2018 Reader Favorite Bassists – #6: Stuart Clayton
Stuart Clayton worked as hard as anyone in 2018. The biggest effort may have been his “Bass Lick of the Week” series, which covered all 52 weeks of the year. He also did a “Bass Tutorial” series.
We didn’t feature all of them, but the ones we did from each series got huge views, which landed him on the #6 slot of this year’s “reader favorite” list.
Stuart Clayton: “Hump de Bump” Bass Tutorial and Transcription
Stuart’s lesson on how to play Flea’s bass line on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Hump de Bump” was his most popular of the year here on No Treble…
Up-Tempo Slap Groove Bass Lick Exercise
Stuart series hit episode #36 with him focusing on an up-tempo slap groove exercise. As always, Stuart is offering up the backing track and a PDF worksheet containing the notation/TAB and instructions on how to play the line…
Bass Lick of the Week #6 – Slow Fingerstyle Groove
“This exercise is a slow fingerstyle groove that’s played quite aggressively,” Stuart shared about this lesson. “I was listening to a lot of Vulfpeck when I came up with this, there’s definitely a Joe Dart influence here…”
Bass Lick of the Week #7 – Slap Bass Groove
“This week’s exercise is a slap bass groove that will allow you to focus on fretting hand slaps and popping double stops. It was performed on a GB Guitars Rumour 4-string,” Stuart shared about episode #7 of his “Bass Lick of the Week” series…
“Merciless” Bass Tutorial and Transcription
Stuart is known for his skills at breaking down (and transcribing) songs. In this one, he takes a look at Billy Sheehan’s killer bass line on the classic Mr. Big song “Merciless”…
