i absolutely love the wilshire and the crestwood, so i’m immediately drawn to this. the color is stunning, the batwing headstock is bizarre but fantastic, and the mini humbuckers are rad. everything about this is incredible. the price is a bit hard to swallow, but i feel like it’s worth it for what you get. counting the price of the case and the pickups, you’re really not paying all that much for the guitar itself. in any case, i absolutely love this thing, and i’m definitely considering picking one up
9:17 Wild Landon Bailey sighting! 10:33 Wild Lando...wait... is he just walking in circles? 11:24 LOL watching for Landon again, and in walks Sean Daniel instead! Maybe this is only funny to me. 13:11 Fluff! Now I'm just watching the background and listening. Who did I miss? Let me know. 😜j/k I did start wondering about the other folks who walk by though. How many of them are other UA-camrs that I just don't know? LOL
I'm normally not like this, I swear. I guess I just feel like calling things out today. "Is this entertaining?" I hope no one is actually reading this. 😋 3:24 I can't stop watching the background now. Who uses a guitar stand like this? Strings in? I've always put my guitar on the stand with strings out. 6:07 Landon again!? Or rather, the first time. LOL this is cracking me up it's like Where's Waldo! He's got a camera pointing around... He must just be wandering around getting B-Roll or something. I didn't notice because I was listening to Steve the first time around. 😋 7:13 Is that Hunter from Agufish? It's so brief and a little fuzzy, so I can't quite tell. 7:44 Okay, last one, but it's the internet, so I had to... Dog!
These guitars are the coolest! I still play my father's '64 Olympic almost daily. Same body shape, but with a different knob layout, single coils, and made in Kalamazoo. Underrated classic Epiphones.
I am 100% behind you in selling your Les Paul and buying an Epiphone. You love that thing, it's clear to everyone watching, you don't need anyone to talk you into it. I was just looking at those basses too, they pretty.
Reminds me of my 66/67 Coronet. Same headstock and vibrato arm. What you have there looks absolutely awesome! And the color, beautiful. Yes, it does look a bit like a creamcycle color.
Wowwww. This has been the best demo for the 150th anniversary line. I was considering the Sheraton but having a hard time justifying it because of the break angle of the tremotone, but you're selling me on the Crestwood instead, oooohh 🔥
California Coral? More like Creamsicle Popsicle !!! Same color. This guitar is a dark horse, the horse no one bets on, but wins the race. I see you have a lot of photo bombers !!!
MC5 rammblin rose!! That was the best "New Guitar" presentation launch I have ever witnessed...brilliant and FUN!!! I want one too! Now!Mr 60 cycle hum is a Guitar superhero, yes sell your snooty les paul and get a fun guitar that obviously is inspiring you to play. Get them to give you a guitar(Give mr 60cycle hum one if these cos he will sell hundreds for you) you deserve it just for your enthusiasm!
I was noticing the Crestwoods on a rare trip to GC last month; much better now than the originals. My current collection is Fendercentric, and I have been considering lately other options.I have an SG Pro and a Hummingbird that I really enjoy, and I covet a couple of the newer Firebirds.Vintage make some affordable Gibson style knock offs that are on a quality level with Epiphone. The mini humbuckers vary a great deal, like the Duncan versions; their basic model is terrible, while their stupid expensive vintage model is the bomb. The Reverend's ARE Korean, and as such, are better than most imports.The Railhammers and hardware are top notch.Not always a fan of their stock necks, but the shorter scale models are nice.I wish they would do some wider necks more like 43mm.
