1981 Gibson Victory

[Brentrocks]

Up for grabs...a beautiful Gibson Victory built at the historic 225 Parsons St. factory.

This guitar is in super condition for being almost 33 yrs old!!!

This Victory features:

* Solid mahogany body with 3 piece maple set neck

* Rosewood board with offset dots

* 2 Zebra humbuckers

* 3 way blade with 3 way mini toggle for coil tap and phase control

* Original frets with neck binding

There are no breaks or repairs. Comes with a non original HSC. Frets are in great shape. Weighs 8.5 lbs. Has a great action and great tone!

$750 PP/shipped

Thanks for looking!

[Disturber]

Back in the early 80s, when I was twelve or thirteen, and started to play the electric - this was the coolest guitar I'd ever seen. I wanted on badly.

Still to this day I have never actually played one. But I still think they look cool.

[MCChris]

I dig it too, and that's a great finish. Sort of a precursor to the PRS EG series. Needs victory inlays, though.

GLWTS!

[G Man]

Is it wrong that I am oddly attracted to this? Its definitely a unique and funky looking ride. GLWS indeed, quickly, before I doing something rash.

[bubs_42]

First time i've ever seen one. I dig it.

[anathemata]

First time I've seen one too. Really cool!

[BubbaVO]

There's a whole lotta awesomeness there. What's the scale?

[bubs_42]

Good question.

[BillW]

how come I've never heard of such a thing? wow - that is cool

[Brentrocks]

There's a whole lotta awesomeness there. What's the scale?

ill let you know when I get home

[David B]

For some reason I see Rudy from Fat Albert playing that guitar. I like it!!!

[duncans]

I seem to remember those having a Fender scale with a real small(thinnish/narrow nut width neck), but it's been 30+ years.

How's my memory?

[Ralph]

G Man said it best.

[Sugar]

Did these come out with the Corvus model?

[Citrus]

Model

Gibson Victory MV2 (or MVII)

Available

1981-1983/4

Pickups

"Velvet brick" high-output humbucker at the neck, special design magnet/iron loaded humbucker at the bridge

Electronics

Passive. One volume and tone control. Three position "blade" pickup selector switch (neck, bridge, both), coil tap switch for single coil/humbucking tonalities.

Scale

24 3/4"

Body

Eastern hard rock maple. Length 18 15/16", width 13", depth 1 3/4"

Neck

Glued in three-ply maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. Offset pearl dot inlays. White binding. 14 degree peghead pitch. MV-2 truss rod cover. Width at nut 1 11/16".

[cynic]

Body Eastern hard rock maple.

Everything I read kept coming back with this too. We may need another ruling by the wood experts?

[Brentrocks]

SOLD

[hamerhead]

Kind of a PRS-meets-Hertiecaster looking thing, ain't it?

I mean, if it were a POS. Which it isn't. And I really like it. And it's sold. So I'm going to stop looking now........

[Feynman]

Interesting - if I wait long enough...someone else buys the things for sale. This is useful information.

I have never seen that model guitar before, but it's pure awesome. Good grab, whoever.

[G Man]

SOLD

Thank you. It was getting close for a few minutes there.

[cmatthes]

Did these come out with the Corvus model?

No - those were the 6 string companion to the fairly successful Victory Bass. The Corvus came a couple of years later, when Gibson was TOTALLY out of ideas.

[Brentrocks]

SOLD

Thank you. It was getting close for a few minutes there.

[marcnorth]

First "new" bass I ever bought was a red 81 Victory Custom. I wish I still had it.