My Shishkov has an electrical buzz that quiets down when touching the pickups but is pretty prominent with hands off, almost like a Strat under florescent lights (but not quite that bad). I thought it might be the single coil/P90 combo, but I switched the P90 to the neck and put a Gavelin Cowpie Custom humbucker in the bridge and buzz remains regardless if either or both pickups are selected. In the exact same conditions, my Les Paul is absolutely dead quiet.
It has to be a grounding issue, right? All solder joints appear to be solid. I even ran a temporary ground to the bridge (Sustain Block), but the buzz remains.
Could a failing/bad/defective pot be the culprit? A bad 3-way? As I said, all solder joints look spot-on, so I'm at a loss.
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My Shishkov has an electrical buzz that quiets down when touching the pickups but is pretty prominent with hands off, almost like a Strat under florescent lights (but not quite that bad). I thought it might be the single coil/P90 combo, but I switched the P90 to the neck and put a Gavelin Cowpie Custom humbucker in the bridge and buzz remains regardless if either or both pickups are selected. In the exact same conditions, my Les Paul is absolutely dead quiet.
It has to be a grounding issue, right? All solder joints appear to be solid. I even ran a temporary ground to the bridge (Sustain Block), but the buzz remains.
Could a failing/bad/defective pot be the culprit? A bad 3-way? As I said, all solder joints look spot-on, so I'm at a loss.
HELP!
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