My self made Tele buzzes too much with a hint of gain. I realise that I can't completely get rid of it but I'm sure I can improve things.
It has no scratchplate, front pickup is mounted onto the body. It has a Bigsby B5. I ran an earth wire to underneath the Bigsby when I made it. Sometimes when I touch the B5 arm it buzzes a bit more, touch it again it buzzes a bit less. If the very soft skin under my forearm touches the strings I get an unpleasant electrical tingling. I just checked and I didn't do anything shielding-wise with the controls cavity.
So .... best plan of action?
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You also have a bad ground contact to the Bigsby if touching it doesn’t always mute the noise.
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I just transferred an (almost) entire Fender pickups and controls assembly into a mid-price Stratocaster, leaving the cables and soldering in factory condition. Come testing time, the whole thing hums and buzzes because Fender cannot be arsed to twist the conductors together. The runs between pickups and controls are not long enough to correct this.
But just turning this
into this
cut the noise by about half.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein