Side by Side Comparison of: Dean Markley vs Cherub vs Hosa vs Behringer vs Greententljs

Best contact mic you can get.

Awesome, love the sound I get from my Mountain Dulcimer. Would definitely recommend to anyone looking for something like this.

Teamed this up with my Fender Blues Junior tube amp and the tone frequency response were excellent. Attaching it via gunk is not my favorite, but it held well and did not leave a mark, so plusses there, too. It is a pleasure not to have to remain rigid behind a mic to be heard in a band setting.

I just got this thing like 5 minutes ago and put it on my 50 dollar first act guitar, and it's amazing! It's worth every penny. I started playing about 3 months ago (a little before summer began) and I've got to say this thing sounds amazing , I recommend it to any beginner for their non electric guitar .

Ive had the pickup now for about 8 months - I love this little unit - it works great on my 12 string Guild.

About 3 months ago I picked up an old Zither and tried it out on that too.
It sounds fantastic and I am able to move the pickup around to different locations on the Zither body. I've spent hours testing different positions finding a new sound every time (depending on the pickup location).

Lately - I am running this pickup into a BOSS Guitar Multi Effect Pedal - the combo is very cool and fun to experiment with.

I recommend this product to anyone with an acoustic guitar (or zither).

found that for my Flamenco guitar (made by a Luthier from Sevilla, not cheap at all), I get VERY GOOD results when I put the mic clipped onto the soundhole, and SENSING THE INTERIOR of the instrument. I did not get this when I tried it clipped to the OUTSIDE as intended.... My thinking on this was that sound waves and vibration must initiate on the INSIDE of the sound board, and it seems to be corroborated...... I plug the mic jack into a Focusrite Scarlett 8i6, which is said to have good preamplifiers. Have not yet routed it to effects, but can do it easily if when I need to. This allows also for good "golpe" sound , and prevents any noises I would trigger with my hand if it were mounted in the conventional way. Palm-muting is picked up completely well. Of course it picks up sound from anywhere in the guitar, but they are picked up very properly. When I mounted it conventionally (mic sensing the outside of soundboard), the external sounds were not nice..... Mounting it as said does not hurt the instrument nor the device, and would suggest it as a possibility to others.With devices like this, acoustic guitar tracks can be recorded completely iisolated from other tracks, and free of any ambient noise.

I recently had a gig featuring a number of different instruments, and I wasn't sure how I was going to amplify everything. In addition to playing I was responsible for providing the PA. Based on the reviews and the price I figured I'd give this pickup a try; I'm very glad that I did.My first experiment was to clip the pickup to the soundboard of a hammered dulcimer, but the results were not good at all. I was starting to wonder if I'd just wasted a few bucks. But then I clipped it to the headstock of a fiddle, and we were all quite impressed. The fiddle player was excited at how easy it was to attach (and detach). The trick was to catch as much of the headstock as possible and to avoid the scrollwork. Later we needed to amplify mandolin, and the results were equally good. I never actually attached this pickup to a guitar, but I have no doubt that it would have been equally good.The pickup provided a mostly natural sound without any drastic EQ - that's more than I can say for the Dean Markley in-hole that the guitar player was using in his Martin. The next time I have a similar event I will probably pick up 2 or 3 more of these pickups.The one thing to keep in mind is that the cable is roughly 8' (maybe 10') long. That sounds like a lot until you consider how tall a person is and how wide a stage can be. A good extension cable is a worthwhile investment (I happened to have one in my gig bag, and it made things a lot easier).

Wow! I can't believe how effectively this unit does its job. It gives a crystal clear rendition. The one caveat is that the cable is not shielded and thus the whole/entire unit/product is responsive to vibration - this means you MUST place it in a location where you and/or your cloths will not rub against any portion. That being said, this pickup is amazing. I have two baritone ukuleles (one with a wood sound board with a rounded plastic body and one with a spruce body, two sopranos (one with a wood sound board with a rounded plastic body and the other entirely plastic), one non-electric concert and one tenor (made entirely of Acacia wood). Finally I have an electrified concert strung with a low "G", like the tenor. In another room (i.e., a "blind" test") I, my wife, and my daughter who lives in town (and her husband) can all clearly and easily tell which is being played when each one is played through the same pickup/amplifier combination. I have tried playing a simple McCartney tune (the opening of "Ram") that only uses the top two strings of a ukulele and even the subtle differences between the woods (of the same brand of instrument) can readily be heard by each of us. The pickup is THAT sensitive.Please note - the sound is definitively more "acoustic" as compared to the one electric ukulele. Thus it should be pointed out that the pickup does NOT make a normal/standard instrument suddenly sound like an "electric" instrument.The pickup can be placed on the headstock and do well, but it sounds best when attached to the body. With most of my ukuleles the sound holes are small and so the pickup ended up on the headstock, but one of my baritones has dual holes/ports, and both are out of the way of the strings - this is the example that allows me to hear that the pickup sounds most "full" when placed on the main sounding board of an instrument. I know that, typically, more expensive items equal better quality than less expensive. (Even my own stretch of ukuleles shows this.) However, it is hard to imagine a need to spend more money than the cost of this pickup for the amplification of most acoustic string instruments. Yes, it sounds great on a piano and a violin, too.

