Gibson Dark Fire Robot Les Paul Guitar, Limited Edition - Ex Demo

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Imagine the ability to change your guitar's tone to better match your environment. Everything is here to give you a new, stunning level of tonal and functional freedom that allows you the uninhibited release of your creative potential.

The original Robot Guitar took the guitar world by storm when it was first introduced in December '07, but the new Dark Fire from Gibson is simply the most advanced guitar system ever developed. The powerhead tuners, the tuning brain, the battery functions, and even the unprecedented sonic capabilities of a fully digital guitar and Chameleon Tone Technology have been upgraded.

500 Tunings from a Single Battery Charge.

The Dark Fire's battery system and power circuit have also been significantly improved to last nearly twice as long, even with the guitar's enhanced performance. You can now expect nearly 500 tunings from a single charge. As an added plus, you can also play the Dark Fire while the battery system is being charged.

Master Control Knob.

The key to controlling the powerful functions of the Dark Fire is the Master Control Knob (MCK), which has been completely redesigned with much improved ergonomics and a sophisticated full color matrix display featuring LEDs and high-tech light pipe technology, all to deliver a more powerful and easier to see visual display under any light condition. In addition to the MCK's top mounted display, LED-lit symbols now adorn its outer edge, which blend with the color of the knob so that they're only visible when lit. The Dark Fire's new MCK also controls the ability to change pickups and coils, allowing you the ability to adjust tone and tunings automatically and simultaneously , even several times during the same song.

Dark Fire-Specific Audio Equipment Coming.

Gibson is already developing a range of audio equipment designed specifically to work with your new Dark Fire, some of which is already scheduled for release in early 2009, including a small transmitter module designed to work with Bluetooth wireless technology, allowing you the ability to connect wirelessly to your computer or laptop.

Faster, Lighter, Smaller Powerhead Tuners.

The redesigned powerhead tuners on the Dark Fire are significantly smaller and lighter, and more in line with the size and weight of conventional tuners. They're also radically faster. You can now access any preset tuning in less than one second, which means you can realistically change tunings in the middle of a song, if needed. What's more, the tuners are now automatically engaged to operate both electronically or individually by hand.

Robot Interface Pack for plugging into your computer

While the heart of the Dark Fire's abilities lie within the guitar itself, the compact Robot Interface Pack (RIP) interface can connect this versatile guitar to Windows or Mac computers to release Dark Fire's ultimate tonal versatility - live or in the studio. RIP connects to your computer with a single FireWire cable There's no need to open up the computer, and you can easily move RIP from desktop to laptop or any other computer. The computer gives you instant access to countless recording applications and software effects processors, including Ableton Live 7 Gibson Studio Edition and Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3, both of which come with every Dark Fire guitar. Use these programs to record your latest ideas, access hundreds of different guitar effects and amplifiers, create backing tracks and much more.

Guitar Rig 3 Is Part of the Dark Fire Package.

In addition to the RIP itself, each guitar comes with easy-to-install software with pro-quality low-latency driver to process the Dark Fire through a well-stocked library of effects , all of which is packaged with a Gibson-modified version of the popular Guitar Rig 3 processing software. Through the RIP's connection capabilities you can route these effects to your live outputs, your recorded outputs, or both. Tap into Guitar Rig 3's versatile selection of effects box, amplifier and speaker emulations, and instantly achieve the most desired guitar tones in the history of popular music. Naturally, Dark Fire owners will also be able to connect to the internet through their RIPs to download firmware updates, along with upgraded functions and software features, as they become available from Gibson.

Acoustic Capability

The Dark Fire also gives you the ability to adjust and blend the acoustic sound from the piezo bridge pickup with the sound from the guitar's traditional pickups. It does this by utilizing a revolutionary rotary potentiometer which is part of the pickup selector toggle switch.

Burstbucker 3 and P-90H Pickups

The Burstbucker 3 arrived on the scene in 1990, and like the Burstbucker 1 and 2 represents Gibson's drive to capture and recreate the characteristics of the vintage Patent Applied For humbuckers of the late 1950s. The Burstbucker 3 provides historically accurate PAF tone with two slightly overwound coils, creating a raw, airy tone packed with enough punch to cut through any mix. The new P-90H black soapbar pickup is another example of Gibson's drive to stay one step ahead. This new pickup offers all of the soulful, classic tone of Gibson's legendary P-90 singlecoil pickup, but with none of the 60-cycle hum that usually plagues traditional singlecoil pickups. Gibson's pioneering engineers were then able to secure all of the P-90's vintage sonic characteristics, and deliver the same high output and sweet treble response that still makes the P-90 one of the most desirable pickups in the world.

Piezo Bridge Pickup

The Dark Fire also features a revolutionary Gibson-designed piezo bridge pickup that actually consists of six individual piezo pickups, one for each saddle/string. These piezo pickups go through a studio-quality active amplifier that allows for a stronger and more natural acoustic guitar sound.

And, It Gets Better...

Additionally, the Dark Fire features improved locking tuners, a Teflon-based frictionless nut, a bridge that locks to the studs and a chambering system that gives each one near-perfect tone, balance and weight. It also makes the Dark Fire one of the best-sustaining Les Pauls ever produced.

Ableton Live 7 Gibson Studio Edition

The exclusive Gibson version of Ableton Live software dubbed Ableton Live 7 Gibson Studio Edition provides Dark Fire owners with the ability to record, play loops and perform every other function needed to play in any live or studio setting. Enjoy the benefits of using the same virtual studio software and stage solution package already used by hundreds of touring professionals all around the world.

Ableton Live Features

• Studio-quality recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz

• 64 audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks per project

• Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing for software instruments

• More than 20 built-in audio effects, including a host of creative delays, filters, distortions, studio compressors and EQs

• Includes two software instruments - Simpler for creative sample-based synthesis, and Impulse for dynamic, sampled drums

• VST and AU effects and instruments support; automatic plug-in delay compensation

• Real-time time-stretching and warping of AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and MP3 files for DJing and instant remixing

• Tweak Live's controls in real time with any MIDI controller - just MIDI-map it or choose from a list of popular supported controllers for instant mapping

• Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation

• Multicore and multiprocessor support

• A wide selection of presets for Live's instruments and effects

• Extensive built-in step-by-step tutorials

• Localized software menus, tutorials and PDF reference manuals available in English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese

Please Note

Second hand products will be shipped boxed, however, we can not guarantee this will be delivered with the manufacturers original packaging; otherwise, the unit itself operates as new.

This guitar also includes Hardcase and Accessory Pack

Please note:

This item is an ex showroom/ demonstration model. As such, there are light scuffs and signs of use around the finish. These marks are subtle and are only really noticeable when looking very closely in the light. We deem these marks to be cosmetic, otherwise the guitar looks and plays as new. The original box is also scuffed and the manual is missing.

This is a great opportunity to buy a fully functioning product at a discounted price, supplied with a two year warranty.