Recent content by scatter wound

I would like to wire a stratocaster  with two volume controls and one master tone control. The first volume control is for neck and bridge. The second is for middle. This way in second and fourth position I could blend  the (bridge or neck) pickup with the middle. I would like an option for...

I have a 72 stratocaster reissue body (three hole neck mount) that needs a neck. I am wondering if the lower hole needs an insert or if the larger single screw is threads directly into the wood of the neck?

I have some (to my ears) muddy sounding pickups in a guitar. I have seen volume bleed caps used to brighten the sound. Also I heard of people using a resistor parallel to the cap. I tried a few different values and settled on .001 uf cap and 47k resistor for the neck pickup, and .002uf cap and...