Neat trick to retrieve pick?

[tinnitus]

There are various methods...
101 and Master Level

[LiveMusic]

Originally Posted by rllink

Same except the tape on the eraser end of a pencil.

This has been my method for decades if I am having no luck trying to shake it out upside down, which is maddening! I always wondered if someone came up with something better. Like, it would be cool if someone actually sold a pencil-like thang with a grabby, rubber tip on it. I'd probably buy one, lol.

[Groovin' Geo]

I’ve had good results at pick retrieval by shaking the guitar until the pick is below the sound hole, pinning it down with a finger and then flipping the guitar upside down and releasing the pick. Usually the pick lands in my hand or falls out. A pencil with an eraser end would also work instead of my finger.

[Guitars44me]

The secret benefit of a soundport

And fingerstyle too!

Or just use the chopstick with tape

Pick on

Paul

[BlueBowman]

Switch to a thumbpick and never have to deal with it again!

[rstaight]

Originally Posted by BlueBowman

Switch to a thumbpick and never have to deal with it again!

True, but I don't always use a thumb pick.

Now, since I am responding to this I will probably lose a pick in the sound hole again. Been a couple of years since I have done this and was decades between instances before. And that was after responding to one of these types of threads.

What I did was to get the pick under the sound hole where I could see it. Then I slowly turned the guitar over and the pick slid out.

Now I think I will grab a guitar, put a pick in the sound hole with a string taped to it to feed the Gods.

[Pdubs76]

Originally Posted by tinnitus

There are various methods...
101 and Master Level

Now that’s what you call open tuning!

[Retired1]

now how do I get the pencil out ?

[Goat Mick]

It’s been a while since I’ve dropped a pick inside my guitar but my D’Addario soundhole tuner falls in there pretty frequently.

[mattwood]

Play upside down as it reverses the process.

[MartinD12-20]

Here's what I suggest. Buy one of the guitars that Driftwood Guitars cuts in half, tape it back together and the next time your pick falls in just peel off the tape and get your pick back.
What could be simpler?

[fpuhan]

Pick? What is this "pick" thing you speak of?

[12FanMan]

Originally Posted by 383roller

The trick is to have many picks.

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Indeed. Got that one covered.

[12FanMan]

Originally Posted by dnf777

Ha! No.

But what works for me is to center the pick under the soundhole, then quickly flip with an arcing motion, and if lucky it will fall out. If not, repeat.

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Thus far, haven't been able to shake the little bugger into view. I think I heard him chuckle. He's enjoying this.

[12FanMan]

Originally Posted by slimey

Take the back off your guitar......

Now THERE's a weiner...