NBD 81-86 Gibson Victory Standard

[godofthunder]

  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.

[uwe]

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.

[morrow]

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.

[uwe]

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!

[Dave W]

Congrats, Scott!

I nearly bought one about 20 years ago. Sounded great. The weight made me decide against it.