I've been thinking about getting a Crestwood for quite awhile. It would be my first electric. I think it will be the one. It's so beautiful. I mean the reissue one the white one. This one is nice too
My 2021 Custom Koa Les Paul is selling on the used market up to $1,300 and very worth it...get use to the price tags by the end of the year Majority of Epiphones will cost a $1,000 and higher
I have an original 60s version of that Epiphone guitar, made in Kalamazoo with a factory-installed Bigsby that my mother bought for me new in 62 or 63 (not sure the year, it was a long time ago, lol) that I learned on. It's still my favorite electric guitar. But I always thought it was called a Wilshire, not Crestwood. Did I just have it wrong all these years or can you explain the name change? Or is there some difference between the Wilshire and Crestwood that I don't see because that looks just exactly like my Wilshire with the headstock, mini-humbuckers, knob style, pickguard, etc?
It's the coolest guitar I've ever seen. Going to be hard to get in Australia. Only x4 of each model will be available here (x450 of each worldwide), according to some article I read!
I have an Epi Whilshire Pro - same body, batwing headstock. The difference is mine does not have a whammy bar. Bought it in 2009 for $100 NEW. They simply couldn't sell them that much. But a guitar like this was in Jimi Hendrix's collection when he died. Epiphone invented the mini-humbucker. And this guitar is old school - but really very light and comfortable to play.
I’ve been reaching for this guitar more than my Gibson SG or Les Paul recently. The mini humbuckers sound so good, and the tone controls really help me dial in the sounds I want. I get more people approaching me after shows asking about this guitar than any of my other guitars.
About 13 years ago I bought a Epiphone "Worn '66" Wilshire. It was my first serious electric guitar, and to this day is my pride and joy. This Crestwood is almost identical to that Wilshire, except this one has Gibson minhums, a vibrato, and the big oval MOP inlays. If this Anniversary Crestwood is anything like the ol' Wilshires, Im sure its a fantastic guitar!! They're fantastic guitars that get slept on hard!!!
There’s two eras of these models, the originals had symmetrical horns, P-90s on the cheaper models like the Wilshire (there’s also a one pickup model), and that poor knob layout. Then in 1966 they updated these to this asymmetrical design with the knobs around the edge and upgraded the Wilshire to the mini-humbuckers.
I really love that the Crestwood is getting all this love but it just makes me wish that would reissue the Phantomatic (which is never going to happen :'( )
I've been eyeballing this one. I don't want to pay the tag price though. Epiphone really needs to keep these going. The Wilshire is such a cool design.
epiphone has been killing it lately. i picked up one of those worn finished les paul traditionals the other week and own a 339 pro. they’ve come a long way for sure. that thing looks sweet
That does check a lot of boxes: Batwing headstock, asymmetrical body, Mini Humbuckers & a really cool colour. It will be mine. Oh, yes. It will be mine.
I hate inflation as much as the next guy, but the entry level Fender Players series now sits at $849 without a case. Most LTDs have gone well past the 1k mark. Neither of those two brands (who I'd feel are comparable) come with cases either. It sucks, but it's right in line with about everything else at this point.
I remember when a Mexican Fender strat would be like $400 from the old Musician's Friend and Sweetwater catalogs... I wish it could be the kind of early 2000's again.
I really like the sound of this guitar. I love the twang of the bridge pick up and the vibrato. I'm worried it might be too small for me though. I have a big frame and really big hands. What do you think? Also do you think it'd be good for spaghetti western style guitar?
Actually they were designed for Gibson by Seth Lover to sell to Epiphone. When Gibson bought Epiphone they got a bunch of the minihums back, so they started using them in LPs.
I always think to Steve Marriott's Coronet when i see that body shape. I know Epiphone recently released that model with the single p90 for 449, but this Crestwood looks amazing.
Just buy one. Ask your SW rep. for a discount. You'll get one. I like it. I had a '68 Wilshire 12-string years ago, and loved the mini-hums. The knobs are a faithful recreation of the ones on the originals--nice touch.
How are you recording the sound? I see you have a Mustang Micro plugged and and headphones. Is the Mustang Micro running into a mixer? And then the headphones come from that? Or are you running the Micro into a splitter with one side going to the headphones and the other into the recorder? Thanks.
13:12 DOUBLE RYAN ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SCREEN Nah but seriously, Epiphone killed it with this Crestwood reissue, that trem came back in tune more often than not
I was thinking of putting a thicker neck on my Epiphone LesPaul Special II and maybe a Bixby. I don’t know, I like the P90s for slide, you can make it cry like Derek Trucks on his SG. With the skinny 12 degree neck that is about all I can do with it. My arm healed crooked and bundled nerves kink up and it sets my hand on fire. My Vintera Tele fingers the best, and bends. The Silvertone chords the best. The 12 string is pretty much Cowboy Chords the neck is so wide.
The Guitarista channel in the UK did a review of this piece several months back. Must have been released in UK before the US ..... it checks all the boxes for me too.
Those things are legendary, been playing wilshire’s for years. that’s actually a Wilshire, even tho they call it a crestwood, Epi only made them for a year before making the crestwood deluxe. Anyone who knows, knows these were high end Gibsons originally.
@@thesimulations8900 I’d always associated the crestwood with the crestwood deluxe 3 pups, different bat wing, there’s not many vintage crestwoods with 2 pups, aside from the reissues, Wilshire pro(which was made up reissue), never in 1960s production
@@AL_KING777 not sure how many they made. 1960's Crestwood Custom. 2 pickups with ovals and neck binding. The Deluxe added a third pickup and headstock binding. The two pickup Crestwood's I've seen have always been the 60's cherry red and always with the Tremotone vibrato. Wish I could afford either original.😂
I own two "batwing" Epis. One is a 1964 Coronet and the other is a recent Wilshire reissue, both of which I've modded. I like the light weight, overall balance, and easy access to high frets. I dislike the control layout on the Wilshire (same as the Crestwood), and cut a new pickguard for mine that gives me a Tele-type selector switch, and master volume and tone. I have a B5 Bigsby that I occasionally mount on the Coronet. It original came with a Maestro-type vibrola, which is not a very good vibrato system, and loses arms easily. But the Crestwood is a nice axe. I can see why you like it. They're certainly comfortable One of the shortcomings of setneck guitars that join the body at the end of the fretboard is that they have to leave some room for the neck tenon in order to have a strong glue joint. This obliges the neck pickup to be set back about an inch or more from the last fret. That, in turn, reduces the spacing between the neck and bridge pickups, and reduces the tonal contrast between the two pickups as a result. That reduced tonal contrast is made worse when it's a short-scale guitar, like the Crestwood/Wilshire is. I installed a pair of Duncan P-Rails on my Wilshire, with the blade coils oriented to the "outside" (i.e., closest to the neck and the bridge). A pair of 3-position mini-toggles gives me 9 different possibilities when both pickups are on. Using just the blade/rail coils gives me the widest separation of pickups. Lastly, I believe that some of a guitar's characteristic tone comes from the location of the bridge; specifically whether it is closer to the "waist" (narrowest point) or the "hips" (widest point) of the guitar's body. The body mass directly under the bridge will play a role in what frequencies are most resonant. If you compare the Crestwood against a GIbson SG - which is also a short-scale, joined at the end of the fretboard guitar - you'll see that the CRestwood's bridge is closer to the hips, while the SG's bridge is smack on the waist.
I for one am glad that Epiphone is reaching back to their own heritage, when they were an independent company that was Gibson's biggest rival, and even after the acquisition by Gibson still had distinctive guitars that were every bit as good as their Gibson counterparts. BTW, the Sheraton reissue is killer.
This is 1000% your style of guitar. I remember the Crestwood from recent years ~$600, has a different headstock, and some reviewers complained about the knob layout ua-cam.com/video/eAt3zkeuc8M/v-deo.html. On this guitar the knob layout is different, hopefully solving those issues.
It's not 2005 anymore. A lot of Epis break 4 figures these days. The only difference between this and a Gibson is the country the CNC machine is located in
This guitar ticks a lot of boxes. But for a thousand bucks, you can get multiple well build asian guitars and get additional wilkinson Tuners and cts pots to upgrade.
