Hi all!
I just picked up a great Gibson CS ES-339 at my local Sam Ash. Plays and sounds great. While I was there, they put new strings on it, adjusted the truss rod, cleaned it, oiled the fret board, and adjusted the pickup hight. Basically gave it a quick set up.
Everything is good...and here's the but...lol
I'll try to explain this the best I can...
On the low E string, if you press down on the 18th fret from the string being open, it makes a clanking noise. The other frets don't do this at all. If you fret the 18th fret and play it with a pick the note rings out fine. It's only when you hammer on from the low E being open.
Truthfully, I'll probably never play that far up on the low E, but I am curious about what might be causing this.
I can try to post a video if that help.
Thanks in advance for the help