Mr Glyn's Pickups: COOL 90 Clean Low-Powered Alnico II P90 @BrettKingman

Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I love my little Tokai Junior. It was relic'd by my friends Joel and Colin at Nepean Music and they fitted a Dimarzio Phantom in it. That's not a bad pickup but I really wanted a lower output affair - more of what a traditional P90 offers. I had this conversation with another friend, Glyn Evans of Mr Glyn's Pickups, who are located in the smaller paddock across the creek (New Zealand) and he said I should give his Cool 90 a shot. I did and I'm really impressed! He even shipped it with a selection of 3D-printed height spacers so I could nail the nominal pickup height. Nice touch, Glyn! So, here it is - Bridge 7.25 KOhms, 6.42H, Alnico II. This one's a keeper.

Today's tools:

Guitar: Cheap Tokai Jr., relic'd by Rabid Dog Relics (see: https://nepeanmusic.com.au)
Amp: Marshall SV20H and Axe-FX III Turbo running Cygnus X-3 FW. 28.04. Amp speaker output to IR Host (Axe-FX III) via Two notes Reload II.
Cables: Various
Strings: Ernie Ball Paradigm 10-46
Pick: Signature Honey Pick honey-picks.com/collections/all/brett-kingman
Mic: Audix USA A231 - audixusa.com/products/a231
Camera: GoPro HERO10 + Sony ZV-1M2 x 2
Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum 26x32
Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors - presonus.com
Monitor Control: SPL 2Control - https://spl.audio/en/spl-produkt/2control/
Headphones: Audix A152 - audixusa.com/products/a152
All Stands: Gravity Stands - gravitystands.com/en
Computer: 2025 Apple M3 Ultra.
Backing track courtesy of Elevated Jam Tracks

Mr Glyns Pickups: COOL 90 Clean Low-Powered Alnico II P90

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Colortone Pedals: ZeroSum Multi Head Rhythmic Stereo Delay

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Walrus Audio: ACS1 MKI - Revisiting the Original (and its great!)

Two notes Audio Engineering: RELOAD II Multi-Impedance Reactive Load Box & Active Attenuator

MLA Pedals: Peacock Overdrive Fillmore Edition

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$Bretts AC20: Axe-FX III FW 28.03 Preset #130 I shared this patch with the world only last week. I often do that as its good to give to the community and kind of therapeutic for me when Im creating them. But this week the new Axe presets were released for Firmware 28.03 and this one along with a couple of more of mine are burned into it. Thats quite an honour for me considering the famous names that appear in this 384-strong bunch of presets as well. Anyway, this one, Bretts AC20 is number 130 and this little jam (mistakes and all) is the sort of thing I was thinking of when I wrote it. Its 8 Scenes and a bunch of satellite effects that you can switch in/out with each Scene. Theyre all based on the mighty but petite Morgan AC20, which is a very cool twist on the classic AC30. You can see (and hear) the Scene changes in the editor window as Im playing. Ive kept the amp block window open so you can see the various AC20 permutation changes as I go. I think my favourite bits of this patch are the panning delay which I tend to ride a fair bit, and the fuzz face model. Thanks for watching. Theres another version of this video using a Strat (partscaster) with JJs 65 Set Pickups. You can see that one at https://youtu.be/oNXmIFNouqc FW 28.03 Presets: https://www.fractalaudio.com/downlo...8p0/Axe-Fx-III-Factory-Preset-Banks-28p03.zip FW 28.03: https://www.fractalaudio.com/downloads/firmware-presets/axe-fx-3/28p0/axefxiii_dsp_rel_28p03.zip Todays tools: Guitar: 2023 Rabid Dog Relic Tokai DC Junior with Dimarzio Vintage P90 pickup. Amp: Axe-FX III Turbo running Cygnus X-3 FW. 28.03. AC20 models. Cables: Various Strings: Ernie Ball Paradigm 10-46 Pick: Signature Honey Pick https://www.honey-picks.com/collections/all/brett-kingman Sony ZV-1M2 Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum 26x32 Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors - https://www.presonus.com Monitor Control: SPL 2Control - https://spl.audio/en/spl-produkt/2control/ Headphones: Audix A152 - https://audixusa.com/products/a152/ All Stands: Gravity Stands - https://www.gravitystands.com/en/ Computer: 2025 Apple M3 Ultra. Backing track by Tom at Elevated Jam Tracks$

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