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Offline 2Timer

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@ Guitarists with heart conditions
« on: May 26, 2010, 03:26:34 PM »
Does anybody know if there's any danger playing an electric guitar if you have an ICD? It's a defibrillator that's attached to your heart, and my friend just had one put in. He's worried about the magnetic pickups interfering with it as well as the magnets in the amp speakers. Does anyone know about this?
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Re: @ Guitarists with heart conditions
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2010, 03:31:30 PM »
That would be something he should ask his doctor about, but I don't think it would be an issue. The pickups don't really generate any considerable field (as long as they're passive pickups idk about active ones), and unless he puts his chest right up to the amp magnet it's not strong enough to do anything.

But yeah, ask a doctor or a respectable medical health board.
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Re: @ Guitarists with heart conditions
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2010, 10:07:25 AM »
Yeah, consult a doctor, and the ICD manual. But, I would be very surprised if the amp's magnetic output would do anything. The pickups certainly won't; they often can't even compete with the magnetic field of a monitor.

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Re: @ Guitarists with heart conditions
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2010, 01:56:34 PM »
That's what I thought too, but my friend is very cautious in everything he does. He did ask his doctor, but his doctor doesn't know anything about musical equipment from what he said, so he just wasn't sure. Thanks, guys.
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Re: @ Guitarists with heart conditions
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2010, 05:30:02 PM »
Anyone own a hall probe so we could give the actual magnetic field of a guitar with high output pickups being played hard?
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Re: @ Guitarists with heart conditions
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2010, 02:41:40 AM »
The pickups would be the only thing that would concern me. The magnets in the pickup(s) probably aren't very strong, but it's definitely not something I would be willing to experiment to find out.

I wouldn't stick the guitar against your chest pickups facing towards you, but in regular playing position, the pickups are separated from you by a relatively thick piece of wood.
« Last Edit: May 28, 2010, 02:48:11 AM by Mave »
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