EMG Geezer Butler PHZ Black

These EMG GZR-P Geezer Butler pickups have received rave reviews all over the Internet, and apart from the outstanding quality of tone, what sold me was the EMG solder-less wiring system. They were a joy to install, with gold plated push-on connectors, plush cloth covered wiring, and heat shrink tubing on all soldered joints. Included are top of the line CTS mini pots for tone and volume. There is even a gel filled crimp connector for an existing earth wire, so you don't even have to remove the bridge. Everything is included in a custom made box inlaid with high density none perishable foam - perfect for cutting to size to fit under the pickups. The coils are encased in epoxy resin, making the pickups impervious to feedback from stage performance sound pressure levels. For passive pickups they have quite a hefty output, and could be described as 'high fidelity with added grunt'. An incredibly versatile sound, equally at home with flats or round-wound strings. And above all, they are QUIET - no hiss or hum. They can even be fitted to a lefty bass, albeit upside down, but 'do-able' straight out of the box. A lot of thought and care from EMG has gone into producing these pickups, and I for one, absolutely love em.

I bought a set of the EMG P-Bass pickups to see how they would sound.
The package contains everything you need to fit your new pickups in your instrument - the pickups, new volume and tone pots, new output jack, and the connecting cables, as well as the pickup mounting screws.
As the EMG Geezer Butler pickups are passive, there is no need for the usual 9v battery which most folk associate with EMG pickups. Rather, it's a straightforward installation process.
Connecting the pickups to the volume and tone pots, and then to the output jack socket, is simply a case of following the installation manual pictures, using the "push to fit" connectors at each stage. There is even a simple-to-use connector to join the new pickup circuitry to your existing bridge plate Earth wire. No soldering required at all!
One thing to remember though, is to only screw the pickup mounting screws into place AFTER you've put the pickguard in place on your bass. The reason for this is that the domed heads on the EMG supplied pickup mounting screws, are ever so slightly larger than normal. This results in your pickguard being unable to be slid over the pickups if the new mounting screws are already in place. Leaving the screws off until the pickguard has been laid onto the face of your instrument, will allow you to then simply then install the mounting screws, and adjust the pickup height as necessary.
The sound of the pickups is really full, with a high output, containing a solid low end, and a fantastic high end clarity.
I liked the sound so much that I have now bought another set to use one one of my other P-basses.
Really great sounding pickups.

This pickup has an amazing trait. When you start turning the tone pot towards the bass side, you don't lose your attack. This means that your sound, never becomes muddy. It really sounds like a vintage Precision pickup. Apart from that, which was always one of my complaints with all other aftermarket pickups in the same price range, the EMG GZR pickup has excellent attack, defined lows, mids that cut through, and rounded highs. It's deadly silent and, surprise-surprise, it's passive. I have it installed in all of my current P-basses and I'm sure I will install it in the future ones.