Yes, I regular play my guitar on another amp for my jazz band and it works perfectly fine. And no, I don't have active pickups. And like I said, I used multiple guitars on the amp so it is EXTREMELY unlikely it's a problem with my guitar. Gonna give the amp another day or two to see if I can fix it or I'll return it and get a more reliable amp (the bluetooth disconnecting every 30 seconds when I use the app is obnoxious, which I could put up with if the amp worked).