On the 20th of May 2007, ElppA, a reversed subsidiary of PingGuo Corporation, released the iAcoustic.

An inspiring and daring move by the giant computer company, PingGuo CEO Stevie "Ray" Jobbs announced that sales are expected to reach 13 million units sold.

"It's not just a simple acoustic guitar. No, we are trying to do something different here, away from all the newfangled guitar-to-computer able products from traditional guitar companies like Gibbons and BuayInGirl." says Mr Jobbs.

"With the iAcoustic, we are trying to bring back what has been lost in the transition from generation to generation of guitar playing and styles. There has been an almost paradigm shift in guitar, into something totally technical, and non-melodic. In other words, the "feel" and "soul" in guitar has lost a large part of its appeal."

"The iAcoustic includes a holographic device that recreates the "feel" of playing live; there you are playing to a full-house audience, all in the comforts in your own home. You can customise the size of the playing venue, you can add in the preloaded musicians which feature B.B King, Angus Young, Steve Vai, Steve Harris, John Myung, Jimmy Page, Mike Portnoy, Slash, David Gilmour, even with Frank Zappa, and that's not all. You can connect your iAcoustic to any internet connection and jam with your friends online. They'll appear as they are in your band line-up!"

"As for "soul", the better you play, the more melodies you create, the more feeling you put into your performance, the audience gives a realistic reaction accordingly. You can be jammin' the good ol' blues or rockin' the late night jocks or thrashing metal or just simply anything you like. But beware though, if you just merely focus on technical, dead, unfeeling playing, get ready to get more than rotten eggs and smelly socks!!"

Reports have shown that consumer interest in the product is on a huge explosive rise. Many pre-orders have already been made before the release of the iAcoustic, and online stocks have already been snapped up.

Many of PingGuo critics, however were less than ready to accept the product. "These people just dun have the musical interest. They're just selling a cheap, lousy guitar that works more like a power ranger toy in order to collect as many melodies as they can from the world before selling these melodies to record companies for exorbitant fees. This is complete crap." says GuitarToday magazine. PingGuo Corp has declined to comment.

Here are some pictures of the iAcoustic.