Imelod Contact Microphone Piezo Pickup for Guitar Ukulele Violin Cello Banjo Mandolin etc(Black)

Super great deal. I attached it to my nylon string guitar. To the body just behind the bridge right in line with the lowest string. Wonderful sound. Sounds pretty much like the guitar without the pickup - only louder, of course. It’s a piezo pickup. Which means it has a piezo element in the plastic disk. Piezos pick up pretty much everything that they are in contact with. Since it’s designed to be a contact pickup (attached to the face of your instrument), it will pick up any sound that is made by that instrument. When you touch the instrument, it hears that sound. When you touch the strings or move your hand across them, it hears that, too. A bump, a knock, a strum, a pluck, whatever happens to the instrument, it hears it. It essentially turns your instrument into a microphone. And since you’ll be plugging it into a PA or amp of some kind, all those sounds get amplified -some more than others. Like with any electronic pickup, you have to be a bit more conscious of what you’re doing while playing or holding or touching your instrument. It’s not as “forgiving” as pure unplugged acoustic playing. A big thing to keep in mind with piezo contact pickups is that they are super sensitive to high pitched sounds. I suggest you place the pickup more toward the low strings. In fact, all the way down to your lowest string. You should get plent of high string sound there. Anywhere near the highe strings and the thing will scream with high pitched frequencies. And feed back will be nearly instantaneous. Placement is everything. Move it around the face of your instrument until you find a sweet spot that won’t be in the way of your playing action. I removed the sticker thing on it. Probably not the best thing for your instrument’s finish. I put Scotch double sided adhesive on it with their ATG roller. That sticks great but not so well that it’s hard to remove. I’ve seen people use ticky tak - that gum that you use to hang posters with on the wall. Even with good placement, you may still have to roll back the highs and mids a bit on your PA or amplifier.

I am a professional musician. I’ve had many acoustic guitars (including VERY expensive ones) with varying levels and qualities of electronics in them. Acoustic pickups have always had trouble sounding good, primarily because an acoustic guitars sound is the sum of its parts. So using a pickup is only amplifying that one area of the guitar, not the whole. I bought a cheap Gretsch Jim Dandy parlor guitar and I have actually been enjoying it quite a bit. It comes with a sound hole pickup, but that is meant to sound more like an electric pickup than an acoustic. So I figured I’d give this little contact mic a try. I am blown away. It sounds VERY good. It is best to have some sort of EQ (like a pedal) after it so that you can dial in the sound you want, as well as some sort of buffer or boost since it is a passive pickup, but this little pickup actually makes this cheap parlor guitar sound great! It’s still nothing like micing up an acoustic of course, but it is FAR better than the “under the saddle” pickups I’ve tried. Those usually sound very thin as they only pickup the strings themselves, as to where this pickup is amplifying the actual body of the guitar (which means you can get decent low end). If you need something cheap and easy that actually sounds halfway decent, this is perfect. One con is that the input jack fits pretty tight, so you really have to push or pull the cable out to get it to connect. Because it’s mostly plastic I feel this could eventually get damaged with heavy use. But at this price, you could just buy another one to replace it easy. Installation is nothing. I chose to screw the input jack into the guitar and add cable locks as well, but you don’t need all of those things. It comes with a Velcro piece to hold the jack in place. I’m very happy. Would definitely buy another one.

I like this microphone from my violin. It amplifies the sound very well. The only problem is that it only has six stickers to keep it on there. That’s not enough for me. It would be better if it had a Velcro option. Very nice product though would recommend.

It's good for the price, but it has a lot of feed back.

this is a great thing! I’ve had a piezo pick up before on this banjo- a cheapo that worked (cost twice this lol) , but crackled and sounded tinny using the same amp. i attached this one and the same spot and plugged in - it instantly had a warm, clear tone. no crackles and responded well to volume & reverb adjustments. i have yet to attach it with the included velcro- might even just epoxy it to the instrument :) the short wire / cable is a big plus too- perfect length for any stringed instrument, but can see how a longer one would be ideal for a different use. i imagine it would perform the same on any instrument (or item) it was attached to. it came with 6 extra adhesive pads & a cool colored little velvet bag as well. I was wary of the low price, but it works great. 5 big stars thanks :)

Still works years later. Sounds good and is obviously durable. Great quality.

no tuve problemas y funciono bastante bien, lo conecte directo a mi consola/amplificador y todo de lujo.

El producto cumple con sus funciones en calidad y forma considerando el precio que cuesta. Buena elección.

Bon rapport qualité/prix. Fonctionne bien sur ma mandoline.

Devuelto, no sirvió para mi cello