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11/28/2003 6:15 am
My pick falls in my acoustic one more time. It drives me mad! No method works twice in a row. Like shaking it upside down, it works once every full moon on my guitar. THen you got the hold slide it around till you see it, and then get it out method. Then you have the HOLLY KICKS YOU IN THE FACE METHOD. I hope it dies. The end.

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11/28/2003 6:40 am
It's not hard to get the pick to the middle of the acoustic, right? Well, place a piece of tape double sided on the eraser of a pencil, stick the pencil in the guitar and touch the pick. Voila!

Or you can play with a metal pick so you can get it out with a magnet - metal picks have a really nice tone on acoustics too.
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11/28/2003 7:31 am
Originally posted by TheDirt
Or you can play with a metal pick so you can get it out with a magnet - metal picks have a really nice tone on acoustics too.


ahhhhhhh..it's like fingernails on a chalkboard!
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11/28/2003 9:24 am

These things work quite fine - they cover the resonance hole on the guitar so that nothing can fall in. normally these things are used to avoid feedbacks with the interrior microphone of the guitar on high volumes (on stage for example).

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11/28/2003 2:50 pm
Drill a small hole in the pick and attach a long bit of thread. Attach the other end of the thread to your wrist....end of problem !
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11/28/2003 5:02 pm
Thanks for all the suggestions.

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11/29/2003 1:33 am
I do the ol' shaking-while-the-soundhole-points-downwards trick. After about 30 secs. of shaking (max), I hear that satisfying "ting" as the pick hits the strings on the way out.

But I totally know what you mean; I used to play acoustic much more, and that darned pick would fall in half the times I played. Now I'm more into using my fingers, though.


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11/29/2003 3:40 am
Originally posted by iiholly
it works once every full moon on my guitar.


Sorry for doing this again, but the phrase is actually "once every blue moon." And I usually use the "Evan smashes the guitar against the wall" method.
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11/29/2003 6:26 am
"Once every full moon" is also a phrase which can be used, and I use it.

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11/29/2003 8:03 pm
Today's usless bit of info....

A blue moon is the second full moon in one calender month

cool eh !
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11/29/2003 9:13 pm
haha, thank you doctor
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11/30/2003 2:54 am
Originally posted by iamthe_eggman


... oh, and please, don't kill me.


I'll try not to.

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12/02/2003 4:43 am
I like the duct tape idea.

Not too long ago I accidentally dropped a pick in someone's taylor. That's always embarassing, because you shake one of those around you're going to get your head forcefully removed and for good reason.
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12/04/2003 6:50 pm
You know you may not be sitting up totally straight.
I'm not gonna tell you how to hold the guitar as that would be an insult...
Try once,fail twice...
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12/08/2003 7:44 pm
Insults can be great learning experiences and they can save all kinds of trouble. Like back problems.
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12/09/2003 8:49 pm
Here ya go, holly

And again, please don't kill me. Is my life not worth more than $2.99 or $7.99 for a 3-pack?!?! THE HUMANITY!!!!
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12/09/2003 9:26 pm


Man is that handy. Good find Eggman.
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12/09/2003 11:22 pm
Wow thats awesome, I might look into that. I might end up killing you anyways.

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12/10/2003 3:12 am
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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12/10/2003 12:16 pm
If you don't stop these threats. I'll be forced to testify, then I'll have to enter the guitarist protection program and move to Utah.
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