Zacro - Your First Name in Pick Retrieval

**BradKlein** · May-26-2019, 3:23pm

Since I'm always browsing musical gear and odd bits of hardware that I have little intention of buying, I've trained advertising algorithms to feed me endlessly curious ads. Here's what I take to be the most advanced system ever assembled for getting a pick out from inside your mandolin or guitar. And a bargain price, too!

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**Eric Hanson** · May-26-2019, 3:28pm

**HonketyHank** · May-26-2019, 4:29pm

Wow. This morning I didn't even know that there was an actual thing called a spudger. Had I known, I would also have known how badly I needed one. Oh, sweet innocence! Amazon now has me on their spudger list, too.

**jim simpson** · May-26-2019, 4:38pm

I've always had success with the pencil method (I invented it until someone tells me otherwise, lol!), I get the pick located opposite the sound-hole, I then hold it in place with the erasure end of the pencil, I turn the instrument over while holding the pick in place with the pencil then I release the pencil quickly thus allowing the pick to fall out of the sound-hole (usually).

**DHopkins** · May-26-2019, 6:08pm

Originally Posted by jim simpson

I've always had success with the pencil method (I invented it until someone tells me otherwise, lol!), I get the pick located opposite the sound-hole, I then hold it in place with the erasure end of the pencil, I turn the instrument over while holding the pick in place with the pencil then I release the pencil quickly thus allowing the pick to fall out of the sound-hole (usually).

If you patent that, the price of pencils will double. ♫

**BradKlein** · May-26-2019, 6:43pm

Originally Posted by jim simpson

I've always had success with the pencil method ...

If it's a 'Fender heavy' in there, just use whatever. But for a Blue Chip, I always go with the Blackwing 602. I promise you that when John Steinbeck dropped a pick inside his instrument... he reached for a Blackwing. ;-)

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**bratsche** · May-26-2019, 6:52pm

Originally Posted by HonketyHank

Wow. This morning I didn't even know that there was an actual thing called a spudger. Had I known, I would also have known how badly I needed one. Oh, sweet innocence! Amazon now has me on their spudger list, too.

The spudgers must be the tools for retrieving the potatoes from your ears.

bratsche