Crestwood

The Gibson-made Epiphone Crestwood Custom was Epiphone's top of the line in solid-body guitars. Nicely made by Gibson and regarded as great playing and sounding instruments.

The Epiphone solid-body guitars were all made at Gibson's Kalamazoo factory and could be directly correlated to the Gibson SG range, sharing many features such as hardware, pickup configurations, body and neck woods, construction and controls. The Crestwood Deluxe corresponds to the Gibson SG Custom. They were both similarly priced at $455 in Oct 1966.

The ***Olympic***, *****Crestwood*****, ***Coronet*** and ***Wilshire*** guitars are often confused with the ***ET-Series***, which were a Japanese-made amalgamation of the older, American-made Epiphone body shapes and designs.

## Models

### Crestwood

* 1958-1959

**Body:**

* Mahogany body
* Symmetrical slab body with squared edges
* 1 3/4" body depth

**Neck:**

* Set mahogany neck
* Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays
* 3 tuners per-side headstock with metal logo plate
* 24.75" scale
* 1.68" nut width

**Electronics:**

* 2 New York pickups
* 2 Vol. 2 Tone controls
* 3-way selector switch

**Hardware:**

* Gold hardware
* Asymmetrical pickguard with "E" logo
* Tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece
* White control knobs

**Colors:**

* Sunburst

### Crestwood Custom

* 1959-1969

**Body:**

* Mahogany body
* Symmetrical body (1959-1962)
* Asymmetrical body (1963-1969)

**Neck:**

* Set one-piece mahogany neck
* Rosewood fingerboard with pearloid oval inlays
* Dot inlays (1959-1960)
* Pearl oval inlays (1961-1969)
* Open-book headstock with 3x3 tuners (1959-1962)
* Batwing headstock with 6 in-a-row tuners (1963-1969)
* 24.75" scale
* 1.68" nut width

**Binding:**

* No binding (1959-1962)
* Single-ply neck (1963-1969)

**Electronics:**

* 2 New York pickups (1959-1960)
* 2 Mini-humbuckers (1961-1969)
* 2 Vol. 2 Tone controls
* 3-way selector switch

**Hardware:**

* Gold plated hardware (1959-1962)
* Nickel hardware (1963-1969)
* Symmetrical pickguard with "E" logo (1959-1962)
* Asymmetrical pickguard with no "E" logo (1963-1969)
* NY-style knobs (1959-1960)
* Reflector knobs (1961-1969)
* Tune-o-matic bridge with Epiphone Tremtone vibrato

**Colors:**

* Cherry
* Black
* White
* Sunset Yellow
* California Coral
* Pacific Blue

### Crestwood Deluxe

* 1963-1969

**Body:**

* Mahogany body
* Offset double cutaway body

**Neck:**

* Set mahogany neck
* Ebony fingerboard with block inlays
* Batwing headstock with 6-on-a-side tuners

**Binding:**

* Single-ply neck
* 3-ply headstock

**Electronics:**

* 3 mini-humbucker pickups
* 2 Vol. 2 Tone controls
* 3-way selector switch

**Hardware:**

* Nickel hardware
* Asymmetrical pickguard
* Tune-o-matic bridge with Tremtone vibrato tailpiece
* Black reflector knobs

**Colors:**

* Cherry
* White
* Black
* Sunset Yellow
* California Coral
* Pacific Blue

### Crestwood II

* 1982-1985

**Body:**

* Solid alder body

**Neck:**

* Bolt-on maple neck
* Maple fingerboard with dot inlays
* Batwing headstock
* 22 frets
* 25.5" scale

**Electronics:**

* 2 humbucking pickups
* 1 Vol. 1 Tone controls
* 3-way selector switch
* Coil-tap mini toggle

**Hardware:**

* Chrome hardware
* Vintage-style tremolo
* Black speed knobs

**Colors:**

* Red (RE)

### 1962 Crestwood Custom Reissue

* Model SB332
* 2013
* Limited Run of 1,962 pieces

**Body:**

* Mahogany Body

**Neck:**

* Set Mahogany Neck with 60's SlimTaper Profile
* Rosewood Fingerboard with oval Pearloid Inlays
* 22 Medium-Jumbo Frets
* 12" Fingerboard Radius
* Dovewing Headstock with Pearloid Dot Inlay
* 24.75" Scale Lenth
* 1.68" Nut Width

**Electronics:**

* Epiphone Alnico Classic Mini-Humbucker Pickups
* 2 Vol. 2 Tone Controls
* 3-way Selector Switch

**Hardware:**

* Nickel Hardware
* Butterfly shaped clear & white Pickguard
* Tremotone Tailpiece
* LockTone Tune-o-matic Bridge
* 14:1 ratio Wilkinson Vintage Tuners with Tulip Buttons
* Reflector knobs

**Colors**

* Cherry (CH)

**Includes**

* 1962 Collection Certificate of Authenticity
* Presentation Binder with Collection Photo
* 1962 Reissue Hard Case