I ordered a Cherub guitar and violin pickup recently - the reviews are good, and for about $7, why not give it a try? The guitar pickup arrived recently, and I am astonished by how good it is. I'm a professional musician and amateur luthier, and play a wide variety of stringed instruments. I have used many piezo pickups. I usually install K&K pickups in instruments where I want a dedicated piezo. But I can't afford to put a K&K in every instrument I play.This cherub pickup sounds pretty much the same as my K&Ks. The output is clean and hot. It seems to give a balanced sound no matter where you clip it on the instrument, even the headstock. The clip-on design is very well conceived and executed. About the only downside I can think of is that it's not as elegant looking as most higher-end pickups.Every string player who may want to plug in should at least have one of these as a backup.

My daughter often plays ukelele with her band. Imagine a ukulele competing with electric guitar and bass, drums and an electronic keyboard - pretty hard to belt out enough volume to keep up, even with a microphone and amp.Today she tried out this pickup - clipping it on to the ukulele headstock. It really did the trick! She's pleased, the teacher's pleased. And I'm very pleased because we found an effective solution without a lot of weight or bulk to carry around, and at a very modest price. (The pickup and cable fit in the palm of your hand, and weigh very little - maybe an ounce total. The cable has a standard 1/4" plug, so it plugs into an amp just as an electric guitar would.)Since the pickup clips on, it is extremely easy to attach, and it does not mar the instrument surface. It goes on and off in just a moment, so you can use the same pickup for several acoustic instruments.This pickup does not look like it was built to withstand tough treatment, but at this price I will be happy to pick up a spare to keep on hand in case the first one ever gets damaged.

I really like the Cherub pickup. It is the easiest to install in my classical guitar of any pickup I've used. The sound quality is very good for a piezo pickup and better than at least one of the more complicated bar type in the sound hole type pickups I have. The pick wire out to the amp is skinny and only 8 feet long, but for 8 bucks it can't be beat.

I bought a budget guitar and didn't like it. SO I bought a Yamaha stand alone F series acoustic electric guitar but there was not a cable that came with it when I bought it from Guitar Center.The Hosa GTR-210 Guitar cable is legit. This is the best cable i have ever had. after 5 years it still works and it has been my go-to cable to play on my guitar and amp. It feels very sturdy and the quality of sound being transferred is very high. There is no unnecessary noise or unwanted distortion. The only thing that changed from the moment i bought it is that the color white part of it started turning to light yellow due to old age.If it were to break on me, I would buy it again!

Bought this for my son. He says its brtter than the one that came with his guitar. He plays his electric more than acoustic now.

I originally bought a new guitar cable to replace my old one that had lost its ability to pick up my guitar's signal. It was part of a beginner's package so it pretty much had the life expectancy of a fly on tape..When it arrived, I found that the new cable not only picked up the signal perfectly clear but, to my surprise, had virtually nonexistent feedback noise. I was not expecting something like that for the price but I am impressed and definitely recommend it to those looking to upgrade or replace alike!

When you unscrew the plug cover on a guitar cord and find the terminals are shielded, that is a sign of a well made cable. THIS is a well made cable. The cable is pliable, the strain relief runs back a good four inches from the plugs. For under ten bucks? Buy a couple!

Good cable but haven't walked on it enough to say more. But out of the box it is what I would expect for the price and the strain relief look pretty solid. I know there are monster cables and sparkly prettier ones but I felt the girls at the club wouldn't be apt to notice the guy with the coolest guitar cable. Also I have seen the expensive ones fail as fast as the cheap ones so I always look for economy in disposable stuff like cabling. In short worth the money.

I would recommend this cable for its price and function,i was looking for a cable with a 45 degree end and that was much more money and back ordered so I got this for a temporary cable and like it fine for my strat,no clearance issues at all.I will probably get a couple more.shipped fast and packaged great.

I was a little dubious; I mean, for this price, would I really get the quality I needed? The answer is yes! Although the box itself is high-impact plastic, the electronics I would put up against units that are literally 10X this price! I've been very pleased with this unit so far, and use it every time I plug in my acoustic!

Great sound

This is an OUTSTANDING pre-amp! I had to replace the electronics in my 1979 Ovation Adamas. Wow! What awesome sound! It makes my guitar sound 'delicious' to me. Yes, I savor the sound with this pre-amp! It worked flawlessly out of the box. This was a Great choice for me. I'm a giging musician and in a variety of venues. This pre-amp has yet to let me down.

Considering the low price, this preamp does a fine job of boosting and shaping the signal from an unpowered acoustic pickup. It remains to be seen how long it lasts with regular use, but at this price, you could just keep a spare in your gig bag.

This really surpassed my expectations. For $30, what more do you want? I got this for a children's piano that I put a pickup on. I play it live on 1 song per night. But I wasn't sending enough signal to the house. This thing allowed me to get enough signal out front while taking out some lows too. Would recommend for something you gig often. Works great for me. Quiet too.

I now have 2 of these units and have happily used them with a variety of musical instruments, from guitars to drum machine to autoharp (with magnetic pickup). It is particularly good with the autoharp where its warmth an bass enhancement give the instrument a powerful organ-like vibe.I don't think there is anything out there that remotely comes close at this price. Compare it to the K&K Pure Preamp for twice the price with half the features and which looks like somebody just knocked it together in their basement. The Behringer on the other hand looks great and is loaded with features.The thing is both good looking and functional. It is one of Behringer's most impressive products and dirt cheap too.

Good

Surprisingly good for the price. It's not the best pickup you'll ever hear but if you're low on cash and in a pinch, I'd recommend it. I use it on my mandolin, nothing professional though. The adhesive isn't great, but I only use it for recording.

works very well for what it is. i would want to use an EQ with it, in order to change the honky tone, but great volume and worked well for what I was needing.

