Manufacturer | Epiphone |
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Period | 1958 - 1970 |
Body type | Solid |
Neck joint | Set |
Scale | 24.75" |
Body | Mahogany |
Neck | Mahogany |
Fretboard | Rosewood or Ebony |
Bridge | Tune-o-matic with Stop tailpiece optional vibrato |
Pickup(s) | Two New Yorker pickups, two mini humbuckers, three minihumbuckers |
Polaris white, Cherry red, Various Sunbursts and custom finishes |
The Epiphone Crestwood was a solidbody electric guitar launched in 1958 and discontinued in 1970. After Epiphone discontinued the Crestwood, a number of re-issues and replicas has been available from different companies.
The Crestwood was launched in 1958 by Epiphone. The guitar was a double cutaway solidbody construction in mahogany with dual New Yorker pickups, three-on-a-side headstock and a pickguard with the Epiphone logo. In late 1959 the guitar was renamed the Crestwood Custom and the body's edges were rounded off and the pickguard got a different design. In 1961 the dot markers were replaced with oval markers and the pickguard lost its Epiphone logo. By 1963 the body got a slightly longer upper horn, a six on-a-side headstock and the gold plating were replaced with nickel plating. Epiphone also launched the Crestwood DeLuxe which can easily be described as a three pickup version of the Crestwood Custom, it also featured an ebony fretboard with block inlays. The Crestwood DeLuxe was discontinued in 1969 and the Crestwood Custom the year after.