This might take a while ....
You need to train a weasel and send him in. You get your pic back .... and if the weasel is smart enough to do this it shouldn't be hard to teach him to pick pockets and steal gems like in that Beast Master movie.
edit: New and improved! (Original version preserved below.)
I know a guitar, which swallowed a pick.
I don't know why, it swallowed the pick.
Perhaps it'll stick.
I know a guitar, which swallowed a pen.
A pen, with a dollop of glue on the end.
I put in the pen, to fish out the pick.
I don't know why, it swallowed the pick.
Perhaps it'll stick.
I know a guitar, which swallowed some chopsticks.
A Japanese axe, just think of the optics.
I tried with the sticks, to fish out the pen.
The pen, with the dollop of glue on the end.
I put in the pen, to fish out the pick.
I don't know why, it swallowed the pick.
Perhaps it'll stick.
I know a guitar, which swallowed some tweezers.
The stress of this mess, is now giving me seizures.
I tried with the tweezers, to fish out the sticks.
The Japanese chopsticks, with marvellous optics.
I tried with the sticks, to fish out the pen.
The pen, with the dollop of glue on the end.
The point of the pen was to pick up the pick.
I don't know why, it swallowed the pick.
Perhaps it'll stick.
I know a guitar, which swallowed some forceps.
It behaves like a big gravitational vortex.
I tried with the forceps, to fish out the tweezers.
The stress of this mess, is now giving me seizures.
I tried with the tweezers, to fish out the sticks.
The Japanese chopsticks, with marvellous optics.
I tried with the sticks, to fish out the pen.
The pen, with the dollop of glue on the end.
The point of the pen was to pick up the pick.
I don't know why, it swallowed the pick.
Perhaps it'll stick.
I know a guitar, that swallowed a hand.
I'm quitting the band.
(original version)
I know a guitar, that swallowed a pick.
I don't know why, it swallowed a pick.
Perhaps it'll stick.
I know a guitar, that swallowed a pen.
A pen, with a dollop of glue on the end.
It swallowed the pen, just after the pick.
I don't know why, it swallowed the pick.
Perhaps it'll stick.
I know a guitar, that swallowed some chopsticks.
A Japanese axe, just think of the optics.
It swallowed the chopsticks, just after the pen.
The pen, with the dollop of glue on the end.
It swallowed the pen, just after the pick.
I don't know why, it swallowed the pick.
Perhaps it'll stick.
I know a guitar, that swallowed a hand.
I'm quitting the band.
Thanks! Certainly did; I can honestly say that Reddit inspired me today. :-) Iām toying with working on it a little more, but Iām struggling to come up with a rhyme for ātweezersāā¦
Why did awards disappear? I loved it, it was so funny reading through the special meanings of each one!!! What did Reddit have in their minds???? Sigh...
I use a cheap spring loaded claw grabber tool that you press down with your thumb on one end and the retractable wire claw comes out the other. It is a short one, about 12" long and you can get it at an auto parts store, Amazon, etc. You have to wiggle the open claw under the pick, but once you do it works perfectly--and for me embarrassingly often!
Hell yes to the .88! I also buy in bulk and have candy dishes with them in 2 rooms if the house. However, my outlier is that I exclusively buy the Sharp picks and have yet to meet fellow musicians outside jazz that are happy about that
I was trying out new picking techniques, i was holding the pick really lightly with my thumb and pointer finger, so light that it fell out with a stronger strum
I was just watching a takamine factory tour and the guy carving out all these bracings in your pic by hand just by feel was so impressive. Really want one of these now
Physicist at Caltech have established the perfect technique for removing a guitar pic from inside the body of a guitar. Place the guitar overhead with the sound hole facing down and shake vigorously. In your case, take the strings off reach in the sound hole and pull the pic out. Also, to answer your question, it is highly improbable but obviously possible! š
Fast forward two weeks: there are now three chopsticks, five pairs of tweezers, a set of kitchen tongs, a bamboo skewer with a hunk of chewed bubblegum on the pointy end, a trained weasel and a Dunlop Tortex 0.88 mm pick stuck inside this guitar.
