Geezer Butler is, easily, one of the most influential rock bassists of all time. Geezer and Entwhislte were the innovative masters of pentatonic modal style of bass playing.
He's my favorite metal bassist. Its crazy how he plays rhythm guitar bass plus small fills and he gets away with murder. I actually like how he's not trying to shred at all like some. I could listen to him all day just playing the way he always did
I got blisters on me fingers😀 We love ya Geezer you are the God of thunder. Cant tell you how much your bass playing has litteraly moved me and some pictures in my house. 😄💥👍
What I like about Geezer is that he's an amazing bassist, an even more amazing lyricist but he just looks, and talks like a totally unpretentious humble dude
Recently got the Geezer EMG's on my P-Bass and they sound AWESOME! I was expecting more high end, but I wasn't prepared for how heavy my low end got. And I play lots of music besides hard rock/metal, so they are very versatile as well. Highly recommended! Geezer is one of my main inspirations on the four string! Cheers
I really dont think geezer gets enough praise or recognition for his raw talent and his skill in bass line creation or his lyrical genius that is so evident in so many sabbath songs.
As a lyricist i agree he flys under the radar, bus a a bassist he is regarded as one of the greats by everyone i know who knows anything about bassists.
I love Geezer Butler! Saw both farewell shows in Detroit and he and Tony put on a master class for us fans. Huge influence on me with the box scales and right hand groove.
1:42 Geez explains his top sound ever: "B.C. Rich" Bass and EMG active pickups... on "Heaven and Hell" album ... the best sound for a rock bass ..ever ...
Very humble person....same Geezer from.the early days....hasn't gone to his head...amazing that only now he has a signature bass...and 13 was a cool sounding album...I bought the BlackSabbath The End DVD really emotional gig ...there's some extra footage on that disc of all the band playing in a room ....and they play Sweetleaf. ...I must of watched them playing that 20 times in a row ...f@# awesome sounding....just one gripe....the mighty Bill Ward wasn't there.....oh well can't have it all....
I just love hearing him talking about the bass he knows his instrument back to front and listening to him and other great bass players never gets stale
Awesome bassist. He's tied with Simon Gallup as my absolute favourite bass guitarist. Got his EMG pickups on my Yamaha bass along with Slinky Flatwounds, and man it sounds killer. He's inspired not just several generations of bassists; he's also helped to create and perfect a whole new genre of music. Sabbath rules!
The greatest, most unique and important bassist in metal, and that's a fact! Steve Harris is a close second, but Geezer's innovative style, sound/tone, and bass lines are the definition of metal!
I LOVE these pickup 🤩, I just installed these in my Squier 60s Classic Vibe P-Bass, they’ve turned it into a beast, I can’t wait to play it live 😁👍🏻 (The only issue was that I’ve had to order new knobs, the existing pots were 6mm and, the EMG pots are 6.35mm) 🇬🇧
I had active EMGs in a Vester bass a long time ago. Used a 600W Hartke head with an Ampeg cab 1x24, 2x8, and a horn on top. Sounded absolutely amazing. You could make such a deep wholesome bottom that it just made everything in the band sound better.
Met you Geezer and Iommi at OzzFest 2005, you guys autographed my Fused and OHMWorks CDs & I took pictures, Good Times! 🎻🪕🎸🥁Black✟✞Sabbath\m/⛧666⸸🤘🤟🤟🏼🤘🏼🤟🏾🤘🏾🤟🏿🤘🏿
That bass tech dont know how lucky he is,he gets to play with ALL of Geezers equipment,one,if not thee most iconic metal bassists,in metal history,dude gets to jam his basses whenever he wants
Almost nobody, including Geezer himself, can replicate that early 70's bohemian-wobble bass tone. That Lakland bass (above video) sounds like deep piano clinks.
Yeah, I agree that the sound has changed massively. The new sound is probably an amalgam of a lot of different factors. Strings, pickups, amplifiers, volume, compression, loudspeakers, mixers etc. but also the way music is recorded nowadays.
Still, it's a very heavy and powerful sound, but I agree... That wubble sound from late 60's and early 70's is kinda hard to get now. I have the GZR PJ pickups and they sound awesome!!! Let me tell you... They get pretty close actually to an old Fender sound, but they sound a bit modern also. It's a nice combination.
Usually to get such sounds you need that (i assume) 100 watt Laney with the right cab and it has to be at 100% volume so no fools is gonna achieve that without some serious cash or proper studio and the Laney is gonna burnup up its tubes which are going extinct atm cos russia started a war
Geezer got a lot of that “wobble” from finger vibrato, much the same way that Tony did with the guitar. It’s negligible to the untrained ear, but the more astute bass disciple will immediately notice Butler’s use of string bends. However drastic or slight they were, they made a huge impact on heavy metal bass guitar that so few seem to be able to replicate. I can’t imagine why; I LOVE throwing that Geezer Butler string wiggle into a jam!
He plays on the final fret and taps the strings, I'm teaching myself the same method and it sounds very close to how he plays. Dead strings are better for it
Geezer is such a nice and amazing person, so grounded and humble. There is even no need to mention his style as musician, as this is unique and one of the best ever.
Great Bass Player..... One of the many guys from that time period that influenced me to play. Don't have a Lakland, but do have two Sadowsky's, Fender Jazz and P bass, and one of Leo's first G&L basses.
Россия,410040,Саратов,а.я.3092. Филофонист-меломан. ...СПАСИБО Geeser Butler за создание мрачной угнетающей гитарный атмосферы в группе BLACK SABBATH ♡!
This past spring I bought a 1985 Epiphone, P style bass guitar, for 65 bucks. The electronics were shot, but the rest of it was fine. The maple fretboard on top of a maple neck and the yellowing "Olympic" white P body is as classic Fender as it gets without buying a Fender. So only one thing to do to make this bass playable, replace the electronics and that's where EMG comes in. I bought the EMG GZR "P" set. It actually took longer to get the pickguard off and back on than it did to install the pups. After that was done I installed a set of flats, did a full set up, truss, action, and intonation, and it was off to the races. For a classic rock and roll sound from the 60s and 70s this thing nails it. I currently own 6 basses and this one with the EMG pups is the fav among my musician friends as far as sound goes of all the basses I currently own. It's also the bass that I have the least amount of money in, go figure. I just bought a Jaguar bass yesterday, P/J set up, and the electronics are shot. I know what pups are going to be going in that one soon. Thanks EMG for a great product!
It's funny because I started on Electric Bass but I switch to guitar, and Geezer was the opposite but he is still one of my main musical influences if not number 1.
I got blistas on me fingers.
+Shaun Jones But the DR strings, I don get blistas anymore.
Sounds like a teleshopping ad! Man, I love Geezer!
Shaun Jones lol the second he saw that i checked the comment section
Funk Enstein Same here, lol!
That’s what happens when fucking literally beating those thick strings
~Geezer Butlah
He inspired almost every metal bassist.
Yeah I think inspired cliff burton from Metallica
He is the quintessential blues metal bassist. He’s the only reason I ever wanted to play bass
@@joeperkins8841 Same man! He's changed my life, the bass has made me a happy person! Cheers bro!
Including me
@Gonzalo benedicto add me too
Geezer Butler is, easily, one of the most influential rock bassists of all time. Geezer and Entwhislte were the innovative masters of pentatonic modal style of bass playing.
Don't forget Jack Bruce
* Stone he’s the most badass easily
Geddy lee and Lemmy
@@elmoknows7 lemmy isn't a bass player. He's a guitarist with a bass
@@jackthomson5047 No. Lemmy is a Bassplayer. There is just a differnce between a Bassplayer and a Bassist
I could listen to Geezer play bass all day long. There isn't another bass player I could ever say that about
+JOE FAQURSELF
Quite a startling comment
To me it's mainly to do with his personality, it really carries into his playing which makes his music very much enjoyable.
Him, John Paul Jones and Roger Waters are definitely the best bassists out there.
Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler, Steve Harris, Lemmy, Cliff Burton, Frank Bello, David Ellefson
flea
Damn, that bass sounds amazing.
Hehehe chances the type of the tone, the SoundCloud oficial história Bass. In 70's It sound more "closed". It's cool but I prefer the old one
Every bass sounds amazing if Geezer is playing it
Right?!
It really does
Coolest bassist ever and my personal favorite. If I ever got a signature bass, I'd get his for sure.
Prince of Darkness I saw this and had to replay I actually have his signature bass. It’s a total beast of an instrument
@@jefftolwinski3957 Just get a Fender P Bass and get either EMG GZR P's or vintage Alnico pickups.
geezer is a fucking bass god just awesome sounds in every song.
7 minutes isn't a full length interview for such a legend.
Bass king right here.
So satisfying to watch him play. it's so smooth and natural
He's my favorite metal bassist. Its crazy how he plays rhythm guitar bass plus small fills and he gets away with murder. I actually like how he's not trying to shred at all like some. I could listen to him all day just playing the way he always did
Damn, I wish I could meet Tony and Geezer and Jam with them.
I'd love them to teach me how to play.
I got blisters on me fingers😀
We love ya Geezer you are the God of thunder. Cant tell you how much your bass playing has litteraly moved me and some pictures in my house. 😄💥👍
Geezer is the GREATEST!!!
I come here always just to hear him playing
What I like about Geezer is that he's an amazing bassist, an even more amazing lyricist but he just looks, and talks like a totally unpretentious humble dude
You could say a regular old geezer.
Recently got the Geezer EMG's on my P-Bass and they sound AWESOME! I was expecting more high end, but I wasn't prepared for how heavy my low end got. And I play lots of music besides hard rock/metal, so they are very versatile as well. Highly recommended! Geezer is one of my main inspirations on the four string! Cheers
What a badass. His playing is so great, and he has some of the nastiest tones.
The GODHEAD: Tony, Geezer, Bill, Ozzy. I truly mean that. Where would heavy metal be without those gentlemen. VOL 4 !!!!!!
Vol 4 forever 😝
I really dont think geezer gets enough praise or recognition for his raw talent and his skill in bass line creation or his lyrical genius that is so evident in so many sabbath songs.
As a lyricist i agree he flys under the radar, bus a a bassist he is regarded as one of the greats by everyone i know who knows anything about bassists.
about time they got another bass player on here.
Best ad ever!
Geezer is a fuckin badass. The first metal bassist \m/
Geezer and Burke Shelley are my two favorite bass players. I could listen all day....
Great sound, I've got to try that bass. Thanks Geezer
i LOVE YOU GEEZER!!!
Have 1972 fender P. G was always my favorite bass player!
I love Geezer Butler! Saw both farewell shows in Detroit and he and Tony put on a master class for us fans. Huge influence on me with the box scales and right hand groove.
1:42 Geez explains his top sound ever: "B.C. Rich" Bass and EMG active pickups... on "Heaven and Hell" album ... the best sound for a rock bass ..ever ...
LOVE that album !
Very humble person....same Geezer from.the early days....hasn't gone to his head...amazing that only now he has a signature bass...and 13 was a cool sounding album...I bought the BlackSabbath The End DVD really emotional gig ...there's some extra footage on that disc of all the band playing in a room ....and they play Sweetleaf. ...I must of watched them playing that 20 times in a row ...f@# awesome sounding....just one gripe....the mighty Bill Ward wasn't there.....oh well can't have it all....
I just love hearing him talking about the bass he knows his instrument back to front and listening to him and other great bass players never gets stale
Geezer is God!
Best P pickup I ever used, bar none.
I was at that Dimebash 2011 show in Hollywood at The Key Club! Great show!
Awesome bassist. He's tied with Simon Gallup as my absolute favourite bass guitarist. Got his EMG pickups on my Yamaha bass along with Slinky Flatwounds, and man it sounds killer. He's inspired not just several generations of bassists; he's also helped to create and perfect a whole new genre of music. Sabbath rules!
One of the GREAT ONES!!!
Grande mestre das 4 cordas,adoro seu estilo de tocar,e a regulagem,do instrumento,dos cubos,e dos ganhos
Geezer is a fantastic bass player !!!
Geezer Butler & EMG PICKUPS Perfect!
Listening to Geezer play reminds me so much of myself: I play and sound just like him. Thanks Geezer! 30 odd years ago I said I wanna do that.
