The Feather Violin Pickup with Flexible Micro-Gooseneck by Myers Pickups
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Features
- Myers Pickups introduces their new lightweight powerhouse. So light that we named it The Feather. So compact that it can be positioned on a multitude of instruments without modification or permanent installation and still faithfully amplifies the natural tone and beauty of your instrument!
- Fully equipped with an internally powered, active preamp to produce the richest sound your instrument can deliver! Power-source (included) is pre-installed and each pickup is meticulously tested before delivery. No phantom power needed! Compatible with most wireless systems!
- Complete out of the box, plug in and play! All mounting hardware included. Instantly turn your instrument into an acoustic/electric instrument with volume! Compatible with almost any musical instrument! Made in the USA.
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Description
SPECIFICATIONS: Compact Design. Soft Rubber Fluted Volume Knob. Powered Active Preamp. Power Source (included). Mounting Hardware (included). 1/4" Input Jack with Preamp Switch Activation. Built-in Highly Sensitive Omnidirectional Pickup Mic. Effect Pedal Compatibility. Made in the USA. Patents Pending.
Brand: Myers Pickups
Size: One Size
Color: natural
Item dimensions L x W x H: 4 x 6 x 4 inches
Top Material Type: Plastic
Back Material Type: Rubber
String Material Type: Steel Alloy
Finish Type: Powder Coated
Instrument: Violin
Operation Mode: Acoustic, Electric
Brand Name: Myers Pickups
Instrument: Violin
Manufacturer: Myers Pickups
UPC: 702142944074 702142944135
Manufacturer Part Number: Feather
Model Name: The Feather
Model Number: Feather
Unit Count: 1.0 Count
Included Components: Power source, Mounting hardware, 1/4" input jack with preamp switch activation
Connector Type: 1/4" Jack
Instrument Size: One Size
Item Dimensions: 4 x 6 x 4 inches
Top Material Type: Plastic
Back Material Type: Rubber
String Material Type: Steel Alloy
Material Type: Plastic
Color: natural
Finish Type: Powder Coated
Sound Profile: Natural
Operation Mode: Acoustic, Electric
Number of Strings: 4
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Our daughter, who is studying violin performance (classical) in college, has been performing with some alt country/rock bands more recently. She tried using a piezo pickup at first (which can be less susceptible to feedback) but was not happy with the overall bright/brittle sound quality. We needed to figure out a setup that was easy to use, reasonably priced, provided a great sound, and would allow her to achieve a higher stage volume level so she could hear herself and keep up with the band through the on-stage monitors. One of her teachers who also tours playing the violin suggested the setup that she uses live - A Myers Feather Pickup with Flexible Micro-Gooseneck along with an LR Baggs Venue Acoustic Preamp/DI/EQ/Tuner pedal. We purchased the Myers pickup and LR preamp. This combination has been working great for her in a live band setting. The flexible mic can be moved around/adjusted around the sound hole on the violin to help dial in the sound....much much better than the piezo pickup that we tried previously. The mic attaches to a mini preamp that attaches to a belt or clothing and has a volume knob on it. The sound from the Myers Feather pickup is amazing! That and used in conjunction with the LR Baggs venue preamp pedal allows her to get a great sound at a higher volume playing in a live setting. The preamp pedal has a notch filter to help with feedback issues that can arise with higher volumes and pretty extensive EQ controls to help shape your sound. She is really happy with the sound the Myers pickup provides and she/we highly recommend it!!!!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2025 by Rachel D. McIntyre
