Variax standard, strange higher pitch noises

[JaPPa]

Hi everyone!

I just received my Line 6 Variax Standard today and when I was trying it out with the magnetic pickups I heard a resonating/high chime sound, especially when playing the D chord. I've tried to lower the magnetic pickups but it is still there, so it's not string pull I guess. When enabling the modeling the same can be heard but it's much harder to detect but it is still there. Is this normal is the guitar bad, or the setup?

[admin]

If its a High gain Guitar amp , yes Variax will exhibit higher noise anomalies

[JaPPa]

It's not on high gain at all, it is on a clean setting on a VOX AC4. It can be heard when using the magnetic pickups and when using the modeling (less pronounced) and even when playing the guitar unplugged. 

I've included a recording of the sound. The recording is from a VOX AC4 straight into Garageband on a iPhone. No effects are active on the amp/pedals/recording. You can hear it if you focus on the higher end sounds that don't belong to the chord (D and E chord), it's almost like a spring reverb or a ringing tube.