LR Baggs M1A Overdriving a bit?

[Nate74]

Originally Posted by RustyAxe

You run a DI to your preamp and DI out the preamp? Why put two DI's and two preamps in the chain? Eliminate the Red-Eye, the M1A is a self-contained preamp.

Guitar->IMP-2->PA

You misread what I was saying I fear. I tried it with the DI. Then removed the DI and tried it with my Red-Eye. Then removed the Red-Eye and tried it directly in via a 1/4" cable. Same issue in all different setups.

[Nate74]

Originally Posted by Marshall

What volume level is the M1A set at? If yo're overdriving the preamp, can you lover teh output? Though that probably just drops the output volume level from the pickup preamp; not the input to the preamp.

Lowering the poles should drop the input level.

Yeah that was suggested earlier and I replied that it made no difference. The LR Baggs guys have it now.

[Nate74]

Just a quick update in case somebody comes across this in the archives. LR Baggs was super responsive and get the pick back to me and said it checked out fine. But unfortunately, it still does the exact same thing. Every combination of guitar, preamp, amplifier, cables, I can try and the exact same thing. I may try to send it back to them again because I really have trouble this is how the pickup is "supposed" to be... very disappointing.