Re: Guitar Noise?
Yes it's a grounding problem, but if the buzz goes away when you touch the bridge\strings, it's already grounded to that point; in fact, the strings and bridge are the only thing that IS providing a ground (through you). So, there's no need to pull your bridge off and drill. You can do it if you want, but it won't help.
Open the control cavity (where all the knobs are), and check for ground issues there. The back of each pot should be connected electrically, most commonly with a "ground bus" wire attached to the back of each pot, and then attached to the negative/ground connector on the output jack. Also, check the wiring to the pickup selector switch. There will be a "hot" from each pickup\volume pot, a common "hot" that goes to the jack, and a braided wire that is a shield. That shield should be grounded inside the control cavity as well.
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