Gibson has expanded its modern Victory lineup with the launch of the new Victory Floyd Rose, answering one of the most common requests from players by equipping the guitar with a Floyd Rose locking vibrato system.
Built in Nashville,, the latest addition to the Victory family arrives in three gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finishes – Iguana Burst, Deep Ocean Burst and Translucent Ebony Burst – each designed to showcase the guitar’s AA Figured Maple top.
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Originally introduced in the 1980s, the Victory was revived last year with updated appointments while retaining the distinctive shape and identity that made the model a cult favorite among players.
The new Victory Floyd Rose pairs a Mahogany double-cutaway body with an AA Figured Maple top and a 25.5″ scale Mahogany neck carved to Gibson’s SlimTaper profile. An Ebony fretboard features a compound radius, 24 medium jumbo frets and simple acrylic dot inlays, giving the instrument a pretty streamlined appearance.
Up top, a six-on-a-side Explorer-style headstock is fitted with Grover Mini Rotomatic tuners and a Floyd Rose locking nut, helping maintain tuning stability during aggressive vibrato use and divebomb-heavy playing. The shred-oriented aesthetic continues throughout the hardware package, with chrome appointments joined by a black five-ply pickguard, black switch tip and black Top Hat control knobs.
The Victory Floyd Rose comes loaded with a pair of uncovered 80s Tribute humbuckers featuring zebra bobbins, a visual nod to the decade that inspired the model’s original design.
The pickups are routed through a master volume and master tone control, both equipped with push/pull functionality. Players can split the humbuckers and access selectable inner and outer coil combinations, significantly expanding the available tonal palette beyond traditional dual-humbucker sounds.
Combined with the three-way pickup selector, the setup delivers everything from full-output humbucker tones to brighter single-coil-style voices. So y’know – you’ve got options, which is always nice.
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