Gibson's Newest Guitar?! - Gibson Victory Guitars

[@PeterStrmberg007]

I've no idea who the target group is, but I'm sure they've got a mullet 😂

[@itspaddyd]

Can confirm, have mullet and went "ooooh" at seeing this

[@davidvest7170]

It's Gibson, so 40+ dentist / architect.

[@jrlee243]

Hey! There is nothing wrong with having a mullet. If you only knew how good it feels with the wind going threw your mullet in your T-top firebird. You don't know what you're missing. Now excuse me so I can see this new guitar Krammer, I mean, gibson just released.

[@rcc3music]

1st thing I thought, WHO IS THIS FOR?

[@jrlee243]

@PeterStrmberg007 Don't know. Fender lovers that want a set neck instead of bolt on? I'm not sure, really.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Looks like something you'd pay £150 for and get a free 10-watt solid state combo, strap and cable with.

[@Siebenstein83]

It really, really doesn‘t.

[@GrantSeinerOutdoors]

Swing and a miss again for Gibson. I appreciate the try, but why and for whom? This is so far off base and looks so cheap

[@martianmurray]

Well it’s not another LP or SG reissue so it’s obviously crap

[@KeybardExplorer]

In terms of fit and finish? Not a all. But it doesn't look like it should cost more than $1000

[@danielatherton1631]

@@GrantSeinerOutdoors It' looks like they're ripping off a basic Kramer even though they own Kramer.

[@victorbr234]

We will be seing this on trogly’s guitar show as a forgotten gibson model 20 years from now. Cool

[@thewonderofyou1]

Ha ha brilliant

[@benedekgabor.]

Lol true

[@Lorneplumber]

They’ve been around for decades already

[@thewonderofyou1]

@@Lorneplumber and always looked cr#p

[@Dnell-tb1yd]

@@LorneplumberGibson took a lot more risks in the 80’s and 90’s. The Victory series, the Bunny Brunel bass, M series guitars. It’s definitely time for a Frank Marino SG one with three single coil pickups the other with humbuckers both should have Wilkinson tremolos

[@glenh2752]

Looks like the love child of a Kramer and a PRS.

[@johnscott6072]

Gibson owns Kramer now, so pretty much on the mark with that.

[@NickWebbSax]

More like the penguin/elephant from Family Guy...

[@DuncanTyler]

Is it April 1st?

[@trevorD1156]

Any day when someone pays 2100$ for this is fools day.

[@deepakramgude1645]

Buying a guitar 🎸 has been made very complicated by this gugal media 😢

[@keithbrown6030]

I was just going to leave a comment saying exactly the same thing.

[@GraemeCampbellMusic]

I like them (always did), but the original Firebird style headstocks are so much classier. I wish they'd bring the old model back.

[@nsiderultimaseth]

Man a Firebird headstock and a trem arm would make these look sooooo good. I still like them, but could be better!

[@c.noahbaoas6816]

Firebird headstock and a bigsby definitely would’ve brought this to the next lebel

[@tim5360]

The firebird headstock would look really good on these

[@bruceharding4986]

100% they mess up putting this headstock on it. Hate it, would have bought one straight away if it had the original headstock

[@grahamnunn8998]

Old enough to remember the original, I did not like them then but love this upgrade. With a design like this, Gibson can tweak it without so much kickback.

[@Ulti]

That's the scariest thing you'll see this Halloween.

[@larsheuker]

These arent new designs if anyone was wondering. They have been out for more then a decade. Either way i dig em. I think the guitar being that different sounding and looking are good things. Guitarists are too quick to disregard anything thats even slightly different

[@jaredt3985]

Especially Gibson fans. Changing even one little thing is sacrilege for these people.

[@moonelfcosmo]

Damn reading a bit through the comments there are so many haters lurking here. God forbid Gibson make anything but a Les Paul or SG. I actually really like the Iguana Burst model. No mullet, no mid-life crisis.

[@mattwarren6116]

I would absolutely LOVE one of these guitars. I play on a lot of Jackson Soloist guitars, and also on a Gibson Les Paul Studio, and I feel like this is a great blend of the two. Classy vintage look that a modern shredder can enjoy. I personally wish they would have kept the 24.75" on this version, but the 25.5" scale will feel more familiar to the Strat guy trying out a fit on Gibson.

[@cullenjames7542]

Gibson did a few superstrat-style guitars in the 80s and 90s -- the US-1, the U2, the M-III, the Victory, and my favorite, the WRC. I own a 1987 WRC and it's a great guitar.

[@lotusmark2]

Why would you buy these over a Kramer, Jackson etc at half the cost and twice the heritage in this genre

[@CG-rf6nu]

Exactly, kramer, charvel, Jackson, schecter, Ibanez and even a PRS is an S-type with HH pups, they're all better, cost less and have been doing it for decades. No one wants this thing.

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

To sell it.

[@lotusmark2]

@@Peterbrendanalbert it won’t sell.

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

@@lotusmark2 Fanboys.. They will always sell. Just the way it is. iPhone 16 anyone? Gobble Gobble. Oh! They sold.!

[@ToasterLover69]

Based.

[@elliotgreen987]

What wont Gibson do to avoid giving us a standard series Firebird! These do look and sound pretty cool though, I like them!

[@rick00770]

I’m 73 , I like the headstock. I’d have to have a tremolo bar though. Looks good to me. 😊

[@garycrosby7658]

I’m 53 and have always loved the hockey stick headstock. I am a Strat and Les Paul player and yes, add a trem bar and I would be interested.

[@jaxonspry9191]

I guess I’m going to be the only one to say this. I’d buy one

[@mangomango6746]

I love Gibson guitars but these are ugly as hell

[@davideatwell6577]

Indeed

[@DomSchu]

The banter is so good on this one

[@brooksroman2918]

Still can’t believe we got these before we got a legitimate original collection issue of a doublecut LP Special.

[@SlabISO]

Tried one through a hot channel 5150…it sounded and played incredible. Absolutely loved it.

[@mstringer90]

Love the victory, I would 100% get one

[@dadtimejamtime]

Saw the head of product from Gibson talk at the Fretboard Summit this summer. He alluded to a lot of “heritage” products continuing to come out - like the Theodore as well. They’re pulling from the archives for inspiration…

[@simonpeek37]

Great episode! Lot of good laughs with this one...the "stains" got me pretty good. Love you guys:)

[@mydayis5]

I remember them from the 80s. They died on their arse for a reason! Although I do recall the guitarist from Warrior Soul used to play one. I’m sure they used to have a whammy bar on them back then as well.

[@TeeFetch]

bonus points for knowing Warrior Soul

[@mydayis5]

@ haha, thanks! I used to love them! The original guitarist (and Gibson Victory user) was John Ricco, who went on to become an airline pilot!

[@EverettDudgeon138]

The only player I know of who uses/used a Gibson Victory was Danny Coralles who plays in the old school death metal band Autopsy and was also the guitarist for Abscess. He uses a blue Gibson Victory with a Kahler trem system. I think these are great but I can't help but the lack of trem system puts me right off. I suppose you could install one but I think these would be more appealing if they had one installed already.

[@randystrom7038]

I've had mine for a month now and like it as much as my LP and have recorded on it. Love it!

[@TunerGuy_90]

The Victory and Theodore is my current favorite guitars from Gibson. I'm just waiting for the Gibson US1 to make an appearance.

[@tylerk1013]

a "super strat" with a tuneomatic bridge? C'mon Gibson

[@StarQueenEstrella]

This goes back to the 1980s, actually. It’s not as new as you’d think.

[@cheenu711]

​@@StarQueenEstrella that's the thing nobody liked this back then so why not make a modern reissue of this with evertune, floating bridge etc.

[@tedmen1123]

There are some of us that DO NOT want a tremolo or Floyd rose. Hardtails or bust.

[@powerboon2k]

I think this looks killer for doomy sludgey stuff. The green one.

[@rhymeskill]

So a PRS Vela?

[@PaterCap330]

With an ugly headstock

[@jordanpratt3821]

Did the vela come out in the 80s??

[@El-Scorcho]

Except it predates PRS existing as a company and is almost certainly the inspiration for the Vela.

[@msaintpc]

Just got me one last month in figured wine red with an ABR-1 bridge. One of the best and most beautiful guitars I ever played.👍

[@runwin3]

Say what you want about the looks or price, but it sounds great. Excellent playing as usual, guys.

[@sonikku997]

This looks like it a great candidate for drop-tuningy modern stuff with its hot pickups and its long scale length.

[@Basti-Ti]

Firebird Headstock or reversed Explorer would look so nice one those! The headstock really throws me off, but I love the body shape!

[@WolverineBeast86]

Oooooooo that green one! I dig it!!

[@89digits59]

I think the pickup's need to be hotter and this could do with a Floyd as an option - This could be a good shred machine - how many agree?

[@adolfoherrerat]

Agree with the Floyd, maybe an FRX would be doable on these without too much extra routing, Pickups seem to be nice as is, hot but not overly hot and also clear, perfect for pretty much all kinds of lead playing.

[@CG-rf6nu]

So like half of the other S-type shred machines on the market that have been around for decades and don't look like hot garbage?

[@stephanfuchs7891]

They sound great. I'd prefer these over any Kramer, Jackson etc. Just too expensive. But I wouldn't use the split.

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

I quite like it. Something different after all this time of endless Les Pauls, SGs, and Explorers (and Vs, sure). But I wish that they had made the headstock a little straighter. Not straight, but a little less droopy and perhaps let the strings run straight to the posts, only that much straighter. - And the pickguards don't help the look. I think either a better shaped pickguard, as well as a nicer color than just plain black with a white edge, or just no pickguard at all, would make them look a LOT better. - It's all in the details that makes the whole. - But other than those few things, really nice.

[@nagatom]

it doesn't quite look as good as you'd want it to does it

[@fanbladeinstruments]

Victory basses have been a thing for ages, nobody knows about them but they're literally the best bass that Gibson have ever made. They're the only Gibson basses that are full scale, hang properly, and don't have godawful neck dive.

[@ovCosmic]

I like the guitar but it should have come with a Floyd. Right now a modern floating tremolo is only available from Epiphon or Gibson Custom Shop (Axcess). Gibson USA needs to offer one as well, and this would have been the perfect guitar to do it.

[@DiogenesCaulfield]

The solid color ones look pretty cool to me tbh.

[@acutemadness]

I guess a tele is closer to a Les Paul than an sg is to a strat so they wanted to make one even more like a strat I guess

[@GearPhase]

I think these sound great, and I especially love the way the darker finishes look on them. I hope some show up locally so I can try them.

[@phenixreturns]

The green color is so dinosaurs

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

Yes, It looks like a cheap plastic toy.

[@treorross99]

If that upper horn wasn't sooo big it would be a nice guitar.

[@wallofrock6725]

That long horn is a handle that you use when it’s ready to be placed in the fireplace 😂

[@Mikemazzo70]

I love Gibson stuff but woudn't it have more sense with a floyd or at least a tremolo bar?

[@Gearslayer92]

I quite like it without a trem system.

[@Professional.Bro.777]

The tune o matic has tons of sustain and resonance. Also with a trem syatem especially a Floyd you can't put the bridge pickup that close to the saddles where you have the most harmonic richness

[@Pizvo]

Well that's kind of the thing - every guitar company on the planet makes a superstrat with a floyd or a tremolo. Gibson has no chance in that market at all. This thing however is a bit unique. You don't really have a lot of fixed bridge superstrats (that aren't one piece hipshot bridges) on the market. And Gibson fans don't really care for tremolo bridges anyway. I see it more as a stab at PRS McCarty that proved to be a really popular design in the last few years - a more ergonomic guitar that still offers the sonic ballpark of a LP.

[@joehynes2964]

They are in desperate need of a PRS-style trem system (at least as an optional model).

[@andywhite3777]

Jimmy Page on the Outrider tour had a Gibson ‘Strat’ style guitar when I went to him live. Think it was the US 1. They did a bunch of super strats with Floyds etc from the mid 80s until Nirvana blasted the shredder out of the water . They got Wayne Charvel to help with them.

[@chrisb8193]

I think they’d look cooler with pickup covers but still, I like them.

[@PaulSmithberger]

I'd like to see a satin one in dark purple.

[@seanlucas1538]

I kind of like them, but I don't think are going to sell well. My guess is if I wait a year, I can get one on clearance or a used one for about half price.

[@k.s.vids1]

Did they ever say what the pickups are? Ceramic or Alnico?

[@carolredbourne3520]

Looks great 👍

[@dpeters9897]

🤷🏻‍♂️ I like the lemon-lime burst.

[@tobothehobo]

I think they are kinda cool but honestly i would guess for most people a gibson is a huge purchase, once in a lifetime for alot. For that reason people want one of the big 3 (les paul, sg or 335) when they do buy. Thats why these are going to fail. And to be fair if you have to have an 80's metal guitar with gibson on the headstock how can you look past Explorer or flying v.