I have been playing fiddle for dances for a few years now and find it tiring and distracting to play into a microphone and to try to maintain a constant distance from it. I went to the J.C Campbell Folk School for a week-long workshop for dance musicians and had, for the first time, the experience of having a pickup put on my fiddle when I went on stage. All of the sudden, I just didn’t have to think about the mic anymore and I loved it. I recently did a google search and learned about the various pickups that are available and decided that this was the one I wanted, in part because I really like the sound of my instrument (a ~100-year-old "Hopf") and wanted something that would capture it. I was concerned about the possibility that the battery might die suddenly at an awkward moment and emailed Gregg Myers to ask about that. He responded quickly and said that the battery can last for hundreds of hours and will fade slowly over period of several hours, that I would begin to notice a loss of gain in the preamp and that that will be the time to change the battery. It’s nice to have some idea what to expect in terms of battery life (I really had no idea) and particularly to know that it will not die suddenly. I purchased the pickup a few weeks ago and started experimenting with it. I fed it into my 35 watt Kustom amp and it sounded great. I put it inside the “F” hole of the fiddle and found that sounded too much like an echo chamber and settled on the configuration shown on the Myers website, with the mic at the lower end of the “treble” “F” hole. This makes it sound like the fiddle I know. I have to say that I had some trouble with mounting the “Feather” on my tailpiece and would recommend that violin players consider the “Grip/Clamp” model as the more appropriate choice designed specifically for them. I was not comfortable with either the saddle clip (didn’t seem secure enough on the tailpiece and couldn’t get it to not touch the top of the instrument when clipped to the tailpiece) or the feather clip as constructed. I found a solution for me which involved reducing an additional fine tuner to just the threaded cylinder and a nut under the tailpiece, removing the alligator clip from the feather clip and using the added fine tuner to hold the feather clip, mounting it in the tailpiece a little closer to the end pin than a "French eye" might be placed. It resulted in a very secure and unobtrusive mounting system. For myself, I think I made the right decision to get the “Feather” rather than the “Grip” because I like the fact that the preamp module is on my belt, not on the instrument where I can see it. Because not everyone would be comfortable modifying parts in this way, I will say again that violin players should consider the “Grip/Clamp” because it was designed specifically for that application. The new pickup had its first night out just this weekend playing for a family contra dance and did great. It helped make many smiles (including one on me).
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Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2017 Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2017 by Anna Crawford
Two of my siblings and I play violin, and with each of us using it for different gigs, this pickup has served us well since 2019 (one of us have even used it weekly for church services for the past 2 years). A big reason I chose this pickup mic in the first place was a positive review on YouTube by Lincoln Mick, the mandolin player for The Arcadian Wild (check them out!) and I agree with everything he mentioned. Many people including Mick have done a better job then I would at describing the sound, accuracy, and versatility; yes, it's all great and a solid value. I can also say it holds up! To this day-- 5 years after I got mine-- I still see people recommending The Feather over other similar products. An echo I'd strongly like to emphasize is Myers Pickups' customer service. After 5 years of use, ours finally stopped outputting sound recently (and I wasn't mad-- I'd say that's fair for a mic this size and cost). I reached out to their support to see what the repair process would look like and I got a response same-day from Gregg Myers (CEO). Gregg was very personable, and even though my pickup was outside of warranty, he didn't turn me away like most companies would in the situation. Instead, he worked with me, and offered a solution for (what I'd consider) a reasonable price, demonstrating a care for his pickups and the people who use them. So in response, I strongly recommend the pickup and the company behind it. (... Although, check out their other pickups, too, as another one might fit your PARTICULAR use-case better!)
