I think you are on a winner there Colin. Epiphone would do well doing more of their own designs rather than just doing cheap copies of Gibson models. A sweet instrument.

I was looking for Crestwood review and came across your channel. You're the best guitar reviewer on KZfaq. Subscribed!

I've been looking at this whole Epiphone line (Coronet, Wilshire, and Crestwood). I have so many p90 guitars already and the fact that this one comes in white, I was leaning to the Crestwood. This review has made my mind for me. Thank you, Colin. I love all your videos. Best Guitar reviews on YT in my opinion. I look forward to watching every time a new one is posted!

Top review. Loved it. That wooden bridge piece is a classy touch. Any guitar that inspires you to play is, hands down, the best guitar.

Not sure if anyone else has said anything about the pickup codes - but here is my guess - P=Pro,- MH = mini-humbucker, N=nickel, HB = humbucker (seems redundant), N or B = neck or bridge, C = Crestwood.

This is some seriously high quality TV right here. I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!

I just bought one of these at the guitar center in Monroeville, PA. USA. I bought it on my lunch break, cant wait to get it home and play!

Mine is becoming my favorite guitar. I thought for a day or two because I thought it felt short at first. Once I got used to it it became one of my favorites. And sounds great.

Ever since I saw Marc Ford playing a Crestwood many years ago, I've been in love with this thing. Thanks for the video.

This is definitely the version that has been calling to me for a long while...😎👍 A keeper Colin😉😎👍 😎👍❤🖖 Love Brother

Another great video Colin and I'm glad to see another Epiphone reissue featured. Makes you wonder why its taken them so long to get some of these guitars out considering how long ago they were originally made. The mini humbuckers sound pretty quacky on certain settings which is great. I've been really impressed with what Gibson/Epiphone have been doing with the brand in the last couple of years. The quality has gone up more than the extra cost. Epi seemed to me to have begun to realise that they have really something special in their back catalogue with so much history to drawn upon. We are seeing long forgotten guitars re-emerging for a new generation to appreciate. The guitar featured was pretty rare and difficult to get hold of back in the day. Btw I have an Italia 12 string with mini humbuckers and it sounds really good.

I love the tailpiece on these, it really does it for me!

Love your channel and that guitar. I searched for this guitar it’s not available in any guitar shops in this area. I even searched Sweetwater but no luck. When I move to Florida I will look down there. Colin thank you for sharing, great job! :-)

I played this guitar the other day at the store and was really surprised by it. It wasn’t what I was looking for so I set it aside but then after watching your video feels like I’m about to change my mind

In some places like Ebay and a few others the Epiphone Custom Modern figured Crestwood Models are selling for over $1,000 American dollars..in 2023 these prices will be everywhere including the big box stores..and well worth the price tags..

Another cool guitar! I'm perusing your older films again while you're off working, Colin. I bought the Epiphone 150th Anniversary Crestwood Custom Electric Guitar in California Coral color 10 months ago. I love it. It came with a hard shell case, but the outfit cost nearly 2x as much as the one in the film. I went with the it for 2 reasons: I like the control layout on the later '60's models like mine, and I do prefer the bat wing headstock. That said, I would be happy with the one featured here.

I saw one of these in person for the first time last week and I was very impressed by the quality. Not Gibson level, but not the student level build that the price would suggest. I’ve been wanting a single P90 instrument and I think I’d be confortable buying a Coronet once Sweetwater gets more in.

The mini humbucker is the most underrated pickup. They take effects brilliantly, they do everything from swampy blues to shoegaze and maybe even metal. I've always wondered why the offset guys don't get into them more? The only person I've seen who really appreciates them is Josh Scott from JHS, his Relevator guitar is based on a Jaguar and it has minis and I think they really do make effects pedals sound 10% better, I think that guitar sells alot of pedals, cant believe the rest of the world hasn't caught up. Best kept secret in the guitar world I reckon.

Loved the sound. The mini humbucker sound is incredible. Nice playing.

That is one of the best vibrato designs I've seen! The cam on the thicker strings is bigger so that they drop pitch in sync with other strings so when you play a chord the whole chord pitches up and down without going out of tune and they've eliminatedthat keeper bar thing that you usually see on bigsbys...its brilliant, I want one of these!

Love your show Colin! I recently picked up the Epi Rumblekat short scale bass, with mini humbuckers. A real joy to play for a 6 string player!

Epiphone should do an Inspired by Gibson Les Paul Deluxe with those pickups. I've always loved the sound of mini humbuckers, and that Crestwood sounds absolutely incredible. Like others have mentioned though, they're scarce as hen's teeth in the shops or online, same with the Wilshire and Coronet from my experience. Hopefully when the pandemic supply chain mess eases up they'll be easier to find.

