About turning Acoustic Guitar sound into a Electric Guitar Sound...

I  have an Acoustic Guitar & a pick up its like a clamp which we can attach at the place where we tune the guitar. Actually i want a distorted sound using my new acoustic guitar on Garageband.  So i connected the guitar to my macbook through pick up (guitar amp). It sounds nice not that bad. but even if i'm not playing it is giving loud disturbance like kkkkkhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! And also it records that disturbance.... Like distorted but in very bad way...It doesnt give bass also...
Even if i remove the guitar amp it is same... It is not like if i pluck a string and it is giving me a perfect clear distorted electric sound... Is it a problem of my Macbook Hardware or Audio driver...????
Pls help Should i continue with Garageband or shall i use Logic Pro ??? Is it good with Audio Output??? Pls help 

Sounds like the problem is happening before the mac. Who makes the acoustic pickup and what model is it. Also how are you connect to the mac adapter or interface?

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