Songs you thought were keyboard that featured bass

I’ll go the other way and note that I was super disappointed to learn the Seinfeld theme was recorded on keyboard w a bass sound lol.

 

Yup, it was way too perfect, all the notes sounded exactly the same.

 

I was expecting it. Close but no cigar!

 

I have noticed anything that's even remotely off topic gets moved from there.

 

Black Velvet from Alannah Myles.
Although there is real bass during the song, the signature lick was a real bass sound sampled by one of the keyboardists during the recording, so is a keybaord line.
I never hear a cover play that song right, and always seems empty or majorly lose the feel when a bassist tries playing the lick and no foundation under it.

 

Wasn't even a question. DX7 maybe?..

 

I would love to get a Minimoog.

 

From Wiki, I'm surprised too:


'One aspect of the song listeners have frequently noted is the tune's distinctive fretless bassline. While a common belief holds that the melody was played using an actual fretless bass guitar, Myles' bassist for the rest of her self-titled album, Steve Webster, acknowledged in an online discussion forum that he did not perform the bassline on "Black Velvet" himself; rather, it was Tyson who played the riff on a synthesizer, using a fretless bass sample.[7]'

I guess that explains why his intonation was so good.

Black Velvet (song) - Wikipedia

 

I've covered this many times. Use a fretless, tuned down to E flat, with a touch of sub octave . Provided your damping technique is up to scratch, it sounds killer

 

Yeah, they're expensive, did it sound good?