 Epiphone
Crestwood® and Crestwood Custom®
Collectibility Rating: NY parts model: B+, Gibson parts model:
C-.
| General Specs |
| Body |
Mahogany |
| Pickups |
2 pickups |
| Bridge |
Tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece |
| Pickguard |
Pickguard with slashed "C" logo |
| Fingerboard |
Rosewood |
Epiphone Crestwood Vintage Specs
1958 Crestwood introduction specs:
- Two New York pickups.
- 1 3/4" thick symmetrical slab body with squared edges.
- Square body edges.
- Sunburst finish.
- NY style white knobs.
- Tunematic bridge.
- Metal peghead logo.
- 3 tuners on a side peghead style.
- Asymmetrical pickguard with slashed-C logo.
- Gold plated parts.
- Inked serial number a la solidbody Gibsons.
- Dot fingerboard inlays.
Late 1959 Crestwood Custom specs:
- Renamed Crestwood Custom.
- 1 3/8" thick body with rounded edges.
- Symmetrical pickguard.
- Cherry Red finish.
1961 Crestwood Custom specs:
- Two mini-humbucking pickups.
- Pearl peghead logo replaces metal plate logo.
- Oval pearl fingerboard inlays replaced dot inlays.
- Vibrato tailpiece standard.
- Gibson style knobs.
- No pickguard logo.
- Serial number stamped into back of peghead wood a la solidbody
Gibsons.
1962 Crestwood Custom specs:
- White finish optional.
- Vibrato uses a rosewood insert.
1963 Crestwood Custom specs:
- Asymmetrical body with upper bass horn slightly longer
than upper treble.
- Asymmetrical pickguard.
- Vibrato tailpiece optional.
- Bound fingerboard.
- Goofy looking "cheap amp" style barrel knobs often used.
- 6 on a side ("batwing") tuner configuration.
- Nickel plated parts.
1964 Crestwood Custom specs:
- Maestro vibrato has no rosewood insert.
1965 Crestwood Custom specs:
- Maestro vibrato standard.
Crestwood Custom discontinued 1970.
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