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

good product

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!

Does its job.

They are passive pickups so pretty low output. Sound is good but a LOT better if run through a preamp. Little inline battery powered preamps are cheap and really make these pickups work their best. I put one pickup on a brass body resonator guitar from Recording King and it is awesome with EQ and Vol. on the added preamp.

I've only used it twice so a great review would be over optimistic. It installed on my baritone ukulele easily and it works well. I didn't put it on with the velcro strap as I may decide to remove it later and don't want to mar the finish on my ukulele..As I said, so far so good. Time will tell.