Cracking/popping output electric guitar line in/signal overload

I am using a saffire pro 14 interface and have an electric guitar lined into input 3...why do i get a overloaded signal when i play the guitar as well as clicks and pops/muffled sounds coming out while going through the various amp designs?

Because the volume is too high...
somewhere....
the pops and crackles and dullness
could be
from a too low buffer setting
somewhere
or from how you've set up the channels.
Or you can have broken hardware
anywhere
or you have some earinfection perhaps?
But seriously, do you really think the info you provided is even nearly sufficient for anyone to senisibly troubleshoot it? If you do think that, I can tell you that you're wrong.
I don't even know what you mean by overloaded signal and how you've established that it is overloading and not just being crunched up by the Amp designer?
A screenshot of your mixer (with the correct track selected) would already help. And a description of what you already tried would also help. You did try something, did you?
Also, to what is Logics' I/O buffer set? (Logic Pro>Preferences>Audio>Devices>Core Audio) Set it to one level bigger.

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