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the dreaded Passive Hiss

Guess you'll have to dig up some information on how to fix that. You can definetly eliminate the noise. I've only had the problem in a P/J setup where the J pickup buzzes depending on where I stand, that is a common phenomena due to the number of coils or something. The fix is to replace the J with one that has two coils.
If its that bad, you must have loose wiring or something.