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.

Love the idea you can place on any surface and create any sound from the controller for Alexis Drum module.They can be placed on regular drum heads to get different sound effects or even on a paper plate or any surface to hear any sounds from the controller (snare, bass, cymbals, etc...). Made for Ukelele's but works great on percussion instruments when connected to an electronic drum controller.

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.

these contact mic were bought to use with my ukulele and the worked well, very easy to attached to the instrument, so far very durably

I got these for my mandolins as the grand kids and I play guitars and mandolins. I needed a little more presence to keep up with them and these were a good value for what I needed. Not the best you can buy as they have no volume control, but I control that from the amp. These were easy to install and worked well for me.

I have a Seagull 12-string acoustic guitar. I’d like to add a saddle pickup and onboard electronics, but just haven’t gotten up the nerve to start cutting into this guitar. For what they are, these work pretty well.In fact, you’ll find yourself trying them on a whole bunch of stuff. Yesterday, I was feeling mischievous and attached one to a tambourine and ran it through a Marshall half stack. My wife really enjoyed my tambourine solo. Well… not really. She did threaten to divorce me, though. LOLI think I have a harmonica, around here, that needs some amplification. I also just remembered a wooden train whistle that I have. I might need a new place to live, before this weekend is over. :-) LOLUPDATE: These still work well, but my wife filed for divorce, last May. (Sadly, I'm not kidding.) I'm not sure if it was my tambourine solos, or my didgeridoo solos, but I'm paying for my lawyers next Bentley, right now. With great power, comes great responsibility. I discovered this too late, but you can learn from my mistake. Go forward, my fellow musicians, and don't place these on things, that they weren't intended to be attached to.

I attempted to use this in a baritone ukulele and wasn’t too impressed with the sound through my amp. The adhesive they use is stupid sticky and a pain to remove from the instrument.