I wonder if this was a Gospel brand differentiator vs. Mosrite brand.
Mel, check back at the beginning of this thread, and you will get the whole story.....But in a nutshell,
........yes and no......well...that didn't help, did it ? (LOL, sorry
) .....The only other place I've seen these guards is on the Canada partsrites.
These are probably 'Gospel/Victory' Parts that never came into existence and ended up onto the IOU Category
.Also, interesting that the slab body III model has an unbound neck with the truss adjustment at the headstock
and the others have bound necks with truss rod at the heel. Finally, I wonder why the I and III have solid pickup
covers and the II has exposed poles.
The Gospel/Victory III slab body model with the unbound neck and the truss rod adjustment at the neck is actually aimed at the same
category as the Celebrity III Model. It was a Budget Line for some one trying to get into a Mosrite line of Guitars. Some people say it
was a Student Model Line, but I'll tell you what...I'll put the Gospel/Celebrity III up against some of the "Big Boys"...and that's NO B.S!!!
Mel, the 'Gospel/Victory I' had the smooth p'ups which were 'HUMBUCKERS' while the III were actually that of the Smooth Single-Coil
found on the Celebrity IIIs. And last but not least.....the 'Gospel/Victory II was pretty much 'the Ventures' Model/MARK I with the
German Carve (like the Victory I) and the Single Coil pole piece adjustable pickups
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