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Gibson Dark Fire

LP-Shaped Guitar from Gibson belonging to the Les Paul series

KirKill KirKill
Published on 04/22/14 at 11:13
Les Paul by Gibson made in U.S.
Chambered mahogany body, flamed maple table
Channel profile Gibson Standard (50 and 60) Mahogany glued key 22 boxes Ebene carbon inlay
P90H Micro Piezo + + Burstbucker 3 in the Tune-O-Matic
1 tone 2 volume 1 master control (tuning)
Flycase white special Dark Fire
1 box for Firewire settings via PC or MAC with Ableton Live 7 Gibson
electronics running on battery

UTILIZATION

Suffice to say that electronics acordage with such diffrérents fashion no pun I emit a soft B because all the modes do not suit him as saying that I have several each with their guitar tuning for use in very specific example Telecaster Open G plans for Stone, Black Crowes .. Stratocaster Flat mode plans Hendrix, Extreme ... Les paul in flat mode for Guns, A Dan Armstrong open for the slide, Les Paul and Telecaster in normal mode Aerosmith, Lenny Kravitz ... well you understand me despite its versatility this guitar does not sound in any circumstances, useful or not I personally do not find it super useful since it has several guitars after live in a small bar OK as it is more difficult to bring all the heavy artillery

SOUNDS

So the advantage of this guitar apart from the different tuning as possible is the Piezo and both say that it is convenient but not bluffing is just a blend to mix the signal nothing more than just turn the selector knob microphones and voila, live is a bit of a pain wimp if you must switch from one mode to another I would have preferred a 3-position switch: single piezo / off / blend like the Gibson Slash Custom
Otherwise microphones so I would say that the sound of a tone more P90H comes in he seems less organic it not this round and velvety hand / vintage against by it mixes very well with the Burstbucker 3 in middle position with respect to a BFG or the mix was a little off topic
The Burstbucker 3 remains true to himself is the big sound he sends his vintage race less than the Classic 57 + in bridge, but for rock-type planes Aerosmith it's all good mics that I know very well so no bad surprises
In summary it was a rather modern kit vintage vintage modern look, depending on the set that can not all agree

OVERALL OPINION

I got € 1,500 used, it is mainly a favorite I already own two Les Paul Trad 50 and 60 besides the Flying V, Explorer, SG, ES ... brief retrospect I would not have taken because in the end I think it does not match what you expect from a Les Paul I broke out more about my other guitars because they have such an identity that remains legendary Goldtop so that a Dark Fire guitar it's more the inspector gadget
After the body Chambered we like it or not like it's a matter of feeling knowing that this is my first real Les Paul Chambered I think it sounds better than Standard because I hate Burstbucker Pro and I've always liked the P90 and Burstbucker 3 so the question for me between the two does not arise
Finally check that all the kit works well because the parts detach Gibson is then to help scratch that is no longer manufactured ...