I play in a band that plays rock-folk style songs with acoustic instruments. I've been playing live for a few years and figured I would try this pickup out for the price. I'm always on the road so after I got back this winter I tried the pickup out. At first it was a mess because the banjo bridge kept falling over when I strummed the banjo. After installing the pick underneath the banjo head with some gorilla tape...wow. The pickup sounds just a great as some more expensive pickups I've used in the past. A must but for the price. I just wish it came with a jack to install in the banjo, but the product is still great.

For its price, this was a pretty good banjo pickup. It only took about 5-10 minutes to install and it sounds great. The only downside: no volume and tone control. I was surprised how well it sounded for its price. I would recommend it.

I purchased the Shadow SH B1 transducer about a month ago and am very well pleased. I put it on one of my resonator banjos and it sounded bad. Took off the resonator and it sounded GREAT!!! I pluged it into my Line Spider amp and used the chorus/flanger and also reverb. Probably any amp with reverb would help. It sounds especially nice with slow melodies. Sure beats the price of an electric banjo. The velcro connection doesn't work very well. I found a small metal bracket and bored two very small holes and mounted the input end to the banjo. I have this mounted now to a open back Rogue banjo and it is a very pleasing sound.