Humble bundle has a great little ebook package available. It’s a collection of stuff that could be used for learning basic electronics. Even has an ebook that focuses specifically on building a synth. I picked a package similar to this one a few years ago, and for $18 was a great investment of learning resources. I know some of you have been walking that fine line. Maybe this is what pushes you over.
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And RIP to Ray Wilson (MFOS) who wrote the synth book and passed in 2016
And the hard copy of the book is available on Amazon
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Amazing, thanks for sharing! Just what i needed, picked it up 
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I have that book and was a little disappointed in it. It’s been some time since I read it but I think it was more of a broad overview of the subject rather than a detailed description of how to build an oscillator etc. It was an interesting read nevertheless.
From the amazon comments:
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2016
I made a synth out of my fridge and my wife left me
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I would so love to get into DIY but I can’t manage, no time if I want to make some noise from time to time. Maybe later!
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When I left school I was going to do A level in computers as I was sure i had passed it in GCSE however when the results came back I got a D so had to pick another subject in the same column, the only thing that looked remotely interesting was A level electronics. Anyway I wasted the next 2 years hadn’t got a clue as the teacher kept going on about NOR gates etc and equations and I came out with an X unclassified as it happens I later got a letter from the examination board saying there had been a computer error and I got B in GCSE computers not D 
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I struggled to read about electronics much - a lot of the theory can seem really dry to me - but I recently found Moritz Klein’s videos on building a voltage controlled oscillator; they’re extremely engaging and interesting. Highly recommend them!
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