I use these pickups to amplify dulcimers and psalteries. They are easy to use and the glue on the piezo is tenacious. They do a good job of picking up high notes but only after using a preamp did I get midrange and lower notes. Certainly they are not a solution for performances, but they work well for noodling around.

My order arrived in a timely manor and the pickup worked as expected. Great value pickup! Obviously you have be cautious of the cord placement for it is not heavy duty. My opinion is that it should come with a color option, the red really is kind of a loud color, especially when the best place to put it is on the face of the instrument near the bridge. I tried it through my system and worked and sounded great, hopefully it will stand the test of time!

I had experimented with a few different piezo pickups for use on a mandolin. I am very pleased with the results of this particular make and model which I bought almost as an afterthought when putting an order together. For the price it is exceptional! I liked it so much I bought another a few months later.

For the price, this is well worth it. I leave it set up on my mandolin now, and it's just what I needed. I still use this with a mic, for a wider, stereo sound. I like the jack, rather than the fully integrated 1/4 cord on many other models of similar product. I also tried it on a semi hollow electric baritone guitar (just stuck it on the body somewhere), running in stereo with the mag pickups and it was a huge, complex sound. Highly useful little thing.

I got this pick up to play banjo in a 6 piece country band setting without having to deal with putting a mic on an acoustic instrument. It works pretty well. It does have a few drawbacks, but if used properly and carefully it works decently, which for the price is more than enough. To use, experiment with positioning on your instrument, you get different sounds from different parts of all instruments. The best location will even vary for styles of play etc. Once you have the spot you want to tie everything down as tight as possible, it is a microphone and it will pick up the sound from wires moving around and being hit. It is a microphone and is subject to feedback like any other microphone, so you have to be aware of where you are standing and where your instrument stand is. But I was able to cut through drums and electric guitars, and it was not very expensive.

I have been using this pickup for several months with my mandolin and am pleased with it. Have a few problems volume (can't seem to get it loud enough, though that isn't surprising for an external pickup) and figuring out exactly where to position it, but it is good for the price. No problems with it buzzing or hissing and it has held up well after several uses. Would recommend it if you are playing guitar/mandolin in small settings.

Installed anyplace behind the bridge, this pickup works fine on a mandolin. Be aware that there is some line hum, and it transmits any sound you make -- bumps as well as notes. It's much fussier about position on a guitar, but with some experimenting, will give a good balanced tone. The endpin cord hanger is ingenious and works very well.

I got this for my mandolin. I was pleasantly surprised how amazing the quality of the sound so i experimented. Works just as great on my mandolin as it does on my Dreadnought, Classical and Violin. It is a bit of a feedback whore with distortion. Your volume and tone adjustments are by placement near the bridge. Treble, Full Tone, Bass. I would have given this 5 stars but there is not a volume adjustment as far as a switch.

Was having trouble finding a good tone with this thing until I tried attaching it to the head stock. That helped tremendously, the sound is impressive for what you pay. The sound lacks a little top end but we'll worth the money. If you're considering it I'd say go for it. Although.... the cable is extremely noises. Like move it a centimeter and you get a huge pop bump or crackle in the mix. So definitely something to take into consideration if trying to do some serious recording

I purchased this pickup from the seller, "Electronic-Expert," to use on my ukulele.I was very pleased with the performance of the pickup with my cheap First Act amplifier. It does not require a preamp, which was perfect for my situation. The sound is very clean.I chose the seller mentioned above because they offered free shipping. The package arrived a day before the expected delivery date, which was nice, but I then had to deal with the unpleasant surprise of $1.34 postage fee. I was told I would get free shipping, but that proved to be false, and I was left to foot the bill. $1.34 isn't a lot of money, but it's frustrating to have to pay for something you were told would be free.Because of this, I am removing one star. I would still highly recommend this pickup to anyone looking for a cheap way to amplify their instrument. It's good quality for the price.

Well it does not cost much and it does not look like much when you get it. But it works really well. I purchased this because my strobe tuner for some reason does not work well when going through its mic. So using it tune my acoustic was pretty much a waste of time. As a note once you tune with a strobe tuner it is disappointing to tune with other tuners. Used this and it worked with the tuner very well. I plugged it into my amp and the sound was pretty good. Now my amp is not built for acoustic so that is part of it and I doubt that this device would match the sound quality of the more professional quality acoustic pickups that are out there.Now for the negative. The cable is about as tiny a wire as you could buy. One good yank on it and I can see some damage being done. I also think that they would have been well served to either terminate it with a female end or included an adapter. It is just long enough that you can plug in and play but you better not move too much and you certainly are going to have trouble if you plan on routing it down your guitar through the strap.Final analysis is that this is probably worth getting if only because I think you can tune more easily using it than you can by balancing a typical tuner close enough to pick up the note you are playing. There are some attachable tuners that do the same thing as this would but they cannot be plugged into an amp. So if you think you would benefit by having one of these you probably will be right as long as your expectations are not too high. But I think that if you are thinking about buying this you are not playing a several thousand dollar Martin or Taylor so you probably already are playing an instrument that is not at the pinnacle of quality guitars so I think you are probably like me where you bought the best guitar that you could within the price range you could afford. If price was not an option I would be playing a 1960's Martin and probably not interested in hearing its wonderful tone amplified and certainly not through a pickup such as this. But at this price range I think it is better than you should expect so for me it is a purchase that I am glade that I made.

