traderplus 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

These work but you may need a pre-amp depending on your setup. In other words, while it looks like you can just plug into the jack and use it anywhere like an electric guitar, you may not be able to.

PERFECT....JUST WHAT I NEEDED...

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.

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.

Is it the best sound? -No. Was I able to get a decent sound with mixing? -Absolutely! For the price, it can’t be beat. Let the adhesive stick for a while before you dig in. It runs a little bit hot, so make sure to turn down and mix accordingly. Works great for recording, but in a live application, you may need to do some tweaking.

On a polycarbonate. Not great, wood should be better.

Does its job.

I got this so I could plug a cigar box guitar in my amp, it does the job. It's very sensitive, maybe a bit too much, every touch or brush on the box gets picked up, but I imagine it's normal for this kind of product. Still fun to experiment with and you get two, one for your real application, and one to put on a kazoo or washboard or... Good buy.

For the price especially an excellent sound. Placed just right on a mandolin they work surprisingly well. Recommend

I bought this to use until I can afford to have a pick up installed in my guitar. I’ve used it 3 times so far. It sounds pretty good. Doesn’t ‘quack’, Not at the volume I have it anyway. I’m a folk singer, so this hasn’t been tested at high volume. Definitely value for the money