saturating

Hi there, I recently acquired a Streamer Stage II 5 strings, and I noticed that sound were saturating when I play loud. The saturation disappears if I cut the preamp or if I don't push the volume nob to the max. This is letting me think that the problem comes from the preamp. I opened the bass...

hi every body, i just bought a new first hand fna jazzman 2004 4 strings, and when i play strongly (when i exite the string strongly) the signal staturates even with a low bass level and a low gain in the amp. I suppose it is not normal. Deos anybody had his experience? (i changed the...