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It's a Les Paul Jim, but not as we know it...

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Phew. Much of the functionality seems to be assignable via the onboard Master Control Knob, which can apparently adjust tones and tunings simultaneously. We'll have to wait until the guitar is launched on 15 December to see how this works in practice.

In addition, Dark Fire comes with a Gibson-modified version of Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3. Robot Guitar users will be able to purchase an upgrade kit to convert their instruments to Dark Fire specifications, and 2009 will see the launch of a Bluetooth device that allows wireless connection to your desktop or laptop computer.

And that's about as much as we can tell you at this stage. Opinion in the MusicRadar office seems to be that it's currently just as bewildering as it is exciting.

Visit the official Gibson website for the latest on Dark Fire.