it might be there's too much space in the fretslots and that i know is common on some imports that do not glue their frets, gluing fills up the void/space so whatever reverberates on the frets will go down to the neck.
try experimenting with your pickups lowered and if the problem still persist then its the neck, i would suggest to take the guitar to rchino and have it looked at.
i've done this to cheap and 1400$ guitars, it works. ebmm, prs, j-custom,warrior instruments, suhr and anderson do it for a reason.