I like this design, including the 3+3 head with the "Epi T" badge. The Wilshire with the P90s I liked better, but what do I know. Between night shifts in the US Navy for 20 yrs. & at NYC Subway (the Underground) system now retired I'm still up most of the night, watching your videos. I enjoy the way you look at the guitars, like the average "Joe Blow". I've gone a little further than you have as I'm a model railroader, deal with easy electronics & have rewired all my guitars from stock. I look at guitars as 1:1 scale models. All guitars have had pups changed, all pots changed to CTS pots (from wear or better control). Try looking into changing the tubes (or switch to Yellow Jackets) in the Hot Rod Deluxe. to help tame the loudness of the amp. I changed tubes (still loud). Don't have that abrupt volume change at #2. setting. Plenty of KZfaq vids on this. Got hooked, became a subscriber.

I’ve got the cherry red crestwood custom and Wilshire and a black coronet they are all Great guitars , they fit in the Epi SG case , the mini HB’s in the Crestwoods sound fantastic and all 3 have 1 piece necks , 2 piece bodies ,which can be seen on the translucent cherry finishes , very resonate and the Graphtech Tusq saddles on the Crestwood is a plus , smooth action with the trem , another Great Review , cheers from the Mississippi Gulf Coast 😎

I love your videos so much I have to fast forward the previews to avoid any spoilers. Thanks Colin for yet another honest, entertaining and educational review!

great in-depth review and I loved the outdo jam too... a+

Came back for that outro... it's even better than I remembered! 🔥

I love your channel man,please continue to do what your doing ❤️

Firstly, I must say I look forward to your reviews every week. Your doing a great job educating us all on affordable guitars and choosing the kind of guitars which I like. Secondly, epic soloing at the end! Worthy, of a maestro. Thirdly, god damn it, after looking at these crestwoods when the reissue came out, and then buying something else, you convinced me I need one of these now...

Thanks Colin (I think...now I want one). As always bang on great review, informative and entertaining! Nice job of photographing the white by the way - looks great.

Loved your assessment even though I'm commenting on and older video. Anyway , it's pretty sweet getting so much guitar for under $800 canadian dollars. Love your playing style also. Cheers may this find you well and safe. Doug 😎

Great review as always sir. I picked up a vintage Epi coronet with the full size humbuckers for my birthday. Wonderful instruments that stand the test of time.

Personally, I think it’s a stunning guitar. That’s why I searched it up

Would really love one of these. Have wanted a coronet/Wilshire/crestwood style guitar for a while. I really love the Wilshire's with the tuning pegs all on top, rather than 3x3. I kinda like guitars/finishes other people think are ugly. Don't know why but makes me feel like I see something they don't ha

when it comes to a LP with mini humbuckers you were talking about, i have a Gibson LP 70's Deluxe but i replaced them with p90's. I tried messing about with pickup height and the polepieces but i just found them to be too harsh and thin for my liking. I would like to try a wilshire some day.

You my friend are a great player. You're not technical, but you play with a feeling.

I had said you deserve more subscribers last week. This is me doing my part so that the algorithm blesses you.

I came across the Wilshire in an article about 2 years ago. Up until that article I had no idea there was ever an Epiphone Coronet, Wilshire, and Crestwood. But, I immediately loved everything I saw. Have wanted one ever since and hopefully will get my hands on one soon. Maybe that'll happen before the crazies blow this planet all to smithereens with their nuttery.

So pleased you reviewed this! Great guitar and great demo🎶🎸

So glad epiphone brought all these back!

I love the sound of those pickups. As others have said, mini humbuckers are very versatile.

Enjoyed the review and teardown, Colin. A guitar that would have passed me by is now firmly on my radar, I really like how versatile those controls are! Seems like a guitar that can do a lot, and look great doing it. Cheers 🙂

Just ordered one of these! Such a great, in-depth demo. Thank you. Cheers from Norway!

Thanks so much for your reviews and your channel. As always I love your honesty and sincerity laced with your sense of humor. I really didn’t think that I was in the market for another guitar but I am very impressed with the Crestwood. Thanks again

You are the Best Colin! Thank you!

I love your reviews. I can't wait to see what's next.

Thanks a lot for your channel, your simplicity and sincerity is very rare, your playing is really great. I’m enjoying a lot my coronet, and now I’m thinking of the crestwood. 😃.

most honest, tranparent and fluid review video I had ever seen. Thanks!!!

I love your silences. Can almost hear your internal discussions. Keep it up. Wish I could warrant another guitar.

"I don't think it's squattin' ugly" Inky fingerprints under the clear pick guard? Love the video as always. Thanks I'll be keeping these on my radar now.

