[Victory Guitars]

Has anyone here ever played a Victory guitar? The Vic basses were well known but the guitars seem to be almost unknown! Back in 1982 I bought a MVII, brand new! I loved that guitar! Due to some self-inflicted difficulties I ended up selling it. In the last year I have acquired two in hopes of replacing the one that got away..... HAHAHA One of each model and style of finish offered! A MVX in midnight blue and a MVII in tobacco burst. I love the lok, feel and sound of these guitars! Solid hardrock maple, so they do weight a bit. 10 pounds to be precise but my 2001 LP Standard weighs the same, maybe just a wee bit more. They both have some nice humbucking pick-ups and also a coil tap switch to get a true single coil sound! The pick-ups were also a new design just for the Victorys at the time. I don't know if they used them in any other Gibsons..... But 5 new designs! On the MVX it gives you 10 different pick-up configurations! That's a lot of potential voices. Then they used a bridge that has changable saddles so you could have either a brass or nylon saddle to give move variety to it's sound! It's too bad it didn't sell good enough to continue..... I was told by a customer service rep at Gibson that only 2000 were made and they were distributed world wide. I'd love to hear from any other Vic owner/player!

 

Hi Mick

Like you, back in '82 (an outbreak of poetry lol) I purchased an MVII (sunburst).

I've still got it and won't part with it for the world now!

 

Even though I mainly play nylon guitars now (acoustic flamenco, Line 6 nylon and Yamaha Silent Guitar (my wife's favourite - that one's saved my marriages (laughs)), I still like to break out the Vic every now and again - it's even after all this time a real joy to play...

 

And it is still - in my opinion - one of the most gorgeous guitars ever produced.