Gibson Victory

[paisleywookiee]

“Created in response to player requests for the return of this ’80s-era cult favorite”: Gibson channels Superstrat and PRS vibes as it revives its Victory model for the first time in 40 years

The Victory's revival was first teased late last year, and the offset double-cut has been rebooted with a few choice tweaks

www.guitarworld.com

Price is decent though; starts at $1999.

 

[Achilles]

Man, he had done some pretty good things too....

 

[PLX]

 

[holoholo]

My god that’s the ugliest headstock I’ve ever seen.

 

[holoholo]

Victory

 

[paisleywookiee]

My god that’s the ugliest headstock I’ve ever seen.

It's just the Explorer headstock, but it looks totally wrong on this. However, I'm not sure which Gibson headstock would actually look good on this one.

 

[holoholo]

It's just the Explorer headstock, but it looks totally wrong on this. However, I'm not sure which Gibson headstock would actually look good on this one.

It just looks so out of place on that guitar

 

[JiveTurkey]

Headstock is ok. It's the upper horn, lower horn, TOM, pickguard and fret dots that are the abomination.

 

[2112]

I guess that means an M III reissue must be around the corner?

Or maybe the USA-1?

 

[JiveTurkey]

Such a jaded bunch here!

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Wow, that's definitely one of the ugliest guitars I've ever seen.

 

[2112]

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"Mum, can we get a PRS SE?"
"No honey, we already have one at home"

 

[metropolis_4]

What did you guys expect from this? For them to re-release the Victory but make it not look like the Victory?

Wonder why they went with the Explorer headstock instead of the original… was there a year the Victory had an Explorer headstock or was that a cost cutting decision on the new one?

 

[paisleywookiee]

What did you guys expect from this? For them to re-release the Victory but make it not look like the Victory?

Wonder why they went with the Explorer headstock instead of the original… was there a year the Victory had an Explorer headstock or was that a cost cutting decision on the new one?

I expected them to have them leave it dead and buried, like you do with all bad ideas.

 

[PLX]

It's just the Explorer headstock, but it looks totally wrong on this. However, I'm not sure which Gibson headstock would actually look good on this one.

Gibson should have just gone full retard and put the "Futura" headstock on it.

 

[holoholo]

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Just imagine the poor people in the factory who have to build this abomination and watch the horror every day. They probably have to take antidepressants and fight their gag reflex the whole time they are working.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

This is a guitar totally intended to hit it's target market...TGP.

For that, and it's troll like character...

 

[spawnofthesith]

Not my cup of tea in the slightest, but I don't hate it

I think it would look immensely better without the pick guard

 

[Whizzinby]

Or maybe the USA-1?

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That looks badass.