Paper Jamz Guitar Review

Paper Jamz Guitar Review

We now have 3 of these guitars along with a set of Paper Jamz Drums the we use during our birthday party and children's programs. I was a little suspect of the name as it implied (to me at least) that it was made of cardboard or something simi liar. Luckily it either refers to how thin the guitar is or that the circuits used to make it play are embedded in paper "graphics" on the front. It is actually a very durable product.

While this recommended for children 8 and up it gets used here by children younger than that as a higher end "toy" guitar. While they just strum the guitar they enjoy it as it is more interactive than other "toy" guitars. Older children though find it more challenging as they can play along to the supplied songs or make up there own.

Getting Started

Before going further I should state that this is still a "toy" guitar. I would not get one for a child interested in learning to play as a substitute for a real one. While there are some similarities nothing compares to the real thing.

While not hard to get going the guitars are not that intuitive to play right out of the package. You must read through the directions while playing with it to learn all the features.

Each Paper Jamz Guitar has 3 songs included and 3 modes in which to play.

Modes

There are 3 modes in which to play the guitar:

The "Perfect Play" mode is a little lame. Basically you strum the guitar while one of the supplied songs are playing. Your strumming just plays the guitar track of that song.

"Rhythm Mode" is more along the lines of actually playing the guitar along with one of the supplied songs. The song plays and you control the rhythm as you strum along with it . I found the supplied songs would drown out the guitar sounds so I found I had to use the Karaoke setting to take out the vocal track and sometimes the guitar track.

"Freestyle Mode" is just playing the guitar without any background music at all. This seems to be most popular mode as kids can just play around and come up with their own stuff.

The "Karaoke Setting" allows you to take out a songs vocal, drum, or background tracks or all except guitar. As mentioned above, I found that when playing in "Rhythm Mode" the tracks would overpower the guitar sounds so I would mute some or all of them.

There is also a "Mute Setting" that allows you to play muted chords.

Online Reviews and Info

A great basic video explaining the Paper Jamz drums and guitars can be found on Youtube.

This youtube video that focuses just on the Paper Jamz guitars gives a little more in depth look at the product.

I could only find one review on Amazon but as of this time the product is still fairly new.

There are several reviews on Buzz that currently give the guitars a 3.4 out of 5 stars.

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