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Last year, Gibson released the most technologically advanced guitar ever made: the Robot Guitar. The guitar could literally tune itself for a retail price of $2,499. The company made it very clear at the time that the guitar was a prototype, and that anyone that purchased the product would be investing money in the revised model to be released at a later date.

Well, that date is almost here. Gibson revealed the new guitar, dubbed “Dark Fire,” yesterday.

A cure for cancer? No, just another damn expensive Gibson guitar.

Simply put, Dark Fire is 10 guitars in one. The Gibson Dark Fire features all of Gibson’s finest hardware, including the P90h pickup on the neck and a Burstbucker 3 pickup on the bridge. The new model also sports “Chameleon Tone Technology,” described on the website as “the ability to change your guitar’s tone to better match your environment.” The automated tuning pegs are miles faster now as well, so that you can literally change tuning in the middle of a song.

More details as well as a live demo of the Dark Fire guitar will be released on Monday, Dec. 15. You can check out Gibson’s site for more information.