Silver finish. The Gibson Victory Standard was launched in 1981 along with the active Artist and a year later Custom model. The Standard was a passive instrument, sporting one humbucking pickup, volume and tone controls and a series/parallel switch. It was available in Silver, Candy Apple Red, Ebony and Antique Gold finishes until 1986. Eastern rock maple body, laminate maple bolt-on neck, rosewood fingerboard, one humbucker. 34 1/2 inch scale.

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The Victory Standard was equipped with one type VIIIB humbucker in a central position. This humbucker was slightly different from those used in the Victory Artist, in that the windings were of a smaller diameter - in order to "produce more mid-range and presence". The Victory range was fitted with a new bridge TRI-4 wedge bridge, and previously unused Gotah open gear machine heads.

The serial number 81681670 tells us that this bass was stamped on the 17th June 1981 (day 168). 670 tells us that this bass was made at the Gibson Nashville plant (Kalamazoo numbers start at 0, Nashville numbers start at 500), and was the 170th instrument stamped that day.