Known problems with Victory Basses?

[ajkula66]

So I got it for the weekend for trials. I can take it back no questions asked on Monday but I don't think it's going anywhere.

Looks to be in very good shape. May it serve you well.

 

[Blaze Barlow]

So I got it for the weekend for trials. I can take it back no questions asked on Monday but I don't think it's going anywhere. For now, the minor annoyance ... the battery cover is screwed on to the body.

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looks like my bass...the color is called tobacco sunburst..I will buy it it you dont want it..just hook me up with the seller..I am buying all the nice ones I can find..what is the asking price of that one..?..

 

[40Hz]

So I got it for the weekend for trials. I can take it back no questions asked on Monday but I don't think it's going anywhere. For now, the minor annoyance ... the battery cover is screwed on to the body.

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That is one gorgeous Victory Artist.

If you do buy it and later change your mind, PM me please?

 

[squiza]

Ok.Anyone got any inside tips on the mechanics of the victory truss rod and what to do in the event that the neck bows n cant be straightened????

 

[rockscott]

Im one of the few who likes gibson basses, but 11 pounds, no thanks, not happening!

 

[Gilmourisgod]

I think it’s just a standard single action trussrod. If it’s maxed out and the neck is still warped, heat treatment is usually the only recourse. Check out a few YT videos, most involve a heat blanket over days, and it doesn’t always work. And then there’s these guys:
FIX AN INSTRUMENT'S WARPED NECK

I have no personal experience with them, but they have saved a few TB necks. Might be worth an estimate anyway. Good luck with it!

Edit:
Looks like $75 plus shipping for bolt on necks, not bad really, I’m guessing a luthier would charge twice that.

 

[p smith]

I owned and played a Victory Standard (silver...) from new until I sold it as part of a downsize in '88 (kept the Precision). With fresh roundwounds (Boomers, medium light set) (and amped by a blueprinted/GrooveTubed SuperBassman into 2 15" bottoms), it could sound like the bass end of a good Steinway Model D piano. That was the sound I was after back then. But it needed new strings to sound like that. I wasn't doing enough paid gigs to keep new strings on that bass like I wanted to. Without new strings, it sounded like any other Gibson bass I ever played, thud thud thud. It was heavy, but had a neck that really fit my hand well. Plus aesthetically I've always really liked the reverse curve headstock.