Guitar is an '88, made in America, Fender HSS "Strat" with Kahler Spyder trem.
Interesting new thing here for me with this guitar, the fretted notes on strings 1-3 at frets 12 and above started to have a wobble sound almost similar to a Leslie effect. I changed out the strings and it did not improve, may even be worse since I went from 10s to 9s. I don't find anything that shifted or has been damaged.
Tomorrow, I am going to adjust the neck relief if it is needed and do a complete setup. I don't have any fret rub above the fretted notes and believe the frets are level. I checked for any hardware resonance with the springs, trem, etc and did not find any issues.
Just curious to see if anyone else here has had a similar issue and what the fix may be or what to look for. Again, I am going to go through and do a setup on it in detail tomorrow.
Thanks
Update
Issue has been corrected. Today, I did the following adjustments to the guitar and the wobble is gone.
-Adjusted neck; it had almost zero relief so I loosened truss rod approx 1/4 turn.
-Raised string height on 1-3 by approx 1/64"
-Set intonation (only A and low E were off, fretted note at 12th was sharp)
-Checked all hardware for snug and proper fit.
Tuned it, locked nut, retuned it and no more issues. I suspect it is now as close to perfect as it has even been or will be.
Thanks again for all the input. Seems like a little of everything you all advised me was what it needed. Very subtle changes but they made a big difference to my ears.
Interesting new thing here for me with this guitar, the fretted notes on strings 1-3 at frets 12 and above started to have a wobble sound almost similar to a Leslie effect. I changed out the strings and it did not improve, may even be worse since I went from 10s to 9s. I don't find anything that shifted or has been damaged.
Tomorrow, I am going to adjust the neck relief if it is needed and do a complete setup. I don't have any fret rub above the fretted notes and believe the frets are level. I checked for any hardware resonance with the springs, trem, etc and did not find any issues.
Just curious to see if anyone else here has had a similar issue and what the fix may be or what to look for. Again, I am going to go through and do a setup on it in detail tomorrow.
Thanks
Update
Issue has been corrected. Today, I did the following adjustments to the guitar and the wobble is gone.
-Adjusted neck; it had almost zero relief so I loosened truss rod approx 1/4 turn.
-Raised string height on 1-3 by approx 1/64"
-Set intonation (only A and low E were off, fretted note at 12th was sharp)
-Checked all hardware for snug and proper fit.
Tuned it, locked nut, retuned it and no more issues. I suspect it is now as close to perfect as it has even been or will be.
Thanks again for all the input. Seems like a little of everything you all advised me was what it needed. Very subtle changes but they made a big difference to my ears.
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