Arthur Barrow

Arthur Barrow used a Yamaha DX7 to play the bass line on “Take My Breath Away”.

Moroder's keyboard player Arthur Barrow did just that for "Take My Breath Away", employing the 16 Bass 2 preset, which was designed to emulate the sound of a fretless bass guitar. You can hear this same bass patch at work in Commodores’ 1985 single “Nightshift”.

Arthur Barrow can be seen in this photo playing a Fender Stratocaster.

In this photo, Arthur Barrow can be seen holding a Fender Jazz Bass

Arthur Barrow confirmed in an interview with Bass Player Magazine that he uses a Music Man StingRay 5-string as one of his primary basses.

His three basses-a Music Man StingRay 5, a fretless ‘77 Gibson Ripper, and a Fender Jazz he bought used…

Arthur Barrow often uses a fretless Gibson Ripper bass as confirmed in his interview with Bass Player Magazine and in photos of his time with Frank Zappa.

Arthur Barrow confirms in his interview with Bass Player Magazine that for amps, he uses a SWR Goliath III 4x10 powered by a SWR SM-400S.

Arthur Barrow played a Custom F 5-string bass while sitting in with Umphrey’s McGhee in 2016.

In an interview titled "All Bass Players Are Failed Ukulele Players: The Arthur Barrow Interview" from October 1992, Arthur Barrow mentions using an "Electricomp" for his work on The Doors' An American Prayer, specifically on the track "The Movie". This was clarified by Zappa writer Charles Ulrich as referring to the EML ElectroComp 101.

In the 1992 interview titled "All Bass Players Are Failed Ukulele Players: The Arthur Barrow Interview," Arthur Barrow mentioned that he often used a Roland Jupiter-8 synthesizer for his collaborations with Giorgio Moroder.

… I started working with Moroder I think in about 1983. He was coming off a big success with 'Flashdance', a number one with 'What a Feeling'. He'd had a falling out with his keyboard player and was looking for another one. I faked my way into the gig saying I could play keyboards and somehow I auditioned for him. He liked me OK and I started doing some stuff for him. I did an Irene Cara album for him first.

Q: How could you fake your way into that?

A: I was lucky 'cos he was into Jupiter 8s and I had just bought one. I knew how to work it, I knew synths a little bit. This is before everyone and his brother had a MIDI set-up. …