Sorry if this has been asked before (and as I age, my memory sometimes fades, so this may have possibly even been asked by me on the olf website etc!)...
Does anyone else have trouble with static causing a crackling or buzzing noise being amplified through the pickups and amp when brushing or touching the scratchplate with the fingers or fingernails when playing? It's almost as annoying as the usual single coil hum which I suppose we put up with...or the bloody amplified metallic microphonic clicking of the plectrum hitting the Tele neck pickup..
I can avoid the unwanted static noise on my Squier Tele, by just removing the scratchplate, although it looks a bit odd, but that's not an option with my Strat copy for obvious reasons!
I suppose it's necessary to just try to adjust your picking syle to avoid making finger or plectrum contact with the scratchplate and pickup?- or there a simple obvious answer to these minor but annoying problems?
By the way, I am not so annoyed by these relatively minor matters to want to stop playing, or rush out and buy different new guitars...
Thanks in anticipation !