Geezer Butler: Did His Bass Gear Hold the Key to Black Sabbath's Domination of Heavy Metal? 🤘

Geezer Butler is the forefather of Heavy Metal and today we talk Geezer Butler's Bass Rig. Geezer has played bass in the original line up of Black Sabbath and the related band Heaven and Hell with Ronnie James Dio.

Geezer's Bass Rig has seen him with basses from Fender, John Birch, John Diggins, Rickenbacker, B.C Rich and Lakland. In this video we talk through all of these basses and their configurations.

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[danadane]

Glad you picked Geezer so many folks have no clue how many intricate runs, fill and amazing bass lines in general he plays . I learned Iron Man from beginning to end on bass . The entire weight of the song was on Geezer and Ward . Their roles were so ahead of the game . Back when most rhythm sections were keeping it rather simple . That's not to take away how incredible Iommi and Ozzy were / are .

[thejudge-kvjk]

Probably my favourite bassist of all time! Brilliant and massively influential.

[User-jkwq]

Fun fact: that red Rickenbacker at 3:10 is the same bass used by Glenn Hughes to record Deep Purple’s album Burn. Glenn once tried to buy it back but Geezer said something like “no, I don’t sell me basses. You can come round and have a look at it though!”

[WhichBass]

I Tweeted Geezer a link to this video ... He only watched and replied! My life is complete.

BTW - Vigier and BC Rich basses. Yes I know! It's mentioned in Part 2 and 3 respectively, I haven't forgotten!

[Andyanddiana]

In '92, he played Vigier basses during the first Dio reunion (Dehumanizer).

[hellagaye]

Yay an episode about my favorite bass player
Thanks for that, very good video
Keep it up man :)

[VideoMask]

The inlays on Tony’s guitar are crosses, not crucifixes. A crucifix has a figure of Jesus on it. Just a minor quibble.

[jfv]

Where has this channel been my whole life? Just amazing work, love these videos

[Murgins]

This series is exactly what i've been wanting for years. Just found it:)

[xerodelacroix]

I still want to know how he got /that/ sound out of a short scale in the volume 4 era, tuned down to C#.

[SuperVerst]

Geezer got me started in bass playing. Being a Geezer fan brought me to your channel. Your research and commentary got me to subscribe.

[TheJugulator]

Learned to play from this man...I bow down.

[extraextra]

Geezer and Les are two of the best bass players of all time

[imogen]

I just discovered your channel. Great vids mate! Also, in the future could you do John Paul Jones? I just thought that if you were going to do Black Sabbath you might as well have Led Zeppelin with it.

[mzzz]

as a gear nerd I really enjoy watching your videos! thank you for your work, my nerd colleague <3

[dopeybrew]

Geezer is the greatest to ever live! His playing, his lyrics, the two are completely perfect

[blazingsaddle]

Geezer is at the top of the pile when we talk about bass players in the pantheon of rock - they don't get more legendary than this guy. Without him we probably wouldn't have the bass tone and sounds we hear from metal/rock bands the world over. It's all derived from this guy and Tony. Massive respect for Gezzer as a bass player but also as a decent person all around. Listen to any interview with him and he's just a regular kid from the backstreets who's so down to earth and very funny as well. His status as one of the all time greatest rock bassists is not in dispute.

[violetflame]

Would love a John Paul Jones episode. Also any chance of a Mike Kerr from Royal Blood episode. Thanks in advance

[raymondreid]

Love your research very in depth on my favorite bass player. Nobody plays bass like Geezer Butler.

[yoimba]

Do les claypool. I really wanna know how to get his sound:)