It's a different body and headstock shape and a different colour to the standard Crestwood Custom, but maybe not much else - for about double the price. The standard one has the same neck carve, tremolo system, laurel fretboard, GraphTech nut, CTS pots - and that one's slim and light too. Pups are mini humbuckers too (but not sure whether they're identical to these). You should try one - it might save you a fortune!
I've had 2 of the "original" Crestwood's (one of each color) and currently have the new 150th Crestwood. The new one is worth the extra $400 without a doubt. The binding is a big difference, along with the hard case, Gibson pickups, and even more USA parts/hardware.
I love it when Epiphone can actually make a reissue Epiphone... instead of a Gibson knockoff. The batwing headstock is great!
can you really call it a knockoff when they're owned by Gibson??
@@wbwillie This model was concieved before they were owned by Gibson.
@@wbwillieWhen they make ‘em in China, you can absolutely call them a knockoff.
@@wbwillie I just did.
Get it. I very much want the older P90 model myself.
i absolutely love the wilshire and the crestwood, so i’m immediately drawn to this. the color is stunning, the batwing headstock is bizarre but fantastic, and the mini humbuckers are rad. everything about this is incredible. the price is a bit hard to swallow, but i feel like it’s worth it for what you get. counting the price of the case and the pickups, you’re really not paying all that much for the guitar itself.
in any case, i absolutely love this thing, and i’m definitely considering picking one up
9:17 Wild Landon Bailey sighting!
10:33 Wild Lando...wait... is he just walking in circles?
11:24 LOL watching for Landon again, and in walks Sean Daniel instead! Maybe this is only funny to me.
13:11 Fluff! Now I'm just watching the background and listening.
Who did I miss? Let me know. 😜j/k I did start wondering about the other folks who walk by though. How many of them are other UA-camrs that I just don't know? LOL
I'm normally not like this, I swear. I guess I just feel like calling things out today. "Is this entertaining?" I hope no one is actually reading this. 😋
3:24 I can't stop watching the background now. Who uses a guitar stand like this? Strings in? I've always put my guitar on the stand with strings out.
6:07 Landon again!? Or rather, the first time. LOL this is cracking me up it's like Where's Waldo! He's got a camera pointing around... He must just be wandering around getting B-Roll or something. I didn't notice because I was listening to Steve the first time around. 😋
7:13 Is that Hunter from Agufish? It's so brief and a little fuzzy, so I can't quite tell.
7:44 Okay, last one, but it's the internet, so I had to... Dog!
These guitars are the coolest! I still play my father's '64 Olympic almost daily. Same body shape, but with a different knob layout, single coils, and made in Kalamazoo. Underrated classic Epiphones.
I completely missed out on seeing this model. I like it
Man that thing’s killer. The headstock rules.
Nice, very nice. Color is fantastic. 😊and the tremolo looks good.
Thanks, as much as anyone can tell from a video, I think this is right up my alley so appreciate it!
I've lusted over that model for decades...lots of decades.
...you need one.
Yes. Yes you do.
I even like that color.
GET IT!
Killer. I had the reissued copy some years back. That's a cool guitar. Good on them for having the batwing headstock.
Fantastic , when you have an instant connection ! Of COURSE you are buying it !
sounds really cool. Definitely seems to be your type of sound. I want one! Love your channel.
I am 100% behind you in selling your Les Paul and buying an Epiphone. You love that thing, it's clear to everyone watching, you don't need anyone to talk you into it. I was just looking at those basses too, they pretty.
I have one of the wilshire in red very similair and I love it! It is my second one 😍 That colour is amazing though 😍
Reminds me of my 66/67 Coronet. Same headstock and vibrato arm. What you have there looks absolutely awesome! And the color, beautiful. Yes, it does look a bit like a creamcycle color.
Very Cool, Thankyou. Stunning Guitar and Playing.
