[batwing]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Victory-Bass ... dZViewItem

is this really fixable? How available are the parts?

I'm tempted if it stays cheap, what do these go for in non-project condition?

[Redbird]

Bitter divorce or stoned again. "Honey I cut me bass up again"

i just do not understand why someone would do that?

Maybe it was a Gibson reject bass and Gibson did it. Someone fished it out of the dumpster.

Was it an act of revenge from Leo himself?

"I'll teach Orville not to come on my turff!"

Anything is fixable, but with this, what's the point?

Unless you have the pickups & hardware, you would end up spending more than what you would get out of it. You would be better off buyinmg a beat to crap victory with all the pieces already there.

If anything it would make a nice clock or something.

[Granny Gremlin]

Hmm. I've seen a Victory neck on ebay once, the tuners all the time and the pup never. Then again, the Victory pup, though nicely full and agressive, is not the end-all of pups. I'd suspect that the tone of it is more to do with the all-maple construction and bolt-on neck

Try any nice bass humbucker in there (just keep it in that same mounting position - it really is the sweet spot.... I'm thinking Pitbull... maybe a Darkstar for a more mellow, less aggressive tone.

Victories have gone up in price recently - I bought mine for US$300 (no case) a about 2 years ago, which was $50 cheaper than usual at the time. They (Victory Standards) now seem to go for $4-450. I wouldn't pay much more than $100 for this body - it's a good platform for a project (these things are tanks, if Sid had one he'd be a) a little buffer from all the exercise and b) in jail for manslaughter - you can survive a P to the head, but not a Vic), but there's a lot of work and parts required.

[ERIC]

yeah this would be a good bass i bought one a couple years but sold the damn thing which i regret. this would be a good bass but it would take a lot of money to fix this thing up

[jules]

Hi batwing

well, you'll need to spend:
(prices are estimates obviously)

bridge - $30
pickguard - $25
pickup and electronics - $30-$100
refin - $200+ (reranch a lot less)
tuners - $40

thats $325 - $395 - ON TOP of what you pay for the bass. Unless you have some parts already. Thats IF you can find them and don't get in a bidding war

Now a nice original one like this one
1981 Gibson Victory Standard Bass Guitar

has a bin of $495. So you'd probably end up paying the same for a sawn in half refin.

I'd say as a restoration leave well alone. Only take this on if you want to experiment with reranch etc

just my opinion
Jules

[Granny Gremlin]

Agreed. If you want a Victory, buy one in good shape - they're cheap and this one isn't worth restoring. However, if you want to try a funky project, this might be the ticket.... though I didn't notice the repaired headstock before.

That being said there's some tuners up on the bay that were used on Vics:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-GIBSON-B...QQcmdZViewItem

[marcnorth]

There was a guy named Bardsong on ebay in 98 that was selling this stuff that someone had been taking out of the dumpster at gibson and storing in their barn. It was guitars that had been bandsawed for one reason or another. That bass came from the same guy, I was bidding on it way back then and lost out to someone else.
I have this one that I won for $75 back then and believe it or not I have over the last few years managed to find all the parts except the bridge. I had a kahler tremelo that I was told was the correct one but it didn't fit properly. I still have it in the closet waiting to be worked on.

[jules]

so why do they cut them in half? Is this a reject with a non-finish flaw? Can you see whats wrong with yours? And what is that by the way?

Jules

[Redbird]

They cut them up so people will not fish them out of the garbage and resell them.

They are usually rejects that have real problems.

[jules]

Originally Posted by Redbird

They cut them up so people will not fish them out of the garbage and resell them.

ha! perhaps they should disolve them in acid....