What a cool Epiphone! People will probably jump all over me, but I typically don’t think of “fun” or “quirky” when I think of Gibson/Epiphone. This thing has a surfy Fender vibe. Congrats!

Guitar Center has a demo section, it's called "Guitar Center."

5:13 That specific crack is known as “Buyer’s Remorse” … someone manufactured a reason to return the guitar.

Freakin’ incredible orange color there. And the shape of it! Love it!

I bought one of these MEGA discounted from Anderson’s with no case. Absolute timeless classic! Couldn’t care less that it is and Epiphone, or that it’s made in China. Completely original guitar that is a keeper for my collection!

I've bought a number of things from Sweetwater on demo, from cheaper stuff like guitar pedals to more expensive like a PRS 10-top and always had a great experience. I would highly recommend people checking the deals out.

I'm with you on the color, pickup, and headstock. Often when you see a 6 in-line headstock that isn't Fender, it doesn't look right....but that looks better than most.

I own a 2009 Epiphone WIlshire reissue. Same body style, same headstock, no trem, and full size humbuckers. The stock pups were kind of muddy, but I put in a set of Duncan 59's....and the guitar SCREAMS now!!

Congrats Ryan, she's a beauty! I've had a '62 re-issue Crestwood for about 10 years and love it, those mini-buckers are so awesome. The Surf will always be up with your new Epi!🏄‍♂🏄‍♂👍👍

Scrach and dent guitars are awsome. Got a strat for 250 off for a little crack in the paint on the side. It's my workhorse guitar so I don't feel bad when something happens

I bought a demo MIM Fender Strat in candy apple from Sweetwater 10 years ago for $300. Had the slightest nick on it that I could find with my thumbnail but wasn't particularly visible. I've put a lot more scratches on it since. Will always be my special find! Everything is vintage setup. I modified the wiring to make it modern but otherwise I've kept it stock. Plays perfect, stays in tune even with heavy trem use! My great aunt has a Red Epiphone Wilshire reissue with the bat wing headatock. I almost bought it off her but I had just bought my Epiphone Les Paul Custom. Maybe one day!

Asymmetrical body with MiniHumbuckers & the Batwing headstock is my dream guitar! Schwiing!

I got one of these from the Gibson garage when I was visiting Nashville in the fall. This is not at all what I’d be expecting to be vibing with but I couldn’t put it down - so much fun to play, the neck is way slimmer and flatter than any Gibson or epi ive found - very comfortable, and oh the sound! Like a Firebird but with more surf, more twang. Such a rad instrument!

I was also a teenager in the 90s! This guitar really cool. The minibuckers, the paint color, the vintage knobs and batwing headstock.

I bought this guitar a few months ago. It’s amazing. It has replaced my Strat. It feels a lot like my SG, but it doesn’t sound like an SG. Still, an incredible guitar, and I get some of the Neil Young sounds that I love.

I got one of these based on your demo & the fact that a friend had an original 60s model that was magical (his was pellam blue that looked green). I loved it right away but didn't like the bridge pickup volume so far back, so I moved it behind the neck volume with both tones in the back (I don't move the tone knobs that much). I also made a new pickguard in black since the headstock is black & polished the frets a little. Now it is my number one - my wife even likes it!

A "red tube" is a phenomenon that happens sometimes due to age on a electronic tube . . you got to change tubes once ina while on a tube Amp .. . they are not eternal . . depending on usage hours . . don´t have the exact hours info .. .I suppose those are 6V6 Valves. A great sounding tube. I actually like most of your videos . .

i have one of the older epi wilshire pro... its my favorite guitar to play, picked it up for $200. i play it more than my Gibson SG, or Fender Strat and tele.

Great video glad your havin fun with this find. I have a similar model in white sold to me many years ago as a Wilshire, the headstock reverse says 'custom shop', it has 2 full humbuckers, a non trem hardtail and has 'push pull' on the pots. Great range of sounds. I keep it tuned to 'open C' for Devin Townsend type stuff. For £250 UK couldn't be happier. Brilliant guitar. A keeper !

