Solid Maple body, laminate maple bolt-on neck, rosewood fingerboard. Two type VIIIB humbuckers. The Gibson Victory Artist was a two-pickup, active version of the Victory Standard - with passive mode, and notch-filtered active mode.

[1] Master volume control [2] Bass control -5 to +5 [3] Treble control -5 to +5 [4] Pickup selector switch [5] Mode selector switch passive, active with notch filter, active For more details of the Victory Artist bass controls, examine the Victory bass owners manual

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The Victory Artist was equipped with two type VIIIB humbuckers, upright in the bridge position, and slanted at the neck. The Victory range was fitted with a new bridge TRI-4 wedge bridge, and previously unused Schaller open gear machine heads.

The serial number 81952568 tells us that this bass was stamped on the 14th July 1982 (day 195). 568 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 68th instrument stamped that day.