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EMG Geezer Butler Signature P Bass Pickup Set Black


Description
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 '70s 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." Said Geezer, "I never felt comfortable giving my name to any other pickups, but this time these have blown me away."

Features
- EMG vintage-style passive P design
- Uses Alnico 5 pole pieces and custom-wound coils
- Provides punch and grit
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4.58
12 Reviews
88%
of respondents would recommend this to a friend
Most Liked Positive Review
just buy them!!!!
These are great sounding pups! I got the p/j set 1st for a squire and was blown away by how easy they were to install, any one could do it. But the sound(sounds) you can get, anything from Motown to Sabbeth to Pink! You can do it all and get any sound you want. I got a p bass set next for my fender and ya! same thing.....what ever sound you want. They cut through the mix great! The pots that come with them are smooth and I feel like I get better tone control also. I've used SD quarter pounders and the Steve Harris pickups, also the fender 62's. the EMGs sound sooo much better plus you get new pots!
Most Liked Negative Review
Stock American fender P bass is better
I wanted to love this pickup so much but my first one sucked. Since I didn't like the first one but believed in the EMG name, I ordered another thinking I just got a bad pup. Nope, I really don't like them. The low end is nowhere near that of a good fender P bass pickup, Its very quiet as in very low output. The pots that come with it feel extremely cheap and loose. This is on an American Fender standard precision going thru an AMPEG amp. Extremely disappointed in this pickup.
- Practicing5
- Back-Up3
- Concerts3
- Poor Quality1
- Experienced4
- Novice2
- Professional Musician2
- Easy To Use6
- Functional6
- Improves Sound6
- Good Quality5
Reviewed by 12 customers
Great upgrade for my Ibanez GIO Soundgear bass!
submitted3 years ago
byRoswell
fromDuluth, Georgia
I replace my GIO Soundgear's stock pickups with this set. It was a relatively easy install (I needed to solder on the output jack (the included jack was not suited to the Ibanez) and the bridge ground (the solderless connection failed on me). The only other thing I had to fiddle with was placement of the pickups, but that was due to issues with the Ibanez, not the pickups. The sound is amazing. I have a P Bass with Fender replica '62 pickups with Emerson pots and cap and wanted my Ibanez to give me a very different sound and feel as an alternate for the P Bass in my studio instruments and it now fits that need beautifully.
Stock American fender P bass is better
submitted6 years ago
byChuck
fromAnchorage, Ak
I wanted to love this pickup so much but my first one sucked. Since I didn't like the first one but believed in the EMG name, I ordered another thinking I just got a bad pup. Nope, I really don't like them. The low end is nowhere near that of a good fender P bass pickup, Its very quiet as in very low output. The pots that come with it feel extremely cheap and loose. This is on an American Fender standard precision going thru an AMPEG amp. Extremely disappointed in this pickup.
Life Changing Pickups
submitted6 years ago
byJ Wells
fromFayetteville, Arkansas
These pick ups changed my life. The tone is super accessible and can easily shape any tone you're looking for. I'm swapping all my P bass pickups with these hands down.
Yes
submitted7 years ago
byDan the Man
fromokc ok
Havent bought it yet but i know it is going to blow the ground below my feet away!
Great Tone and Super Easy to Install!
submitted7 years ago
byJeffrey
fromUndisclosed
I love the sound of these pickups. Actually not a Sabbath or Geezer fan, just love the tone of these. I also have the PJ set in another bass. I put this P pickup set in a new Fender Player. Also, the install is super easy. You don't need to know how to solder at all, just plug and play. Only thing that slowed it down was that Fender had two ground wires, the bridge wire and a wire that grounds the control cavity paint. So in that case I used a different crimp splice to connect both grounds to the control's ground wire. Other than that, piece of cake.
Both Classic & Modern Pbass Sounds!
Verified Buyer
submitted7 years ago
byJohn
fromundisclosed
I bought these pickups for a build I was doing. It was an early 60's Pbass I was sparing no expense on! I wanted the best of everything.I was looking for a set of pickups that sounded great all around and could do both classic vintage Pbass and modern Pbass sounds. These were them hands down! I went through 6 different sets of pickups. You won't be disappointed these pickups have it all and come with quality volume and tone controls, input jack and wires. EMG you are truly genius with this set!
Q&A
Have a question about this product? Our expert Gear Advisers have the answers.
submitted2 years ago
asked byRick G
fromCincinnati, OH
I just purchased a Squier 40th anniversary Precision bass. Will this pickup fit my bass and does it come with new pots and input jack?
1) Yes, the EMG Geezer Butler Signature will fit your Precision. 2) Yes, all included.submitted3 years ago
asked byRaven
fromPHX AZ
Will these fit a Jackson J's dinky bass
In a case like this we recommend having a qualified guitar tech look at the guitar.submitted3 years ago
asked byHalf87
fromWOFFORD HEIGHTS, ca
what are the dimensions of these pickups ?
Please see "file:///C:/Users/thomas.meehan/Downloads/gzr_phz_instructions_0230-0282rg.pdf"submitted3 years ago
asked bygordon
frommississippi
I'm 100 years old and love Geezer, but the descriptions of these pick ups include "grit", "any tone you want", and other subjective terms that mean nothing. The early Sabbath albums had no low end like everything else in the late 60's so that's not a useful descriptor either. I just want to know if this set will deliver a clean un-distorted signal or not. Thanks!
Yes they cansubmitted4 years ago
asked byRighteous Dude
fromWisconsin
Shaft diameter of pots.
No pots are includedsubmitted6 years ago
asked byDave
fromOxford, Michigan
Would the EMG GZR pickups work on a 5 string bass?
No, these will not fit a 5 stringsubmitted6 years ago
asked byDirtBag
fromCA
Do the pick ups come wired to new pots?
These pickups do come wired to new pots.submitted7 years ago
asked byDirtbag
fromCA
Are the pumps spring mounted or solid mount?
Solid mount.