Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath Announces Signature EMG sets - EMGtv

EMG is thrilled to be working with a true metal legend, Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath. Hear Geezer talk about his new signature P Bass pickups for getting the classic Sabbath tones from his new EMG GZR-P and EMG GZR-PJ.
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[@HackSlashKill]

I could listen to Geezer jam all day long

[@robertstead]

And me

[@rm25088]

+HackSlashKill Hell yeah, me too.

[@W4RM4CHINEx0x]

Geezer butler to me is the best bass player who has ever lived. I think this because when he plays with sabbath he can always come up with a groovy bass line for anything and he does it without showing off

[@thecourierNCR]

JPJ comes close second

[@W4RM4CHINEx0x]

Bruce Wayne deffinately, along with john entwhistle and steve harris

[@tommynguyen8555]

Geddy Lee is up there too, for me

[@louismcdowell3734]

he makes it look so easy

[@davidgarcia6796]

Harry Lishman flea

[@Orphen01]

He's got an amazing voice. Got him to advertise any diary product and I will buy it for sure.

[@ElectricBoogaloo007]

Like Pudding Skins?

[@alexhamilton4084]

Like 2019 diary? Lol

[@theeasywayoutcampers6550]

All hail geezer!

[@rm25088]

The master of bass himself, GEEZER!

[@garnetbezanson1404]

My inspiration to play bass (: as well as my fav member of the band

[@robch.2901]

Garnet Bezanson damn , for me is so hard to choose because I love how all play their instruments. I love Ozzy's voice style for the way they played. they are so cool .

[@vincentprakash4891]

Garnet Bezanson definitely. geezer and jpj all the way

[@perkele8341]

Same here!

[@solidranger]

I seriously LOVE how Geezer came out of his busy schedule to do this. ♥ Good on him.

[@MrPercussionPete]

What Geezer plays on 0:20 sends shivers down my spine. What a true master of his instrument, his sound is just monumental. Same league as the late John Entwistle.

[@billfraser1491]

Even if i love the ox, geezer is more groovy

[@ilyalead4blade897]

he's awesome. a real musician. my favourite bassist along with Steve Harris.

[@dezsodebreceni4829]

Now imagine the Steve Harris Signature Bass loaded with these pickups

[@SauDrummer]

Geezer Bulter, Cliff Burton, Steve Di Giorgio

[@kurtcriscione316]

my god his sound.... awesome.

[@joshuakincheloe]

Just bought them. Instantly more punchy and less muddy than my older plugins. Worth every penny for cleaning things up alone.

[@robch.2901]

the best bass player of all time. he's truly a virtuous genius.

[@elliebean1118]

Flatwound strings on any fretted bass guitar gets you closer. Not enough people focus on their amp; it’s SO much more important than your pickups.

[@Apprentice_of_the_Leonine]

Geezer himself used really dead RotoSound Swing Bass steel roundwounds when recording the first Sabbath album. They were about 10 months removed from new at the time, 'cos they were all broke as a joke then, and he also plucked them near or on the end of the fretboard.

[@Stigbool]

I fuckin' love this guy! I am almost 52 years old and Sabbath is played in my house and car every day.

[@davesaenz3732]

This guy is a beast!! One of the few bassist I enjoy listening to.

[@gravityalwayswins1434]

The 'Geezer' P set is incredible.

[@Doodlebug1996]

Got these pickups for my fender P. I was not disapointed. Great sounding pickups

[@bassplayersayer]

Geezer, You Rock Man!

[@omarriadelhamshary7345]

who the bloody fuck disliked this?!

[@robwales8016]

Just beautiful.

[@tonyosintsev4424]

He is Genius and God of bass guitar

[@doguinhacrash]

+Tony Osintsev yeeeeeeah geezer is god

[@taddarita75]

Ascolto sempre tantissimi bassisti che amo a apprezzo, ma quando torno ad ascoltare Geezer Butler mio meastro d'ispirazione e come tornare a casa. Per me IL BASSO è quello strumento che suona Geezer Butler.

[@TheMetal000]

Awesome Geezer

[@blackblurable]

One of THE best Bassists ever!

[@damiandoherty8183]

I installed a set of these last night on a Westfield I bought about 25 years ago! Looking forward to gigging with them this Friday! In Sandinos in Derry....starting at about 7.30pm if anyone's interested!

[@DominickChirchirillo]

One of my favorite bass guitarists

[@bateman2112]

Just modded my first p bass to have a double set of these. Sounds massive! Highly recommend a double p with these.

[@chrispetritsch4959]

Geezer's a bloody legend! He still looks a little bit evil while coming across as the nicest bloke. I'd love to have a few beers down the pub with him. His stories about 'iron bloke' and 'oh no it's..him!' etc. are just a crack up.He'd have ya in stitches! Oh and he's been a great bass player and lyricist forever.Since the dawn of metal i guess.What was before then?Nothin'! Or at least not much worth writin' home about.Anyway,Legend!

