Victory sighting

[uwe]

My RDs are heavier than my Victorys. Here's a bathroom scale weigh in for my current Gibson Basses.
1974 Ripper- with cover- 4.2K 9.25 lbs
G3 70s Tribute- 4.2K 9.25 lbs
2006 Les Paul Double Cut- 4.1K 9.0 lbs
Memphis ES 335 Bass- 4.3K 9.5 lbs
RD Standard- 5.4K 11.9 lbs
RD Artist- 5.4K 11.9 lbs
Victory Standard 5.0K 11 lbs
Victory Artist 5.3K 11.7 lbs
TBird- 2008 4.2K 9.25 lbs

I was expecting the Victory to, uhum, lead (pun intended!) the field because of the additional steel rods in its neck. It sure feels heavier than an RD though they are no doubt heavy basses too.

[Granny Gremlin]

My RDs are heavier than my Victorys. Here's a bathroom scale weigh in for my current Gibson Basses.
1974 Ripper- with cover- 4.2K 9.25 lbs
G3 70s Tribute- 4.2K 9.25 lbs
2006 Les Paul Double Cut- 4.1K 9.0 lbs
Memphis ES 335 Bass- 4.3K 9.5 lbs
RD Standard- 5.4K 11.9 lbs
RD Artist- 5.4K 11.9 lbs
Victory Standard 5.0K 11 lbs
Victory Artist 5.3K 11.7 lbs
TBird- 2008 4.2K 9.25 lbs

Not by much tho.... also how the hell is a Vic Artist heavier than a Standard?

[veebass]

Not by much tho.... also how the hell is a Vic Artist heavier than a Standard?

Yes, counter intuitive. So I weighed them again. Same result correct to 1 decimal point.
The routs may not be much different in area when you have a look at the pics below and the Artist has a bridge pickup in that rout and some additional electronics.

Maybe different wood densities between my two basses as well?

[Granny Gremlin]

Huh; figured the artist route would be much bigger for the active electronics.

[uwe]

Victory electronics take up much less space than the RD board. Though they have a Moog background too, they did away with all the compression/enhancer clutter. For the time actually surprisingly small and tidy.

[Dave W]

Yes, counter intuitive. So I weighed them again. Same result correct to 1 decimal point.
The routs may not be much different in area when you have a look at the pics below and the Artist has a bridge pickup in that rout and some additional electronics.

Maybe different wood densities between my two basses as well?

That could very well be. With a large body, there can easily be a difference of 1 lb. between two bodies of the same species.

[Denis]

My Victory standard is just hair heavier than my next heaviest bass, the '80 Ripper (which is a pound heavier than my '73 Ripper). Third heaviest is my '75 P-bass.

[Dave W]

None of my basses are as heavy as my '91 LP Studio. It's very well balanced too, though I probably wouldn't want to play a four hour gig with it.

[uwe]

Les Pauls sit well. That small, but heavy body anchors them effectively.