1990s-2020s Starting in the 1990s, MIDI keyboard controllers, often the smaller 25-note models, are often used in some groups to play bass lines with virtual instruments, mostly synths and samplers. Keyboard bass instruments are a common alternative to bass guitars in rap, modern R&B, pop and in electronic dance music genres such as house music. MIDI keyboards used by bedroom producers and studio musicians alike, thanks to their affordability, portability, and the fact that they can be used to control multiple virtual instruments, rather than simply bass. As well, bassists from bands such as No Doubt sometimes perform bass lines on 25-note MIDI keyboards. Jack White of The White Stripes uses a vintage Rhodes Piano Bass live, particularly on performances of "My Doorbell". During Lady Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour, keyboardist and bassist Lanar "Kern" Brantley played synth bass on the Roland GAIA and Roland V-Synth. See also Bass pedals Pedal keyboard References External links Information about early keyboard basses Electric and electronic keyboard instruments Keyboard instruments Bass (sound)