I've been told by the bass player and the other guitar player in my band that the original pickups in my FP have gone microphonic and need to be replaced. The FP is a 98' and I've seen many FP's on **** from 88' and 89' with the original pickups that still work. So how could mine be no good? I do have to say I beat the bag out of my guitar and there is beer, sweat and cigarette ashes all over the guitar and the little round magnets have some surface rust that I clean off as best as I can. I notice a little squeal here and there, but the guitar still sounds great. Does anyone know a sure way to tell if your pickups really are no good? Is this squeal I'm getting for other reasons or a sign of a bad pickup?
