Gibson Victory Figured Top
Product information "Gibson Victory Figured Top"
The new Gibson Victory was developed at the request of players as a reissue of a cult favorite from the 1980s. Designed to stand out, it carries the DNA of the original version with improved features such as refined body contours, improved weight and balance, and an Explorer™ headstock. The Victory has a 25.5-inch scale length and the mahogany neck has an ebony fingerboard with compound radius for improved playability, a SlimTaper™ profile, and 24 medium jumbo frets. The mahogany body has a Tune-O-Matic™ bridge, a stopbar tailpiece, and a satin nitrocellulose finish. The highly flexible electronics include two 80s Tribute Humbucker™ pickups with push/pull pots for coil splitting and selection between inner and outer coils. Together with the 3-way toggle, they offer a variety of humbucker and single coil sound options with a minimal number of controls. A Gibson hard shell case is also included.
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Body Shape: Offset
- Bridge / Tremolo: Gibson Aluminium Nashville Tune-O-Matic + Stop Tailpiece
- Bridge Pickup: Gibson 80s Tribute
- Color/ Finish: Dark Purple Burst
- Colour: Violett / Pink
- Controls: 1x volume, 1x tone
- Country of Origin: USA
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Fretboard Inlays: Dot inlays
- Fretboard radius: Compound
- Frets: 24
- Hardware: Chrome
- Includes: Softcase
- Neck: Mahogany
- Neck Pickup: Gibson 80s Tribute
- Neck Profile: Slim Taper
- Neck construction: Set in neck
- Pickup Configuration: H-H (2x Humbucker)
- Pickup Selector Switch: 3 way toggle
- Pickup type: passive
- Scale: 25" (635 - 659 mm)
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Special Features: Pickup split function
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
- Technology: Solid Body
- Top: 2A Figured Maple
The American Gibson Guitar Corporation, founded in 1902 by Orville Gibson in Kalamazoo, Michigan, first became known for the production of mandolins and banjos. Today the company’s headquarters are in Nashville, Tennessee, and Gibson is one of the world’s most renowned and respected manufacturers of electric guitars.
The model Les Paul, named after its creator Lester William Polsfuss, is one of the most famous and best‑selling electric guitar shapes of all time and established the single‑cut guitar form, which has been copied, adopted and reinterpreted by numerous other manufacturers. The Les Paul is mainly prized for its sound, characterised as warm and full. The humbucker pickup largely responsible for that sound, in its now common design, was developed by Seth Lover at Gibson.
In the early 1960s the Gibson SG appeared as another solid‑body electric from Gibson. Originally intended as the successor to the Les Paul, it became — helped by Angus Young of AC/DC — another rock‑history icon and is the basis for the double‑cutaway guitar type.
With the Flying V and the Explorer Gibson is responsible for two body shapes that, although they were far ahead of their time when introduced in the late 1950s, have over the years also achieved legendary status. They still serve as the foundation for a host of heavy guitars today, for example from makers such as Jackson or ESP.
The Gibson Custom Shop produces custom orders, high‑quality one‑offs and precise replicas of famous models and legendary instrument years. These are often subjected to an artificial ageing process called relicing.
Almost as long as the company has existed, acoustic guitars have also been produced. The J‑45, the Hummingbird, the L‑00 and the SJ‑200 are among the world’s most beloved steel‑string acoustics and were the instruments of choice for Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and John Lennon.
Besides the instruments already mentioned, you can of course also buy picks, bags and cases or merchandise from Gibson with us.
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