[@kleimkum9122]

Master

[@stellarfellar9960]

Oh god that bass sounds amazing it's the best I've ever heard

[@Sean_thompson_bass]

I just put this pickup in my precision, it's amazing

[@jrq9466]

His sound is crazy

[@geronimosynthmusic]

How much badassness can one stick in one video! :O

[@zubrycky]

I NEED this!

[@manduheavyvazquez5268]

The best bassist ever. Greatness.

[@jsnhrv]

Love the way he plays but...... he doesn't seem to play like he did back in the 70's where he would smack the strings at the end of the fretboard. Thats where a lot of that classic Geezer sound comes from.

[@diegojosesoriano]

Did that Lakland Geezer Bass ever get released? I can't find it anywhere. Even online.

[@gilsonantoniobarbosabarbos6366]

Grande baixista, admiro o trabalho dele !!

[@BFelix1776]

The best P pickup on the market. It's NOT debatable.

[@IAmKillEveryone]

Highly debatable, gumshoe. I have Seymour Duncan's quarter pounder in my bass and it fucking annihilates. Loud, clear, and with more balls than Jerry Lee Lewis.

[@michaelstephen819]

Laaaadies and gentlemen... the heaviest man on earth... Mr Geeeeezer Butler!

[@MisterTee]

This kid is quite skilled, he. Could really go places if he sticks with it

[@ferrari48817]

One of the only bassist you can hear

[@nafis6668]

Got to find the right mid punch that sits between guitar and bass frequency curves 😉

[@killdozer3464]

I just bought these (PJ set) but my Signature Jazz Deluxe has 1 Vol, 1 Tone, and 1 Selector switch. What are my installation options?

[@nunoharris]

Hi. Can this Pickups recreate the sound of older Black Sabbath albuns ? Thanks

[@Breakbeats92.5]

I never took notice of the subtle jazz influence in his playing.

[@followerofeir]

Early sabbath was just in time blues.

[@bluestar16]

Awesome!

[@caiolopes5523]

The name of third sound , please ?! I forgot. sorry

[@godzilla964]

Someone should make a comparison between active bass pickups, and passive pickups with compression.

[@timtomasello7194]

what a legend!

[@AndyPunisherbass]

I have a question maybe someone could answer. I have a Squier vm jaguar bass (longscale passive). It has the concentric stacked knobs. Is there a way to wire these Geezer's up without having to solder them?

[@luisalbertozuniga2401]

Exelente el sonido de Geezer, le ese sonido complementario a la Sabbat

[@ikon4255]

what concert is the clip in the beginning from?

[@StricklandAssistantManager]

It took this long to get signature pickups??? Jeez

[@rastamouse7861]

I think you meant Geez...

[@maxcohen13]

1:18 What kind of strings are on that Lakland?

[@teukurizkynoer8033]

Hope one day EMG make it Stingray pickup/preamp For Cliff Williams AC/DC 😀 no solder and dead quite 😀😀

[@legendhasitstudio]

Another great bass player , writer , producer , guitar player and keyboard player is JOHN PAUL JONES of led zepplin

[@heavymetalhalloween]

I want this and the steve harris bass

[@martinegnell3028]

Problems with the Fender stuff?

[@robch.2901]

Martin Egnell perhaps he was referring to the sound . they don't sound like the 70's and that's what he was looking for.

[@PeriMartins]

Monster

[@trudyforsten8725]

that looked like sabbath at budweiser gardens in london ontario

[@jakepark9962]

does geezer use only one finger when he plays?

[@CatAttack6471]

From what I've seen yes

[@jakepark9962]

CatAttack 6471 oh ok, i was wondering because his hand is moving way too much

[@RPDragonforce]

+J Venturella no i don't think so in a bunch of lives i've seen him almost the whole hand

[@jakepark9962]

Ricardo Barata but does he alternate pick tho

[@jakemartinez4176]

+J Venturella during someparts of songs like paranoid but for the most part just one

[@benthebassist9236]

tracklist for this video please?

[@ravid1675]

+Ben Paget a bit late but still - war pigs, end of the beginning, into the void, again end of the beginning, and again into the void.

[@benthebassist9236]

+Ravid Leo thanks :)

[@tristangalea983]

0:52 ... can anybody tell the name of that song again ? I forgot the name :(

[@GuilhermeBrancaleone]

Into the void.

[@KAOTSOUKI]

That Tone

[@gabrielmc5893]

01:36 What's the song???????

[@gabrielfagundes7137]

Gabriel MC Into The Void --- Master Of Reality(1971)

[@charliefoxtrotthe3rd335]

Want a Fender P-Bass sound? Well, here's what you do. You see, you go get a Fender P-Bass, and then...

