Diagrams and info on stewmac's site:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_p...GE.html#details
1 vol, 1 tone, 3 way switch wiring:
http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WDUHH3T1101
Power supply caps usually have a bleed resistor on them so they will discharge within a few seconds of turning off the amp. With it unplugged you will not be at risk for AC voltage shock.
Guitar amps typically have a speaker that is designed specifically for guitar - if you have a cab model enabled on the pod there may be too much level for certain frequencies causing the boomy sound. Ideally it should work well with the cab model disabled and allow the guitar amp to color the sound with it's amp/speaker.
You can do yourself a big favor and have Doug at Soulmate make you a neck for that body. Its only about a $25 dollar difference from a Warmoth tilt back headstock style neck and he will level the frets at no extra charge. And you will probably get it a lot quicker.
Won't quite work if the problem is that the slots aren't deep enough to hold the strings properly.
True..but a pre slotted nut should accept a 10-46 string set without a problem, well for a graphtech one anyway.
If the nut has a flat bottom you may want to take the material from the bottom of the nut vs trying to file each slot. Just place sandpaper on a very flat surface and take a little at a time by sliding it back and forth over the sandpaper and test it.
I doubt you quoted $175 to drop a 3A(you grade on a 5A scale if I read your site correctly) curly cap on one of your $70 prepped African Mahogany body blanks?
Is that too much?
Assuming its a single volume/tone with a 3 way switch configuration, Just move the tone wire from the volume to the neck pickup connection of the 3 way switch. You will still have tone control on the neck or middle switch position but not when the bridge pickup is selected.