It Ain't Pretty, But It Sounds Really Good!

[Artman]

You must have had a really bad one then. When played through a decent amp they had plenty of kick. I don’t know why the neck felt rough on yours. Weird. But if it did, it did. Ditto the dead spots. But again, if it had them, it had them. No argument from me since you played it and I didn’t.

I’m just sorry yours didn’t work out for you. So it goes.

Being bolt-ons, they’re probably a lot like Fenders in that construction and tonal quality can vary quite a bit from one instrument to another.
I was playing it into a V4-B, so it wasn’t the amp.
I was pretty young back then so maybe it was just me.

 

[40Hz]

Being bolt-ons, they’re probably a lot like Fenders in that construction and tonal quality can vary quite a bit from one instrument to another.
I was playing it into a V4-B, so it wasn’t the amp.
I was pretty young back then so maybe it was just me.

Yeah. Any Ampeg of that era would have been more than enough tone-wise. And there is such a thing as a bad Gibson although most got that way from the owners rather than Gibson itself. Not to say an occasional lemon can't make it out the door. Everybody is capable of messing up every so often. And Gibson is no exception.

I never noticed a huge amount of variability with Gibson bolt-ons myself. But I saw a victory once with a bit of window screen in the neck pocket. Old and very ill advised trick for “curing” a badly cut neck or pocket. But the guy had bought it used, and it had been through several previous hands. So there was no way of knowing if it came out of the factory that way. But somehow I seriously doubt it.

As far as age goes, our tastes and the styles of music change. What I like today is very different from the bass sounds I liked back when I was younger. So you’re in good company if your tastes have changed. No fault in that. Suffice to say your Victory didn’t work out for you for a variety of reasons. And with a bass that’s that different, it’s to be expected.

“Different strokes for different folks.” as a saying from the Victory’s era went.

At the end of the day it’s all good.

 

[Figjam]

Those victory basses are heavy, but they are seeing a surge in value.

Tone is okay. If tone is in the fingers, he doesnt have it anyway.

Id take a MIM P bass over it anyday, and most squiers.

 

[gjohnson441496]

Oh god those guys are the worst, and they think they're so hilarious and interesting. On top of that, they make dumba$$ mistakes in pretty much every video AND the playing is not very good either. They did a demo of the little Tony Iommi Laney practice amp, and the guy couldn't even play War Pigs properly. GTFOOH with that nonsense.

Maybe I'll break out my webcam and do a youtube tutorial series on how to do youtube demos. It should really not be difficult. Honestly, they should have little if any talking, and start with playing up front. You can do all the exposition in text. Also, FFS, please use a normal camera angle, not some random fraction of an instrument, or your ugly face, or the camera sitting on the damn floor. And if you can't get reasonably good sound quality for a music gear demo, just don't bother, please. And if it's a guitar or bass demo, you either need to be a reasonable distance from the amp, or have it cranked up decently, otherwise we're just hearing your strings/picking.

AMEN!!!

 

[charlie monroe]

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Seller got it wrong. That's actually an '82.

Looks like they used a floor tile to cover up where they pulled the pickups and shoe horned a Bart or emg PJ set.

I have an 82 Artist in about 8-9/10 condition in the same color. I'll pull it out this weekend.

 

[Nephilymbass]

This bass has some serious tone going on...

Ive debated getting one as a birth year bass. I was born in 81.

 

[mtdkingstonheir]

Not quite the same circuitry, but the Artist was indeed the active-electronics-version.

More on all three types of Victory Bass can be found here:

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Thanks for the link - pretty cool website.