SE Custom 24-08 ground noise issue

Stinger22

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Bangin my head against the wall. My subject has a hissy noise when not touching the bridge or strings. It gets louder if I touch one of the pickup height adjustment screws. gpes away it I touch the strings or bridge or springs in the trem cavity. Seems worse on the neck pu. If I check continuity between the bridge and to a cord inserted in the jack, plugged into my Spark amp or Quad Cortex into a Headrush 108, there is continuity. If I check from the soldier points on the pots to the the plug cover I have continuity. I wiggle wires and whatever and can't make it go away. I have to keep a noise gate on but as sustain goes down the noise starts to cut through again. When plugged into the QC and I touch it's metal case the noise goes away the same as if touching the bridge so for some reason the guitar wants to see ME and only ME as ground it seems. All my other guitars do not display.

Any ideas out there?
 
Have you had any luck getting rid of the buzz? I read about this issue then bought one for Christmas and it has the issue too. I went to a dealer this week while on vacation 3000 miles from my home and the 24-08s i played there did not have the issue. From what I can tell from watching every video i can find on the subject, the bridge and strings are grounded properly, but something in the guitar isn't.

The guitars at the dealer did not get louder when you touch the adjustment dcrews, like yours and mine do. The louder than general gain buzz/hum did not stop when touching the bridge or strings the way ours do. So something is clearly wrong with the wiring.

I love the guitar otherwise and did not send it back to where I got it though I had the option to. But I'd really like to solve this problem. It's not an issue on my other guitars sitting in the same location.
 
I went it and reheated the grounding spots on the pots to get a better flow. I resoldered one wire on the switch which appeared to be loose. It has helped quite a bit. When playing clean it's nice a quiet. As I add gain it comes back a little on the PU adjusting screws but not at the bridge now. Livible with a slight noise gate at the front of the chain. So check those spots.
 
I went it and reheated the grounding spots on the pots to get a better flow. I resoldered one wire on the switch which appeared to be loose. It has helped quite a bit. When playing clean it's nice a quiet. As I add gain it comes back a little on the PU adjusting screws but not at the bridge now. Livible with a slight noise gate at the front of the chain. So check those spots.
Right on. Thanks. I'll be resoldering my grounds as soon as I get home from vacation.
 
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