank you very much for clearing that one up...

-PEACE-

[novemberrainx89]

how do we know it's 1. a guy and not a girl and 2. some already who already played in a well known band? or someone axl just auditioned XP
just something to keep in mind 

[DazRose85]

how do we know it's 1. a guy and not a girl and 2. some already who already played in a well known band? or someone axl just auditioned XP
just something to keep in mind?

I'm pretty sure Axl said "we have a new guy"

[novemberrainx89]

meh maybe to throw us off?
 
I duno but the second statement sstill stands true no?