Toy Fair 2011 – Paper Jamz Pro rocks out new guitars and mics

Paper Jamz guitars are back with three new models (as seen in our pic) and loads more features. As well as notes and chords, the skinny axes are MP3 compatible, have whammy bars and accelerometers for shaking out a vibrato note à la rock diva.

You can also download new guitar sounds to your Paper Jamz Pro (as the new stringless instruments like to be called), while it comes with a tune bundled for the £45 asking price.

Not everyone wants to be Jimmy Page, though, and aspiring Robert Plants can take up the new Paper Jamz Pro Microphone to belt out an ovation-raising chorus. Tone deaf? Fear not – the mic’s loaded with tons of pitch-shifting tech to right your bum notes and there are also effects to give your nasal whine a bit of polish, add harmonies and ensure you reach the last 12 on The X Factor. Maybe. The mic’s £35 and both will be available from August.

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home