** Update **After several attempts I have discovered how you clip not just where makes a difference. I can capture more bass than before. Increased 1 star to 4 stars. For the price does actuall work quite well. I will still probably mic for recording but now using this to pratice.** origional **It works. Could not find a spot on the guitar where it sounded full and rich like the guitar does. Was able to come close by pressing down on the device but kind of tinny otherwise. Not gointg to return it as it cost so little but will not use it. But it does work. If you don't care much about the low frequencies then you might want to give it a try. The investment is so small, why not. Oh yes, it arrived with insufficent postage. Cost like a buck 35 extra in postage. No biggie.

A bit of history: I bought this pickup, a male-to-male plug adapter, and the PS3 version of Rocksmith for my stepson as one of his Christmas gifts. He had indicated interest in learning the guitar a few times, but his mother and I were not ready to pay for lessons since his interests never seem to pan out long enough to make it "worth while." He had an acoustic guitar already that she bought him which sat around as a dust magnet more than anything else. I figured this pickup and that game would be a good way to get him to use the guitar while helping to learn a bit. If it takes off, then who knows, maybe lessons and an electric guitar are in order.It has worked perfectly for that, with the exception of the initial "Make Some Noise" calibration sequence. The game wants you to strum the guitar a great deal to make, well, a lot of noise. We really had to pound on the guitar strings hard and long to get past that calibration sequence. I'm pretty sure the game's original intentions don't really want you to go as "extreme" into that sequence as we had to in order to pass it, so I'm fairly certain the pickup is the cause for that stressful moment.Once past the "Make Some Noise" sequence, the pickup worked perfectly for the tuning and has allowed my stepson, and even me, to enjoy actually playing Rocksmith with his acoustic guitar.The price is fantastic compared to other pickups out there and it works great. Amazon's 4-stars means "I like it," and I do. The pickup has proven to be a good buy.

I like how easy it can be attached to the soundhole, or, for that matter, to the headstock, where you may get less feedback than with the soundhole. It works well but produces a somewhat metallic sound, not quite true to your guitar (you will note this in particular with a classical guitar). This can be balanced, to some degree with your amp's equalizer and/or the treble and bass settings. However, compared to the AXL Pickup (which I bought for comparison), the Cherub is suboptimal when it comes to the sound it produces. It is not bad, but it does not reach the quality of the AXL. Both are inexpensive enough that you may buy them together and see what you like best. The Cherub may actually sound better with an acoustic metal sting guitar.

Guitar Cable. Nothing Fancy but does what it said it would do for a price that doesn't break the bank...

Don't expect a Mogami quality input, but this sounds good enough. Durability is debatable, but you definitely get more than you pay for.

Sorry,one great in,one corner Came off!,but,that's a first from you guys,and I've got a few of you're leads so it's cool!,usually a 3 pack I get one that works!,so alls cool perfect size,and well made.

This is a good cable for the money. It is tough enough to stand up well to normal use but still coils very well. I have had no problems from the 4 or more straight to straight versions I've purchased. Beware, the 90 degree ones aren't recommended because of connector failure.

This is a fine and inexpensive cable for practice use. The cable itself is a little thinner than I expected, so I'm not sure how well it would hold up under rough professional use or an environment with lots of electrical noise. But I much prefer the standard plugs on this one over the molded ones that come on many cables.When I first got it, one end was partially unscrewed. I'd guess it came loose during shipment. What the heck, just tighten it up. This gave me the idea to try using some threadlock (Loctite or similar) on the connectors to prevent loosening. After all these years of playing I had never thought of that before. Also, when it was brand-new I got some static noise through the amp. Unplugging the cable and plugging it back in cleaned things right up. This is a fairly common occurrence with plugs and jacks, often due to a tiny bit of corrosion or gunk at the contact point. The abrasion when unplugging and plugging back in serves to wear off the corrosion (or whatever) from the surface of the plug.Overall it does what it is supposed to do and is a good value.

Hosa cable quality can be all over the place, some of their products are good (sound good, reliable, long lasting) and some of their products are not good (affect sound negatively, break prematurely, short useful life span).These guitar cords are actually quite nice, they feel good (gooey soft rubber jacket like Mogami), they sound good and so far they are working reliably, the rubber jacket is about .25" in diameter (by eye) and there is a short heat shrink overwrap to add strength where the wire enters the plug.I bought these when I needed cables fast for an internet concert, we had lots of pedals and signal splits to connect up. These cables arrived in good working condition and we've been using them continuously since.We have over a dozen tube amps and are very particular about sound degradation but so far these cables have not disappointed anyone.I would buy more if I needed them.

This is a nice little pedal.

We had a guitarist that used a passive pick up in his acoustic guitar. This iscreased the volume and made the guitar sound great.

no mute which sucks other than that it's a great product for the price point

Does exactly what i needed it to do. I needed a DI to go from my acoustic guitar into my DAW. I really like the eq section and gain parameters. I use a noise suppressor to eliminate the slight hiss you naturally get with high gain settings. It even allows me to push the gain a bit higher to get a hint of overdrive (not distortion). Makes my Takamine growl for a more aggressive acoustic tone that I use for solos and even fingerpicked lines... Overall, for the price, it does the job for me.... which is making demos.

no bells or whistles here, just a simple DI w/tone shaping capabilities...as such, surely worth its cost...not real crazy about the foot switch (kinda flimsy), and so would not be looking at this for live applications...more for recording...I couple this with an Epiphone AJ 100, which has a pickup but no onboard EQ/volume, and I get a decent sound...not crazy about the color, and, as I wrote earlier, the foot switch is iffy, but for the price a clear winner...