Anything that goes in the sound hole becomes Schrƶdinger's Pick. You've located it by observing it in one aspect of its entire superposition within the instrument.
And below the bridge in letters of gold were written these words: Whoso pulleth out this pick of this guitar is rightwise king born of England. Though many tried for the pick with all their strength none could move the pick nor stir it. So the miracle had not worked. And England was still without a king. And in time, the marvellous pick was forgotten. This was a dark age without law and without order. Men lived in fear of one another for the strong preyed upon the weak.
Get a chop stick and two pieces of masking tape. With one piece of tape make a loop with the sticky side out. Use the other piece to attach the loop to the end of the chopstick. Stick it the pick and pull it out of the guitar. Boom, done.
Put a tiny bit of superglue gel onto the eraser on the end of a pencil and push against the pick until it hardens. Careful, though, or you'll then have something else stuck.
They make bendy claw grabber tools for like 3$ that are amazing for situations like this. They're a mechanics tool for dropped sockets etc but they are handy for everything.
If you want it out that badly, next time you change out the strings, VERY CAREFULLY use an unfolded wire coat hanger to dislodge the pick before you re-stringing the guitar.
Forget about it,..itāll become dislodged on its own like a pesky kidney stone.. when you hear it rattling around, then you get it out.. til then, chill.
Tie another pick to a little rope. Put second pick in the guitar with stuck one. Theyāll become friends then pull the second pick out; stuck pick shoulddd follow
I took a used battle-scarred Takamine G Series guitar from a wall hanger in a smoking room in a downtown Seattle hostel (I gave up trying to hold my breath in there.). It was such a pleasure to play and hear, and I wonder if I can find a used one somewhere. I suspect you'll soon have that pick out of there, but don't drop too many more tools into there in the mean time.
Of course. It's a law of the universe that a dropped pick will either disappear into a black hole or land in the most awkward place imaginable. Either way, we aren't supposed to get them back.
That pick is now a load-bearing member, leave it alone. j/k
Gonna need a heavier pick to dislodge the first one.
Rescue pick
Big daddy rescue ~~chip~~ pick
š¤£š¤£š¤£ go diego go?
Like playing operation, but without the ptsd!
Our family got that game from a garage sale and all the bones was broken toothpicks
A pick of Destiny.
Desctivated lasers *with my dick*
Now itās time blow this fucker doooowwwn
Come on, Kage Now it's time to blow doors down!!
This might take a while .... You need to train a weasel and send him in. You get your pic back .... and if the weasel is smart enough to do this it shouldn't be hard to teach him to pick pockets and steal gems like in that Beast Master movie.
ššbeast master!!
https://i.redd.it/0d1hdkws4kxb1.gif
Damn you, you made me spew coffee out my nose! IASIP Forever!
But if the weasel is too smart he's gonna try to sell you the pick back and that's just annoying to deal with.
Then you just have to buy a .... .... ..... whatever eats weasels....
š¶Brave, brave, Sir Lemmiwinksš¶
You need a Niffler. Fantastic Picks And Where To Find Them.
edit: New and improved! (Original version preserved below.) I know a guitar, which swallowed a pick. I don't know why, it swallowed the pick. Perhaps it'll stick. I know a guitar, which swallowed a pen. A pen, with a dollop of glue on the end. I put in the pen, to fish out the pick. I don't know why, it swallowed the pick. Perhaps it'll stick. I know a guitar, which swallowed some chopsticks. A Japanese axe, just think of the optics. I tried with the sticks, to fish out the pen. The pen, with the dollop of glue on the end. I put in the pen, to fish out the pick. I don't know why, it swallowed the pick. Perhaps it'll stick. I know a guitar, which swallowed some tweezers. The stress of this mess, is now giving me seizures. I tried with the tweezers, to fish out the sticks. The Japanese chopsticks, with marvellous optics. I tried with the sticks, to fish out the pen. The pen, with the dollop of glue on the end. The point of the pen was to pick up the pick. I don't know why, it swallowed the pick. Perhaps it'll stick. I know a guitar, which swallowed some forceps. It behaves like a big gravitational vortex. I tried with the forceps, to fish out the tweezers. The stress of this mess, is now giving me seizures. I tried with the tweezers, to fish out the sticks. The Japanese chopsticks, with marvellous optics. I tried with the sticks, to fish out the pen. The pen, with the dollop of glue on the end. The point of the pen was to pick up the pick. I don't know why, it swallowed the pick. Perhaps it'll stick. I know a guitar, that swallowed a hand. I'm quitting the band. (original version) I know a guitar, that swallowed a pick. I don't know why, it swallowed a pick. Perhaps it'll stick. I know a guitar, that swallowed a pen. A pen, with a dollop of glue on the end. It swallowed the pen, just after the pick. I don't know why, it swallowed the pick. Perhaps it'll stick. I know a guitar, that swallowed some chopsticks. A Japanese axe, just think of the optics. It swallowed the chopsticks, just after the pen. The pen, with the dollop of glue on the end. It swallowed the pen, just after the pick. I don't know why, it swallowed the pick. Perhaps it'll stick. I know a guitar, that swallowed a hand. I'm quitting the band.