Interesting again, and super to have all 3. They do fly under the radar and it's great that you rectified changed that here. Often looked at them and they very much appeal aesthetically, but then I think how often would I really use them as a mostly at-home hobbyist who has the Strat, Tele, 335 and LP already. I will be interested to see what difference that saddle material change makes. Cheers

Every time I see one of these I wanna pick it up and play Screaming Trees riffs with it.

I love these Epiphone re-issues

Thank you sir for an excellent review and demo. I saw a video of yours which featured a cool Guild solid body more than a year ago and then promptly lost track of you. Great to stumble onto another outstanding review of another worthy guitar. I've subscribed this time! Also love your picking. All the Best from old Kentucky.

I went to my local 🇨🇦 music store yesterday and tried out one of these beauties . Blown away by the tones emanating from it. Great-feeling neck too. Compared it to the Coronet at the same time. Those mini-humbuckers have a lot to offer. Unlimited possibilities with two pickups. Cheers!

The longer I watch this channel, the more I realize how little I actually know about guitars, therefore I learn something every time I watch. I'm definitely not a guitar nerd too. Even so, your series of reviews of inexpensive equipment gives those with desires and small amount of cash a shot at sounding good, on a budget, meant for beginners. ;-)

Nice guitar, love the mini humbuckers. Great video Colin, thoroughly enjoyed it!

Morning. Great video again, I think every time I watch your videos I have an urge to look for that particular guitar and think about buying one, so thanks for controlling my brain. Anyway, mini humbuckers. I had a vintage(brand) v100wr. Nice guitar a m d sound. Maybe one for you.

Another great video Colin. I love these three guitars. Wilshire on its way. If the Crestwood had p90s it would be that instead. Great playing and this is the only channel I always watch religiously every week. Thanks as always

Squat & ugly is a good description. I would take it however.

I'm so glad this guitar turned out to be so cool. Oozes class and casual at the same time

You were Zen with the Crestwood, says a lot about the guitar. I've been wondering a lot about mini humbuckers and this looks a great "budget" offering to get into them. I've an itch to have one Firebird pup and one Mini HB pup in a guitar too so this might be the one to mod.

Wow that's a diamond in the ruff. Great jam as always. It was apparent that you enjoyed playing it. Thanks

Great Tone variations, Excellent Vintage Look!!! Colin, You did appear to really have "Fun" playing it!!! Really neat to find a surprise in a box, like an (Attic Find) in a new guitar most people are not that familiar with!!! Love the Vintage Vibe this guitar shows!!! Reminds me once again of my first Bass Guitar, the American made Epiphone I got for Christmas many years ago!!! Great Video as always!!! Cheers!!!!

Nice guitar. I'm liking the mini humbuckers. Enjoying the history on these as well. Seems like Epiphone has been doing a better job on QC over the last couple of years as well. Cheers Colin. I like this one as well.

My goodness. I come in late and I am comment number 400 after nearly 11,000 views. Well done, Colin! You deserve all of the success in the world for you fun reviews. Your sense of humor, playing and in depth look at the guitar itself are always top notch. Thank you for another wonderful film of a guitar I would never have given a second look but now am thoroughly interested in!

That’s a fabulous sounding guitar. I love hearing you play! Im going to buy one. I love the Wilkshire as well! But this one speaks to me. I’ve played both of them and this thing feels gorgeous. The bite is knarly! I think it’s better than any SG. It’s also so unique. I ve never had a guitar with that kind of vibrato but im sure i can learn to use it or I can put it into the back and let it look pretty! Thanks mate!

I'm really impressed by the quality of this guitar and how reasonably priced it is. The tone of the mini humbuckers is wonderful, and it looks cool. What's to stop someone from going out and gigging with this guitar, especially if they're in a punk band? Terrific review!

Definitely be adding this to the collection ,love the look and sound of it 😀 great video as always 👌

Love your channel. My favorite of them all on KZfaq. Such a good vibe. Be well, and keep up the wonderful work. It’s like a chat with a friend.

Ah yes, Friday morning so it's coffee and a cig on the back porch and time to see what Colin's up to this week. Cool Epiphone, but I'd prefer if that clear pickguard with logo was a delete option. The sounds are wonderful. Cheers to all from Dallas!

The problem with this tremolo design is the break angle is too shallow. If you don't mind losing the tremolo, I suggest bypassing it next time you change strings. Just string it like a regular tailpiece. It increases the break angle over the bridge and the guitar comes to life. It changed mine dramatically for good.

Great watching you dive into this guitar. Different slant to the video which added something any of us who are players know well. Losing yourself in discovery. Well done. That amp still doing top job too. Cheers mate, see you next week. ✌️

I think it's beautiful! And it sounds AMAZING. 18:26 Pickups = Pro Mini Humbucker Nickel Humbucker Neck/Bridge Crestwood You're welcome.

