Upgrade Time Pt.1. Mr Glyns Pickups | Emerson Custom Pre-Wired Kits

Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

This is Part 1 of a little upgrade project. This chapter involves 2 x Artist Guitars AT53's. They're a very reasonably priced T-Style affair with stainless frets, flat board, roasted maple neck and perfectly adequate pickups and hardware. However, I've decided to take them to the next level by installing some fine Mr Glyn's Pickups (Silver Lady and Duchess Sets) plus full electronics prewire transplants, complete with their new Premium Pro Pots, from the excellent Emerson Custom who have also supplied knobs and plates. This video tells the story and gives you a listen to the guitars in their factory state. The next video, thanks to the fellas at Nepean Music, Mr Glyn's Pickups and Emerson Custom will show you the souped-up builds. Stand by...

Artist Guitars: https://www.artistguitars.com.au/
Emerson Custom: emersoncustom.com
Mr Glyn's Pickups: mrglynspickups.com
Nepean Music: https://nepeanmusic.com.au/

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Today's tools:

Guitar: 2025 Artist Guitars AT53
Amp: Axe-FX III Turbo running FW: 31.04. Fender Deluxe Reverb model.
Cables: Various
Strings: Factory
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.

Upgrade Time Pt.1. Mr Glyns Pickups | Emerson Custom Pre-Wired Kits | Artist Guitars AT53

$Burgs 6G4 Super - Fractal Audio Preset - Fender Am. Meteora Ultra II Axe-FX III Preset: https://axechange.fractalaudio.com/detail.php?preset=11677 FM9 Preset: https://axechange.fractalaudio.com/detail.php?preset=11678 Guitar: https://au.fender.com/products/american-ultra-ii-meteora A couple of weeks ago I demoed the very formidable Ethos 60s Harmonic Bias Trem, probably the best sounding tremolo pedal Ive had the good fortune to use. I used a Fender 6G4 Super combo model for that one. Its a great sounding amp, kind of vintage sounding with a grainy quality and it makes a killer pedal platform. I wish Fender would reissue it actually, Id probably buy one. I digress. That Ethos demo exercise made me wonder if I could replicate the Ethos tones in the Axe-FX III, so I set about writing this preset, with quite a few extra bells and whistles, and thats what Im demoing here. One great thing (there are many) about the Fractal firmware is its tweak-ability. For example, I was able to adjust the LFO phase on both the bias and harmonic tremolo types from 0° to 90° - a simple tweak - in order to give both wide, stereo fields. Itll be hard to miss in the demo. If youd rather they were mono, just back that LFO Phase control back to 0°. There are plenty of other fun Scenes in this one. The video should tell the story - and I know its probably about 8 minutes too long! 😅 Have a good one. See ya. This preset requires FW: 28.06 or later for the Axe-FX III and FW: 9.02 or later for the FM9. The guitar: The Fender American Ultra II Meteora® came to me earlier this year, at my request, for a demo. The moment I picked it up I knew it was something different and special. Its light and resonant with a quartersawn neck - three of my favourite things. Then there are the Haymaker™ humbuckers with S1 Switching to split the coils. Also great. The look is a bit different and the sublime Texas Tea finish completes the picture for me. Ive used it in quite a few demos since its been here and I plan to take it on the road for some stage love as well. Highly recommended. The Ethos pedal demo that inspired this preset: https://youtu.be/0-3nQUgIRAY Todays tools: Guitar: 2025 Fender American Meteora Ultra II in Texas Tea. Amp: Axe-FX III Turbo running Cygnus X-3 FW. 28.06. 1960 Brownface Fender Super, 6G4 model. Cables: Various Strings: Ernie Ball Paradigm 10-46 Pick: Signature Honey Pick https://www.honey-picks.com/collections/all/brett-kingman Mic: Audix USA A231 - https://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 - 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. All backing tracks courtesy of, written and recorded by Elevated Jam Tracks unless otherwise noted. See: https://www.youtube.com/elevatedjamtracks$

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