Have a 2009 pr-5e/n with an esonic pre-amp (mono, no nanomag)...
Perhaps I'm setting it wrong. Finger-picking, light strumming are lovely. Really lovely... Fully aged wood, clear overtones, sweet.
Hard strumming, even with thumb flesh?
Ugly, ugly distortion. Simply turning down "volume" doesn't really work. I have to turn it down nearly to off... Then amp so high there's serious hiss through a Fender PA.
Any ideas?
No tech nearby.