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- Article 1150 : Metal Rockers Steel Panther Join Gibson Guitar in Launch Event for Dark Fire at the Gibson Guitar Showroom in Beverly Hills For Exclusive Performance and Launch of the Official Dark Fire E-Card
- Article 1151 : Gibson Guitar Announces New Delivery Dates for Anticipated Dark Fire Guitar
- Article 1152 : INNOVATION LEADS THE WAY AT THE GIBSON GUITAR EXHIBIT AT CES 2009 IN LAS VEGAS
- Article 1153 : BALDWIN PIANO UNLEASHES INNOVATION AT CES 2009
- Article 1154 : EPIPHONE ANNOUNCES CUSTOM VINTAGE MODELS AND A HOST OF ARTIST'S VISITS AT THIS YEAR'S NAMM SHOW IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
- Article 1155 : BALDWIN PIANO UNLEASHES INNOVATION AT NAMM 2009
- Article 1156 : GIBSON GUITAR, EPIPHONE AND BALDWIN PIANO SHOWCASE INNOVATION AND DESIGN AT THE NAMM 2009 SHOW IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 15-18, 2009
- Article 1157 : Legendary Performers and Music Icons Appear at Gibson Guitar Booth
- Article 1158 : GIBSON GUITAR HOSTS THE GIBSON LODGE AT THE 2009 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL IN PARK CITY, UTAH JANUARY 16-21, 2009
- Article 1159 : Kris Kristofferson Performs Exclusively At Gibson Guitar Booth 303ABCD
- Article 1160 : ORLANDO GUITARTOWN ANNOUNCES LOCATIONS FOR EPIPHONE SHOWCASE GUITARS AS PART OF PUBLIC ARTSPART OF PUBLIC ARTS PROJECT TO BENEFIT LOCAL CHARITY
- Article 1161 : Miami Guitar Town Offers Preview of Ten-Foot Tall Gibson Les Paul Guitar Design "Essence of Miami"
- Article 1162 : Miami GuitarTown Announces Visuals Artists Selected To design Epiphone Showcase Guitars As Part of Arts Project to Benefit Charity
- Article 1164 : Gibson Guitar Partners with Venerable D.C. Blues Club to Honor Memphis Gold
- Article 1165 : JONAS BROTHERS SIGNED EPIPHONE GUITAR SCORES BIG BID IN SUPPORT OF THE GRAMMY FOUNDATION
- Article 1176 : Gibson Guitar Preps for Layoffs while Managing Business During Challenging Times
- Article 1178 : Sam Ash Celebrates Major Milestones with Nationwide Tour and Exclusive In-Store Events
- Article 1179 : Gibson Guitar to Sponsor 2009 Nashville Film Festival and Host VIP Reception at Nashville Gibson Entertainment Relations Showroom
- Article 1180 : Gibson Foundation Supports Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy
- Article 1181 : Sam Ash Announces Celebrity Appearances During Nationwide Tour at Exclusive In-Store Events
- Article 1182 : Gibson Teams Up With Festimad 2M XVI, Awarding Festimad Taste Best Band and Universimad Best Emerging Band A Gibson Les Paul Studio Guitar
- Article 1183 : Sam Ash Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the '59 Gibson Les Paul Guitar with Special Appearance by the Father of the Electric Guitar, Les Paul
- Article 1184 : Epiphone Answers Consumers Quest for the Ultimate Guitar Package
- Article 1185 : Gibson Guitar Announces Reduction in Work Force
- Article 1186 : First-ever Guitars of the Stars Benefit Auction to Raise Funds for the Opry Trust
- Article 1187 : Gibson Guitar and Best Buy Musical Instruments Come Together to Support Local Music in Texas
- Article 1188 : Gibson Guitar to Sponsor the Return of the New Music Seminar
- Article 1189 : Gibson Guitar to Sponsor the 26th Chicago Blues Festival
- Article 1190 : SuperStar Paulina Rubio Lends Support to Miami GuitarTown
