Well first of all, what does thuddish mean? What does tighten up mean, and what does dullness mean?
It's hard to use descriptive terms when regarding tone. I think dullness might make sense to most people. Is dullness a drop in volume? Sometimes you will see that but only one one fret because it's loose. To describe it as getting dull as you go up the neck is hard to understand.
I think I would categorize thuddish with dullness but tightening up is too abstract.
If the bolt on neck was loose I could conceive in my mind that would cause a problem. But that would also be very obvious.
I guess the obvious question is how old are the strings and what gauge are they? Also what type of guitar is it (body size shape)?
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