The greatest, most unique and important bassist in metal, and that's a fact! Steve Harris is a close second, but Geezer's innovative style, sound/tone, and bass lines are the definition of metal!
Steve Harris is better. Geezer influenced him but Harris is the best bass player.
@FREE SPEECH seen heard les. But harris is the GOAT.
I LOVE these pickup 🤩, I just installed these in my Squier 60s Classic Vibe P-Bass, they’ve turned it into a beast, I can’t wait to play it live 😁👍🏻 (The only issue was that I’ve had to order new knobs, the existing pots were 6mm and, the EMG pots are 6.35mm) 🇬🇧
I had active EMGs in a Vester bass a long time ago. Used a 600W Hartke head with an Ampeg cab 1x24, 2x8, and a horn on top. Sounded absolutely amazing. You could make such a deep wholesome bottom that it just made everything in the band sound better.
That last bass guitar sounds SWEET OMG!
God I wish I could have seen them on that tour
Met you Geezer and Iommi at OzzFest 2005, you guys autographed my Fused and OHMWorks CDs & I took pictures, Good Times! 🎻🪕🎸🥁Black✟✞Sabbath\m/⛧666⸸🤘🤟🤟🏼🤘🏼🤟🏾🤘🏾🤟🏿🤘🏿
Well done, Geez deserves his signature gear! First saw him 1978 with a Rickenbacker 4001!
Master Geezer Butler!!!
If only every advert was as entertaining.
I ordered a set for my Fender Player Precision Bass... Anxiously waiting on the shop to call and tell me they are installed and ready to rock!
very inspirational i like his style
Love his lead fills on Slippin' away ;-)
He fucking kills it on this song.
I installed the Geezer PJs and I love them!!!!
That bass tech dont know how lucky he is,he gets to play with ALL of Geezers equipment,one,if not thee most iconic metal bassists,in metal history,dude gets to jam his basses whenever he wants
Almost nobody, including Geezer himself, can replicate that early 70's bohemian-wobble bass tone. That Lakland bass (above video) sounds like deep piano clinks.
Yeah, I agree that the sound has changed massively. The new sound is probably an amalgam of a lot of different factors. Strings, pickups, amplifiers, volume, compression, loudspeakers, mixers etc. but also the way music is recorded nowadays.
Still, it's a very heavy and powerful sound, but I agree... That wubble sound from late 60's and early 70's is kinda hard to get now.
I have the GZR PJ pickups and they sound awesome!!! Let me tell you... They get pretty close actually to an old Fender sound, but they sound a bit modern also. It's a nice combination.
Usually to get such sounds you need that (i assume) 100 watt Laney with the right cab and it has to be at 100% volume so no fools is gonna achieve that without some serious cash or proper studio and the Laney is gonna burnup up its tubes which are going extinct atm cos russia started a war
Geezer got a lot of that “wobble” from finger vibrato, much the same way that Tony did with the guitar. It’s negligible to the untrained ear, but the more astute bass disciple will immediately notice Butler’s use of string bends. However drastic or slight they were, they made a huge impact on heavy metal bass guitar that so few seem to be able to replicate.
I can’t imagine why; I LOVE throwing that Geezer Butler string wiggle into a jam!
Geezer, JPJ and Deacy are my all time favourite bassists!
Nice one Geez!
Legendary bass player, awesome pickup!
They sound fucking amazing. As clear as the early 50s' p basses but a lot more powerful
I love Geezers tone when he plucks over the neck, like he used to for the first 3 albums
Sounds like no one else
He plays on the final fret and taps the strings, I'm teaching myself the same method and it sounds very close to how he plays. Dead strings are better for it
I’m excited learning I play mostly same gear as Geezer🤟🏽🙏🏽
I love these videos where he just says what he thinks no bs :-)
Weird seeing Geezer playing near the bridge
Don't forget people, Geezer write most of Sabbath's lyrics too.
His album Black Science was a gem.
Geezer is such a nice and amazing person, so grounded and humble. There is even no need to mention his style as musician, as this is unique and one of the best ever.
Awesome! Thanks for the vid.
