HOMEMADE CONTACT MICS

Hi there! My name is Liane and I'm an experimental musician and fine artist living in Vancouver, BC Canada. I've been making piezoelectric crystal contact mics that are way nicer than the ones I've been seeing offered on Ebay and elsewhere and I'd like to make them available to you! These mics are made with only NEW professional ingredients; which means
NO ELECTRICAL TAPE, NO BIG LUMPY BUMPS IN THE CABLE and NO EXPOSED SOLDER JOINTS OR INTERNAL WIRING.
I consider these things important! Electrical tape comes unglued and leaves a sticky mess! Exposed solder joints and wiring are signs of a flimsy mic that may break with one accidental yank on the cord. I don't want that, nobody wants that!

What are contact microphones good for? They're great when used as pickups for acoustic instruments that want to become electric instruments. They can be used as drum triggers for electronic drum modules. They can collect sounds that ordinary mics can't. Their uses are only limited to what you can get them to stick to. They sound amazing going into a guitar amp and just as amazing plugged straight into a minidisc recorder.

Take a listen: contact mics test audio