Works just fine with my acoustics. One has a piezo pickup, one has a low output magnetic pickup. I really think the folks having trouble with it already have a pre amp on their guitar, and a good, hot signal. I got the best sounds with the low mids cut, and the blend control pretty low.Just for fun, I plugged in my Tele with humbuckers, cranked up the V tone, and got a nice overdrive sound out of it!! I figured it would distort, but was surprised that it sounded pretty good.I also tried it at a much lower setting with the Tele, and ran that into a MicroCube set to acoustic. Between the two modellers, I got a pretty good simulation of an acoustic tone out of the Tele.UPDATE - I played a gig using it through a PA in July 2016. Guitar was a Sigma, with Fishman Neo single coil magnetic pickup. Sounded good to me, and worked well.

Great little do-dad! It's straight forward, easy to apply, and actually has a great tone to it. I have one set up on my acoustic mandolin, and I'm thinking about putting one on my acoustic-electric (the preamp on that is okay, but the natural sound of the guitar is far better). Can't beat it for the price!!

These are a bit noisy, but for 8-10$ they are also a very affordable way to amplify almost any acoustic instrument without making any modifications to it. I have just started using them so not sure about the longevity, but its good while it lasts and for the price I can afford to replace it if I have to

I ordered this to use as a last minute addition to my sound setup. I needed something other than a microphone for my violin due to the room I was playing in, and this came through in a pinch. The sound quality is not great, but it is better than one might expect for an item below $10.

This arrived on time and in good condition. It was very easy to install on my Baritone Uke and does a fairly good job. For the money - not a bad deal at all.

Pretty good and great value. It seems well made and of course the sound quality may not be the same as a high end pickup, but for playing at home or basic home recording, it does the jog

I purchased this because I was going to play mandolin at a church function, and needed amplification. I was a bit wary how well it would work, but was pleasantly surprised. Sound came through loud and clear.I'm less pleased with the adhesive. While true it doesn't mar the finish on the mandolin, it did leave some sticky residue (which, to be fair, came off when I reapplied the mic at a second show the next day). I have some concern how long the adhesive will last with repeated application and removal, but I believe some 3M Command strips should suffice.

Pretty good, but doesn't amplify all ranges equally.

Putty wears off after less than 3 months. Can't find replacement putty without going online.

a good transducer type pup. seems to offer even tone across the string spread. has the same drawback all pups of this type have..if your fingernail or anything 'hard' taps the surface of the guitar, it'll pick it up.

I am using this as a mandolin pickup. It does take some EQ work to get it sounding decent, but it works as advertised. The sound is still not as natural and vibrant as I was hoping, but at least the mandolin can be heard in the mix now.

I wish I could say. Maybe I just got a defective pickup. If not, I'd say this was pretty much worthless to me. I wanted something that would allow me to record my classical guitar. This pickup had so much noise and static that I ended up sending it back.

This works. It does not sound that good but it works. I keep it in my gig bag. Its a backup to a backup. I don't hate it. It cost me $5 so there is that. I messed with the EQ and played a little lower than usual and my guitar sounded OK. Would I buy it again? "hmmmm" Probably not but if I was in a pinch "maybe." True story: It just so happens a few days ago my internal pickup (electric acoustic) went south and I had this in my bag and that's why I am now writing this review. For $5, my performance continued. "WooHoo!"

I wasn't sure what to expect from a pickup for $5.62. Hard to believe how well it works with my ukulele. I use a coupler with another cord to give myself lots of room to move around from the PA. I'm going to order another one for backup.

VERY touchy. You'll hear everything that so much as brushes up against the cable. I guess this is OK for what it is. I would never ever gig with one. I received the wrong item when I ordered it, and the seller was great and sent out the correct item post haste, so there's that.I'm going to clamp mine to a small square of plywood, so it amplifies when I tap my foot, like the old blues guys used to do (well, they didn't have these back then, but you get my drift). Might be fun for solo blues stuff.

The clamping mechanism is very strange to use. You have to hold it just right with your fingertips and make sure you don't bump anything while clipping it into the F-hole. For some reason the cord is about a mile long. All I need is to connect from the F-hole to the tuner sitting on my knee - about 10 inches. Once it's connected, though, it works great!

It doesn't even come close to "picking up" the sound for amplification compared to a true pickup installation, to say nothing of the quality of the sound.REVISEDI read that this works on the headstock of a ukulele and it actually does so I've upped my rating. On my ukes it gives acceptable pickup considering the cost of this thing. It picks up the high end pretty well and can add a fun element to your uke playing.It is still pretty much useless on my classical guitar and really not better on the acoustic. Even with it amped to the point of feedback I can barely hear anything added to the sound of the guitar. If you bought this for guitar and feel it's useless I've read in the reviews that you can break open the puck and attach the mike directly with tape or something to get decent sound.

This contact pickup is great if you're trying to amplify your acoustic guitar without buying a fancy active pickup. That being said you'd be better off just buying something a little more dedicated than a contact transducer like this. While it accurately reproduces the tone of a guitar (or really anything that vibrates to produce resonance) HOWEVER every single time you move, the pickup will reproduce that as well. That means if you play in a way where any part of you is rubbing on the body of the guitar, it sounds like an orchestra of carpenters sanding wood. I'd recommend this as more of a tuner than a go-to for acoustic guitar amplification.