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Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024 Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024 by Ben
Title is self explanatory. I would add that this product probably won’t survive a few more battery replacements due to the finicky process needed to do it… or at the very least, makes me a bit nervous to do it every time
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024 Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024 by Pab
Kudos! A real micro microphone rather than just a piezo gadget that only senses the vibration from the bridge of my instrument. So unintrusive except of course for the necessary control box, cables, etc. The item arrived quicker than promised (due in part because of my location) and although the box contained enough hardware for very flexible mounting and placement on the violin that will satisfy most everyone, I couldn't easily fit it on my own violin without danger of harming the delicate varnish, so I fashioned my own clamp on gadget which permits flexible placement along the violin bouts, with the microphone securely in place and easily detachable for transferring to my other instruments. See photo. The customer service from Gregg Myers was impeccable. The initial unit was defective and after friendly consultation Gregg quickly sent me another together with some other components to better match the microphone to my amplifier system. The sound sounds nice, full and vibrant although with the intrinsic violin sound so close to my ear it's not easy to distinguish this from the output of the speaker itself. I plan to feed the microphone output into a recorder soon and evaluate it on playback. But so far so good. Looking forward to future developments. Built-in wireless would be great!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2018 Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2018 by mickey "mouse"
I was very nervous to spend so much money on something I had no idea if it would work. I’ve had my pickup for 1.5 years and I adore it. It was incredibly easy to attach without hurting my violin. It’s lightweight and unobtrusive. I haven’t had to replace the battery yet even though I use it monthly. I purchased it to play violin in my church’s band. The volume is easily adjusted and the pickup has no problem battling the drums and guitars ;) The microphone cover fell off and I lost it. I contacted the owner and he immediately responded and shipped me a new microphone cover. I haven’t had any feedback issues in the 1.5 I’ve used it. I’d happily recommend this product and I’m very pleased with my purchase.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2019 by Mel Green
After experimenting with a Yamaha electric violin through the years as a way to amplify my sound, I became fed up with the tinny, dull tone of it and began to look for ways to grab that full-body violin sound of my acoustic. I had noticed a stark difference in tone from playing my electric in gigs with my band to playing my acoustic in the Georgia Tech Chamber Orchestra. I found myself being more and more drawn to my acoustic's sound. Though I've seen new acoustic violins being made these days with an output jack for an amp, that would be a very expensive upgrade for someone on an engineering student's budget. My acoustic violin was made in the 1920's, and it was a given to me as a gift from my grandfather. I just couldn't bring myself to play acoustic on anything else. So, I began to look for ways to electrify its sound to make sure I can be heard when I play with my bandmates on drums, electric guitar, and bass. This led me to discover electric conversion kits that you can buy to replace the bridge and give a quarter inch output. They use a type of piezoelectric pickup directly on the bridge, and thus you'd have to replace the bridge to play in an orchestral setting again because wires dangling around your bridge while you're playing Tchaikovsky is the last thing you want to worry about. Then I discovered the Feather. After doing many web searches and reading a lot of reviews, I found this Myers Feather pickup to be the most highly rated and most flexible to use. It just attaches right to the tailpiece of my acoustic, and I position the mic where I'd like it. Then, after I'm done playing, I just detach the mic and my violin is back to normal for orchestra playing! Then there's the sound. My Yamaha lacks the body and fullness that this pickup can grab off my acoustic. It's like night and day. If you're looking for a way to most practically replicate your acoustic's sound without permanently changing your instrument, you've found it! What's an added bonus is this pickup isn't tied to a specific instrument type. I've been trying to learn some Bluegrass music on mandolin, and I can attach this pickup to that too! Now I've got an electric mandolin! My girlfriend plays cello, and letting her use this when we play music for church is MUCH easier than trying to get a vocal mic to work. I highly recommend this Feather, and the creator Gregg Myers stands by all of his products. I was in your shoes, reading review after review, trying to find the BEST pickup. Let this be your decision point, if it's suited my varied needs, it will definitely suit yours!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2019 by Noah
I bought this mic last September, and have used it at several contra dances. We have three fiddlers in the band, and the other two bought a different clip-on mic after I bought this one. We had previously been using mics on stands. It is nice to be able to move around, rather than being stuck in position at the mic. The sound from this was fine, but it lacked the power that the other two had. On our mixer board, my input would be turned all the way up, and the inputs for the other two would be turned nearly to nothing. This just to balance out the relative volumes. This is with my clip-on pre-amp at full volume. We tried changing the battery, and that made no difference. So, I have now, some months later, purchased a mic of the same brand as my bandmates, to make life easier on the fellow running the soundboard. It was also challenging to find a decent way to mount this mic on my fiddle. I found a method that worked. I took off the wind-screen, ran the mic up between the tailpiece and the chinrest (through the opening there), then wrapped the velcro strap around the top of my tailpiece, using the fine tuner to keep it from slipping down. After that, I'd put the wind-screen back on. It was a precarious mount at best, but it seemed to function better than any other method I tried. The mic would still move around if you happened to inadvertently tug on the cable. Had to keep an eye on it.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2024 by Ken Pollard