[@SnowForgeHammer]

Absolutely love the look of these. Makes me want to buy one and start a Britpop band

[@michaelschmidt8752]

I'd love to see them bring back the RD Artist

[@richardclark6807]

I think they are doing their best to get enthusiastic about these guitars. I ran out of match sticks to hold my eyes open so never saw the end of the video.😆

[@TheWorstManOnEarth]

Most ALL split humbuckers sound that way. Saying they sound like your regular standard single coils, in most cases, was never really right. BUT, they have their usefulness. When you wanna sound a bit "acoustic-ish" they can have a pretty sound if you have an amp or pedal setting that will enhance that tone, often specially on the mid position... think like the Hotone Omni AC for instance ... and you don't need 2 guitars for a live gig. It's just "different", just think of it this way, definitely jangly.

[@robertworboys9944]

I find that split humbuckers vary in quality considerably. I find the high output humbuckers tend to not split as well but there are notable exceptions. Funny enough, one of the best splitting humbuckers I've ever tried was one that by default, cannot be split without modification. But the Slash Duncan's sound fantastic if you're brave enough to give em the 4 conductor wiring needed

[@TheWorstManOnEarth]

@@robertworboys9944 I didn't know that trick. The "thing" with a humbucker is the overall architecture of the pickup and the way the magnetic field spreads and interacts. It's so different. I mean, they tried hard for nearly half of a century, didn't they?

[@robertworboys9944]

@@TheWorstManOnEarth it IS different. But for my uses, I don't have time between songs to switch guitars, sometimes I even need a single coil sound immediately due to a medley or something. So coil splits are my go to. My main sound is humbuckers based, but if I'm doing some Nile Rodgers esque stuff? I'm splitting that neck pickup. I think it helps that my rig is dialed in for it. So that it sounds good for both sounds. For me, coil splits are an easier way for me to get a single coil sound rather than trying to flatten up a single coil. But that comes with my personal bias of really loving my Les Paul so you know haha In that subject, Seymour Duncan makes the stag mag that is an all slug bucket which they claim does a col split more authentically? I've not heard it though. Imo, the best guitar/pickup is the one you personally like the most haha

[@TheWorstManOnEarth]

@@robertworboys9944 Is your preference 25.5 scale or 24.75 ? 'Cause with a Strat with a big rectangular cavity there are lots of options (sometimes not very "pretty" though). Like on a fresh pickguard having the neck humbucker and a single coil close to each other ... of course the position also changes the tone, but that can also be a solution, I suppose.

[@robertworboys9944]

@@TheWorstManOnEarth I mainly play 24.75 but have some 25.5. I mainly alternate between my 24.75 Les Paul's and my 26.5 7 string

[@ionobelisk]

I love that iguana burst. They sound great, but a bit too pricey. When do we get the Epiphone?

[@nicknickson3650]

Love a Gibson with the split V headstock. Easier to tune, looks nice. definitely going to look into this

[@christopherbifani7214]

Looks like the guild S400 solids from the late 70s. Quite nice.

[@jesshumphries3745]

My first electric was an Aria Cat - it looked a bit like this too

[@3J_Music]

@jesshumphries3745 that was my first guitar also (single pickup, still have it) and I was thinking the same thing

[@david_farmer]

Looks like I'm in the minority by browsing the comments but I love these! For me too I love coil=split options. It's such an inexpensive thing to include and it makes a guitar much more versatile. I always feel that if the pickup in a guitar has wiring to allow splitting, just include that option standard. If people hate it they never have to use it, but at least some of us like it. Truthfully for me it's almost always a deal-breaker these days if coil-splitting isn't included. Or it at least knocks a guitar down my list if the option isn't included.

[@howitzer92]

I actually played one and thought it was cool. It's not a PRS, it more like a Schecter Avenger and a Les Paul had a kid together. PUs are hotter than your standard PAF but it retains a distinctive tone. The neck is comfy and thin, but not Ibanez thin.

[@jakestewartmusic]

Surprised we got this before we got an RD reissue

[@robertwillett4122]

Looks like my 83 Gibson MIII Deluxe. Love it. But I have a Floyd Rose.

[@heyjoel]

Yea would’ve liked to see a tremolo on these but I sill dig ‘em

[@Pegasusrock1]

ive had my iguana burst for a few weeks. It's now done a few gigs with me. the only downside its hard to use the push pull on the pots as they are hard to grab in full action. Gibson would have been better to put a button sprung pot to make mid song changes possible

[@graemero5532]

Good looking and sounding guitars, not the green one though.

