Silver Hilton

My new guitar (ESP Horizon) has just revealed itself to be less than perfect. If I strike the high E string more than softly while fretting the eight fret, I get a very harsh sounding note. Every other string/fret is fine. Is this due to an imperfection in my new baby? I noticed this while working on some scale exercises, and it wasn't there two days ago when I last practiced.

Is this something I can fix myself?

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Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster
Epiphone Sheraton II, Seymour Duncan Jazz and '59.
ESP Horizon NT II
Mesa 5:50 Express
Egnator Rebel 30
Hughes and Kettner Tubemeister 18

W4RP1G

Sounds like it could be a high fret. Here's a thread about the same thing: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/foru...d.php?t=1585069

Read through it and try the rocker method I recommended to check for a high fret.

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Silver Hilton

Checked the fret using a credit card as a straight edge, and it doesn't rock. Checked several other spots, and they all feel the same.

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Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster
Epiphone Sheraton II, Seymour Duncan Jazz and '59.
ESP Horizon NT II
Mesa 5:50 Express
Egnator Rebel 30
Hughes and Kettner Tubemeister 18

W4RP1G

Hmmmm...could be a sympathetic rattle from somewhere. Check the tuners to see if any of the nuts and washers are loose. Also check the bridge and and electronics/knobs. If you can produce the noise and touch something to see if it stops, do that on everything.

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Silver Hilton

I don't think it's a rattle. I checked everything. Also, the string is harsh when the guitar is unplugged, too.

I'm gonna take it to the tech at the store where I got it, I guess.

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Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster
Epiphone Sheraton II, Seymour Duncan Jazz and '59.
ESP Horizon NT II
Mesa 5:50 Express
Egnator Rebel 30
Hughes and Kettner Tubemeister 18

AlbysTheBoss

Is your bridge well-aligned? If it's a Floyd Rose trem bridge, the bridge may be leaning too far forward or back. I'd also check the truss rod.
Speaking of which, I gotta do that myself. I've been having the same issue for a while for this reason and I've just been too lazy to fix it lol.