How to Get a Pick Out of Your Guitar
Tired of trying to take the pick out of your guitar? Dropping it inside was quite easy, but getting it out seems like a difficult task. However, you can still do it if you know the perfect skills.
An acoustic guitar is hollow from the inside and the hole is right underneath the strings where you strum the guitar from. Therefore, you should know how the guitar works and know exactly how you can take out the pick so that it does not bug you later on when you pick the guitar, or when you want to play it.
Instructions
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1
Turn it upside down
The simplest way to take out the pick from your acoustic guitar is by turning it upside down. Even though it will not come out at first but if you keep jerking it, you will soon see that the pick will pop out itself. Sometimes, you can see the pick and you don’t know how you can get it out. However, if you try, you can keep changing the sides of the guitar, you can tilt it just enough to pop the pick out and then you can start playing your guitar normally again. -
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Use fingers
Most of the people who play guitar have thin fingers. This can be really helpful in taking out the pick from the acoustic guitar. Just grab the guitar and try to push your hands between the strings, enough to put your fingers around the pick which you can see inside the hole. Once you grab the pick try to pull it out. This might hurt your hand as the strings are really sharp, but once you are done, it will not be difficult for you to grab and pull your hand out of the guitar hole. -
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Use object
This is also considered to be an extremely effective way to take out the pick from your acoustic guitar. Just try to use any object which can fit into the hole and try to grab the pick through that object and take out the pick. It is somewhat difficult to do it with an object and while many believe that it might be easy, it is not. -
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Take out strings
The most difficult way is to take out all the strings from your guitar. At first, you will have to un-tune your guitar to as low as possible. Then take out all the strings from the guitar. Even though this method is extremely difficult, it will be easy for you to take out the pick. Moreover, it will also be extremely easy for you to clean your fret-board as well.
