The Victory series of basses was advertised in the guitar press aroud the time of its launch in 1981.

Vintage advertisements for the Gibson Victory Artist electric bass advertisements originally published from 1981 onwards. Click on the images for larger copies.
Gibson Victory Artist - The Thrill of Victory (1981) Get your hands on the new Victory Bass, by Gibson. Success has never felt so good. Or so comfortable. From narrower high frets to the deep cutaway body design, An adj... [more]	Gibson Victory Artist - When a Bass Sounds This Good, You Just Can't Keep it To Yourself (1981) Featuring Dave Kiswiney, Dave Wolford, Dave Pegg, Ralphe Armstrong and Bob Moore [more]

The Victory Bass, is a totally new bass and design. Two kinds of victory, two kinds of electronics, passive or active. And two kinds of necks, fretted or fretless.

Your new Gibson Victory bass guitar is just that; a victory over the ordinary, the average, the "acceptable standards" for a bass guitar

The Victory bass is one of the most versatile, functional electric basses Gibson has ever made. A full size long scale instrument which offers todays growing legion of bassplayers a realistic alternative