2002 LP Classic with ground issue

[Bozer]

None of the electronic solders look to be loose or broke, but as soon as you take your hand off the neck and strings, the buzz starts. Touch anything metal, it goes away. Upgrades in the past year are as follows: SD SH6's neck and bridge, RS guitarworks pots and caps. I have had this guitar opened up so many times I want to scream, but that aside everything is set up properly per instructions, and the solders look good. Any suggestions?!

 

[94Tremoverb]

That's normal for a guitar, there's nothing wrong with it. If you touch the strings or metal parts and the noise *doesn't* go away, that's when you have a ground issue. (Missing bridge/tailpiece ground.)

You may have a bad ground on your amp (supply side, not input side or it would hum loudly, not buzz) or whatever the amp is plugged into (extension cord, wall circuit etc.). Worth getting a tech or an electrician to check it, it could be a sign of bad wiring in the building in general.

There may even be nothing wrong - *some* buzz is completely normal with a passive electric guitar when you aren't touching the strings, almost no matter how well shielded it is. You just have to get used to keeping one hand on the strings. It's even worse with Fenders and Rickenbackers .

 

[lesterpaul]

may want to check your bridge ground-I bought a used Classic that had no bridge ground whatsoever-my tech said he has seen this more than a few times with Classics!
I dig my Classic plus-really love the abr bridge!

 

[94Tremoverb]

may want to check your bridge ground

The bridge ground is definitely OK if the noise goes away when you touch the strings. I agree about it being missing on some Gibsons, but it won't be on this one.

Nice guitar! I'm not normally a fan of 'chevron' stripes but on the LH body the 'reverse chevron' thing actually looks great.

 

[lesterpaul]

...could be time for that next investment-a decimator!yeah, I dig the top on this one, and it plays like a dream....and because of that, I never even notice the snot greens :lol:

 

[xxFIXXEDxx]

...could be time for that next investment-a decimator!yeah, I dig the top on this one, and it plays like a dream....and because of that, I never even notice the snot greens :lol:

Beautiful guitar, lester! Those inlays, the good thing about those is they can be replaced if she's a keeper. But regardless, she a pretty girl. As far as the grounding issue goes, I'm with you. A noise gate can work wonders. I use an ISP noise decimator with my rig, which has always been high gain no matter what amp choice, and it works awesome. I call it my "shut the f*ck up" pedal.