- Article 1191 : Epiphone Guitar Announces the Launch of Cleveland Rocks
- Article 1195 : Cleveland Rocks! Announces Official Call For Visual Artists
- Article 1196 : Gibson Custom and ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons create the Limited Edition Billy Gibbons ‘Pearly Gates’ Les Paul Standard
- Article 1197 : Gibson Guitar Announces Limited Time Mega Outlet Sale in Nashville and Memphis Offering Customers Unprecedented Pricing on Gibson USA, Gibson Acoustic, Epiphone, Gibson Memphis, Maestro Guitars and Pro Audio Equipment Direct From Factory
- Article 1198 : The Streets of Miami Are About to Become a Bit More Colorful with Official Launch and Exhibit of Gibson Guitar’s Miami GuitarTown Project
- Article 1199 : “Gibson Through the Lens”
- Article 1201 : Illustrious Mexican Singer/Actress Thalía Autographs Gibson Les Paul Sculpture “Sakura Blush” For Miami GuitarTown
- Article 1203 : The World Has Lost a Remarkable Innovator and Musician: Les Paul Passes Away at 94
- Article 1204 : Cleveland Rocks! Announces First Tier of Visual Artists Selected for Arts Project to Benefit Local Charities
- Article 1205 : Friends Gather In Memory of Les Paul: The Man, The Music, The Guitar - Gibson Announces A Month of Tributes
- Article 1206 : Creed’s Scott Stapp Celebrates the Les Paul Studio Guitar at Sam Ash Stores During Gibson’s Month Long Tribute to Les Paul and His Famous Guitar
- Article 1207 : Gibson USA’s SG Zoot Suit: It’s A Real Toe Tapper, Daddy-O
- Article 1209 : CLEVELAND ROCKS! OFFERS EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PREVIEW OF TWO PLAYABLE EPIPHONE GUITARS ARTISTICALLY DESIGNED BY OHIO BASED ARTISTS FOR PUBLIC ARTS PROJECT
- Article 1210 : NEXT BIG NASHVILLE GETS A LITTLE BIGGER WITH SUPPORT FROM GIBSON GUITAR
- Article 1211 : Gibson Guitar, Epiphone and Monster Cable Join Forces With Legendary Guitarist Zakk Wylde to Host the Ultimate Rocktober Event: Zakk Wylde’s Hellfire Halloween Bash in New York
- Article 1212 : GRAMMY AWARD WINNING MUSICIAN LENNY KRAVITZ TEAMS UP WITH GIBSON GUITAR AND SAM ASH MUSIC STORES TO OFFER FANS AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME
- Article 1213 : 25TH ANNUAL TEC AWARDS ANNOUNCES PRESENTERS, SPONSORS FOR OCTOBER 10 GALA AT AES
- Article 1214 : Epiphone Launches the new Emperor Swingster Hollow-body Guitar Designed for Musicians Who Appreciate Exceptional Playability and Effortless Style
- Article 1215 : GIBSON GUITAR OFFERS COLORFUL ASSORTMENT OF HIGH-QUALITY GUITARS FOR ALL PERSONALITIES FOR THE HOLIDAY GIFT GIVING SEASON
- Article 1216 : Gibson Acoustic Continues to Meet Huge Demand Worldwide for the 2009 Songwriter Deluxe Standard Acoustic Model
- Article 1217 : GIBSON GUITAR & GIBSON FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE AN INTIMATE TRIBUTE TO LES PAUL AT THE HISTORIC RYMAN AUDITORIUM IN NASHVILLE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009
- Article 1218 : THE GIBSON SESSIONS AT NBC ANNOUNCES PERFORMANCES DURING THE CMJ MUSIC MARATHON NEW YORK
- Article 1219 : DUNLOP CELEBRATES ZAKK WYLDE’S HELLFIRE HALLOWEEN BASH THIS WEEKEND AT HARD ROCK IN TIMES SQUARE
- Article 1220 : TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR GIBSON GUITAR’S INTIMATE TRIBUTE TO LES PAUL AT THE HISTORIC RYMAN AUDITORIUM IN NASHVILLE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009
- Article 1221 : Gibson Guitar: Home of Innovation, Continues to Revolutionize the Industry