That guitar’s a secret weapon. I think this one of my most favourite of your reviews so far 🙂. Absolutely wonderful demo. Personally, I thought the Epi looked better without the pickguard. I’d have left it off and tippexed over the screw holes. I’d probably remove the little plaque on the vibrato too. The headstock’s cool. Cheers for this! 👍🏼

great sound, great playing again, love it ❤️

Bought an Epiphone Les Paul Standard after your review. I may get one of these, mainly do to your patient review. Thx.

Impressed with how responsive those pickups are! Quite a lot of guitar for $500!! Thanks for the looksee!!

That guitar is killer! Congrats!! What's hilarious is I saw a new in box 2017 Epiphone SG Special in Ebony on eBay a few weeks back. The seller was a pawn shop that provided only a vague description but had a picture of the skew sticker with the model number on it that I had to lookup to know for sure what was in the box. The seller only wanted a couple of hundred bucks for it so I bought it. Turns out it has a beautiful almost black rosewood fretboard and a flawless gloss ebony finish. Kinda cool snagging a 5 year old guitar still new unopened in it's box including all the case candy. 🎸🎸🎸

Thanks for the review my english friend! This is the best KZfaq guitar review show going!! You rock

That was a great play out jam. Looked like you were really having fun!

White P-90 Wilshire is coming Monday, I sold some gear to get it. I think a lot of other stuff is about to get sold because I am pretty settled on what I like to play. Great show! I like the white with a Stage right amp it's clean! Cheers my brother! Have a wonderful weekend

I bought one based on your review recently had surgery and can't lift heavy stuff so my les pauls are ruled out at the moment so I decided to give this a shot as I will be going back to uni hopefully in a few weeks and needed a light guitar, I personally am meh on sg's but this caught my eye, decided to watch your review as I love the no nonsense reviews, it turned up today and I love it and immediatly started writing riffs and had all my friends asking me "what the hell is that" (endearingly) they think it's proper cool and have never seen a guitar like it. It sounds a lot more versatile than your standard humbucker and the pots are a class touch! I remember when I was a naughty school boy in detention all the time reading a guitar history book and this crestwood custom same colour and all was in it and I never thought I'd get my hands on one so it is slighty surreal for me haha. Also (once they come back into stock) do you plan on reviewing the noel gallagher riviera? I must admit a lot of the current reviews are total shit in terms of playing or any proper details so would love to see the working mans take, not the business salesmen approach.

"Forget all the other bullshit!" My thoughts exactly. That guitar sounded great over video. Another cool thing is that it's an Epiphone that's not trying to be a Gibson. That's a unique instrument.

Unapologetically positive review, with the best ending "Gotta get the band back together to gig with this." Says it all.

What an amazing and cool guitar! I was lured immediately to clicking the video. Love your content as always, wish I could get my hands on one to try it out. Cheers!

Thx colin,your reviews are the best as I just bought this 3 min ago,cheers

Pssst...Hey, just recently found your channel. Very cool. Really enjoy your assessments, reviews, upgrades... . A Crestwood is now on my radar. BTW, you are of influencing my playing style, too.

Very Cool Demo/Review. Stunning Guitar. Thankyou

Another excellent, informative show, thank you!

Another great show. I just might go order one.

Lovely guitar! Excellent review! Back on the day, I think it was 2012 or so, this Epiphone was for sale but in its faded white / cream colour but I couldn't afford it. I hope this instrument ever comes for sale in my country, I doubt it, but there's still hope! I'll buy it without hesitation. Cheers!

Thanks for reviewing the third in the "trilogy". I heard two complaints about the Tremotone. First, that it gets in the way when you reach for the knobs. Second, that the high E string tends to pop out of it's saddle because there is not enough of a break angle from the tailpiece. I'd like one or all of these reissues but I'd like to know which one is your favorite or which one you think is the best "bang for the buck". Sounds like you had fun jamming. Cheers.

Glad to get my weekly Guitaristas fix! Another outstanding review/demo.

Another crackin video mate, you’re becoming my favourite KZfaq celebrity, charming fella you are! Good onya cobba.

Sweetwater is $600 here today, USA. May very well start saving up for this one. Your a great salesman. Like the deep dive looks into the guts of your collection. I have 2 white guitars & will be adding another by Christmas. Great review, as usual. Thanks again......😁

Great vide Col. Knew you would get one! I’m tempted by all 3 of these

Great review, as usual. The only thing I would have added was a bit of playing where you wanged the hell out of the Trem system so we could a) hear what it sounded like, and b) see how stable the tuning was.

I had one of these. I liked the vibrato and the pickups but I felt like I paid a bit too much.

Great review as always. Great guitar. Like these 3 under the radar epiphones. In the first play part it had some floydian sounds and in the latter it felt zappa-eske. Great seeing you enjoy it!