They work well. Sometimes they static and are shorter than I thought even after looking st the measure measurements, but it gets the job done.

gets stuck in my interface port and is hard to pull out. Makes me feel like if I had to take it in and out often my interface could break.

Very thin compared to my other cords--this is more closer to pedal connector thickness. It also carries a lot of capacitance for a 10-foot cord.

ok

Ok it's a little static

This has good sound quality and clearness. The cable itself seems very sturdy yet not too thick. My complaint is with the ends. They constantly come unscrewed which is one of my biggest pet peeves with cables.

No ideal for an experienced player.

I liked it but ill b upgrading soon

I'm really picky (pun semi intended) and have very high quality clear gear to listen to my 12 string through. This device was just not that great. I didn't fall in love. I had better results with equalizers. Mixers with built in parametric EQ are so cheap nowadays, I went with that.

I can't tell that it does that much. Your instrument will need to still sound pretty good out of the jack, this won't make a bad instrument sound good. But I find that it'm more helpful just as a DI for my passive acoustic pickup. But most venues will have those in house, so save your money for the LR Baggs if you're trying to perfect your acoustic tone, this will leave you wanting more.

Pros: it works and the sound is acceptable.Cons: Produces noticeable 60Hz buzz when used with power adapter and passive pickup. When on battery power, the unit works only in transparent mode, the on/off switch does not work, neither do any sound controls.

You can get some improvement in your acoustic sound with this device, however it takes a lot of tweaking and most of the settings make the instrument sound worse instead of better. I didn't notice a +20db change in the sound levels to me the were slightly louder at best unless the fader was set to maximum which didn't sound good. Without a noticeable increase in volume this wouldn't work well as a pre-amp if that is what you need if for.

Cheap...but it only lasted about a month before falling apart. Bought a few just to,have some spares. For the money, it's okay. Like strings, they've got a date of expiration. Delivery was fast.

As long as you run it through a mixer, cut a good deal of the high end and the mids no more than 1/4 up. It sounds really good. With the money.

adhesive not very dependable

The pickup worked fine for the first four weeks (used once a week) but the connection went bad after that and was unreliable. I expected better quality from this brand. Don't waste your money, this is worse quality than the $10 bottle cap transducer I bought 10 years ago, which still works fine by the way.

I would never recommend this pick up to anyone.
very low output and the all around sound stinks, I've heard better from a Radioshack tie clip mic.
I'd expect better from Dean Markley.

I should have just bought the pick up that fits in the sound hole. This pickup works fine, but the sound varies hugely from guitar to guitar depending on the placement. Also, I found that the putty really stuck to the finish on one of my guitars, and it was not easy to get off.

I got this instrument pick up primarily for using on a double bass and a mandolin. Unfortunately, it picks up more noise outside the instrument than the tones you want. Little clicks and taps against the body of the instrument tend to get super amplified, while the sounds of the strings are somewhat weak. I suppose it might work for acoustic guitars a little better, but in my experience I just can't recommend it for either Mandolin or Double Bass.

I thought I'd give this a try since it was so inexpensive, but I should have known better. The reviewers who give this four or five stars must have bad ears because this thing sounds terrible. The sound output is thin and tinny like an old AM radio. Spend a little more and get something you can actually use.

Hers is why I've given this two stars. When I clip it to my guitar I notice it doesn't pick up low end very much. So after a long time messing with knobs on my amp I was still not able to get any lite end out of it. Even with the bass all the way up. Left with nothing else to do I touched the pick up and the bass kicked it...but then it was last as soon as i let go. Long story short,I ended up having to open the pick up, remove the Mic from the clip, and use duct tape to strap it to the body of my classical (around the bridge but not too close). For now, it'll be ok. I would still prefer less hi end. It's really tweaky and tinny sounding but it'll do for now. Other than that, not bad for the price

Meh.Just bare in mind that it's an $8 pickup. It's going to sound like an $8 pickup. Aggressively mid-rangey. Which I'd be willing to overlook if it fit better.Be aware that this pickup actually has a pretty tall profile. If the edge of your sound whole is anywhere near your highest string, you will have problems.I run a music school and wanted a cheap pickup to use on student guitars for recitals. We have a bunch of younger students, with 3/4 parlor guitars, and this pickup kept hitting their high E string. Same thing with Ukulele.So if you have a larger sound hole and like mids, go ahead and pick this guy up.

First we have to realize this is not a $200 pickup or even a $50 pickup. It's less than ten bucks.It has a specially-designed clamp that is good for attaching it to the sound hole of a guitar. As such it is not going to work for an instrument without a considerable-size sound hole. It also will tend to get in the way of those who play directly over the sound hole, as it is quite easy to hit and will pick up any contact noise.It is more sensitive than cheaper competitor devices. Unless you run it directly into the amp within a distance of 8 ft you are also going to need a 1/4" to 1/4" coupler (to allow it to connect to an extension guitar cord). You will need such extension as this tends to have significant feedback issues if the amp is too close or facing the guitar.It is a passive pickup, so you will need either an amp with a passive-specific input or a preamp mixer or other preamp device. If you don't have a preamp system, this will do you no good.So because of the limitations I rate it as above. For what it does though-- providing a passive pickup that can be quickly switched out between instruments, it does okay. I believe there are better pickup concepts out there for about the same amount of money, including adhesive-disk mikes. I would prefer to permanently mount a pickup of some kind and there are many low-cost pickups out there to choose from. But this is a slightly different concept (removable) that for the price is worth checking in to.