Wowwww. This has been the best demo for the 150th anniversary line. I was considering the Sheraton but having a hard time justifying it because of the break angle of the tremotone, but you're selling me on the Crestwood instead, oooohh 🔥
Sounds great.
California Coral? More like Creamsicle Popsicle !!! Same color. This guitar is a dark horse, the horse no one bets on, but wins the race. I see you have a lot of photo bombers !!!
That looks like you designed it! Very cool, hope u get one!
MC5 rammblin rose!! That was the best "New Guitar" presentation launch I have ever witnessed...brilliant and FUN!!! I want one too! Now!Mr 60 cycle hum is a Guitar superhero, yes sell your snooty les paul and get a fun guitar that obviously is inspiring you to play. Get them to give you a guitar(Give mr 60cycle hum one if these cos he will sell hundreds for you) you deserve it just for your enthusiasm!
I was noticing the Crestwoods on a rare trip to GC last month; much better now than the originals.
My current collection is Fendercentric, and I have been considering lately other options.I have an SG Pro and a Hummingbird that I really enjoy, and I covet a couple of the newer Firebirds.Vintage make some affordable Gibson style knock offs that are on a quality level with Epiphone.
The mini humbuckers vary a great deal, like the Duncan versions; their basic model is terrible, while their stupid expensive vintage model is the bomb.
The Reverend's ARE Korean, and as such, are better than most imports.The Railhammers and hardware are top notch.Not always a fan of their stock necks, but the shorter scale models are nice.I wish they would do some wider necks more like 43mm.
Great color!!!
Wowsers. Love it. I hope they eventually offer it in a few more colors.
I've been thinking about getting a Crestwood for quite awhile. It would be my first electric. I think it will be the one. It's so beautiful. I mean the reissue one the white one. This one is nice too
Played one of their typical models of this guitar years ago at Thomann and loved it. If I had cash to buy I would have.
THE CAMEOS! PERFECTO AND WORKING CLASS MUSIC!
Do what MJD suggested, sell the PRS to buy this. Gibson finally made a #surfguitar. 😺👍
I concur.
I agree too that sounded like knitting needles through the speaker and Link Wray!
Think i saw Landon Bailey at 10:33 - not exactly a cameo, more of a photo bomb : )
What a Beautiful, GUITAR 🎸🎶
Thanks For Sharing ✌
My 2021 Custom Koa Les Paul is selling on the used market up to $1,300 and very worth it...get use to the price tags by the end of the year Majority of Epiphones will cost a $1,000 and higher
I have an original 60s version of that Epiphone guitar, made in Kalamazoo with a factory-installed Bigsby that my mother bought for me new in 62 or 63 (not sure the year, it was a long time ago, lol) that I learned on. It's still my favorite electric guitar. But I always thought it was called a Wilshire, not Crestwood. Did I just have it wrong all these years or can you explain the name change? Or is there some difference between the Wilshire and Crestwood that I don't see because that looks just exactly like my Wilshire with the headstock, mini-humbuckers, knob style, pickguard, etc?
Wilshire vs Crestwood - I too had an original Crestwood. I believe the Crestwood always had oval inlays vs dots, and the available trem.
pretty cool. Glossy looking bat wing!!!!!!!! oh yeah!!!
It's the coolest guitar I've ever seen. Going to be hard to get in Australia. Only x4 of each model will be available here (x450 of each worldwide), according to some article I read!
I have an Epi Whilshire Pro - same body, batwing headstock. The difference is mine does not have a whammy bar. Bought it in 2009 for $100 NEW. They simply couldn't sell them that much. But a guitar like this was in Jimi Hendrix's collection when he died. Epiphone invented the mini-humbucker. And this guitar is old school - but really very light and comfortable to play.
You had me at the colour.... I want that guitar!
9:18 who's that Pokemon?
I’ve been reaching for this guitar more than my Gibson SG or Les Paul recently. The mini humbuckers sound so good, and the tone controls really help me dial in the sounds I want. I get more people approaching me after shows asking about this guitar than any of my other guitars.