- Article 1148 : Gibson Signature artist Larry Carlton gives an exclusive guitar master class at The Bedford in London
- Article 1146 : Gibson Guitar Announces Partnership with the British Music Experience at The O2, London. The Gibson Interactive Studio Will Feature One-to-One Video Guitar Experience with KT Tunstall, Amy MacDonald and the Magic Numbers courtesy of Nowplayit.com
- Article 1145 : Gibson Acoustic’s Songwriter Deluxe Cutaway Modern Classic Named the 2008 Best Guitar Product of the Year by AMG
- Article 1144 : Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Announces 2008 American Music Masters® Tribute Concert Lineup and Series Schedule
- Article 1143 : MIAMI GUITARTOWN PRESENTED BY GIBSON GUITAR, ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL CALL FOR VISUAL ARTISTS
- Article 1142 : GIBSON GUITAR AND KEXP RADIO PRESENTS THE 1ST ANNUAL CMJ MUSIC MARATHON PARTY IN BROOKLYN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
- Article 1140 : Rock Icon Slash To Appear At Sam Ash Hollywood
- Article 1139 : ORLANDO GUITARTOWN ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL KICKOFF SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 WITH FREE CONCERT AND SNEAK PEAK OF ALL GIBSON GUITAR SCULPTURES AND EPIPHONE SHOWCASE GUITARS
- Article 1138 : GIBSON GUITAR BRINGS INNOVATION TO THE CITY OF LIGHT La Ville-lumiere AT THE SALON DE LA MUSIQUE ET DU SON IN PARIS, FRANCE September 12-15, 2008
- Article 1137 : GIBSON USA AND EPIPHONE GO FOR THE GOLD WITH LIMITED EDITION SLASH SIGNATURE LES PAUL GOLD TOP
- Article 1136 : Gibson Guitar Announces Miami GuitarTown with Impressive Advisory Board and Plans for Citywide Exhibit of Ten-Foot Guitars Painted by Visual Artists and Celebrities
- Article 1135 : GIBSON GUITAR READY TO ROCK THE FASHION WORLD WITH DEBUT OF NEW APPAREL AND GEAR LINE AT THE 2008 MAGIC MARKETPLACE IN LAS VEGAS AUGUST 25 - 27, 2008
- Article 1134 : MUSIC RISING & THE GIBSON FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH THE FRIENDS OF NEW ORLEANS AND TIPITINA’S FOUNDATION TO BRING LEGENDARY NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS TO NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTIONS
- Article 1133 : Baldwin Piano Announces Lesson Incentive Program For Teachers
- Article 1131 : Gibson Guitar Offers Future Rock Stars the Chance to Produce the World's Greatest Guitars
- Article 1130 : Orlando GuitarTown Announces Celebrity Co-Chairman, Visual Artists and Charities to Benefit from Extordinary Arts Project
- Article 1129 : GUITAR CENTER ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH MÖTLEY CRÜE AND THE LAUNCH OF “GUITAR CENTER ON-STAGE” - YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE ROCK HISTORY
- Article 1128 : GIBSON GUITAR SPONSORS THE 7TH ANNUAL BAYBEATS 2008 FESTIVAL IN SINGAPORE AUGUST 29-31, 2008
- Article 1127 : The Newport Folk Festival Welcomes Gibson Acoustic as the Official Musical Instrument of Historic Musical Event in scenic Newport, Rhode Island August 1, 2008 - August 3, 2008
- Article 1126 : GIBSON GUITAR SPONSORS THE 19th ANNUAL SAN JOSE JAZZ FESTIVAL
- Article 1125 : Gibson Teams with Arlen Roth to Present Original Guitar Lessons
- Article 1124 : NEW GIBSON CUSTOM INSPIRED MODELS MAKE HISTORY WITH RECORD SALES AND NEW ARRIVALS
- Article 1123 : GIBSON GUITAR ENTERS INTO THE VIRTUAL WORLD OF 3-D WITH LAUNCH OF THE GIBSON ISLAND ON SECOND LIFE.COM, AN INDUSTRY FIRST
