Pumpkinhead

Fair comment. I was just offering an alternative idea of what might be wrong but I agree that it makes sense to start with the basics. For the bridge wire problem, on my LP I (very carefully) pushed the wire down with a small screwdriver, putting a small kink in the wire in-between the saddle adjustment screws and that fixed it. Another solution I've read of is to use a dab of clear nail polish to temporarily fix the wire into place. On my Casino, I was getting sick of buzzing so I had a Gotoh wireless ABR installed.

+1 Mine had a terrible buzzing that would stop if I pressed my finger on the pickup cover. During some recent mods, my tech said that the solder joint holding the cover to the pickup body was loose and this was causing the problem. I don't like the look of those polepiece screws below the cover and it would support the theory that the it is not properly fixed on. As someone was calling for pictures, here's mine after the mods. I've had "witches hat" knobs and a black pickguard made for more of an ES330 look: