With rock music fans getting into games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the You Rock Guitar bridges the gap between playing music games and playing actual music.

While the You Rock Guitar won't eliminate the need for lessons and practise, Inspired Instruments hopes that it will make the learning process a lot more fun.

Features of the guitar include:

• 100 Guitar and Synth Presets—blends, mix sounds, levels, tunings, capos, tap mode, open mode.
• 25 Sampled Real Guitars—Strats, Les Pauls, Acoustics, Nylons, 12-strings, Telly's all 16 bit long samples.
• 25 You Rock Mode Tracks—just the rocking start to learning all the progressions that changes the world
• 50 Alternate Tunings—From Hendrix and Hutchins, Mitchell and Hedges plus the classics.
• Digital Capo—No need to tune a single string.
• Tap Mode—When you're felling like Eddie, we ready to deliver.
• Whammy Bar—Pitch bend up or down.
• Vibrato Joystick—for that mushroom sustained amp feedback effect.
• 1/4" and stereo mini output—Yeah we got that.
• On-board recorder—Take the You Rock Guitar anywhere and still save your creations.
• MIDI & USB—The fastest and easiest, all 16 channels plus Mono modes on Channels 1-6 or 11-16.

The instrument is aimed at all levels, from casual gamers to professional musicians and music teachers who want to have an easily portable MIDI guitar to buskers who want to plug it into an iPod for an instant back-up band.

The You Rock Guitar will go on sale in February 2010 at an expected price of $US179.95. For more information, visit www.yourockguitar.com