- Article 1122 : GIBSON GUITAR HONORS GRAMMY WINNERS DAVID "HONEYBOY" EDWARDS AND PRODUCER SCOTT SHUMAN
- Article 1121 : EPIPHONE GUITAR CELEBRATES FREEDOM WITH SUPPORT OF THE SOLDIER'S ANGELS PROGRAM
- Article 1120 : GIBSON GUITAR JOINS THE ROTHBURY FESTIVAL IN SUPPORTING SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CONTROL AND ALTERNATIVE SUSTAINABILITY GUITAR GIANT SPONSORS FIRST ANNUAL FESTIVAL IN ROTHBURY, MICHIGAN JULY 3-6, 2008
- Article 1119 : GIBSON GUITAR AND BALDWIN PIANO ROCK THE HOUSE AT SUMMER NAMM 2008
- Article 1118 : Gibson GuitarTown Launches in Orlando with Impressive Advisory Board and Plans for Citywide Exhibit of Ten-Foot Guitars Painted by Visual Artists and Celebrities
- Article 1117 : GIBSON USA ANNOUNCED THE NEW GIBSON ROBOT LES PAUL STUDIO AND GIBSON ROBOT SG SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION GUITARS IN A NEW RED METALLIC FINISH
- Article 1115 : GIBSON GUITAR AND BALDWIN PIANO DELIVERS AN ALL-STAR LINE UP AT SUMMER NAMM 2008 IN NASHVILLE WITH COMPLETELY INTERACTIVE BOOTH #526
- Article 1114 : Gibson Guitar Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the ES-335 Guitar with Larry Carlton and Guests at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - Monday, June 30, 2008
- Article 1113 : GIBSON GUITAR ANNOUNCES JOAN JETT SIGNATURE MELODY MAKER GUITAR
- Article 1112 : Gibson and Epiphone Partner with Virgin Mobile for the 2008 Virgin Festival in Calgary, Alberta June 21-22, 2008 Canada
- Article 1111 : GIBSON GUITAR TO EXHIBIT AND ENTERTAIN AT THIS YEAR'S DIGITAL DOWNTOWN IN NEW YORK, JUNE 12-14, 2008 Booth #123
- Article 1110 : **NEWS & PHOTO TIP SHEET FOR SATURDAY MAY 31, 2008**
- Article 1109 : GIBSON GUITAR EXHIBITS AT INTERNATIONAL CES HOMETECH EXPO AT DUBAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE
- Article 1108 : Hotel Congress Hosts 2nd Annual Night For New Orleans To Benefit Music Rising
- Article 1107 : Master Musician and Luthier, David Harvey Joins Gibson Original Acoustic Instruments
- Article 1106 : Master Musician and Luthier, David Harvey Joins Gibson Original Acoustic Instruments
- Article 1105 : GIBSON ORIGINAL ANNOUNCES THE LIMITED EDITION GIBSON VICTORIAN F-STYLE MANDOLIN
- Article 1104 : Gibson Foundation Continues Mission in Support of Environmental Causes With Sponsorship of the Natural Resources Defense Council's Eco Salon
- Article 1103 : WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION® TO HOST SIXTH ANNUAL CELEBRATION GALA
- Article 1102 : GIBSON MEMPHIS CUSTOM SHOP CELEBRATES THE 2008 BEALE STREET MUSIC FESTIVAL MAY 2-4, 2008
- Article 1101 : GIBSON GUITAR BRINGS INNOVATION AND INSPIRATION TO THE PALME MIDDLE EAST 2008 SHOW
- Article 1100 : Gibson USA's Guitar of the Month - The Les Paul 295 GoldTop Available in Limited Quantity
- Article 1098 : Baldwin Piano Supports Nashville International Airport Growing Music Program
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Gibson Guitar, the world's premier musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology announced today the limited availability of the Gibson Dark Fire guitar. Embracing the spirit of innovation and technical advancement that inspired the original Gibson Digital guitar in 2006 and Robot guitar in 2007, Gibson’s Dark FireTM guitar is poised to change the music industry overnight.
The world’s most technically advanced guitar will rock the music industry to its core and will soon become the most sought after musical instrument of its time.
AN EXCEPTIONAL LOOK
Gibson's flowerpot inlay graces the headstock of the Dark Fire as seen on other classic Gibson models such as the Byrdland and the 1911 F4 Mandolin. In addition to traditional touches, Gibson developed an entirely new look that required many changes in the manufacturing process.
The Dark Fire has a nitrocellulose finish created especially for this exclusive 1st run. The mahogany back and neck of the Dark Fire are given a satin finish, while the headstock face is sprayed with a gloss finish. The Dark Fire's chambered mahogany body helps deliver an optimum combination of tone, balance and weight." The result is a comfortable, lightweight guitar that is acoustically louder, with increased sustain and resonance.
OUTSTANDING PLAYABILITY
Taking much of its inspiration from the 2008 Les Paul, this instrument features a super fast and comfortable ergonomic neck shape with asymmetrical carving and with Perfect SetupTM. This is made possible by a computerized PLEK system, a computer controlled device scans and dresses a guitar under actual playing conditions, strung and tuned to pitch.
The tune-o-matic piezo bridge has been redesigned. It is much sleeker and the bridge now locks to the studs with new technology and works better. The nut is made of a new high tech material which includes Teflon (allowing for the tuning action to be smoother and faster [without breaking strings] and has a higher density than bone.
The bridge lock and the new frictionless faux bone nut insure maximum tone and sustain. The locking tuners insure that tuning and string tension are maintained during lots of hard playing.
The instrument will feel like butter in your hand even after 4 or 5 hours into a gig.
TONE MONSTER WITH CHAMELEON TONE TECHNOLOGY
The Gibson Dark Fire combines two of the most popular pickups, the P90h in the neck position and a Burstbucker 3 in the bridge position. Both are capped with new carbon fiber-like pickup covers, designed to match the Dark Fire's finish. There are 6 low noise relay switches giving you more than 20 separate combination of pickup coils leading to an incredible variety of tonal possibilities.
The resulting pickup combinations are directed through optimized traditional volume and tone controls and then through a studio grade 4 band parametric equalizer/preamplifier. This awesome Chameleon Tone Technology is a pure analog signal path preserving the authenticity of instruments tone while giving unimagined tonal possibilities.
ADD A LITTLE ACOUSTICNESS PLEASE
The Gibson Dark Fire 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 using a revolutionary rotary potentiometer which is part of the pickup toggle selector. Twisting the toggle head blends the piezo acoustic sound from 0% acoustic sound [100% traditional pickups] to 100% acoustic sound [no traditional pickups].
The piezo bridge pickup consists of six individual piezo pickups, one for each saddle/string, which can be brought out as individual audio channels.
TV ON CONTROL KNOB
The key to controlling the new functions of the Dark Fire is the Master Control Knob (MCK), which incorporates a sophisticated, full color matrix display (mini TV screen). The Dark Fire's new MCK also controls the ability to change pickups, coils, EQ settings and tunings allowing the ability to adjust all quickly and simultaneously – even several times during the same song.
There are 8 tone guitar settings that cover the most popular guitar, and 18 different guitar tunings. In addition, there are 24 user defined guitar setting. All can be accessed with a quick use of the MCK.
ROBOT GETS STERIODS
The redesigned power head tuners on the Dark Fire are radically faster and significantly smaller, compared to the original Robot Guitar tuners. You can access any preset tuning in less than one second, so you can change tunings in the middle of a song.
The powerhead tuners are lighter than traditional tuners. The tuners can be used either by hand or automatically without the need to engage them. The battery uses new technology that results in exceptionally long life and light weight.
COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE INCLUDED
The Robot II comes with a small box about the size of a pack of playing cards that acts as a high quality studio preamp and a full interface to a computer using a firewire port. We call it a Robot Interface Pack [or RIP for short]. RIP can be used live, in real time.