Dude just sold me a guitar!! Love it. Subscribed
same here....could not disagree with anything the spec list said and just had to get one....hope epiphone gave it to him
15:22 Unexpectedly Seeing yourself in the background of a video. 😂
haha! that's awesome
Those Crestwoods are incredible.
About 13 years ago I bought a Epiphone "Worn '66" Wilshire. It was my first serious electric guitar, and to this day is my pride and joy. This Crestwood is almost identical to that Wilshire, except this one has Gibson minhums, a vibrato, and the big oval MOP inlays. If this Anniversary Crestwood is anything like the ol' Wilshires, Im sure its a fantastic guitar!! They're fantastic guitars that get slept on hard!!!
Check out Radio Birdman, Deniz Teks one of a kind ‘66 Crestwood Deluxe makes me appreciate classic epiphones even more
The biggest improvement is the knob layout. The previous base models had knobs that are virtually inaccessible.
There’s two eras of these models, the originals had symmetrical horns, P-90s on the cheaper models like the Wilshire (there’s also a one pickup model), and that poor knob layout. Then in 1966 they updated these to this asymmetrical design with the knobs around the edge and upgraded the Wilshire to the mini-humbuckers.
@@joermnyc There are 2 current Chinese models and the other one is the shitty layout one I was talking about.
I have a 70s et276 MIJ in mahogany with dual humbuckers, it was my first real guitar in 79
Love this. I have a Wilshire and it's got that vibe!!
Sounds and looks great 😄
I really love that the Crestwood is getting all this love but it just makes me wish that would reissue the Phantomatic (which is never going to happen :'( )
Damn. That is one of the best sounding guitars I have ever heard you demo.
12:06 They both loved it👀💀
Love the colour. That little digital amp thing sounds great.
That is one COOL GUITAR! Dayyyyum
I had a 1966 Wilshire 12 string in that telephone yellow!!
I've been eyeballing this one. I don't want to pay the tag price though. Epiphone really needs to keep these going. The Wilshire is such a cool design.
this suits your style perfectly, looks right at home!! I really hope you somehow get the misaligned prototype!!
epiphone has been killing it lately. i picked up one of those worn finished les paul traditionals the other week and own a 339 pro. they’ve come a long way for sure. that thing looks sweet
Yep...killing it with Chinese guitars. You are a player of quality. And only $1000.00...😂 👍
Buy it! It is perfect for your music, Surfy, spaghetti western-sounding vibe/tones.
Those pickups🤤
Sounds Sweet! My baby girl (she's 19, jeesh time flies) wants a guitar. I will have to give that one a second look!
Want this ... Exactly this
I am getting the blue one and replace the bridge mini humbucker with a p90. The batwing gives a straight string pull which is something I crave.
That does check a lot of boxes: Batwing headstock, asymmetrical body, Mini Humbuckers & a really cool colour. It will be mine. Oh, yes. It will be mine.
thats the coolest Epiphone I have ever seen!!!
Yeah that's beautiful. I'd love to have one as my first electric guitar.
Nice guitar, nice demo, looked this one up at Thomann over here, and it shows exactly the same “ mis-print “., so is it really a mis-print ?
These epiphone prices have gotten well out of hand. $600 for the anniversary squires was nuts but $1k epiphones are ridiculous
Could have built these stateside for that much.
watch 6:58 again lmao
I hate inflation as much as the next guy, but the entry level Fender Players series now sits at $849 without a case. Most LTDs have gone well past the 1k mark. Neither of those two brands (who I'd feel are comparable) come with cases either. It sucks, but it's right in line with about everything else at this point.
and The Guitar market is hitting a slump.
I remember when a Mexican Fender strat would be like $400 from the old Musician's Friend and Sweetwater catalogs... I wish it could be the kind of early 2000's again.
