Received a new Powered Reactor FR today. I'm getting distortion, especially in the low end, with some patches. I figure those need to be tweaked. Although, I'm a bit surprised that the amp can't handle it and distorts. To test further, I put the Axe in bypass mode, input at around 2:00, output about the same. The Reactor volume and tweeter are set at about that also. When I play a chord using the neck pickup, with the volume all the way up on the guitar, with either a Strat or Les Paul (just stock pickups on both, neither have high output pu's), the amp distorts badly. Like there's an overdrive being used. The input clipping light hits the red a bit, but doesn't stay on. That's supposed to be ok. The output clip light is not lit at all. To make sure those are active in bypass mode, I turned the Axe input all the way up, and the output clip lights will come on. Global eq is flat-although I don't think the eq is active in bypass mode.
Is this "normal"? Do you guys experience the same thing? I would think that there should be enough headroom in the amp where this shouldn't be happening.
Thanks
Is this "normal"? Do you guys experience the same thing? I would think that there should be enough headroom in the amp where this shouldn't be happening.
Thanks