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Gibson Victory Bass Appreciation Thread
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She's alive! Just need to tighten everything up, adjust the truss rod and intonation and this baby is ready to rock again.
Ok.
So.
Victory Standard vs Ripper tone.
I really really want a ripper because I’ve never been able to get Novoselic’s tone from Nevermind out of my head. But dang are the ripper’s on the market right now trashed and stupid expensive!
Are these basses similar in tonal quality or are they worlds apart? Both quite unique…
So.
Victory Standard vs Ripper tone.
I really really want a ripper because I’ve never been able to get Novoselic’s tone from Nevermind out of my head. But dang are the ripper’s on the market right now trashed and stupid expensive!
Are these basses similar in tonal quality or are they worlds apart? Both quite unique…
Krist also played a Victory very briefly, at some point in time, before he smashed it...
That sure is a beaut, Jughead. Nice job! I have an Artist and even have the fretless neck I've never put on.
Coupla questions tho. I notice it seems to have bluish paint under the red. Wondering if that's a primer or if this has been painted. The red paint has the "orange peel" but I'm thinking that was a bug and not a feature.
It also has a "V" on the back of the neck that is under the finish. I not a feature of the wood but doesn't look burned in so I don't know what the hell is going on there.
Coupla questions tho. I notice it seems to have bluish paint under the red. Wondering if that's a primer or if this has been painted. The red paint has the "orange peel" but I'm thinking that was a bug and not a feature.
It also has a "V" on the back of the neck that is under the finish. I not a feature of the wood but doesn't look burned in so I don't know what the hell is going on there.
I can't imagine what caused that V shaped blemish on the back of the neck. It certainly looks to be isolated to the middle section of the multi laminate neck.
My Standard had been refinished in arctic white before I bought it, but did have a greenish gold copper metallic paint as the base coat. Maybe your bass has something similar.
One more thing... If you ever want to sell your fretless neck, just send me a message. I'd love to have it.
Will do, but I'm inclined to keep it as I'm retired now (not a pro musician, just bar gigs) and now have more time and money to buy another fretted bass for daily use and then learn to play the fretted.
So I take it from your post that the greenish layer (it is kinda more greenish on mine, maybe aqua) was never a finish but simply a base coat (though it's kind of a pretty color). I'd almost like to have it refinished as the paint job looks like it was done at a cheap ass auto body shop —and it seems, from the comments above, that that could be the way it came from the factory. Your's looks positively delicious and quite professional. Your daughter choice of color was masterful!
So I take it from your post that the greenish layer (it is kinda more greenish on mine, maybe aqua) was never a finish but simply a base coat (though it's kind of a pretty color). I'd almost like to have it refinished as the paint job looks like it was done at a cheap ass auto body shop —and it seems, from the comments above, that that could be the way it came from the factory. Your's looks positively delicious and quite professional. Your daughter choice of color was masterful!
Bought it new in '82. Has been my main ax for 40 years.
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1981 Victory Artist – my first bass.
It goes direct into the board live or in the studio, with a touch of reverb and chorus in the effects loop. Bass rolled up and treble rolled all the way down. Strung with the Billy Sheehan Rotosounds tuned a half-step down to take advantage of the distinct voice change done by the angled neck pickup to each string. The result is a deep, articulate BASS fundamental with overtones thrown off by the Rotosounds to define the note in the mix.
I play it with agate picks for precise articulation. Rolling off the treble gets rid of the agate pick *click* that happens every time the pick touches a string, allow me to spray notes like a sequenced synth without sounding muddy, whether picking at the neck or the bridge.
My other basses are by Modulus – yes, that diamond-bright Modulus massive piano tone for when I want to mix it up in the range of the other instruments. The Gibson is for another way to think about bass: leave the mid-range to everyone else and go LOWWWWW, where no other instruments other than the bass drum and the occasional keyboard go. The overall sound expands enormously by doing so, with every instrument getting its own section of the sonic spectrum. Excellent for techno, dub, Motown, and metal.
For a time, the bass was fretless. It is a superior bass for fretless work: loads of sustain to counter the faster fretless note-decay and the active controls to seat the fretless bass moan exactly where it serves best in the mix.
Funny how I think of my Modulus 6-string as my most versatile musical tool. But my Gibson Victory bass… it is my favorite musical instrument, a tactile experience of wonder and 41herz joy.
It goes direct into the board live or in the studio, with a touch of reverb and chorus in the effects loop. Bass rolled up and treble rolled all the way down. Strung with the Billy Sheehan Rotosounds tuned a half-step down to take advantage of the distinct voice change done by the angled neck pickup to each string. The result is a deep, articulate BASS fundamental with overtones thrown off by the Rotosounds to define the note in the mix.
I play it with agate picks for precise articulation. Rolling off the treble gets rid of the agate pick *click* that happens every time the pick touches a string, allow me to spray notes like a sequenced synth without sounding muddy, whether picking at the neck or the bridge.
My other basses are by Modulus – yes, that diamond-bright Modulus massive piano tone for when I want to mix it up in the range of the other instruments. The Gibson is for another way to think about bass: leave the mid-range to everyone else and go LOWWWWW, where no other instruments other than the bass drum and the occasional keyboard go. The overall sound expands enormously by doing so, with every instrument getting its own section of the sonic spectrum. Excellent for techno, dub, Motown, and metal.
For a time, the bass was fretless. It is a superior bass for fretless work: loads of sustain to counter the faster fretless note-decay and the active controls to seat the fretless bass moan exactly where it serves best in the mix.
Funny how I think of my Modulus 6-string as my most versatile musical tool. But my Gibson Victory bass… it is my favorite musical instrument, a tactile experience of wonder and 41herz joy.
Hi- has anyone played a fretless Victory standard before? I've been looking at one, I'm familiar with Tbirds but never played one of these. Reading up on fretless Ripper basses suggests the side dots are identical to a fretted bass and not as they should be for a proper unlined fretless. Has anyone owned one in the past?
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“Created in response to player requests for the return of this ’80s-era cult favorite”: Gibson channels Superstrat and PRS vibes as it revives its Victory model for the first time in 40 years
The Victory's revival was first teased late last year, and the offset double-cut has been rebooted with a few choice tweaks
So Gibson have just reissued Victory guitars, but not basses.
Necromancing this thread, but as I can't find any info on it, so I thought I'd best try here.
Somewhere this year I bought a Standard and ever since I got it I've been on and off about getting rid of it. Switched out the pots for 500k's, but then the parallel sound was too bright and had too little bass IMO, so now it has 250k's. Liking it a bit more, but the parallel has too little output still compared to the series, but looking at clips online it seems there's not a lot of difference between output levels. Must also note that I switched out the original switch for a small one.
So long story condensed into a short one; how do the levels compare on yours? Noticeable difference or negligible?
Somewhere this year I bought a Standard and ever since I got it I've been on and off about getting rid of it. Switched out the pots for 500k's, but then the parallel sound was too bright and had too little bass IMO, so now it has 250k's. Liking it a bit more, but the parallel has too little output still compared to the series, but looking at clips online it seems there's not a lot of difference between output levels. Must also note that I switched out the original switch for a small one.
So long story condensed into a short one; how do the levels compare on yours? Noticeable difference or negligible?
