![]() ![]() GZR-P Set and GZR-PJ Set will be available in March 2014. ![]() Said Geezer, "I never felt comfortable giving my name to any other pickups, but this time these have blown me away." The result is an unmistakable early Geezer Butler bass tone with deep, tight low end that you can hear on "Iron Man", "War Pigs", and "Paranoid" just like 1970's. The J (PJ set) also uses Alnico 5 poles and features two custom wound split-coils that both eliminate the noise and hum usually associated with early 70's bass pickups and allow for more power and volume than any other standard single coil J giving this set remarkable balance between the P & J. The all solderless P set uses Alnico 5 pole pieces and custom wound coils for just the right amount of punch and grit. Alongside Bell for this recording was a long-time collaborator of Geezer’s, Peter Howse (nicknamed ‘Pedro’ by Butler, from a character in the TV show ‘Four Feather Falls’), Howse was a founding member of the Geezer Butler Band in 1985 and has written and played in all versions of GZR/Geezer. ![]() To recapture Geezer's early Black Sabbath tone, it meant a new EMG vintage style passive P & PJ design with a few modern touches. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bass player started working with EMG founder Rob Turner in 2011 looking to find the classic bass tone he had in Black Sabbath's early days.Īs Geezer and Black Sabbath moved from studio to touring in 2013 the final component of getting the classic Geezer tone was in play, the rigors of a world tour. First up, some suitably monolithic pickup sets.ĮMG GZR-P and GZR-PJ signature bass pickups press releaseĮMG Pickups along with legendary artist Geezer Butler have collaborated to develop the GZR-P and GZR-PJ signature bass sets. NAMM 2014: Black Sabbath bassist and bonafide rock legend Geezer Butler will be at the NAMM show to launch two separate signature product ranges. ![]()
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