I really like the sound of this guitar. I love the twang of the bridge pick up and the vibrato. I'm worried it might be too small for me though. I have a big frame and really big hands. What do you think? Also do you think it'd be good for spaghetti western style guitar?
I'm glad it's only available in yellow because I really don't need to buy any new guitars right now.
I believe those mini-buckers were originally designed and made by Epiphone before Gibson put them in the LP Deluxe back in the 70s.
Actually they were designed for Gibson by Seth Lover to sell to Epiphone. When Gibson bought Epiphone they got a bunch of the minihums back, so they started using them in LPs.
2:03 aw man, Ted Lasso was there too?!
_LUCKY_
I always think to Steve Marriott's Coronet when i see that body shape. I know Epiphone recently released that model with the single p90 for 449, but this Crestwood looks amazing.
Please more of these in different colors,
I want one too!!!
Just buy one. Ask your SW rep. for a discount. You'll get one. I like it. I had a '68 Wilshire 12-string years ago, and loved the mini-hums. The knobs are a faithful recreation of the ones on the originals--nice touch.
What kind of discount can we expect from SW?
@@baltipszlr3398 I'm sure it depends on the rep. Ask and find out.
I want one !!
Looks like this baby has some Danelectro genes.
I love the Wilshire!
You’re recording with the Mustang Micro and an iPhone! How did you do that?! You can hear it in your headphones as well I am guessing?
How are you recording the sound? I see you have a Mustang Micro plugged and and headphones. Is the Mustang Micro running into a mixer? And then the headphones come from that? Or are you running the Micro into a splitter with one side going to the headphones and the other into the recorder? Thanks.
I'll have one of these....
that was a perfecto strum
13:12 DOUBLE RYAN ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SCREEN
Nah but seriously, Epiphone killed it with this Crestwood reissue, that trem came back in tune more often than not
I was thinking of putting a thicker neck on my Epiphone LesPaul Special II and maybe a Bixby. I don’t know, I like the P90s for slide, you can make it cry like Derek Trucks on his SG. With the skinny 12 degree neck that is about all I can do with it. My arm healed crooked and bundled nerves kink up and it sets my hand on fire. My Vintera Tele fingers the best, and bends. The Silvertone chords the best. The 12 string is pretty much Cowboy Chords the neck is so wide.
The Guitarista channel in the UK did a review of this piece several months back. Must have been released in UK before the US ..... it checks all the boxes for me too.
There was a different Crestwood Custom model that has a symmetrical body. It was released awhile back. This one is brand new - steve
@@60CycleHumcast
aHA. All I paid attention to was the trem (not the body shape).
sweeet guitar! I'd buy one!
I'm so glad to see this shape again, hopefully they'll release some more affordable models with it (like the old Wilshire PRO series)!
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Those things are legendary, been playing wilshire’s for years. that’s actually a Wilshire, even tho they call it a crestwood, Epi only made them for a year before making the crestwood deluxe. Anyone who knows, knows these were high end Gibsons originally.
Essentially the same guitar. Crestwood added neck binding and oval inlays, which this reissue has. Wilshire had no binding and dot inlays.
@@thesimulations8900 I’d always associated the crestwood with the crestwood deluxe 3 pups, different bat wing, there’s not many vintage crestwoods with 2 pups, aside from the reissues, Wilshire pro(which was made up reissue), never in 1960s production
@@AL_KING777 not sure how many they made. 1960's Crestwood Custom. 2 pickups with ovals and neck binding. The Deluxe added a third pickup and headstock binding. The two pickup Crestwood's I've seen have always been the 60's cherry red and always with the Tremotone vibrato. Wish I could afford either original.😂
I own two "batwing" Epis. One is a 1964 Coronet and the other is a recent Wilshire reissue, both of which I've modded. I like the light weight, overall balance, and easy access to high frets. I dislike the control layout on the Wilshire (same as the Crestwood), and cut a new pickguard for mine that gives me a Tele-type selector switch, and master volume and tone. I have a B5 Bigsby that I occasionally mount on the Coronet. It original came with a Maestro-type vibrola, which is not a very good vibrato system, and loses arms easily. But the Crestwood is a nice axe. I can see why you like it. They're certainly comfortable
One of the shortcomings of setneck guitars that join the body at the end of the fretboard is that they have to leave some room for the neck tenon in order to have a strong glue joint. This obliges the neck pickup to be set back about an inch or more from the last fret. That, in turn, reduces the spacing between the neck and bridge pickups, and reduces the tonal contrast between the two pickups as a result. That reduced tonal contrast is made worse when it's a short-scale guitar, like the Crestwood/Wilshire is.
