Jaguar sounds overdriven even on clean channel?

[gottabefunky]

I just got a Fender Jaguar Blacktop. When I run it through my Blackstar HT Club 40, it sounds a little distorted on the clean channel, like there's some overdrive going on somewhere. (There's no gain control on that channel, just volume and tone.) I happens when I have my pedalboard plugged into the pedal loop and when the guitar is plugged straight into the amp.

This doesn't happen with my Strat, so I don't think it's the amp. The Jaguar is my first humbucker guitar - is this something that humbuckers just do? It sounds great distorted, but I'd like to be able to get it clean too.

 

[rsm]

where's the guitar volume set? Could be pushing the input; would be hotter than single coils. Try dialing the guitar volume back. Do you have another amp, modeler or audio interface you can try?

 

[mc5nrg]

Generally speaking, humbuckers hit the preamp harder than single coils. Along with the above suggestions, if your amp has a padded second input on the clean channel, try that.