82 Victory

Started by Freuds_Cat, June 01, 2011, 09:36:46 PM

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Freuds_Cat

Victory lovers untie  :mrgreen:

Love the description:

Direct from the "What were they thinking" dept. at Gibson, comes the Victory Bass. Some say ugly, some say cool, some say nothing. You decide. Hard case included.

http://www.gbase.com/gear/gibson-victory-bass-1982-black#

Digresion our specialty!

Dave W

I never thought they were ugly. Just too heavy.

Nocturnal

I like how the black ones look. Makes them look meaner to my eyes.
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jumbodbassman

Quote from: Dave W on June 02, 2011, 08:34:06 AM
I never thought they were ugly. Just too heavy.

mine weighs a ton....  pretty good bass otherwise
Sitting in traffic somewhere between CT and NYC
JIM

Denis

I like mine and it only weighs .1 lbs more than my '80 Ripper. In my opinion they are neat looking basses.

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EvilLordJuju

Yeah I like description. It's good to see people not taking things too seriously.

I must admit the looks of the Victory series have grown on me over the years - as the early eighties seem more and more of a distant memory, maybe?

I should be loving my 20/20 in roughly 6 years time  ;)

uwe

They did a good job at modernizing a Fender shape without getting too carried away. And with the headstock included a nice nod to Gibson's past.
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Freuds_Cat

yes but did it have to be THAT heavy?
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uwe

From the Grabber/G-3 experience, some of which suffered from less than stable necks, they wanted to make the neck super-sturdy and stuck in those additional steel rods. That can't have helped with the weight. And they probably were happier for a heavier body to prevent the bass from becoming neck-heavy due to the additional reinforcement. Plus in the early eighties, heavy basses were en vogue.

If I'm honest, I have to say that I prefer a too heavy bass to a too light one - there is something in heaviness that I find reassuring of quality. Silly, I know, but I identify light with cheap, but I'm probably not the only one since most boutique basses end up being heavy (probably due to exotic woods and heavy, up-market hardware).
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

Barklessdog

I always had trouble getting past the name. Victory over what?

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uwe

Endsieg over Fender of course!!! Or not.

I think the Victory was Gibson's last earnest attempt of cutting a slice away from Fender as the leading big brand bass maker. Ever since the Victory failed, they have resigned themselves to their fate of being a niche bass producer. Of course, the Victory was in look, structure and material already too close for comfort to a Fender to actually be attractive to Fender players. Why play something similar to a Fender without the brand heritage to it?

Uwe
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

PhilT

They get their share of abuse. Since this ebay auction picture is too dark to see much, I lightened it.


neepheid

With a decent strap I don't find my Victory too bad.  I've tried a few (Mono, Planet Waves pad on regular strap) and found the Neotech Mega strap to be the best at making the load bearable.

http://neotechstraps.com/mega-strap.html

Oh and because I never get tired of plastering a picture of my restored 1981 Victory on any relevant thread -

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jumbodbassman

a real looker....  mine is pretty beat up
Sitting in traffic somewhere between CT and NYC
JIM

Droombolus

Quote from: uwe on June 03, 2011, 05:26:29 AM
Silly, I know, but I identify light with cheap.

Me too, but I guess my mind is sorta conditioned because I grew up with light, cheap-ass Japanese copies and the instruments I couldn't pay and was drooling over were heavier as a rule ....... Still in the back of my mind I still have a weight issue with my SG basses, even though I've often wished that the ol' 70s EB-3 was lighter in the bad ol' days ...... Guess I'll need a shrink sometime soon .....  :-\
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