I installed a pair of Duncan P-Rails on my Wilshire, with the blade coils oriented to the "outside" (i.e., closest to the neck and the bridge). A pair of 3-position mini-toggles gives me 9 different possibilities when both pickups are on. Using just the blade/rail coils gives me the widest separation of pickups.
Lastly, I believe that some of a guitar's characteristic tone comes from the location of the bridge; specifically whether it is closer to the "waist" (narrowest point) or the "hips" (widest point) of the guitar's body. The body mass directly under the bridge will play a role in what frequencies are most resonant. If you compare the Crestwood against a GIbson SG - which is also a short-scale, joined at the end of the fretboard guitar - you'll see that the CRestwood's bridge is closer to the hips, while the SG's bridge is smack on the waist.
I for one am glad that Epiphone is reaching back to their own heritage, when they were an independent company that was Gibson's biggest rival, and even after the acquisition by Gibson still had distinctive guitars that were every bit as good as their Gibson counterparts. BTW, the Sheraton reissue is killer.
This is 1000% your style of guitar. I remember the Crestwood from recent years ~$600, has a different headstock, and some reviewers complained about the knob layout ua-cam.com/video/eAt3zkeuc8M/v-deo.html. On this guitar the knob layout is different, hopefully solving those issues.
When I first saw the advertising for this earlier I honestly thought Ryan is going to lose it when he sees this…simple lose it. Right up his alley.
I still cant believe you filmed this on your phone!
right?
This is good content. Especially the YTubers passing by
Damn, I want one!
That guitar would be perfect for a Dinosaur Ghost show.
It really would
Sounds nice but I doubt people are going to pay $1000 for an Epi.
It's not 2005 anymore. A lot of Epis break 4 figures these days. The only difference between this and a Gibson is the country the CNC machine is located in
This guitar ticks a lot of boxes. But for a thousand bucks, you can get multiple well build asian guitars and get additional wilkinson Tuners and cts pots to upgrade.
It's a different body and headstock shape and a different colour to the standard Crestwood Custom, but maybe not much else - for about double the price. The standard one has the same neck carve, tremolo system, laurel fretboard, GraphTech nut, CTS pots - and that one's slim and light too. Pups are mini humbuckers too (but not sure whether they're identical to these).
You should try one - it might save you a fortune!
I've had 2 of the "original" Crestwood's (one of each color) and currently have the new 150th Crestwood. The new one is worth the extra $400 without a doubt. The binding is a big difference, along with the hard case, Gibson pickups, and even more USA parts/hardware.
Laurel fretboard and poly finish - you would expect rosewood and nitro at that price.
not really.
@@60CycleHumcast ok about nitro but indian laurel is still wrong on a $1000 guitar
Month later , Epiphone : "We introduce to you... the 60 Cycle Hum Signature Crestwood Custom Epiphone"
Definitely a Ryan guitar and that rig is awesome for what it is man I can’t believe it sounds that good
yeah im shocked how well the recording rig worked out. Im gonna take it everywhere with me now.
I don’t know why I didn’t buy one of these when they reissued them the last time.
I wish Epiphone got to do more with their original designs.
I love my Les Paul and would never sell it... but that Epi is WAY more "you" than an LP!