Gibson Dark Fire
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The Gibson Dark Fire, a variant of the Gibson Les Paul
, is an electric solid body guitar produced by Gibson Guitar Corporation
. The guitar is a second generation Robot Guitar
, using an updated version of the Powertune self-tuning system produced by Tronical Gmbh. The guitar also introduces Gibson's Chameleon Tone Technology, a system consisting of onboard electronics designed to simulate various guitar tones. Additionally, the guitar includes an audio interface called the Robot Interface Pack or RIP.
H at the neck, and a special Tronical designed piezoelectric tune-o-matic sits in the place of the bridge. The Burstbucker 3 and P-90H are selected via the three-way selector switch. The piezoelectric can be activated via the MCK, blending the magnetic and piezoelectric together under a standard 1/4" guitar cable. Gibson supplies a TRS stereo cable that allows for splitting the piezo signal and the magnetic signal to two different amps.
Gibson Les Paul
The Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...
, is an electric solid body guitar produced by Gibson Guitar Corporation
Gibson Guitar Corporation
The Gibson Guitar Corporation, formerly of Kalamazoo, Michigan and currently of Nashville, Tennessee, manufactures guitars and other instruments which sell under a variety of brand names...
. The guitar is a second generation Robot Guitar
Gibson Robot Guitar
The Gibson Robot Guitar typically refers to a sub-class of Les Paul style guitars from Gibson. This is because the first run of limited edition Robot Guitars was exclusively made up of Les Paul bodies...
, using an updated version of the Powertune self-tuning system produced by Tronical Gmbh. The guitar also introduces Gibson's Chameleon Tone Technology, a system consisting of onboard electronics designed to simulate various guitar tones. Additionally, the guitar includes an audio interface called the Robot Interface Pack or RIP.
Pickups
The Dark Fire has one Burstbucker 3 humbucker in the bridge position, P-90P-90
The P-90 is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. Having a more complex architecture and larger dimensions than Fender's single coils, it is occasionally mistaken for a humbucker.- History :...
H at the neck, and a special Tronical designed piezoelectric tune-o-matic sits in the place of the bridge. The Burstbucker 3 and P-90H are selected via the three-way selector switch. The piezoelectric can be activated via the MCK, blending the magnetic and piezoelectric together under a standard 1/4" guitar cable. Gibson supplies a TRS stereo cable that allows for splitting the piezo signal and the magnetic signal to two different amps.