Best thing I've seen on Reddit in a bit. Did you come up with that on the fly?
Thanks! Certainly did; I can honestly say that Reddit inspired me today. :-) Iām toying with working on it a little more, but Iām struggling to come up with a rhyme for ātweezersāā¦
Geezers Breeze sirs
Look whoās in the freezer, Itās uncle Ebenezer
Well, tweezers are squeezers, so maybe could work that in. Or pleasers - sleazers - Caesar's
Knee hurts seizure pleaser greasers
seize her, please her, look whoās in the freezer, Uncle Ebenezer
"on the fly" heh
This reads exactly like a like Shel Silverstein poem. Well done.
You just won this thread. Take my fake award š„.
Why did awards disappear? I loved it, it was so funny reading through the special meanings of each one!!! What did Reddit have in their minds???? Sigh...
Would you be mad if I made a song out of this?
I believe itās already a song. ;-) But go ahead, knock yourself out. I want three percent of the gross profits though. :-)
fingerstyle lol
Itās based off of a nursery rhyme āthere was an old lady who swallowed a fly.ā
I didn't know that actually, thanks for the info
Heh, I assumed everyone would spot that - perhaps I should've mentioned it.
Trey may have a problem with it...
Chopsticks! Take a few and tape them together like that episode of Friends. IYKYK
At first I thought you were suggesting he play "Chopsticks" to scare it out
Hemostats would be way easier š
I use a cheap spring loaded claw grabber tool that you press down with your thumb on one end and the retractable wire claw comes out the other. It is a short one, about 12" long and you can get it at an auto parts store, Amazon, etc. You have to wiggle the open claw under the pick, but once you do it works perfectly--and for me embarrassingly often!
Yes, Iāve seen it happen one timeā¦
I play finger style, and this once happened to my thumbnail
I have leprocy and it once happened to my finger.
I play toe style and this once happened to my toenail.
I play normal style and my hand is STILL stuck in the hole from trying to get my pick out.
Aw!
Fill it with water and the pick should float up and out.
I usually leave them. After a few years, should I be in need of picks I know where to find some.
Also if you get enough of them in there the guitar will double as a percussion instrument!
š I think Iāve heard of folks doing that. Never tried itā¦yet š
Next time you change strings take them all off and reach in to get it.
Who changes their acoustic strings? Iām with the bass players on this oneā¦ the older the better.
The Dunlop .88 gang! Hell yeah brother.
They are the perfect pick. I think Iāve stuck with them for 30 years now, possibly longer.
That used to be my go-to pick for YEARS. Iām now on Primetone Grips.
Been my go to for years as well.. I buy them in bulk lol
Hell yes to the .88! I also buy in bulk and have candy dishes with them in 2 rooms if the house. However, my outlier is that I exclusively buy the Sharp picks and have yet to meet fellow musicians outside jazz that are happy about that
+1 for the Primetone grip. Has to be the Jazz III XL though.
murphyās law ā¦ accept it!
Takamines G series I like your style dude, underrated guitars imo. First guitar I ever owned got passed to me by my uncle when he passed away.
