Jamorama Review

Properties

Guitar Lessons
Overall Rating Our custom rating considers all of the guitar lessons' features, tools, quality, support, and personal & user reviews to save you time!	Rating: 69.6%
Price The current price of guitar lessons (not including any coupon codes, trials or discounts we find for you.)	$49.95 or $299
Cost/Lesson Price divided by total lessons. Note: We assume 12 full months of membership for online lessons.	34¢ per lesson
Coupons We are constantly on the lookout for the best deals on guitar lessons, and this is where we share them with you. :)	Best Price
Guarantee The guarantee tells you how long you can try these guitar lessons and get a full refund of your money if it doesn't work out.	60-Day, 100% Money Back
Lesson Format Since guitar lessons are offered in many different formats, we classify each one we review to distinguish between them quickly (online lessons are our favorite).	PDFs, Videos & Software
Delivery Delivery refers to how you will receive your guitar lessons and how long it will take to get access and start learning guitar.	Instant Download
Visit Site This button takes you to the official website to check out their guitar lessons and get started.
Beginner Does this product/service offer beginner guitar lessons? This is the most common level, crucial for getting started at any age.
Intermediate Do they also have lessons beyond the beginner level? Once you've mastered the basics, you'll want intermediate lessons.
Advanced Some teachers even have lessons designed for advanced players that have moved through beginner and intermediate lessons.
Song Lessons Want to learn popular songs on the guitar? Some instructors work hard to get license deals to teach you specific songs step-by-step.
Video Quality If these lessons offer video instruction (and we hope they do), this gives an idea of how well-filmed the videos are.	High
Lesson Length Most private guitar teachers do 30 minute blocks, but some topics don't require that much time. This shows the range and average.	5-20 minutes
Total Lessons Some courses out there have less than 50 lessons, which isn't much to build on. Look for at least 100 lessons, preferably over 1,000.	148 Lessons ~32 Hours
Instructors One benefit of Online and DVD lessons is the ability to learn from multiple instructors with different backgrounds, genres and skills.	7 Teachers
Lesson Quality Our personal rating for how well-made, organized and helpful these guitar lessons are overall.	Lesson Quality: 72.4%
Value for Price Value for price is our way of comparing lesson quality, features, tools and support with the cost of these guitar lessons.	Value for Price: 78.7%
Ease of Use How easy does the creator make their guitar lessons to use? Are the videos easy to follow? Are the tools helpful or too complex?	Ease of Use: 91.3%
Support Support refers to how much help you will actually receive as a customer. Will the teacher(s) and students answer your questions?	Support: 79.2%
Lesson Variety Variety is the spice of life. Don't get dragged into boring lessons that all follow the same formula. More lesson variety = more fun.	Lesson Variety: 70.0%
Entertainment We personally evaluate each lesson for many logical ratings, but it's also important that you'll be entertained while learning.	Entertainment: 82.9%
Tuner Will buying these lessons give you access to a free guitar tuner?
Chord Library Chords are the building blocks of all guitar playing. Having a chord library where you can easily look up specific chords is essential.
Scale Library Scales are great exercises and can expand your soloing horizons. Scale libraries organize them by key and style to save you time.
Guitar Tabs Tabs are a great way to learn to play songs with notation that's easy to understand. Tabs + Video song lessons is your best bet.
Jam Tracks Jamming is the one of the coolest things to do when you learn guitar, and jam tracks are the perfect way to practice first.
Live Lessons The most efficient way to learn guitar is in-person live lessons. Some premium services offer live lessons through webcam & chat.
Forum Forums are a great resource to get answers to your questions from instructors and other students quickly and easily.
Private Q&A Though getting public answers on a forum can be really helpful, sometimes asking a question privately is more helpful.
Printable Every once in a while, it can be great to have print-friendly lessons when you need some material on a page in front of you.
Downloadable Online lessons will sometimes give the option to download supplemental material for later.
Best Deal We do not sell guitar lessons; we are a free guitar lessons review service. This link goes to Jamorama

Full Review

Summary
Rating: 69.6/100. Jamorama is a digital course (PDF eBooks, Videos and Software) that offers a good amount of content for the price ($49.95), specifically for beginners.

Pros:
- Low one-time cost ($49.95)
- Instant delivery by download
- Explains the basics pretty well
- Software games are a nice touch
- Videos have multiple angles and chord charts

Cons:
- Too much focus on reading PDF files
- Very little content in videos
- Lower production quality than online lessons
- Scattered material (too many videos and PDFs)

Introduction

Since we learned most of what we know about guitar by reading tabs, we were pumped to see so many options for guitar lessons spring up online in the last 5 years or so.

A few major styles have evolved in the guitar lesson market:
1. DVD Courses – DVD courses w/ CDs and Books
2. Downloadable – eBooks, software, videos & MP3 files
3. Online Communities – Video streaming, forums, web-based tools, and live webcam lessons

In our tests, we have noticed something interesting happening: the downloadable courses tend to be completely static (meaning the creators don’t update them over time).

This is a major issue with all of the courses we’ve purchased (DVD & Downloadable alike), which is fixed with the online learning model, because it’s easy for the instructor(s) to constantly add to and improve their community.

While it’s not the ideal format for lessons, there is an advantage to static courses; they are a one-time cost as opposed to a monthly subscription.

All that said, let’s jump into the Jamorama lessons format…

Lesson Format

1. Beginner Lessons: 95 page PDF, 54 Videos (basic chords & progressions), 16 MP3 Backing Tracks + 16 MP3s without guitar part

2. Tuning Guide: 10 page PDF

3. Chord Kit: 76 page PDF and software (PC & Mac)

4. Intermediate Lessons: 149 page PDF, 94 Videos (short exercises), 10 MP3 Backing Tracks + 10 without guitar

5. Software: Chords, Metronome, Ear Training, Sight Reading, and Tuner

Jamorama’s format is disorganized, and requires you to download dozens of files and extract/decompress them.

Note: The total file size is about 370 MB.

Beware of Fake Jamorama Reviews

When we first started looking for guitar lessons to buy and try online, we saw something funny happening. Maybe you noticed the same thing…

It seemed like pretty much every one of the so-called guitar lesson review websites out there were promoting Jamorama as one of the top courses to buy.

Naturally, this causes many people to give it a shot, including us, but when we compared it to other options like JamPlay and Guitar Tricks, we had no idea why everyone was rating Jamorama so highly.

Then, we realized what was going on: people are promoting Jamorama as affiliates, and they make a 75% commission on every sale!

This the only reason people are putting it at the top of their comparisons. They know that since it’s so cheap and their payout is so high, that they’ll make more money from it than if they recommended far superior lessons.

Don’t get us wrong…it takes a lot of work to make a website, and there’s nothing wrong with making some money from it if you’re helping your readers. We also promote the programs we review to cover our costs and make some extra cash on the side with this site, but we always stick to our fair and unbiased rating algorithm to help you find the best lessons.

Is Jamorama for You?

If you are a complete beginner, and you are absolutely against joining a monthly membership site (even if it is less than the cost of one half-hour lesson with a private tutor), then Jamorama is a pretty good place to start.

Otherwise, we can’t honestly say that Jamorama is your best bet (rated 69.6%), when we rated JamPlay 98.2%.