Found languishing on Reverb, seller listed it at 1,200, then dropped it to $849 shipped and was accepting offers I low balled it and he accepted! Has the mass of a small planet, makes my Peavey T40 seem light. I really like the 24 fret neck, love the extended range. Pickup is focused and a bit tame certainly sounds like the 80s, my DOD bi-fet pre amp brings it to life. The bass is well played but not abused came with worn ohsc. The maple body is a bit of overkill imho, mahogany or alder would have really complimented this bass both in tone and weight. Video soon.
Congrats, what took you so long!
The Standard's slanted pup had beefed up mids (compared to the Custom and Artist models) for a bit of Precision grit. The pup does, however, supply quite a bit of sub-lows. It goes there where a TBird just can't go.
The maho body thought occurred to Gibson eventually too - that is what Q-80 and Q-90 were (both retaining maple necks with a non-Victory headstock variations). But those didn't actually sound any better than a Victory Standard, far from it, but it might have been down to their pup combinations of either two Grabber pups (Q-80) or P. J. Marx P/J combo), which were at best unremarkable.
I saw that! Congratulations!
If they were short scaled , set necked , and weighed in under seven pounds I'd be all over the internet for one.
I love the look of them.
Quote from: morrow on July 20, 2023, 10:34:45 AM
If they were short scaled , set necked , and weighed in under seven pounds I'd be all over the internet for one.
Then they wouldn't be Victory
Basses and look something like this!
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Congrats, Scott!
I nearly bought one about 20 years ago. Sounded great. The weight made me decide against it.