I use this for a snap-like sound on the backbeat in live situations. Sounds very good! You can mount it, or then take the mount off and place it on top of your snare like I do.
There is one thing that?s not good. The castanetd have a small ?lip? between the castanet itself and the base, that keeps it in it?s place and stops unwantes rattling. The lip is very thin and breaks easily. My first castanet machine came with already broken lip staight out of the box. I returned it and got a new one that wasn?t broken. But since I?ve been using it and it has been in my gigbag with all the other percussions, the lip has broken again. I can still play it, but if I play it so that I take my hand off right away (like accidentaly touching a hot stove) it rattles a bit which I don?t like. So I have to rest my hand on top of the instrument every time I hit it. It?s not a dealbreaker, but something LP definetely should fix.
All in all, it?s a very useful effect, I will use it in the future too and would recommend it. If they fixed the lip and would be 5/5.