The electrics part one
I decided to try some fancy stuff with the electrics. I’ve always enjoyed messing about with electronics, so was a lot more confident with this part than I had been with the woodworking. So here’s the rundown on a typical Strat: Three single-coil pickups One 5-position selector switch One volume control Two tone controls (note, these are not treble and bass, but rather a tone control for the neck/mid-position pickups and another for the bridge-position pickup). And here’s what I wanted to achieve with my Strat Two single coil pickups One humbucking pickup that would fit into the same space as a single-coil pickup Three toggle switches (one for each pickup, allowing for every possible combination of pickups [eight options instead of five]) One volume control One coil tap push-pull switch incorporated into volume control One tone control (for all pickups) One middle-pickup phase reversal push-pull switch incorporated into tone control One boost control One boost on/off push-pull switch i...