I'm about to attempt to make my own effects unit (fancy a challenge plus it's got to be cheaper). I've got a load of circuit diagrams but where the pots are, theres the resistor symbol with 2 lines either side, then an arrow pointing at the middle of the resistor that seems to come from where one of the lines goes to.

I can't tell which of the 3 pins is supposed to be which, and if it's displaying the component from from the top or the base.

Also, why do you put wiring to the base of a pot? I've done it when rewiring Strats but can't figure out why.

On the I.C's front, someone once told me that the legs on an IC aren't actually in numerical order. Is there a standard layout for all IC's, are they different for all of them or is this just a load of rubbish? :confused:

Help would be greatly appreciated :D

PS. I got another floyd rose. Promise I won't file it this time :rolleyes: