1964 Epiphone Crestwood Custom refin natural
Good condition, 6/10, Made in USA, including square plastic hardcase.
This model was introduced in 1959 but made 1963-1969 in this design with the assymetrical body and batwing headstock, a dream guitar for many, here is your chance to get in to vintage at a bargain price, keep reading; this guitar was heavily modified at some point in its life but has been restored back to 60´s specs, the bad stuff first; the finish was originally cherry but was later refinished in silver and then again stripped to bare mahogany with a light clearcoat over, has a filled tremolo bridge cavity in the top and open screw holes in the headstock from a removed locking nut, a long repaired crack in the back of the body all the way from the strap button to the neck and even a bit into the heel, possibly also a repaired tenon/body but hard to see with all the finish over, replaced pickguard, replaced trussrod cover, replaced pots (3 dated 1377606 so 6th week 1976, one smaller without markings), has been refretted with a new nut, missing tremolo arm, modern wire ABR-1 chrome bridge (marked BR-EG underneath) with studs (as opposed to the original which had posts directly in to the wood), but then the good stuff; has not had a neck break (how?), original resonant wood (nice and light!), original oval inlays in the rosewood fingerboard, 2 original patent sticker mini humbuckers with original black pickup rings, 4pc original gold reflector knobs, original double line Kluson tuners (marked D-169400 Patent No. underneath), original output jack, original 3-way switch, the front of the headstock has not been refinished so original decal, original Tremotone tremolo tailpiece with the trademark E on it, and finally; this guitar travels with a story (unconfirmed) that it once belonged to Wayne Kramer of MC5, so there you have it, take it or leave it, either way a really cool guitar without the price tag of an original Crestwood Custom, more info:
The final iteration of the original Crestwood Custom arrived in 1963 when Epiphone switched from the symmetrical body design to the more common asymmetric body used for the duration of the '60s. These models retained the larger oval inlays and vibrato unit from the 1961 - 1962 model, but expanded the colorway, and exchanged the Gibson-style open book headstock for Epiphone's own "Batwing" 6-in-line design. 1963 also saw the introduction of the Crestwood Deluxe, which featured a largely similar design except for the Deluxe's inclusion of a third mini-humbucker, ebony fretboard, and additional body binding.
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