If you bump or move the wire, it can be heard. The most sensitive part of the pickup is the part shown inside the hole on the pictures, but if you mount it like that on my guitar, you don't hear anything. If you mount it against the pick guard, you hear nothing. I tried moving it to the top of the sound hole, and it performed marginally better, but then you have this cord to deal with. I moved it under the strings like an electric guitar pickup and it's a little better, but not much. Tends to over-amplify unless your amp settings are perfect.

Pick-up arrived on time and works. Clips on easy; but is way too sensitive. It not only picks up music from the soundhole, but picks up the sound of my hands touching the guitar anywhere. It basically turns the whole guitar into a microphone. Guitar sound is cheap and twangy through this device, not rich and full as unplugged.I purchased a Seymour Duncan sound hole pick-up that seems to give true warm sound, although I have to turn volume up much higher on the amp than I do with the Cherub. The Seymour Duncan does not pick up unwanted handling sounds from the guitar, only music.

Would not recommend. Don't waste your money use the extra 8 bucks and get a nice monster one or fender. This is junk.

Looks cool. Sounds fine. Not durable at all. Only had it for a week before I accidentally stepped on it while it was plugged in... Now it doesn't work.

This cable didn't last long before it started to pop and buzz with every movement. I used it for a few months, but only about once per week and I took good care of it the whole time.

It worked well while it worked. Unfortunately, that was only for 6 months. The end fell out and can not be repaired and the cable is quite funky. Of course it's too late to get a replacement or refund. We'll look for a different brand now. Suggest avoiding this one.

It arrived early.. Worked greatNo feed back or crackling....First time I unplugged it from the guitar. The jack fell apart and got stuck in the brand new guitar!! Had to go buy one local.. Not happy:(

Plugged it in and worked once but had a horrible hissing sound. Tried it the next day and didn't work. Could not get it to work after that. Went and brought a better cable at the local music store and worked just fine without any buzzing or hissing sound. Looks like its a 50 to 50 chance rather you get one that works or you don't. I wouldn't waste your money with the chance you might get a faulty one. Spend a few more bucks and get a better cable.

It buzzes very bad.

Mine burned out after a few uses.

Very disappointed.hours of tweeking this thing still ont produce a very remarakble sound.Im sure there better ones for a couple bucks more.

Used twice.... put it away and the next time I used it.... it didn't work... at all.Bummer.... sounded good while it worked.

It works fine but it drains batteries... I went through 2 nine volts in 2 days (expensive!). It unfortunately did not come with a 9v adapter so I'll have to go buy one or remember to take the battery out when I'm done...

I bought 3 since they are all cheap. One good, 2 suck. I'm dealing with an old acoustic. If you have a fine instrument you may prefer the suction of the others, but read below:Pickups Piezo Microphone Contact 3 in 1 for...from UXCELLGreenten 1Pc Piezo Contact Microphone Pickup...AXL Acoustic Guitar Transducer Pickup with 1/4 Jack and 9 Foot CableAll are about 10 bucks but the first one in the list is the clear winner. You just need a place to stick the 3 mics. I sprayed a bit of laquer from a can inside on the underside of the guitar top, paint would work, and then sanded a bit and had a mirror like surface. Then drill one hole and you have a really nice setup. The others work with suction which is not the way to go. Greenten picks up every movement of your right arm: not spec for guitar top. The AXL is ok, but again the suction thing… If I had to use those suction things, I'd cut the thing down so that I could better glue the pickup to the guitar inside like the one from UXCELL write for more info, but it's clearly too noisy

Didn't work for me. It seems well made but it it would only crackle and pop when you hit the casing.

cord shorts out! - brand new right out of the box, stick on guitar, short in cord! The soldering inside the piezo must be very cheaply done. I've had several of these and although they can sound good, they almost always short out - too bad : (

Unit I received is broken — no audio at all, zilch, radio silence. I suspect faulty wiring inside. From other reviews, this seems like a recurring problem. I'm sending it back and am unsure whether to buy another.
The adhesive is basically a wad of that putty for sticking posters to the wall (only gray not blue.) It stuck fine; left a smear on the finish of the guitar, but I wiped that off easily.

Pickup sounds great when it works ...

Bought this new for use with a stand up bass and a banjo. Failed on me first time using it at a gig. The construction is poor and the wires were making intermittent contact with the piezo piece inside the wooden end cap. I could get it to work from time to time by jiggling and playing with the wire. Tried to take it apart to resolder the contacts but destroyed it in the process. It's in the garbage now with a epm bottle cap replacement on the way ...

Save your money and buy something with a better build quality.

The sound is fine. What I'm extremely disappointed in is the fact that half of the adhesive remained on the instrument after the first use. It is the exact consistency of gum on your shoe. I took a picture to prove it, but I don't see any way to share it at the moment. It's really a shame. This is one of the more expensive piezo mics I considered, and one of the biggest selling points was that the adhesive is supposedly, impressively clean.

Also, I thought I was getting the model with the 1/4 inch female end that connects to the rear strap post -- seems like a clever design -- not what I received, though. It's possible I made a mistake when I was ordering, but the model I received has a skinny, 7-ish foot cord which I'm not too enamored with.