[@ChanceCooper125]

I think these are awesome but the colors aren’t flashy enough. I want a purple sparkle one

[@DonnyRocker2012]

I like how Gibson is riffing on the PRS Vela body shape

[@weecol1141]

The original Victory came out in 1981, long before PRS guitars were a thing.

[@DonnyRocker2012]

Perhaps the Vela was riffing on the Victory and Gibson was flattered enough to re-issue ;)

[@indigos290]

Wow. Just wow! Gibson? Y'all okay over there?

[@Taylort3b]

Just a little too much melatonin at night.

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

6:03 - They should've gone with a Wilkinson or something that is NOT annoying to deal with then. You know, with saddles that can be adjusted on the fly, because Floyd Rose doesn't believe in such black magic.

[@chrishepburn1503]

These will not sell. Just terrible. I know it's easy to hate on Gibson, but I just had to

[@markhemming1423]

Yep, they look horrible. If it was the late 1970’s then maybe, but today…..no.

[@dazred1]

They must’ve liked the look of the Chapman Guardian

[@davedavem]

Came here to say this - The Chapman has a better headstock and a solid rosewood neck, though ;)

[@cchavez248]

Except these predated the Chapman by decades!

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

@@cchavez248 Nah, nobody alive knows that.

[@cchavez248]

@@michaelangeloh.5383 🤔 I may be communicating from the other side!

[@michaelmorales3819]

I would really like the gold one.

[@arildhartvigsen3491]

Hope Oz will take a spinn on theese guitars 🤘

[@stevekirkby6570]

Love the figured one and what a great sound. Wish it was usual Gibson scale though. :/

[@lukesteverything627]

But why has it got an Anteater on the end?

[@creationinspired200]

I definitely love these things

[@Philtration]

Why does Gibson pretend that brands like Ibanez, Schecter, Jackson and ESP are not competition?

[@danparry834]

I like the look of these, thin neck, hot pickups, what’s not to like!

[@martel8626]

"New from Gibson! This isn't your dad's Gibson!" "It literally is, he had one as a kid in the 80s" "...okay, but it's not your grandfather's Gibson... maybe" Nothing says new and fresh like relaunching the guitar you launched in the 80s to seem new and fresh

[@Lomoholga2]

19:37-19:41 NICE

[@Thebertski69]

Is it an explorer , is it a Prs vela or is it a child of the both of them . The top horn looks slightly too big imho? Good to see something different from Gibson though ?

[@budgetguitarist]

I think Rudy played one of those on the Fat Albert show.

[@Thatdudeoverthere69420]

This looks pretty sick. Ive been eyeing a 80s model Victory for a minute then they drop these and with with 24 frets! I would throw in some burstbuckers (ik its not everyones favorite but i like the touch response and clarity from my 61 Reissue.) And not have the coil splitting option. I feel having the extra wiring steals from the tone. Im a Soul/ Reggae artist.

[@nickm.9474]

I think they are cool! And I don’t have a mullet.

[@mkonji8522]

A firebird headstock and a floyd rose setup would be so much nicer.

[@scaredypicker]

Knew within 2 seconds the guitars weren’t my thing, but just stayed for the bants

[@phenixreturns]

Add a trem, frx for example and let's go !

[@allendomingo8570]

Can i ask how the thickness of the neck? Thanks..

[@DrFearCo]

Not gonna lie… I like that iguana green. The horns are a bit goofy for me though.

[@humstrumbangtwang]

The Gibson Vince Noir.

[@TheTopGun920]

They have a great tone. The headstock is a deal breaker for me though. Maybe it will grow on me.

[@Peterbrendanalbert]

Pete's 'Get Off' reference. He does love a bit o Prince.

[@andrewhnorris1]

When ‘new’ is something 40 years old!

[@jerryhollis8155]

Maybe Gibson could make a Double cut Les Paul Special with 4 controls again. That would be cool.

[@jerryhollis8155]

@travellinglamp I hate the neck dive and I think they're ugly.

[@neilmeansneil]

They should have kept the Firebird headstock like the original, I can see the Iguana Burst selling but the rest will be on sale very soon.

[@theariesexperiment4642]

Not sure why people are hating on the Victory. I played one at my local mom & pop shop. Incredible guitar. Not sure the pups and don't care. It sounded sensational through a Dr.Z Carmen Ghia. It's a super strat killer imo.