Noisy Les Paul - Buzzing

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Ok, I'm experience the problem that is absolutely nothing new in the Les Paul world. Basically the Les Paul is noisy, buzzing, static sound, until I touch the bridge, strings, or any other "grounded" part of the guitar. The difficult part is that the noise is only exceptionally noticeable when I'm playing at the church, which has a plethora of lighting, LED's, etc... all around. I can make it work with a gate, but the thing that gripes me is that my PRS, my Strat, and my vintage Gibson 330 are all very very quiet when compared to the Les Paul. Brought it to a local tech to see what he could diagnose, he basically cleaned up some of the wiring, and ran a braided grounded cable from the switch to the output jack (actually the main metal plate in the guitar.

Les Paul is a 2020 standard, and apart from the noise I've been very happy with it. Also has Antiquities In it. my PRS also has antiquities and has no problems.

In summary...Les Paul is very noisy when clean or driven, and is subject to more interference noise than my other guitars. LP also has the normal Gibson "static" sound when touching the back plate of the guitar.

So...Before I disassemble every freaking component of the guitar and rewire everything, is there anything else that I'm missing?

Thanks

 

[nexion218]

the normal Gibson "static" sound

Is that a thing? Wow...

I suspect you have a grounding issue (buzzing until touching the bridge) AND the control cavity is not lined with electric paint/copper sheet ("normal" Gibson static).

 

[beaubrummels]

Depends on what the buzz is. If it's 60hz it's grounding or shielding. If it's some other kind of buzz it could be the servo/fans in the lighting on the same circuit as your guitar/amp, or just your proximity to the lighting that has fans. (Most dimmers these days are digital, so likely not that. I've discovered a lot of stage lights these days have cooling fans in them and they interfere with my Les Paul; which is normally the quietest guitar I own.)

 

[JOLLY]

Where have you been hiding for the past five years or however long it's been?

 

[Aceman]

Assume it is everything.

Check ground wire, shield the cavity, AND get an ISO power supply for all of the Strymon pedals you are using.

 

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Where have you been hiding for the past five years or however long it's been?

believe it or not, just raising a family and making music. I was actually thinking Of you the other day, when talking pickups with someone, told them about a guy who exclusively used low output pickups in Les Paul’s for years

 

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Assume it is everything.

Check ground wire, shield the cavity, AND get an ISO power supply for all of the Strymon pedals you are using.

Thanks for the reply! I’ve isolated everything down to the power supply, cables, and such. The noise persists without the pedalboard and whatnot.

I think I’ll probably just bite the bullet and do a full shielding of the electronics cavity and probably replace all the pots and such too. Out of all the guitars hanging on my wall, this is the only one that hasn’t been completely and entire replaced, and all of those other guitars are silent with no buzzing, popping, crackling, etc…