Jason Rodgers wrote:Put a hair tie around the neck at the nut, or tie a sock on there, and then play. If the sound goes away, you've found it.
If it is that length vibrating behind the fretted pitch, do you only notice it when you bring fingers down with some force (hammer-on), or just any finger pressure? Is it any particular pitch or octave that has this effect? I wonder if the neck as a unit is vibrating sympathetically at some frequencies and putting motion to that afterlength. Another thing to try is to attach a clamp - like a spring clamp - to the headstock and see if that stops it.
Brian Evans wrote:Are the frets a normal guitar size and height?
When you fret "in the middle of the fret" do you mean in the middle of the space between the frets,
yesand are you pressing the string all the way down to the finger board?
noHave you tried different make and tension of strings?
yesIs it the same with all right hand technique - thumb, rest stroke, normal stroke, using a pick?
Alan Carruth wrote: This is a puzzler for sure. I wish I had it on the bench....
Bryan Bear wrote:How is the break-angle of the saddle? Could the string be moving side to side there?
Alan Carruth wrote:Try adding some mass at the bridge. Poster adhesive is a good way to do that. You can find the smallest amount that will work, and the best place to put it pretty easily. It will, of course, impact the treble response, but with luck you can minimize that.
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