I play in a church band. Best sound is into a condenser mic, but must have a great sound tech on board to boost without getting feedback or even worse, won't get me in the mix. This pickup provides a decent solution. I don't
want to alter my instrument so the tacky stuff is working. I don't recommend leaving it stuck on for a long period of time, like over night, as it does seem to leave an oily trace on the top, but I can live with that as opposed to drilling or putting something inside my mandolin that wasn't constructed there in the first place. Don't know how long the tacky will last but I've used it for several months and so far the original dab of tacky is still working. This is a great cheap solution for me and my situation. I adhere it below the high side and the sound man slightly cuts the top and adds a bit of reverb.

Update: Marred the finish on my natural colored Gibson A9 mandolin. Left a permanent oily shiny spot. Dissatisfied.

Doesn't work speaker

is extremely sensitive to movement, which makes it useless for acoustic instruments

Every time I connect this during performances, I'm getting a humming noise and I have to finally use an external microphone for my mandolin. This is a cheap quality product. Do not buy!

I wasn't to crazy about this is a mic and it picks up sound but the quality is. It great and the chord is a mic also you can't touch it or move because you will hear it, I have no use for it

PIECE OF JUNK.MAKES MY 38 YEAR OLD GIBSON CLASSICAL GUITAR SOUND HORRIBLE.PICKS UP ANY BACKROUND NOISES IN THE VICINITY. I HAVE TRIED IT ON NUMEROUS AREAS OF THE GUITAR WITH NO ACCEPTABLE RESULTS.

worthless piece of junk.... just creates feedback and picks up treble strings way over bass ones

Cord lasted for roughly 2 months of practice, I bought it because of the high rating. Rolled the cord into a loose 12" circle wrap after every time it was used (maybe 15 times) as I treat all my cords very gingerly. Others may have better results but this was the first and last Hosa cord I 'll ever buy. Same price range as a monster cable without the Monster warranty

Improperly grounded causing a horrible buzz unless touched. I checked against another cable and sure enough this one is defective. Seems like fairly cheap construction which I expected for the price but I would have preferred it to have work in the first place.

Cord broke with a month of owning

This cord sucks. We've had two break. Knew I should've gone with the fender one. I will say they promptly replaced the first broken one and the second missed the return window by two days. So now I will buy him the one he originally said and quit being cheap.

Didn't work out of the box. The end connectors were loose and the cables are thin. No sound from the guitar. Other cables work. Spend a few dollars and get a reputable brand. Glad I didn't bring these to a gig. Luckily I can return easily with Amazon.

Cable is not consistent--as stated by other reviewers, my cable is defective. The sound cuts in and out while playing and occasionally has popping and hissing. Very disappointed.

Unusable. Worked for a day and then would buzz no matter what cables I used for input or output. First behringer product that I have not been satisfied with.

Tried three different instruments and had to turn down the volume to very low for it not to be clipping, so I sent it back.

Waited a lot for it. But it doesnt work. Is completely dead. Really a waist of money. Its more expensive to return it. Really sad

Didn't work with batteries, started smoking when plugged in to an adaptor. Yes, the adaptor produced 9V, so it's really that this is a shoddy product.

BOTH my friend and I bought this DI because we needed a backup and had been very happy with Behringer products. I got mine and immediately HATED the sound. I know it's subjective, but I had a pro friend listen and we both agreed it completely muddied and distorted the sound and the EQs weren't responding the way they were supposed to. We both said the guitars sounded better bypassing the Behringer. I returned it to Amazon and made them pay shipping figuring it was a fluke. ANOTHER friend bought one and had the exact same experience with it.SO. This has clearly gotten a lot of good reviews, so if yours sounds like crap SEND IT BACK and order another to see if maybe it was a fluke. But honestly if you gig in ANY live settings bite the bullet and just get a better DI. These two are the ones I recommend....Dean Markley Plus DI - http://www.amazon.com/Dean-Markley-DI-PLUS-Amplifier/dp/B0002J157GLR Baggs Para Acoustic DI (I would argue the best on the market for the money) - http://www.amazon.com/LR-Baggs-Para-Acoustic-D-I/dp/B001E95KEC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449339383&sr=8-1&keywords=baggs+para+di

I bought this pedal because I needed to boost my guitar's sound while playing live, not only boost the sound but make it more clear and brighter, this pedal is hard to adjust and gives the guitar a more dusty and quiet sound. I don't recommend this pedal, I do recommend the EQ700 for playing live, for $25 it gives your guitar a clear and louder sound.

This pickup is not a good thing by any means. The adhesive is basically a one time use and almost impossible to get off. The sound is so faint by the time you turn it up to hear it, it screams with feedback. It doesn't matter where you place the pickup either, it sound horrible everywhere . I did find, although when you press really hard on the pickup a lot of sound comes through but still not impressed. If you're looking for a cheap solution look somewhere else. I could think of a lot of other things to spend $10 on. Lesson learned

What junk. It picks up any sound and as soon as you turn the volume up on your amp even a tiny bit, you will get a blasted by a shriek of feedback.DO NOT use the adhesive tape they provide unless you want the thing stuck on your instrument forever...or risk destroying your instrument by ripping it off. i tested on an old ukulele.

barely worked. Sounded terrible

The 1/4 jack doesn't make a good solid connection with the guitar cable and so it's always squealing or creating static. When it is connected the sound clarity is very poor. I tried it on both a ukulele and an acoustic guitar. You could never really use it for a gig as the cable jack just isn't a reliable connection. It's just a toy to play around in the house, which for the price seems about right.

Awful for a guitar. Couldn't use it without constant feedback. Returned immediately.