"The Awakening" (again) now with both EBMM Bongo and my new Steinberger XL2!

[Midnightgroover]

What amp are you using?

[Alvabass]

@Midnightgroover: Thank you for your comment! It's a 30W Kustom KBA30 amp plugged to my sound card's auxiliary input. 

[quake92]

Es el mejor cover de la canción que he visto, acá en youtube, sólo superado por Les Claypool.

[SpongeRay]

The coolest cover of this song ! Nice video, nice bass player and nice basses !!

[clefdefa]

I really didn't like the bongo sound, too much overdrive for a slap tone. I much prefer the Steinberger, it has a really clean sound, very articulate.

[novanine9]

the Steinberger that I owned, an L2 was one of the best basses that I have ever played...remarkable clarity and unbelievable sustain....that was 10 years ago, and I still think about that bass. :-O

[extantia]

The Steiberg sounds more fluid, and with better sustain.  BTW, love the video!!

[extantia]

The Steiberg sounds more fluid, and with better sustain. BTW, love the video!!

[iLikechevelle]

bongos fucking rule

[ghostjs]

the bongo REALLY hit the Claypool tone man. awesome job

[pablo78al]

veri nice try wawick creo que te gustara muchisimo mas que todos los bajos que te e visto tocar ,gracias increible interpretacion de primus ...

[Attackrc13]

M A E S T R O

saludos desde chile

[TheLowEnd4life]

Great Sound keep it up!~

[gresiu7]

ThaT was reaLLy GOOd reaLLy chEers from AMSTERDAM suCces

[WarbellBand]

damn, You're man maded from groove!:D

[4beans4]

To answer your question, I much prefer the Stienberger tone to the Bongo, but fantastic job on the whole thing!

[Mikemasonrock]

You're playing is absolutely fantastic.

[xXBuccinOXx]

the steinberger xl2 looks more like a funky lap-steel than anything

[ahasexotikos]

Very cool playing. That Bongo has that great tone man!

[BillyMegaWatt]

Gracias por este video. ¿Hará usted más de éstos? . Excelente.

I've watched this one about 10X and I can't get enough, well done my friend, well done indeed.

[zarconta]

You are world class musician. Thanks, you are the best of de the best.

[tekkentool]

Awesome video, didn't know the steinbergers were so good for slap!

[J0ttem]

Probably my 2 favorite bass models, I love "unusual" designs.

Very nice playing as well ;)

[TheNestor2345]

hola yo toco el genero vallenato y soy venezolano, pero he visto varios de tus videos y la verdad tu tecnica y presicion para ejecutar es imprecionante, exelente, me gustan muchos generos y me encantaria apreder algo de tu tecnica de slap por la verdad en eso me falta mucho yaprender de la tecnica tuya seria exelenta puedes publicar algunos elercios y explicarlos? en español gracias

[jpatrickstern]

How do you like the Steinberger? I have been without a bass for a year and want a new one. I have limited space and honestly always liked the Steinberger look. I am a modern-art clutter free, no frills sort of guy.

My last guitar was an Ibanez and I liked the fast neck. How does the neck on the SB feel? And BTW: I love your playing. You are an inspiration! Thanks! Best, JP

[7ai5han]

Fantastic playing on both basses!!!

Also, thank you for posting the knob settings. After watching your videos, I bought a Bongo! :)

[Zander4724]

awesome!

[SnowTau]

Just like Lagspike99 said, they sound the best together. That was great ;)

[nirvikalpa1984]

Amazzzzzzzzing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Reeturd123]

Hey, Alvaro! Awesome job on the song, man! Combining both track in the video shows how precise you played all that stuff! Awesome:)

Well, IMHO like Steinberger way way more.

[steeleyes101]

Love em both but kind of leaning taward the Bong myself  Would to here through a standard Fender Jazz

[mdfk667]

The Bongo has a nice jack-of-all-trades tone, but the Steinberger has a better slap/pop tone in my ears. More "piano like" lows, kinda growls, and like all others say, it has slightly more highs - all that's my opinion!

How good the playing is is a silly question, an easy 5er.

[frank8404]

wow que bajazo ese steinberger me podria informar su precio en pesos colombianos...ojala algun dia pueda tener uno asi...congratulations.

[yellofury]

yes finally a vid with the Steiney!!

nice im happy to see you have your dream bass!!

[LZNico]

insaneee video!!!, awesome performance as always and that steinberger is one hot bass, can't wait to see you on more videos with that baby :)....

[lasteffect]

Damn... I love'em both! The Steinberger has some crispy highs, but that Bong has some funky tones itself.

[schwarg]

dang the highs on the steinberger are crisp and clear as hell!

[Tooltrocity]

I think you've got the right idea with this...they're both phenomenal basses, and since you can't have just one...got to have both! =D Great playing as well, 5*.

[Alvabass]

I added some technical info to the video description thanks to your post, man. Thank you for your comment! :)

[serein2j]

Sound great!!! Personally I like the XL sound better but I think it can be eq'd more close to sound like it isn't it?

[peanarchist]

Why do the neck bend? Don't you have a whammy bar on the Jauqo?

5 stars!

[bassinjoe]

the steinberger sounds better to me..it has a nice hollow sound (which sounds really nice for slaping/popping)..bongo has more of a thick sound

but then again thats just my opinion

all props to you, man! 5*

[Lagspike99]

Something about the recording isn't right, you dont really get that full potential out i guess. Sorry but none of the instruments sound really really nice, the Steinberger was the best. Maybe it's your EQ or maybe it's just the way you preferr it.

[Lagspike99]

Maybe im just wrong, anyways the best sound was when you played them together.

[Theanarchistatheist]

Personally I quite like the Steinberger a bit more :-)

[cardyz2]

very funky my man!