I am interested in picking up a contact mic for a bit different flavor for sampling. I’m not sure where to start. Anyone have any recommendations? I apologize as I feel this topic was covered somewhere on the forum but I could not locate the thread where folks were discussing them.
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Crank Sturgeon makes all kinds of contact mics. Perfect circuit sells em.
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Thank you. I’ll look into it now. Have you used any of their mics?
I once picked up a piezo component at the store and soldered two wires and a 3.5mm plug to it. Into a preamp it went – worked, still works.
Just looked around some online stores, didn’t know there was such a variety to contact mics.
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Korg makes a little clip-on mic. Convenient and decent quality.
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No directly what the OP asked for but LOM make some interesting mics.
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Thank you. I will check this out. I looked up the Crank Sturgeon stuff and they look super handy and I liked the overall vibe of this company (not sure if it’s an actual company or just a person) but I’ll check out Lom as well. Maybe buy something from both. Crank Sturgeon stuff is very affordable.
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I’ve had lots of fun with the Koma Elektronik Field Kit. Really inspiring piece of gear.
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This looks pretty fun although after reading the description I’m actually more confused about what it does 
. I’ll do a deep dive of YT videos to get a better sense of it. In the meantime I ordered a couple of mics from Crank Sturgeon. For the price, it seemed like a no brainer.
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I’ve used K & K pickups for years on my acoustic instruments. Great quality and sound.
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No I haven’t. I have a Koma Elektronics contact mic but the Crank Sturgeon ones look way more durable. Sound quality is definitely “lo-fi”.