T2 Electric Transducer Pickup for Acoustic Stringed Instruments

This is exactly what I needed. I couldn't find much information online about this pickup, except for the few reviews here on Amazon. I did find a Youtube video of a guy playing on a cigarbox guitar with one of these pickups, but it is hard to make a solid decision based on the compressed sound that Youtube has to offer. I suppose it did help a little to see it in action. So then I took a chance and bought this pickup for my  Lanikai LU-21C Concert Ukulele  which I picked up while on vacation in Hawaii. I plugged this pickup into a  Danelectro N10A Honey Tone Mini Amp in Aqua  that I bought here on Amazon.A ukulele is quiet, by nature, but now I can jam along with an acoustic and not get drowned out. The overall tone is great and, paired with the Honeytone mini amp, is a sonic miracle. Loud, clean, and crisp.This pickup is designed to adhere to the body of your stringed instrument. I managed to stick it under the bridge (as recommended), and then stick the jack onto the bottom of my ukulele. I achieved another goal, putting this pickup onto my instrument where it sits out of the way of my arms/hands while playing AND it still fits into my ukulele case without having to take it off the instrument.The only minor drawback that I discovered is that this pickup will resound any vibrations from your instrument; i.e., if you rub your shirt against the body of the instrument, it will reproduce a "scratchy" sound out of your amp. This is expected, due to the nature of this pickup, but it is not enough of a problem for me to take a star away from my review. That small issue may be something you wish to consider when shopping around for pickups.I hope this review helped. I will post a follow-up later when I try this pickup out with proper PA which I intend to buy within the next couple months. I have no doubts that this will continue to impress me.

I purchased this, along with 3 other contact mics/transducers for my ukulele. This was the worst sounding one of all of them. First of all, the mounting tape on the back of the mic, only covered half of the entire bottom surface. I didn't think much of it and thought it was intentionally done. So I mounted it right below the bridge and hooked it into an amp. The sound was very thin and hollow. So, i though that perhaps it was not mounted close enough to the surface of the ukulele. The mounting tape was a little thick (the foamy type). So I pressed down harder to perhaps compress the foamy tape. Didn't change the ugly sound quality. I tried pressing down on the contact mic while strumming the ukulele, and the sound did improve a bit. It was a little richer and full. This lead me to believe that the tape was too thick. Unfortunately, I don't have a stock of mounting tape to replace this with, so I tried to adjust it by moving it to another location, but the mounting tape is very strong. When I attempted to pry it off, the entire backing started to come apart, and actually bent a little. After a couple of minutes, i finally got it off. But the mounting tape was no longer good. I am very disappointed in the quality of this product. For the price, I was expecting this to be very good. It was actually the most expensive of the 4 contact mics/transducers I purchased. The best sounding contact mic was a $7.00 mic with no fancy name other than P-007. This was was mounted in the same spot as this contact mic, and sounded soooo much better. In fact, the $7 mic is the one that is staying on the ukulele. I am hoping I can return this mic and get my money back. We'll see.

I was really surprised by how good this sounded (mine is affixed to my irish bouzouki) and the ease of installation. My only grouse is that the external mount for the instrument cable jack feels rather flimsy

I play mandolin and run sound in a bluegrass band. I used to have the worst time getting a good sound out of my mandolin. I tried other piezo pickups and mic set ups and this little guy is my absolute favorite by a lot. This is the external version so there was no drilling needed to install.Attahced mine under the bridge through one of the f holes. The wire is a little hot, but its not a problem for me because mostly all inside the mando. Sound is great, i run mine through a Behringer DI and then onto the board. it needs a little eq to take down the highs a bit, but no more than you have to if you used an instrument mic. I havent had any problems with durability, and I am pretty tough on the thing. Almost 6 months of hard use and i haven't run into any problems.Great tone, nice and loud even without a DI or a preamp. Would work great for Banjo, Violin, and Uke as well. I would hesitate for a Guitar because the wire from the jack to the pickup is very hot. For Guitar i would suggest the internal instal variant, Its like 2 bucks cheaper but you'd have to drill a hole to put it in. I actually just bought another one to put in my classical guitar. I am a huge fan, and for the price you might as well just buy two because i guarantee once you hear how good this thing is you will want another.Great Buy!

I bought a model T-2 Tyler Mountain transducer and paid $27.95 for it. I put it on my mountain dulcimer and the top of the actual transducer fell off and It would not go back on. One tiny wire (very tiny in there) I tried and tried to get it back on but not possible. This is the worst I have ever had.I do not like the external transducers in general because they tend to mar the finish but at least I get good sound from some. This was impossibly cheap and poor sounding. Shall see if I can return it.Lynne Stephens

This pick up is great for amplifying your acoustic instrument. It works for guitar and can pick up the higher notes of a banjo or mandolin.