[@Coreace03]

Lol

[@charliefoxtrotthe3rd335]

Dark falcon It is a simple concept, no?

[@Coreace03]

I suppose when you think bout it

[@trams33]

Get a p bass, throw on some medium gauge dadario flats, crank the tone knob. And if you really want a great tone use a pick on top of that lol

[@christocr]

Alex Smart Yes, by all means, bury yourself in the mix with flatwound strings! What is it with you flatwound community activists anyway? Do you really find it necessary to give a flatwound sermon on every thread? To anyone who is a beginner bassist and is not familiar with bass strings: play a bunch of different types. decide which sound you like... and go with it. Don't let the Flatwound Preachers make you think there is anything special or cool about flatwound strings. Try them. If you like them, great. If not, get roundwounds or half rounds or nylon tape or whatever else. Find you OWN sound. There is nothing new or cool about flatwound bass strings--they've been around since the beginning of electric bass. They are just one type of many. It's just that in the last few years, anyone that has flatwound strings on his/her bass seems to think they've joined into some sort of quasi-religious crusade to make everyone think flats are something special. They're not. Get over yourself.

[@SuperXtoon]

What's the song at 1:22?

[@kornel9765]

End of the Beginning

[@jonathanavendano4808]

end of the beginning lml

[@everybodylovesgav]

well this is a shocker :P

[@anaalmeida5137]

Gezzer butler best bass, 😃

[@fannys941]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@alexhamilton4084]

Where does the name Geezer come from? I know a geezer is a slang term for a man but is it a different connotation for him?

[@filipharnqvist8978]

I read somewhere that he used to call people Geezer alot as a kid, and thats why he got the nickname.

[@emilio8381]

THE BASS

[@youdontcare2312]

Geezer is like the John Wick from metal

[@erdemtasc1742]

öz abim

[@PredicateWinning]

song at 0:52 ? :D

[@killercour]

into the void

[@67NewEngland]

"Without all the problems I had with the Fender stuff.." Really?...it's a Precision. One of the most basic tone circuits of any bass ever!? Ahhhh...that's right. This is a commercial...silly me.

[@mouthmw]

67NewEngland agreed 100%, what problems FFS.. If anything, this solderless installation could potentially cause more problems than the good old way (not necessarily of course). With all that being said, I still want to get a Geezer P for my Highway One, as it just sounds damn good. I have an SPB-1 and SJB-1 on my PJ and they're great and they're staying, but I wanna try something slightly different on my P. GZR seems like the best choice so far.

[@devious.instinct]

"AMG"

[@GabbMonkey]

His bass looks smaller than a regular bass

[@schwarg]

they sound nice, but sound nothing like passive p/j pickups. They sound way too hot.

[@Boomstick88]

It could be the amp or his EQ

[@giacomorinaldi]

the name of the first song ?

[@giacomorinaldi]

WAR PIG ?

[@ninjaturtleshredder1]

They sound fucking peeeeeeeng.

[@ashoknagaraj3706]

Is he a ventriloquist.I can't see him opening his mouth

[@Wth262]

I know this sounds bogus,but to me geezer butler is better than cliff burton.But geezer butler is part of black sabbath,and black sabbath are the pioneers of heavy metal.But Cliff 'em all

[@crazyirishdan]

All the 'sounds like shit' guys are the same ones who complain that they 'can't be heard in the mix' on every bass guitar forum EVER. No one cares about your 'bedroom sound', and that kind of ignorant b.s. is why, in many sessions, the bass goes DI into the board - so that it can later be crafted into a good sound by someone who knows what the hell they're talking about!

[@fullstop6078]

For fucks sake. Ok, he played bass for Sabbath. Credit where credit's due. Personally I think Sabbath were fucking shit. Sabbath are Sabbath - let's stop talking about the 'individual' skill of ANY member. Jesus Christ - Geezers bass lines were fucking shite, musically, but they were 'Sabbath' bass lines,that's it. Any bass player that cites Butler as there hero is a SHIT bass player. Simple. Don't care. Geezer Butler is a name for a reason - Bass player for Black Sabbath. Imagine this - (Not that this would EVER happen in reality) Although it REALLY did in March 1978, in a small town near Birminham UK. It's hard to find the original transcript but this is some of it: Frank Zappa - hello geezer, play something Geezer - 'plays' eleven notes Frank Zappa - Geezer they weren't in tune or in time The Geeze - I thought that's what you like(d) Frank Zappa - I Like asymetric time signatures and 'feel'. The Geeze - Ok, I'll try it again, Frank Zappa - That was horrible. Geezer - Sorry. FZ - Fuck off Geeze, the geeze, whatever yo called. You know I don't like Black Sabbath. Ozzy was a shit singer but nicely out-there.