"The portable acoustic guitar has been around for many years, as you know," posits iCoustic founder, Ken Preece, in the opening of a video posted on the company's site, "and it has not been able to take advantage of the digital technology that has come out in the past 20 years."

It's pretty clear, early on in the video that the whole video spokesman thing isn't Preece's primary gig, but perhaps he's onto something. What with all of this new fangled gadgetry that we're constantly lugging around in our pockets at all times, why shouldn't we harness the miracle of technology to bring the sweet sounds of the acoustic guitar into the 21st century?

The iCoustic guitars are created using the smaller travel models from various big name guitar manufacturers like Taylor, Martin, and Yamaha. The built-in self-amplification switch amps up the guitar's resonance, so it sounds like a full-sized model.

What really makes the axe Gearlog-worthy, however, is the "MP3 Mode," which let's users dock their DAPs on the iCoustic, which serves as speaker, making for on-the-fly multi-tracking, so you can bust out wicked solos on every song from the Supertramp backcatalog that you have stored in your iPod. You can also input various effects and recording devices directly into the iCoustic.

The current selection of guitars runs from $499 to $749, depending on the manufacturer of the base guitar. All models are powered by a single nine-volt.

So much for getting the band back together, man.