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Professional microphone systems for acoustic instruments: folk acoustic guitar, gypsy guitar, classical and flamenco guitar, Celtic and pedal harp, double bass, cello, viola and violin, mandolin, ud, kora and n'goni, piano, hang, handpan, balafon, vibraphone etc.

Contact Microphones

Contact microphones Ischell C1, C2 and C3 are new types of pickups that attach to the instrument with a specific putty audio adhesive. The sound is comparable to an aerial microphone, fidelity, warmth, width, air… With the acoustic insulation and the feedback resistance of a piezo pickup, allowing to play in conditions of high levels on stage. You can easily use it in an amp, apply effects or make clean loops. A revolution in the amplification of many instruments on stage! An innovation Ischell

Miniature Aerial Microphonesaircapt

The aerial microphones Ischell A1 and A3 are miniature condenser microphones with a design studied to be placed closer to the sound on the instrument. It optimizes sound pickup with more gain, less feedback and less ambient noise. Particularly suitable for acoustic situations or as a complement to our contact microphone, they faithfully and very naturally reproduce the sound of your instrument with precision, dynamics and allow comfortable levels on stage without a microphone stand.

Best Sellers

  • inside J48C

    4.98 on 5

    Contact microphone C1, C2 or C3, fixed installation (drilling required), Unbalanced Jack out, works on 9 volt battery, option of volume button or wheel, high levels on stage…

    259,00 - 368,00
  • X48C

    4.86 on 5

    C2 or C3 contact microphone, removable installation, 65 cm microphone cable, operates on phantom power, high levels on stage...

    259,00 - 319,00
  • X48JC

    5.00 on 5

    System with remote electronics, fixed or removable installation of the C2 or C3 contact microphone, phantom power with 9v battery option allowing output Jack, native XLR output,…

    299,00 - 379,00
  • J48C

    5.00 on 5

    Contact microphone C1, C2 or C3, removable installation, Unbalanced Jack out, 9 volt battery operation, high levels on stage…

    269,00 - 378,00
  • J-BOX3C

    4.80 on 5

    System with remote electronics, removable installation of the C3 contact microphone, powered by 9v battery, Unbalanced Jack out Hi-Z, strong levels on stage…

    379,00

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  1. I use a pair of microphones C3BHP to add sound to my pedal harp as part of a harp and electronics project (Avelune), both in the studio and live.

    I was won over from the first use… the rendering of the C3BHP is natural, precise, the roundness of the sound of the instrument is always present. I place them directly using the adhesive putty on the resonance table, one towards the low mids and the other towards the treble (for a stereo rendering).
    Very easy to use (I often transport them for recordings and concerts), installation is done quickly and the sound is immediately fantastic, very little editing required.

    Also a big thank you to Fischer for his advice and responsiveness :) I can only recommend these microphones!

  2. Amazing pickup. Installed on my wife’s Turkish KamanChello. (Like a kamanche but in the chello range). Very beautiful warm sound. Not harsh. Very resistant to feedback. Gives a natural good sound with strong signal, and doesn’t require much eq to sound natural. I love how easy it is to set this up on this instrument without equipment for installing. The pickup comes with all then necessary Velcro and sticky tack to do a lot of experimenting and future placement on other instruments in the future. Fischer was very very helpful and patient before and after purchase.
    Amazing company. I’m very happy I thing ischell for our instruments. We now have very natural and easy to mix sound for our events and don’t have to worry about feedback anymore. Thanks fischer :)

  3. Amazing pickup, and even more amazing customer service. Fischer was extremely helpful and patient and guided me in choosing the best pickup option for my instrument and my needs. He gave very explicit instructions for finding the best location in the instrument, and was very supportive all along the way. Shipping time was very fast, and the pickup comes with everything necessary to easily set up in the instrument, and a lot of spare materials for experimenting different placements and future uses.
    The sound of the ischell is truly impressive. I used to have a K&K twin piezo, and was always bothered with the sound of my harp, which just didn’t sound to my ears like my harp really sounded.
    With the ischell, after finding proper placement, I find that I don't need any eq adjustments. I just plug in and play amplified and get a really good sound.
    Fischer explained how to experiment with pickup placement in order to find the most natural sounding position on the soundboard, thereby not requiring eq adjustments to the sound later on.
    I recently recorded myself during a live concert, and after listening to the recording, I realized how amazing this pickup really sounds! I was so happy with the sound I ended using the track. So you could even record with this without needing any external condenser microphone if necessary to record in a loud location.

  4. After a few months of trying out my X48C I finally find the time to give a feedback. To make it short: I’m 100% happy with it! After using many different pickups over the last 30 years I finally have an amplified sound on my 150 years old Bohemian bass which sounds like a double bass ;-) Last but not least I got feedbacks from several sound engineers who declared this system as totally easy and stress-free to handle. Thanks a lot for your work!

    Image #1 from David Aebli
  5. This is the first contact mic I have found that reproduces Gadulka's sound faithfully and with serious volume. Jack output means I can use effects pedals and since it's not a condenser there is no chance of feedback. Super convenient and quality construction, well done!

    Image #1 from Isabel

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