Due to its convenient size and versatile attachment options directly to the instrument, it can be used with a wide variety of drum and percussion instruments and with many string instruments. It is recommended for non-internal mounting only. The Golden Bullet Microphone has a sturdy 5" goose neck built into the cable, right behind the microphone capsule. This allows for a variety of elevated positions. An industrial strength self adhesive universal attachment system is supplied to accommodate mounting on all different instruments, no matter if round shaped or flat. An integral part of this microphone is its preamp. It provides transformer-less pre-amplification plus professional active balanced XLR output. The preamp works on either phantom power or a 9-volt battery. It also provides the 5-volt power the mic requires. Upon customer request, a preamp model with 1/4" instrument line level output (e.g. for combo amplifiers) is available. This model does not work on phantom power but on 9-volt battery only.