Clean tone sounds distorted with high output guitar (Les Paul PRS etc)

[rythmoemos]

My amplifi 150 sounds distorted on any clean tone when using a high output guitar such as Les Paul or PRS. No matter what I do the sound is not really clean but instead sounds kind of crunch. I did everything like picking up clean amps with the drive to 0. It really made me go back to my other amps. Terrible problem.

[silverhead]

Don't know that there's much more you can do about that, and not sure it's a 'problem' unique to the AMPLIFi. That's kind of the nature of high gain guitars. That's why players normally use a Tele or Strat when they want really clean tones (e.g. with a Fender amp), and why you see LPs used mostly with Marshall or hi-gain amps. Clean vs. dirty - there's equipment for each. Mixing them gives you a good middle ground, but if you want really clean you typically don't use a Les Paul. And if you want really dirty you typically don't use a Telecaster.

[rythmoemos]

Don't know that there's much more you can do about that, and not sure it's a 'problem' unique to the AMPLIFi. That's kind of the nature of high gain guitars. That's why players normally use a Tele or Strat when they want really clean tones (e.g. with a Fender amp), and why you see LPs used mostly with Marshall or hi-gain amps. Clean vs. dirty - there's equipment for each. Mixing them gives you a good middle ground, but if you want really clean you typically don't use a Les Paul. And if you want really dirty you typically don't use a Telecaster.

[rythmoemos]

Thanks for the reply.The thing is that on my flextone xl that I have this does not happen.I can get excellent really clean sound with any guitar.