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Dear friends, I believe it's gotta be a B minor if you're in D. That chord shape occurs so frequently and is so important we must do reps of it until we can make in our sleep.
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Detman101,                                                An electronic supply house for pros or a computer repair store can probably hook you up.
Back in my night club band days, I ran my Gibson ES330 through a 100 watt Fender Twin Reverb amp. Like yours, my guitar didn't sound it's best until the amp volume was 4 or higher. I played rhythm with my guitar volume at 8 1/2 and would use my pinky to crank it all the way to 10 to play a lead ride. No effects pedal needed. At this volume, the Gibson has a natural distortion that will howl like a banshee all night long. At this volume I got complaints even in a club that sat 550.
One night club we played had a rheostat on the stage power outlets that adjusted the voltage only. The club manager had the rotary control behind the bar where he could turn everybody in the band up or down except the darn drummer.
I was not smart enough to rig up a volume control box like you did and today I have a problem hearing A and E.
Congratulations on a practical solution to a serious problem for all electric guitarists.
Thanks for the pictures and please let us know how you work the bugs out of your rig.
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D,G and A.

"Who dat?"
"Roll Tide Roll"
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No offense, Cam. Alabama, like U.S.C. always has been and always will be a football factory.
Roll Tide!
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It's amazing how one conversation with one outstanding person can lift our spirits and inspire us to a huge degree.
Congratulations Ian, you met somebody who is a winner and I hope you get to do business with him from now on.
Best of luck finding a satisfactory job.
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Good ones, gang, keep 'em coming.

"I didn't get a bank statement this month. When I called about it the clerk told me, "Why should we buy a 44 cent stamp to tell you your account had 43 cents left in it."

"If it cost $100 to go around the world, I couldn't afford to get outta sight."
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You betcha. An old guitar string and two screw-eyes make a dandy picture hanger.

I asked a fine luthier about the many fine cracks in the clear varnish of my 1960 Gibson ES330 archtop electric. I was told that those fineline cracks are an indication of the exterior finish drying out enough to let the true wood tone of the instrument be heard, finally. He instructed me never to paint my guitar with anything that would gunk up the tone for another 50 years.
He told me to apply guitar polish only to get her looking her best and prevent the wood from getting too dry too fast.
I have never played another electric that sounded that sweet to me.
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I had the same problem playing guitar five hours a night - six nights a week. You got cramps.
You need an alternative way to position your left hand to rest the muscles in your palm and use another set of muscles.
I wrap my thumb around the top of the neck to cover the big E string for F chord and on up the neck. This way you only need to cover the B and little E strings with your index finger and your palm streches out close to the back of the neck and gets rested.
The index finger long barre position is bound to cause cramping after a song or two. Even a "C" form with a barre with your index covering the G,B and E strings can relieve your palm.