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Solid Maple body, laminate maple bolt-on neck, rosewood fingerboard. Two type VIIIB humbuckers. The Gibson Victory Artist was a two-pickup, active version of the Victory Standard - with passive mode, and notch-filtered active mode.
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 | [1] Master volume control
[2] Pickup selector switch
[3] Bass control -5 to +5
[4] Treble control -5 to +5
[5] Mode selector switch
passive, active with notch filter, active
For more details of the Victory Artist bass controls, examine the Victory bass owners manual |
Need to see under the scratchplate? Gibson Victory circuit photos
The Victory Artist was equipped with two type VIIIB humbuckers, upright in the bridge position, and slanted at the neck. The Victory range was fitted with a new bridge TRI-4 wedge bridge, and previously unused Schaller open gear machine heads.
Sound ClipsThese sound clips are recorded directly into a mobilepre preamp. Recorded with GHS bass boomers (Flea signature round wound) strings. Pickup volumes on 10.
- Passive tone
all settings on full. The basic passive sound, two pickups, played with a pick.
- Active (full)
both pickups, bass +5, treble +5. Fingerstyle.
- Active
both pickups, bass +3, treble +2. Fingerstyle.
- Super bass
active, neck pickup, bass +5, treble +0. Fingerstyle.
- Super treble
active, bridge pickup, bass +0, treble +5, played with a pick.
- Notch filtered
both pickups, bass +5, treble 0. Fingerstyle.
- Notch filtered
both pickups, bass +4, treble +5. Fingerstyle.
You can compare these soundclips to the other Victory bass models on the Victory bass soundclip page
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