Hi new member and first post here,

When I'm playing my Strat I get a horrendous buzzing noise through my amp which is amplified to a deafening level if overdrive is used. It's to the point where the buzzing drowns out any noise from the guitar. It gets worse when I touch any metal parts - strings, tuning pegs, bridge - but it kind of dampens down when I touch the jack!?!?

Any suggestions on what may help are appreciated. Thanks.

It sounds like a static issue,
Try a antistatic cloth like a downy sheet rub it all over the
Guitar pickguard , neck and body.
My hr57 strat was doing that, and buzzing.
I copper taped the cavity and used a copper pg shield,
And ran a ground from the pot down to the copper tape.
I also checked for continuity using a multimeter with a
Continuity feature.
That took care of my issue, buzzing gone and static about
90% gone. But from static all the time to alittle and every
Now and then.
I've noticed very few American standards have this issue

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You have ground missing in your guitar.
Try to replace the wire between guitar an amp as howardken52 suggest.

If you have the same problem with new wire, there is a ground deffective inside your guitar.

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll get a new cable today (and some anti-static cloths) and see if theres any difference.

If the problem persists I'll post again later on today. If it is a dodgy ground would I need to replace the actual ground wire or just clean up and re-solder the connections?

Thanks.

+1
Check the the ground that goes to the spring claw first. I have a 12" piece of wire I use for these problems. I can touch one end to a common ground, then one by one, I touch the other end to every metal part that's wired up. When I finally touch a part that makes the static go away, I know I found the bad ground.

Sounds like a bad ground somewhere in in the guitar. Has the ground to the tremolo or to one of the pickups become lose or broken?

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Thanks folks, I'll be home in a couple of hours so will test it then and let you know.

@windwalker9649 - Thanks for that suggestion, I'll definitely be trying that to test the ground.