ok so, ive got a problem with my guitar.

its a mexican stratocaster

heres the problem : whenever i play the B string on the 7th fret, the note plays for about 3 second and then it just ''fade'' out and ends up as a look-alike harmonic.

it doesnt do it on the other frets or strings, only there

any1 knows what it could be? strings? pickups?

thanks!

Without actually hearing it I can't tell for sure, but I have a few questions that might help me, help you lol

here is the first

Does it do the same thing regardles of whether you are playing on the bridge / middle / neck pickup?

This post was edited by MyExitEmergency on Sep 10 2010 02:23pm

Have you tried changing strings and cleaning the neck?

yes, same thing every pickups position



i changed the strings about 2 weeks ago and the neck is pretty clean

and even with the other strings it did the same thing

This post was edited by icp_1 on Sep 10 2010 02:50pm

If your using an amp, have you tried a different one? I didn't experience a frequency problem any time I have played guitar but experienced something kinda similar to this with a frequency range through a keyboard amp so it could be something to do with that but seeing as its only the 7th fret I don't know... Made all the suggestions I can think of now as drums is my main instrument

yeah thanks for trying, i might just take it to the shop and have it looked

I would say its an intonation issue. Get a setup, you may have a dead spot that just that string is effected by. A good setup / truss rod adjustment will probably fix it.

This is all I could think of. If your neck is bowing it might cause the note to die suddenly but of course I don't really know. And being that it's only happening on one string may make this irrelevant.