The late 1961 update to the Crestwood Custom saw significant aesthetic changes come to the instrument. Epiphone kept the symmetrical body design, but used a new clear and white pickguard, and replaced the original dot inlays with a flashier pearl oval design. 1961 also saw the introduction of a stock vibrato unit, which would remain on the Crestwood when it switched to an asymmetrical body in 1963.