With a headphone out, you can carry RIP in you guitar case and set up your playing environment anywhere with or without your computer. The RIP's front panel carries a single 1/4-inch stereo input for the Dark Fire, a 1/8-inch headphone out with level control and a pilot light, which changes from dim blue to bright blue when the Dark Fire input is detected.
The rear panel carries two balanced 1/4-inch line outs, a FireWire connector to link to your amplifier or sound system and a hex connector that carries the analog outputs of each string, which can drive Roland or Axon guitar-to-MIDI converters.
To make full use of your laptop or computer, Dark Fire comes with two of the most powerful and popular software packages being sold today; Native Instruments’ Guitar Rig 3 (recognized as the industry’s most flexible amp and effects simulation software), and Ableton Live 7 Gibson Studio Edition (a multipurpose recording environment for everything from songwriting, to demos, to full-blown productions).
Both companies have collaborated with Gibson to ensure you can install all the software wand be using it in minutes (on any contemporary Microsoft or Apple operating system) and be harnessing the enormous music-making power of these studio tools. By working with the software developers, Gibson has fined tuned the software specifically for Dark Fire and included simple and powerful templates.
The combination of Dark Fire’s on board Chameleon Tone Technology and the software tools, dozens of effects and emulations puts a truckload of sound and thousands of dollars of capability in the hands of the player simply and easily.
DARK FIRE GETS AN INTERNET COMMUNITY SITE
Gibson is setting up a Dark Fire community site to allow the lucky owners of this exceptional guitar to share tips, get new information, and discuss how to best use this state of the art instrument.
One amazing capability that comes with the guitar is software that allows you to use your computer to change user presets and store them. Users can then publish their personal favorite preset designs.
MORE DARK FIRE GEAR BEING DESIGNED
Gibson Guitar is already developing a range of audio equipment designed specifically to work with the 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.
LIMITED QUANTITY – 400 STORES WORLD-WIDE
The world’s 1st run limited edition Gibson Dark Fire guitar will go on sale on December 15, 2008 at 400 dealers throughout the world. Each store will be limited to carrying only 5 of the sought after guitars and no guitar can be sold before 5pm on Monday, December 15, 2008. Once the guitars are sold out they will not be reproduced.
This highly collectible guitar will be available in the Dark Fire finish only. To find the list of exclusive Gibson Dark Fire guitar dealers go to www.gibson.com/darkfire. Artist from around the world will take part in exclusive events during the launch of Dark Fire. A schedule of events in each city will be available on www.gibson.com. Events include special artist appearances, exclusive VIP programs and viral marketing campaigns.
The official slogan of Dark Fire is Light Your Fire and musicians from around the world believe their roadies can take the night off with this newest offering from the musical leader, Gibson Guitar.
To view all specs, photos, and more information on the Dark Fire, please click here.
CONTACTS:
GLOBAL: Caroline Galloway 440-338-3469/615-423-4904 caroline.galloway@gibson.com
USA: Maureen OConnor 310-854-8116 moconnor@rogersandcowan.com
USA: Kim Dettwiller 615-330-5656 kimdet@comcast.net
EUROPE:Jeremy Singer (UK & Ireland) 020 7167 2144 jeremy.singer@gibson.com
Henning Richter (Germany) 49 30 24 000 9912 henning.richter@gibson.com
Patricia Espana (France & Spain) 33 6 87 33 58 45 patricia.espana@libertysurf.fr
Eleanora DelPozzo (Italy)eleanora.delpozzo@gibson.com
CHINA: Shirley Zhang or Lance Cao 86 21 2411 0028 shzhang@webershandwick.com/lcao@webershandwick.com
JAPAN: Kanji Ishibashi 81 3 3434 5566 kanji.ishibashi@gibson.com
AUSTRALIA/PACIFIC RIM Chris O’Hearn 61 2 9929 257 thrillhillen@bigpond.com
CANADA: Nanci Malek 416-706-9622 bentertainment@rogers.com
Jane Stockwell 416-524-1763 lady_of_the_j@yahoo.ca
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