Geezer Butler is fucking amazing! He played with a broken finger in the 80's what a bass player! ;D
Great Bass Player..... One of the many guys from that time period that influenced me to play. Don't have a Lakland, but do have two Sadowsky's, Fender Jazz and P bass, and one of Leo's first G&L basses.
I LOVE HIM
Geezer and Billy were the Heart of Black Sabbath!
On first two albums wery great. \m/
Excellent Tone.
The ultimate Master!!
Geezer is definitely the Nr.1 in Metal.
Pretty cool of EMGTV to interview the bass tech as well.
Most underrated bass player ever!!!
how? Hes one of the most well known bass players in Rock and Metal music along with the likes of Steve Harris and Cliff Burton
@@Headbanger9000 yes very true guizar gets a lot of recognition and it's well-deserved
Gene Simmons ego thinks he is bass god but Geezer IS the official bass God 👍
I use Hartke and EMG
GEEZER 🎸❤ 🎸
Россия,410040,Саратов,а.я.3092.
Филофонист-меломан.
...СПАСИБО Geeser Butler за создание мрачной угнетающей гитарный атмосферы в группе BLACK SABBATH ♡!
He got me into using DR coated strings and now if I get a new bass before I’ve left the shop it gets a new set of Red Devils or black beauties
DR, the best.
Absolutely amazing.
Can someone please tell me where I can find the live video at 2:19?
:)
Anyone know what concert the footage from 02:30 is from??? Need to know.. it sounds so good
That's the most coolest looking bass guitar I've seen.
+swiv2d I looked into purchasing one..almost 4000 bucks! I got a Fender instead.
fender is still cool De Falco
@@sd3falco they do another one for about 1000. Lakland Gz bass.
This past spring I bought a 1985 Epiphone, P style bass guitar, for 65 bucks. The electronics were shot, but the rest of it was fine. The maple fretboard on top of a maple neck and the yellowing "Olympic" white P body is as classic Fender as it gets without buying a Fender. So only one thing to do to make this bass playable, replace the electronics and that's where EMG comes in. I bought the EMG GZR "P" set. It actually took longer to get the pickguard off and back on than it did to install the pups. After that was done I installed a set of flats, did a full set up, truss, action, and intonation, and it was off to the races. For a classic rock and roll sound from the 60s and 70s this thing nails it. I currently own 6 basses and this one with the EMG pups is the fav among my musician friends as far as sound goes of all the basses I currently own. It's also the bass that I have the least amount of money in, go figure. I just bought a Jaguar bass yesterday, P/J set up, and the electronics are shot. I know what pups are going to be going in that one soon. Thanks EMG for a great product!
I like when that one guy called Rob Turner and Chris whats his name.
Geezer rules!
It's funny because I started on Electric Bass but I switch to guitar, and Geezer was the opposite but he is still one of my main musical influences if not number 1.
Man, Geezer's tech is like the apprentice that follows the master wherever he goes, but also giving advice to the master.
imagine that job, you are the assistant to the God Amongst Men for Metal Bass. The Original Gangster
6:41 That smile!!!
Thickest brummy accent going
Reminds me of Sean Bean
ALL RIGHT YEAH
Master Butler strong bass , big influence metal music \m/
Wow what a sound. He sounded like he used a pick, but actually he doesn't.
It's no wonder he'd get blisters. I flipped out when i learned frank bello plays fingerstyle as well, he must be absolutely hammering it.
@FREE SPEECH tell that to ellefson, newsted, roger glover, dd verni, chris squire, countless others
@FREE SPEECH did someone say elitist?
just let people play bass how they want with whatever they want.
I slapped EmgGzr pickup in a no brand Wish bass.spounds wicked af
My first and last Black Sabbath concert was "The End"...
Does anyone know where i can buy a pickguard like his?... specifically the stripped one on his Lakland bass
One of the best bassist ever heavy metal has
what song is geezer playing in the beginning.
+Mehdi Saad Sweet Leaf.
Hlodowig1138 I'm not sure because Sweet Leaf is actually at a different pitch than what he's playing. But you may be right.
It's the Sweet Leaf riff for sure. And the pitch isn't always the same with the Sab', they are often tuned lower in live.
Hlodowig1138 okay