Bowie Stylophone - Limited Edition Synthesizer

Such a cool little instrument with a unique sound. Since purchasing it, I now find myself recognizing its sound randomly in songs. Bowie definitely used it across his entire catalog.

The media could not be loaded. We got this Stylophone for our 8 year old daughter on an impulse buy. She plays piano and has recently started writing her own music. She loves the digital sound of songs in video games, so we thought this would be fun for her. She’s been having a lot of fun figuring out how to play her favorite songs and she’s even been writing some of them down(using the corresponding numbers) so she can keep playing them. I can see this being a good tool to even help her piano playing in the future, helping her figure out fun melodies on this first then transferring them to the piano later. I think this would make a fun gift for any musician.

Gran instrumento, si sos músico este seria tu juguete preferido para llevar a cualquier lado . Y si no lo sos te divertirás intentando armar tus melodías.

I bought this a while ago and it worked for a month or so. But I picked it up one day and it wouldn't work. I'm not sure what I expected seen as these are made fairly cheap, but I was hoping for better.EDIT: I’m incredibly dumb. When I bought it, it sounded horrible and I couldn’t find myself willing to pick it and learn how to play it. But, with just a simple cleaning of the stylus and “keys”, it sounds exactly as a stylophone should. I’m going to amend my previous rating from 3 to 4 stars. It’s still cheap feeling but at least it works properly.A tip to whoever may find this useful: Put the instructions at the beginning of the manual instead of the very end and make the “you should probably clean this regularly” tip more visible instead of a little note at the top of an already small page.

My husband loved that I got him this for christmas. It's such a fun thing to use, it has a few little setting to adjust the sound it makes and its just so cool! Not to big but not to small it's great!

I had never heard of a stylophone before seeing it in my recommendations list after purchasing a new kalimba. But of course I had to buy this one; it's a limited edition David Bowie mini instrument! After playing around with it, however, I discovered how much I enjoy making music with it. You can learn simple tunes on it without too much difficulty, but becoming a pro at it does take some practice, but it's fun to practice and learn your favorite songs. The stylophone also comes with a booklet detailing Bowie's history with the stylophone, which is great for a Bowie fan like me. This is a must-buy for Bowie fans, and an easy recommendation for music lovers who want to learn a surprisingly complex but enjoyable instrument!

It works. Good sound quality

Audio out is too weak to do anything with so all you get is the speaker. I've tried different cables, adapters, and setups, and I can hear a little bit of noise through the amp at times so it doesn't seem to be a bad connection. Still fun to use, but I would have enjoyed running it through an effects pedal and amp.