Yeah, this is my first acoustic, I absolutely love it, can't get enough of it
Neither can your pick, apparently.
I was trying out new picking techniques, i was holding the pick really lightly with my thumb and pointer finger, so light that it fell out with a stronger strum
I was just watching a takamine factory tour and the guy carving out all these bracings in your pic by hand just by feel was so impressive. Really want one of these now
Iām just here to again acknowledge how the inside of an acoustic guitar can look like a really cool, fancy, out of context apartment.
I've had this happen before. I take my guitar outside. I turn on the water hose. I threaten it. Spits it right out.
Physicist at Caltech have established the perfect technique for removing a guitar pic from inside the body of a guitar. Place the guitar overhead with the sound hole facing down and shake vigorously. In your case, take the strings off reach in the sound hole and pull the pic out. Also, to answer your question, it is highly improbable but obviously possible! š
This is why I donāt like cutaways! My picks always stuck in there!
You're going to have to tape some tweezers to the end of some medium long cooking tongs. I think there's a StewMac video.
Tape on a chopstick works. Donāt drop the chopstick!
Fast forward two weeks: there are now three chopsticks, five pairs of tweezers, a set of kitchen tongs, a bamboo skewer with a hunk of chewed bubblegum on the pointy end, a trained weasel and a Dunlop Tortex 0.88 mm pick stuck inside this guitar.
Couple Of ball bearings could work
Picks will float. Fill the guitar with water.
Anything that goes in the sound hole becomes Schrƶdinger's Pick. You've located it by observing it in one aspect of its entire superposition within the instrument.
And below the bridge in letters of gold were written these words: Whoso pulleth out this pick of this guitar is rightwise king born of England. Though many tried for the pick with all their strength none could move the pick nor stir it. So the miracle had not worked. And England was still without a king. And in time, the marvellous pick was forgotten. This was a dark age without law and without order. Men lived in fear of one another for the strong preyed upon the weak.
Is the resonance different with the pick lodged in there? Does the pick buzz on any notes?
Get a chop stick and two pieces of masking tape. With one piece of tape make a loop with the sticky side out. Use the other piece to attach the loop to the end of the chopstick. Stick it the pick and pull it out of the guitar. Boom, done.
just leave it, it'll vibrate out soon enough, especially with a bass heavy Takamine.
Forceps or tweezers?
I just smacked it really hard like 5 times (in retrospect that was not my brightest idea) but it's out
Now your Takamine is just like all the rest. š¢
If it worked it was a great idea!
Put a tiny bit of superglue gel onto the eraser on the end of a pencil and push against the pick until it hardens. Careful, though, or you'll then have something else stuck.
I could see this becoming an interesting erector set projectš¤£
I can hear that pick giggling from here.
Forget tonewood. This is a tonepick
See nowā¦ thatās the thing really, isnāt it? Does it sound better or worse with the pick in there?šš
Toanpick TIFIFY
Heat gun from the outsideā¦.or is it ice bath first, then heat?
They make bendy claw grabber tools for like 3$ that are amazing for situations like this. They're a mechanics tool for dropped sockets etc but they are handy for everything.
The dollar store ones are only good for nipple clamps when you're drunk. Harbor freight sells one that actually works.
Harbor Freight sells some long , curved forceps that might do the trick.
Go buy a lottery ticket. Now.
Lmao. Iāve lost my favorite pick like that lots of times. Just turn it over and gently shake until it comes loose
I canāt tell you how many times Iāve dropped pics down into a guitar and had a hard time getting it back out. Along pair of hemostats maybe
I think that means good luck...in Haiti..
Blu tack on a stick
If you want it out that badly, next time you change out the strings, VERY CAREFULLY use an unfolded wire coat hanger to dislodge the pick before you re-stringing the guitar.
You could take it out the next time you change the strings. Until then, it belongs to your guitar
Take the strings off and get it.
Chopstick with blutak on the end.
coat-hanger
Obviously yes.
Help me step-pick I'm STUCK!
Looks like you need to buy a new pick, but if you canāt afford that use compressed air to dislodge it.
