Realistic Bass samples?

I am somewhat a newbie to GarageBand.
I've been playing around with the new "Drummer" that just came-out in GarageBand 10
and I love how realistic it sounds!
However, if I try to play bass using my maudio keyboard,
the stock bass sounds in GarageBand don't sound very realistic to me.
I don't need anything exotic, just a simple but realistic sounding
Rock/Pop Bass Guitar sound.
Any ideas for perhaps third party samples or plug-ins?
I'm using a current macmini with mavricks, i5, 8Gb Ram and ssd.
Thanx!

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But your looking for samples, as in digital, computer based, played from a keyboard?
Yes, but they're still from acoustic sources... everything ends up in the digital realm, it's not exactly the same as using a synth is it! Sampling when done well can be very very effective.
As I said I'm working solely with acoustic guitar, I wish to augment a few subtle parts with a complimentary bass part. As I cannot obtain the instrument I want I'm looking for raw clean natural samples to play relatively simple parts.
Subsequently a double bass is not what I'm looking for as thats what I already have in place and it's not sitting right in the track.
Those 'made-for-MTV basses' might not be the height of sophistication but they do something that no other instrument will and I know it's what I'm looking for so you can't argue with that!
Ukuleles also suffer many of the problems that you mentioned but it doesn't stop it being a viable and/or credible instrument... I'd play a tin of soup if it sounded good.

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