Keyboard bass
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Keyboard bass
The keyboard bass is, as its name suggests, a keyboard alternative for the bass guitar or double bass. The earliest one of these was the Fender Rhodes piano bass, pictured at the side. They are a common alternative to bass guitars in rap and modern R&B music today.
Other variants of the keyboard bass include bass pedals, which are operated by musicians using their feet, usually the guitar player or bass player of a band, e.g. Genesis' Mike Rutherford, Rush's Geddy Lee, The Police's Sting or Marillion's Pete Trewavas. The most visible keyboard bass player in recent history is probably The Doors' Ray Manzarek.
[edit] Acknowledgements
Information about the earliest models of keyboard basses can be found at the Fender Rhodes site.
