Dead String?

[Unforgiven]

Has anyone bought a new guitar and one string sounds dead or slightly muted when plucked compared to the other strings? Just wondering because I have a new guitar and sounds great other than the D string doesn't ring like the other 5. So i was wondering if it was just a dead string? or if for some reason the ball of the string is maybe not caught under the pin like normal?

[drunkinminer]

change the string and tune it up and see.

[slimey]

I think it usually means the core has snapped on the offending string, most times a quick change will take care of the problem.

[L20A]

It can be several things.
Change out the strings and see if that fixes the problem. If that doesn't fix it, take the guitar to a Tech.