The baritone hype is real – and Gibson’s getting in on the action
Baritones seems to be all the rage in 2026, with a particularly eye-catching model recently coming from Jackson in partnership with Sleep Token.
It’s been a while since Gibson dipped its toes in the baritone pool – the last time extended-scale guitars among its product catalogue being the early 2010s, with the SG Baritone, Explorer Baritone and Les Paul Studio Baritone.
And while it’s not as radical a model as the new Jackson Monarkh for Sleep Token’s guitarist IV – which ships tuned an entire octave down – Gibson has revived its baritone offering once more, with the all-new Victory Baritone.
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Shipping with a B-to-B tuning, made possible and more stable by a longer 28″ scale length (typically, Gibson guitars measure up 24.75″), the Victory Baritone features a double-cutaway mahogany body with “updated Victory contours for enhanced comfort, balance, and stage-ready performance”, as well as a glued-in mahogany neck, and compound-radius ebony fingerboard with 24 medium jumbo frets and acrylic dot inlays.
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An extended-scale guitar sort of calls for high-gain, drop-tuned riffs, so the Victory Baritone is equipped with a pair of newly designed Gibson ELEV8 humbuckers, which are said to offer “powerful tone with unmistakable Gibson character”, with alnico 8 magnets and custom-gauge wiring. These electronics also include push-pull controls for coil-splitting as well as inner-outer coil selection.
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The new Victory Baritone is just the latest addition to Gibson’s cult classic Victory line, which received a significant revamp back in 2024. We recently got our hands on the line’s Floyd Rose equipped model, and gave it a near-perfect 9/10 review.
Available in British Racing Green and Graphite Metallic, the Victory Baritone is priced at $2,499/£2,149.
Learn more at Gibson.
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