Baritones appears to be all the fad in 2026, with a very eye-catching mannequin lately coming from Jackson in partnership with Sleep Token.

It’s been some time since Gibson dipped its toes within the baritone pool – the final time extended-scale guitars amongst its product catalogue being the early 2010s, with the SG Baritone, Explorer Baritone and Les Paul Studio Baritone.

And whereas it’s not as radical a mannequin as the brand new Jackson Monarkh for Sleep Token’s guitarist IV – which ships tuned a complete octave down – Gibson has revived its baritone providing as soon as extra, with the all-new Victory Baritone.

Transport with a B-to-B tuning, made potential and extra steady by an extended 28″ scale size (usually, Gibson guitars measure up 24.75″), the Victory Baritone encompasses a double-cutaway mahogany physique with “up to date Victory contours for enhanced consolation, steadiness, and stage-ready efficiency”, in addition to a glued-in mahogany neck, and compound-radius ebony fingerboard with 24 medium jumbo frets and acrylic dot inlays.

An extended-scale guitar kind of requires high-gain, drop-tuned riffs, so the Victory Baritone is supplied with a pair of newly designed Gibson ELEV8 humbuckers, that are stated to supply “highly effective tone with unmistakable Gibson character”, with alnico 8 magnets and custom-gauge wiring. These electronics additionally embody push-pull controls for coil-splitting in addition to inner-outer coil choice.

The brand new Victory Baritone is simply the most recent addition to Gibson’s cult traditional Victory line, which obtained a big revamp again in 2024. We lately obtained our arms on the road’s Floyd Rose geared up mannequin, and gave it a near-perfect 9/10 evaluate.

Obtainable in British Racing Inexperienced and Graphite Metallic, the Victory Baritone is priced at $2,499/£2,149.

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