EMG
Pickups along with legendary artist Geezer Butler have collaborated to
develop the GZR-P and GZR-PJ signature bass sets. 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. As 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.
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 all
solderless P set uses Alnico 5 pole pieces and custom wound coils for
just the right amount of punch and grit. 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 result is 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. Said Geezer, “I never felt comfortable
giving my name to any other pickups, but this time these have blown me
away.”