I am not sure if it matters what guitar or amp you are accustomed to
but tonight I just discovered an annoying sound when I pluck the strings.

BOING, BOING, BOING (not Boeing)
Almost like a banjo

When I pluck the strings on my '10 AM STND Strat (SSS) and '06 Gibson Les Paul '56 Goldtop VOS with a pair of P90s I am hearing a simultaneous BOING sound.
At first I thought it was my Strat, then I thought it was my '09 BDRI, then I tested my goldtop it also makes that noise, then I plugged the guitars directly into my mixer and the annoying "BOING" tone is still present so it seems I've ruled out both guitars and the amp.
In trying to identify the sound I am hearing I thought at first it might sound like a flanger effect, which I don't have, then checking the web for guitar effects, a phase shifter was the closest in similitude. The only effect I have is a Boss reverb and the amp's spring reverb, no phase shifter to speak of.

So........

Is this normal? Is it associated with the strings? They are the light gauge sets as string bending is a snap.

I've never heard this before until I plugged my headphones into my mixer and brought the vol up a good deal.

Ironically, my classical doesn't make this noise.
Also, it seems more prevalent when the tone is treble heavy and less dominant on heavier EADG strings.

Any suggestions?
maybe "Tah-wang" is a better choice of word to describe than "boing".

its not the attack of your pick maybe?

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A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~Leopold Stokowski~

You know I just got off the phone with someone whom I was sharing that same thought.
I am heavy with light pick. my theory is that I am too heavy on the pick.
This heavy picking causes the string to bend as the pick drags across the string.
this miled bending results in a higher freq just as or immediately after I nap.

Golly, was I ever tired.
I meant to say yes, it does have to do with attack. As the pick attacks the string, it mildly bends under the pressure of the pick which momentarily raises the note's pitch. when the pick releases the string, it bends back to it's static tension thus the pitch-shifting twangy boingy sound.
I guess I need to work on my heavy picking and lighten it up a bit.
Thanks for the second opinion suggestion.