1 Vol, 1 Tone Setup & Book Recommendations?

u6crash · May 26, 2009

Two part post:

It's been about ten years since I took any kind of class about electronics, and while I have an idea on what the basic components do, I'm a long way from being able to design a custom schematic myself.

Here's what I want for my Strat:

1. One volume, one tone. I'll be using concentric pots to do this. I'm undecided if it should be a master tone control, or strictly for the bridge. 8 times out of 10 I'm using the bridge pickup alone. The other two times I'm using the bridge & middle together or the neck alone.

2. Rotary pickup selector. Probably a five position to maintain the same configuration. A six position is something I'd consider, but would only result in one more combination (neck/bridge or neck/middle/bridge; neither of which I'm 100% certain are possible).

3. Almost certainly will be using the Lace Sensor Blue/Silver/Red set.

There's this diagram at GuitarElectronics.com that I could emulate. Is it safe to say that I'd still want a 250k pot for the tone?

Part two:

Rather than copy a diagram for this (but especially future projects), I'd like to get a better idea of what I'm doing. Which of these books (or others) do you most recommend?

Electronic Projects for Musicians by Craig Anderton

Guitar Electronics for Musicians by Donald Brosnac

Do-It-Yourself Projects for Guitarists by Craig Anderton

I'm leaning towards the third one myself. May try to see what I can order through the library first before I buy one unseen, but your recommendations are appreciated as well. Thanks!