I had it back to the store ( long and Mcquade). Their tech said static was normal and they all did that.
I've had it set up professionally 3x now.
The last time I paid large cash for a custom builder to give it a look.
He got the action down a tad but it's still * almost* slide guitar height.
Apparently he figures the neck angle is wrong as fret buzz everywhere if he sets the relief lower than about 75-80 thou.
He checked serial # and apparently she was made on a Friday. ( hard 2 believe)
YouTube videos show the static thru amp issue pretty clearly. I will probably swap the rear covers to deal with that.
The strings cutting hard into rear of bridge between the bridge and tailpiece I will " fix" by doing the tail wrap thing with the strings.
Not a huge deal as I was going 2 do that anyway.
Thanks for the reply.