looker Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Hiya Guys, First of all I am in Awe of you guys. I've read the posts for a few weeks and you have to be the top 10% of the top 10%. More knowledge here bout Gibson's and subsidiaries than Ive ever seen. I have just got my brother's 1980s Gibson Victory Artist Bass. It was willed to him from a close (mutual)friend who recently passed on. I'm in my 60s and drooled over the Gibson Ripper Bass in my day, but still preferred the Fender Precision sound. When I got the Victory My Bro said the Active section wasn't working. I resoldered the cold joints, put in a new 9volt battery, and crossed my fingers. Plugged it into a Peavy 110 Minx Bass amp( 1 10 inch 10 watts) and Voila It fargin worked. And blew my socks off. I musta played for 90 minutes fiddling with the switches and all. I have a 2005 Fender Precision (Pro Sound) Bass and love the "doink, dwank, bunk", Seinfeld sound but This Victory Artist goes way beyond the P bass. I think it may deserve a second look from Fender bass lovers. It has the "doink, krang bomp", and yet the thunderous BOOM too. The neck is long (full scale) and well fitting to a large chubby hand like most Gibsons. The Frets are jumbo wide yet smooth to the touch. Just wish my arms and fingers were a little longer. LOL All in all a best kept Gibson sekret. My brothers Friend Tim Alexander had a Avant-guard band, That toured Europe and Asia in the 80-90s and the Victory would close the show with a solo and then be thrown across the stage. Its like a Timex watch Takes a lickin and keeps on tickin. And its Purple too. TTL Looker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfox14 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 How bout some pictures to go along with that lengthy description? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
looker Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Ok..... I figured out how to upload pictures I hope it works Here is his band A western Front. Nice shot of a 3 pickup Firebird in the beginning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyNHRXWdPVs&feature=related Here is a demo of the sound I might do a short Youtoub demo comparison between the Victory and my Fender Precision Bass. Not enough time today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobB Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 The Victory bass was an incredible sounding instrument. They were a bit on the heavy side, but in IMHO nothing else from that time held a candle to it unless you were able to get you hands on something like an Alembic model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfox14 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Man, that Victory bass sure has some serious punch to it. Sounds awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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