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

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.

Used on a acoustic guitar behind the bridge and it is excelant. Nice volume and tone, much better than other piazo pickups. Also used on a stomp box, which it was great on. I highly recomend this pickup!

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.

I didn't have any expectations, therefore, it's fine... Can't use any overdrive, may help to have EQ or buffer? It doesn't get any easier to install. Cheap but I felt 12$ was too much.. 5$ product in my mind. Fun to hear my little 22 in. Through an amp for the first time..

Feels well built. Placed on the underside of my banjo head, right below the bridge, it sounds as good as any other stick-on piezo pickup I've tried, which is pretty good considering it's the cheapest one I've tried. 1/4 inch jack plugs in very firmly.

Better than expected! I just put mine right under the back bridge and pushed it up in there nice and snug and it presses it tightly to the violins surface there and the sound is enormous, full, vibrant! Was not expecting it to sound that good. When I was doing my test I looked at the sticker things and said, no way XD did not even bother, just slip it underneath the back bridge and slide it back until you have it wedged in there snug, not too tight but You'll see, the sound just lights up. This is 1000% a great idea and will buy more for my other ha d made instruments I have. Thank you guys for making this really nice really affordable mic, I can't believe how great of a deal it was. 1 of my best buys and trust me, when you hear your violin thru an fx process you will be amazed. This is what you need 100% very cool indeed. 😎

Worked fine for 5 minutes, then stopped. I popped it open to see if I could easily fix it. Here is a photo of the issue. Soldering was bad on one of the wires and lost connection. Wouldn't recommend this product.

I built an instrument several years ago and put an electric guitar pickup on it and it was fine but it lost all of its character, it is similar to a middle eastern instrument played with a bow. The electric guitar pickup made it sound like an electric guitar played with a bow. I tried a nice mic for a cello and it sounded great but would feed back far too easily. I kept thinking piezo pickup, but they're so inexpensive and blah blah blah. I just assumed cheap and terrible sound. I am man enough to admit when I am wrong, and holy cow was I wrong. I wish I would have start with this, I would have saved a lot of money and wasted time haha. You live, you learn.