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@@ -12,12 +12,22 @@ After a lot of reading and listening, a few core decisions got things rolling:
 * no pickguard (maximum exposed wood grain, rear control cavities
 * pickups and all hardware in black
 * standard strat-like 3-pickup, 1 volume, 2 tone design with 5-way selector
 * no pickguard (maximum exposed wood grain, rear control cavities
 * pickups and all hardware in black
 * standard strat-like 3-pickup, 1 volume, 2 tone design with 5-way selector

+* second tone control with push-pull switch to phase-reverse middle pickup

 * noise-reduced pickups
 
 We had a "spare" blank in alder big enough to machine the body, left over
 from Robert's Telecaster project.  So the plan was to machine a custom body
 and buy the rest of the parts from various sources.
 
 * noise-reduced pickups
 
 We had a "spare" blank in alder big enough to machine the body, left over
 from Robert's Telecaster project.  So the plan was to machine a custom body
 and buy the rest of the parts from various sources.
 

+One of the reasons for going without pickguard is that it exposes more of
+the natural wood grain to view.  A pleasant consequence is that the access
+plate for the electronics will be on the back of the guitar, meaning it'll
+be easy to pull the plate and tinker with the wiring without having to pull
+the strings off... which, given I'm an electronics guy, might end up being
+a really good thing!
+
+## Part Selections ##
+

 Another intense period of study led to the decision to use 
 [DiMarzio](http://dimarzio.com) Area pickups.  These are stacked-coil hum
 reducing pickups in the standard strat single-coil pickup form factor.  The 
 Another intense period of study led to the decision to use 
 [DiMarzio](http://dimarzio.com) Area pickups.  These are stacked-coil hum
 reducing pickups in the standard strat single-coil pickup form factor.  The 


@@ -36,16 +46,18 @@ The rest of the parts were mostly obtained from
 sourced from [GuitarHeads.Net](http://guitarheads.net), and a 22-fret natural
 Canadian maple neck purchased from eBay seller "bluelink88".
 
 sourced from [GuitarHeads.Net](http://guitarheads.net), and a 22-fret natural
 Canadian maple neck purchased from eBay seller "bluelink88".
 

+## Purchased Items ##
+

 | Description | Part Number | Quantity | Price | Total |
 |-------------|-------------|---------:|------:|------:|
 | Description | Part Number | Quantity | Price | Total |
 |-------------|-------------|---------:|------:|------:|

-|guitarheads.net|||||
-|black hard tail bridge||1|16.99|16.99|
+|amazon.com|||||
+|DiMarzio Area Pickup Set Black||1|229.99|229.99|

 |ebay seller bluelink88|||||
 |22-fret maple neck||1|35.99|35.99|
 |guitarfetish.com|||||
 |Push-Pull DPDT Pot 250K Audio|F20|1|8.79|8.79|
 |ebay seller bluelink88|||||
 |22-fret maple neck||1|35.99|35.99|
 |guitarfetish.com|||||
 |Push-Pull DPDT Pot 250K Audio|F20|1|8.79|8.79|

-|Full Sized B250K Tone Pot|F22L|2|2.45|4.90|
-|Full Sized A250K Volume Pot|F22A|3|2.45|7.35|
+|Full Sized B250K Tone Pot|F22L|1|2.45|2.45|
+|Full Sized A250K Volume Pot|F22A|1|2.45|2.45|

 |USA Spec Stratocaster 5-Way Switch Black Tip|F158F164|1|11.45|11.45|
 |Set of Three Black Strat Replacement Knobs|A27|1|4.95|4.95|
 |Bag of BLACK Pickguard Screws|K60|1|6.45|6.45|
 |USA Spec Stratocaster 5-Way Switch Black Tip|F158F164|1|11.45|11.45|
 |Set of Three Black Strat Replacement Knobs|A27|1|4.95|4.95|
 |Bag of BLACK Pickguard Screws|K60|1|6.45|6.45|


@@ -56,5 +68,31 @@ Canadian maple neck purchased from eBay seller "bluelink88".
 |Pair Black Butterfly Strat String Trees|K36|1|5.45|5.45|
 |Black Gotoh Style 14:1 tuners|E16|1|26.95|26.95|
 |Ultra Thick Black Neck Plate with Screws|K03|1|9.45|9.45|
 |Pair Black Butterfly Strat String Trees|K36|1|5.45|5.45|
 |Black Gotoh Style 14:1 tuners|E16|1|26.95|26.95|
 |Ultra Thick Black Neck Plate with Screws|K03|1|9.45|9.45|

+|guitarheads.net|||||
+|black hard tail bridge||1|16.99|16.99|
+
+## Wiring ##
+
+A standard strat has a volume control, 2 tone controls, and a 5-way pickup
+selector.  The pickup selector allows neck, neck+middle, middle, 
+middle+bridge, and bridge as choices, with the combinations formed by
+putting the two selected pickups in parallel.  The first tone knob controls 
+the neck and middle pickups, the second controls the bridge pickup.
+
+After lots of discussion with Robert and listening to many demo videos, the
+only significant change to this I decided to make is to use a push-pull switch
+variant of the second tone control, wiring it to allow phase reversing the 
+middle pickup.  Phase reversing one pickup of a blended pair yields a "nasal" 
+or "biting" tone.  Here is one of the 
+[clearest demo videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIBHg4kwl2k)
+I found of this effect.  What I like about this option is that it gives what
+sounds to me like an old-school blues kind of tone.
+
+The other minor tweak I'm considering is "treble compensation" on the volume
+control, which DiMarzio shows in some of their wiring diagrams.  The idea is
+to compensate for the usual loss of treble content when turning down the 
+volume on the guitar.  It consists of an additional 560pF capacitor and 300k 
+resistor in parallel between the hot and wiper terminals on the volume 
+control.  This may or may not seem necessary once we have the guitar together.

 
 More to come!
 
 More to come!