On Tuesday the 20th of November top US bass player Stu Hamm paid a visit to Guitar-X for a master class.  

This was a master class not to be missed, Stu Hamm is one of the biggest names on the bass guitar scene because of his amazing technique and his great songwriting ability.     His influences include the amazing Jaco Pastorius, Larry Graham and Stanley Clarke. 
        
Stu studied at the Berklee college of music, in Boston, where he met Steve Vai and through him he met Joe Satriani.    He would later appear on many of their albums and on their tours.   He has also played with Jazz legend Frank Gambale and appeared with the Michael Schenker group.
 
Stu started the master class with a few of his own songs and then played his versions of Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata', and 'Star Spangled Banner'.  He played piano in high school and he learned many classical pieces on bass guitar. He explores techniques like slapping, pops and slides to create different sounds.  

Stu was later joined by John Wheatcroft and Erik Stams, they performed songs from Stu's albums. Overall the master class blew me away.  His amazing music covers all different styles.  I would recommend all bass players to check him out.