2Pcs Piezo Contact Microphone Pickup for Guitar Violin Banjo Mandolin Ukulele

I love this product! I understand that everyone buys piezoelectric sound pickups for different purposes, so every response is likely to vary. However, I bought this to replace worn-out wooden pickup mounted on the surface of a family heirloom, a hand-made mountain dulcimer given to me by my mother when her fingers no longer had the dexterity to play it. Those who have tried to amplify a lap dulcimer know how difficult it can be to add volume to this very soft instrument without altering its light, delicate sound. This little wonder of a pickup has done the job reliably and well! Previously, I had spent some $40 for an all-in-one-housing piezo imported from a European violin-making company; the best sound it could achieve for me was more than loud enough, yet very harsh and contrived. In pleasant contrast, I found this little button piezo (with space- and effort-saving separate cable jack mounting) to be small in size but large in true, clear sound. For a guitar, typically with its large, round sound hole, a sound hold mic is preferable for best sound; but for those instruments which don't offer sufficient sound hole space, this surface-mount piezo will do a great job in one spot or another (some experimenting may be needed before final attachment). With its small footprint and small price, this little wonder is quite a BIG wonder!

This gives great sound for the price. The only problem is that the pad is too adhesive. Once it was stuck, it wouldn't come off without tearing off some of the pad. For the other one, I stuck it to my skin first to make it less sticky. Even after that it still stuck to my mandolin and made great sound.

works with most instruments, I tried it with a violin and guitar, and it worked great. It’s good money for the value, however, don’t expect this to be a professional set up. I actually got some very decent amplification out of it. is particularly great if you want to perform in front of people and your instrument doesn’t have good projection, just plug this thing to your instrument and into an amplifier and you’re good to go. The cable is very thin, and be careful putting it with your instrument back in its case as the case might mess with the cables

I will say 12 bucks for 2 contact pickups is a sweet deal, but the format just didn't work for me, so changed it up. I use one of these for my mandolin. The pickups themselves work great! Picks up the full tone of the instrument. Tried using the adhesive velcro that came with it and it just wasn't working. It wouldn't stick to the body. To fix the issue I just cut the jack and wired in a traditional 1/4" guitar jack, volume and tone knobs (more control for the high end anyhow). Easy peasy. Works great now, but required an additional approx $15 in parts, which luckily I had laying around. The problem is it's laid out like a temporary addition to something, but if it's temporary, you don't pt a one-time adhesive on the pickup. May as well make it permanent. Sound quality and price is a 5, but the jack layout was lame, so I'll give it a 3.

I can't stress enough how simple it is to use this. I just plug into this instead of my guitar / bass, run it through my pedal board, and record chaos into Ableton. First thing I did was stick it onto a small metal portable grill (the adhesive works well, came off well, and was still sticky afterwards, though I don't know how many times that will be the case) and hit the grill with different grilling utensils. It sounds great, especially after I turn on my reverb and muff pedals. I've also stuck it to my desk and gotten great bass thuds. Even just smacking these things into objects (not hard, but it sounds intense) can get great explosion sounds if you go from reverb to distortion and crank it up. I absolutely love these things. They're a great tool to have when recording. No reason not to grab these in my opinion.

Amazing amplification for my kalimba! And inexpensive!

I bought these to record sound from a kalimba. Even attached directly to the wooden body under the tines, and wired to my laptop with full amplification, they pick up virtually no sound. And the sound they do pickup sound very faint and scratchy. They are technically picking up my kalimba's sound, but it's so bad as to be unusable.At first I didn't think they were working at all. With most microphone, I have to reduce the amplification on my laptop's mic input to just 5%, otherwise the sound clips. And at that level, the recording was so soft it didn't pick up anything. Only when I set it to 100% that I finally heard something, if still faint.

I have been making recordings with my acoustic ukulele using a conventional microphone, but was displeased with the breathing and other exterior sounds I was getting. I am new to the world of musical recording technology, and so was a little gunshy about buying a mic. The price on this one was low enough (and the 2 pack bundle attractive enough) that I pulled the trigger.What I found was that this is a fantastic mic, especially for the price. My one recommendation is not to use the onboard adhesive. I put it on my favorite concert uke, and found it difficult to pull off (despite the label's stating it could be restuck via 3M magic). I got the sense that if it stayed on longer, it might have taken some of the varnish with it. So instead, I affixed the mic to my uke body with gaffer's tape.