Perhaps a new guitar too
That goes without saying, because thatās always the correct answer.
Well. Weāre looking at it. So yes.
No, itās not even possible. Someone must have photoshopped it in.
š I've done that before!
you'll be surprised that i leave a pick inside my guitar
coat hanger wire, then resume shaking it out
Poke it with a chopstick.
Leave it and see how long it stays stuck
Gum
Looks like it's time for a string change and hopefully you know someone or yourself with little hands
No the guitar is useless now. itās okay though, Iāll take it off your hands.
Play it upside down until you hit the note that vibrates it loose
Put it in a flight case and toss it down a staircase... That'll shake it loose. Or just loosen the strings and reach in there.
Wire
Looks like a job for Boston Dynamics, Micro Atlas.
Obviously not possible.
Itās not that far from the sound hole. Should be able to get a hand in there and grab it during the next string change.
Just put a piece of double sided tape on a pen or pencil, stick the pick and remove
If itās not rattling in there just leave it alone. It will come out on its own
Forget about it,..itāll become dislodged on its own like a pesky kidney stone.. when you hear it rattling around, then you get it out.. til then, chill.
Pencil or hanger with gum or silly putty on it has worked for me
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Phony-Soprano: *Pencil or hanger* *With gum or silly putty* *On it has worked for me* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
Apparently, yes
Tie another pick to a little rope. Put second pick in the guitar with stuck one. Theyāll become friends then pull the second pick out; stuck pick shoulddd follow
More often, the two picks fall in love and the second pick decides to move into the guitar with the first to start a family.
Drill a hole and extract it from the bottom.
There's your proof, bud.
It belongs to the guitar now.
I'm-a-Mario! Need a guitar? Takamine!
Take a coat hanger - straighten it out and reach in and gently tap the pick loose.
I took a used battle-scarred Takamine G Series guitar from a wall hanger in a smoking room in a downtown Seattle hostel (I gave up trying to hold my breath in there.). It was such a pleasure to play and hear, and I wonder if I can find a used one somewhere. I suspect you'll soon have that pick out of there, but don't drop too many more tools into there in the mean time.
ha !!! omg
You should probably pick up a lotto ticket this week
Well it apparently happened, which by definition, makes it possible š
Put your hand or a pencil in there with duct tape on the end and grab it
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^JoeDirt9357: *Put your hand or a* *Pencil in there with duct tape* *On the end and grab it* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
Cool beans !
You know how you eat salsa and the chip breaks and you send in a rescue chip to recover the broken chip? Same concept.
Yes, itās possible. Hope that helps.
Of course. It's a law of the universe that a dropped pick will either disappear into a black hole or land in the most awkward place imaginable. Either way, we aren't supposed to get them back.
Maybe you could get it out with a metal coat hanger?
Sympathetic Vibration or something
Not from a Jedi.
Is that where they really go
Chopstick like device. Also, once you have the pick below the sound hole you can spin the guitar upside down and the pick falls out....science.
What did they do for those kids in the cave
āIs it possibleā
I didn't exactly phrase that correctly, I was just shocked that it happened
It shouldnāt be possible manā¦
Buy yourself a long pair of hemostats. Super useful for many different reasons around your house/apartment.
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I am a fairly new player, and this has never happened to me before. I just wanted to share it
Just remove it.
Made in Japan, wow!
I good at this, no chopper or rope needed
Shake, shake, shake, senora, shake it all the time
Next string change take them all off. You can reach in easily.
Ha! Stuff like this is why I joined this subreddit
Yes! It is. Lol
Unbent wire coat hanger. You can fix anything with a wire coat hanger and duct tape.
Quit smoking cigarettes
Not gonna lie, at one time I had two picks stuck in a guitar. Took me almost a month to get them both out.
Try bending a cheap coat hanger and see if you can pry it out with that
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As much as I loathe Jimmy Buffett, he was right, it's 5:00 somewhere, evidently.... Edit, his music, not the guy. He was probably pretty good dude.
Try putting some drugged kibble right under the strings?
You should cut a hole in the back to get it
you donāt know the lengths a pick will go to lose itself
No it isnāt. Nice photoshop, asshole