Paper Jamz Guitar Review

The Paper Jamz guitar is tipped for greatness this Christmas. It has already won the Toy Of The Year Innovation award and early customer reviews are very positive. If your child does not have the patience to learn a musical instrument but fancies himself as a bit of a rock star, then the Paper Jamz Instant Rock Star guitar is going to be just up their street.

Play like a pro by simply touching the guitar’s paper surface!

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The range of six guitars, drums, amps and straps is made using unique technology whereby touch sensitive sensors and circuitry are embedded into the paper. This enables children aged 8-12 years to pick up a guitar and play music easily. These guitars are very affordable costing around £25, lightweight so easily portable but most of all superb fun to rock out with. Move over kids, even the adults will want a go.

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Paper Jamz Guitars

When you see a Paper Jamz guitar you will wonder how on earth it works. It is super thin at only 1 inch thick and there are no real guitar strings to get broken – just printed ones. You just strum away by running your fingers over the printed strings and let the technology do the rest. With practice your kids will become the perfect rock star.

Playing this cardboard guitar is very easy to pick up and you need no prior musical experience. Just make sure that you choose which one of the six guitars is best suited to your musical taste. Oh and don’t forget some extra batteries to keep it working for longer. Along with different graphics on each guitar, they all have different built in songs. Double check that your online retailer is sending you the specific guitar that you want and not just a random one from the six on offer.

The songs accompanying Series 1 guitars and drums are as follows:

Guitar 1

Songs: ‘Sweet Home Alabama’, ‘Online’ and ‘My Maria’.

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Guitar 2

Songs: ‘What I Like About You’, ‘Two Princes’ and ‘It’s The End Of The World As We Know It’.

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Guitar 3

Songs: ‘Born To Be Wild’, ‘Mississippi Queen’ and ‘Smoke On The Water’.

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Guitar 4

Songs: ‘You Really Got Me’, ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ and ‘Godzilla’.

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Guitar 5

Songs: ‘Hey There Delilah, ‘All Star’ and ‘Helicopter’.

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Guitar 6

Songs: ‘Woman’, ‘Rockstar’ and ‘Take It To The Limit’.

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There are three different play modes to keep your children interested:

Perfect Play allows you to just strum along to each of the three built in songs. They will play automatically so you will look the part but won’t actually be doing anything. This mode is ideal for younger members of the family who will no doubt want to join in.

Rhythm Play encourages you to build your skills by strumming in time to each of the three tunes. You control the guitar rhythm for each song.

Freestyle Play is just as it sounds where you get to create your own songs using majors, minors and sevenths chords just like a real guitarist. There are 30 chords to learn which leads you into open-ended play. This mode will offer a great development opportunity for would be musicians and is obviously the most useful and interesting. As children get to use the fret board part of the guitar in this mode, they may even learn a thing or two about playing a real guitar.

You also have extra options on the Perfect and Rhythm Play modes where you can remove any combination of the vocals, drums and guitar so you can play along karaoke style.

The graphics are awesome on all six versions – bright, cool and unique and there are volume controls as well as headphone/speaker jacks to keep parents happy!

Once your kids get hold of one of these beauties they will not want to put it down. Combine that with them costing a fraction of what a real guitar would set you back as well as being much easier to learn and you can see why your children are going to love them.

Paper Jamz Drums

To complete the rock experience, a set of Paper Jamz drums is likely to be a must have. These use the same touch sensitive technology to allow you to drum away on this awesomely narrow drum kit. They are covered in amazing graphics and are ultra portable – a huge advantage over normal drums. Again there are six versions to choose from with the same play modes. They can also be paired up with the guitars to play the same songs simultaneously.

Paper Jamz Amp

The cardboard Paper Jamz amp is what will make your children look and feel like real pros in a rock band. The built in speaker has a volume control as well as connection points for earphones or more speakers. The whole thing vibrates to the beat and is actually quite loud. It can even double up as a normal speaker for other purposes.

Paper Jamz Straps

To accessorise the guitars you can buy six cool adjustable Paper Jamz Straps to attach for easier playability and to complete your rock star look.

Paper Jamz Packages

You can also buy the whole lot in a Paper Jamz bundle to save yourself a few pounds.

Buy Now

If these Paper Jamz toys are half as popular as they are expected to be, they will get increasingly hard to find in the run up to Christmas. So buy now and avoid disappointment later on. If your children are into music, these toys should be more than a five minute wonder. I wonder how many future musicians will have started on the road to stardom with these cool guitars.

I hope you have found this Paper Jamz review useful!

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