Gibson Dark Fire

Gibson Dark Fire
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Manufacturer	Gibson USA
Period	2008 — present
Construction
Body type	Solid, Single Cut
Neck joint	Set-in
Scale	24.75"
Woods
Body	Mahogany, Maple Top
Neck	Mahogany
Fretboard	Ebony
Hardware
Bridge	Tune-o-matic
Pickup(s)	A Burstbucker 3 humbucker at the bridge, P-90H at the neck, and a piezoelectric built into the bridge.
Colors available
Exclusive nitrocellulose finish consisting of dark red on the Maple body top; glossy finish on body top and headstock face, satin finish everywhere else.

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.

Pickups

The Dark Fire has one Burstbucker 3 humbucker in the bridge position, P-90H 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.

Product Safety

A number of Dark Fire guitars have shipped with faulty wiring on their input jack. This situation may present itself in a short circuit leading to the overheating of the power supply used in charging the guitar.

References

http://www.futureguitarnow.com/forum/index.php?topic=361.msg3978#msg3978

External links

• Gibson Dark Fire site
• FGN Dark Fire Forum