The Gibson Dark Knight Les Paul emerges from the shadows for Black Friday

By Rob Laing
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The maple-capped crusader takes flight for a limited time

The Gibson Dark Knight Les Paul emerges from the shadows for Black Friday
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Holy humbuckers, Batman! Gibson has announced a limited edition Black Friday guitar deal, which they're calling the Les Paul Dark Knight.

Debuting at Guitar Center, the Dark Knight features a stunning translucent Smoke-Black satin finish on a figured quilted maple top.

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The mahogany body has modern-style weight relief and pickups are Gibson ’57 Classic and Classic Plus humbuckers. There's split-coil and phase options on both pickups for tonal versatility. 

The Dark Knight also features a Nashville-style tune-o-matic bridge and locking Grover tuners.

It's a stunning contemporary singlecut but calling it a Black Friday bargain is a bit of a stretch. It’s available now for $2,999 at Guitar Center.

Gibson Les Paul Dark Knight: $2,999 at Guitar Center

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This stealthy special-edition Les Paul features a stunning Smoke-Black satin-finished quilted maple top, weight-relieved body and ’57 Classic and Classic Plus humbuckers, with coil-split and phase options.

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Rob Laing
Rob Laing
Guitars Editor, MusicRadar

I'm the Guitars Editor for MusicRadar, handling news, reviews, features, tuition, advice for the strings side of the site and everything in between. Before MusicRadar I worked on guitar magazines for 15 years, including Editor of Total Guitar in the UK. When I'm not rejigging pedalboards I'm usually thinking about rejigging pedalboards.