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This little pickup is a great value. I bought this to try it on a mandolin as an alternative to recording with a mic on a home computer using Audacity Have also tested it out on an acoustic six-string, a different six-string retrofitted to be a lap steel, a dobro and a bodhran. Surprisingly, the best results were with the bodhran and the two acoustics. Sound reproduction was generally good. On the dobro, the pickup caught way too much bar slide and finger pick noise. Since that wasn't a problem with the lap steel acoustic, I suspect it has to do with the resonator. With the mandolin, there was an excess of treble that needed to be corrected post-recoding. For the price, I don't think you can beat this product. I'm sure I could get better results with a permanent pickup installation. But not in this price range, not with flexibility to move it from instrument to instrument and definitely not on my bodhran.Read full review
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I've spent hundreds of dollars for pickups the years, and this basic vibration pick is almost as good as my Bill Lawrence, or my other $75 pickups- insane! I have tested it on on guitar, violin, and mandolin and though the tone needs to be adjusted for good fidelity, these do the job well for most folk instruments. With an EQ & preamp it would be even better. Another plus is long chord with no noisy terminal jacks near instrument- which is usually what goes wrong. For the low price, it's worth the wait from China...I am buying several for my students right now!
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works really well at our camp site and for one string guitars.
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This worked well for a violin, and I expect it will work well for other acoustic instruments.
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Works but needs to be moved around to find sweet spot. Excellent quality
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