Congrats. Great guitar. Obviously fun to play and easy on the back. A guy sold me this beautiful lime green Wilshire reissue without any pickups or electronics, so I did it MY way. I love the Wilshire/Coronet/Crestwood body shape (I own a '64 Coronet as well), but I hate the electronics. So I cut a new pickguard, did the wiring my way, and installed a pair of Duncan P-Rails. The volume and tone are master, situated where I like them, and the Tele-style pickup selector works well. The two toggles you see select the three possibilities for each of the P-Rails. With both pickups on, I have 9 possible tonal variations. I wired the tone control as "bidirectional" as per Craig Anderton's suggestion from the early '80s. IT gives a different rolloff in each direction. The P-Rails are installed in a way some might call backwards. Most folks install them with the blade coils on "the inside" and P90 coils on the outside. But one of the annoying quirks of short-scale set-neck guitars joined to the body way up is that there needs to be room between the end of the fingerboard and the neck pickup for the neck tenon (as on your Crestwood too). That squishes the two pickups closer together, reducing the tonal contrast between neck and bridge. I installed my pickups such that the blade sections were as far apart from each other as the guitar allows, making the pickup change from neck to bridge (and vice versa) the sort of tonal contrast a Tele or Strat player is used to. The use of mini-buckers on the Crestwood improves that "squished together" element.

I've seen many retailers selling demo or B stock guitars. I bought a couple and saved a bundle on 2 Hagstrom guitars; a Swede and an HL550 jazzbox. No issues to be found on them... I think they were probably just overstocked. Your Epiphone's "crack" seems to be nonexistent! I dig the mini-humbuckers. They've always been a favourite of mine. Nice to have a lightweight guitar too. Anyhow, I always check out the B stock guitars when buying a new guitar.

I have one. I was playing it yesterday. The Gibson mini-hums sound great, IMO. SW had to send me 3 before I got one that FedEx didn't damage in shipping. One had a big neck break, the 2nd had a tiny crack in the finish extending from the corner of the nut on the bass side. The 3rd one arrived in pristine condition, even though the box had more damage than the previous 2. Very cool guitar! I've purchased several demo guitars from SW. Every one has been excellent. One had "scratches" on a pup cover that was actually only on the protective plastic over the pup. Another has a scratch so minute that I can barely find it. All were discounted significantly.

I had one back the first time they reissued them many years ago (same mini humbucker type pickups). I currently have the Coronet with a p90. Better for my style. Great quality and sound!

The color goes perfect with your aesthetic

Nice score! I picked up a Player Plus Telecaster a few months back that was listed as blemished. Saw the photos and figured I could live with the flaws. When I got the guitar, there was nothing wrong with it. The person that sent it back had left the plastic on from the Fender factory. That was the "blemishes."

Wowza dude... Love that orange and the batwing headstock rocks

Looks quality. I bought an Epi les Paul II today, new, stickers still on the pickups, everything still in the bag, for €60. I thought it must be crappy, but the quality is good, except some cheep plastic details . Has a tuner build in on the pickup housing. It is not light, though, it weighs a ton. Anyway, I know that new guitar happy feeling😃. Good luck

I had the Wilshire from about 10-15 years ago with that vibrato (honestly it looked like that but in transparent black, and dot inlays)… I couldn’t get it to stay in tune, which was sad because I was thinking about that one since it came out and I just couldn’t afford it for the longest time. The RAREST Crestwood is the one with triple-pickups. They never reissued that one, so it’s only sold in the vintage market.

I played one once. They are cool and the wooden tailpieced-trem is classy and a refreshing look too. Mini hums, come on, they're rad and the capsule inlays. Totally a rad guitar. Killer color too Ryan. Nice taste. Congrats on the new git.

My very first bass, bought in a pawn shop in 1975, was an Epiphone Newport. Same shape, same headstock.

When you were talking about the mini humbuckers I was hoping you were gonna say, "no hum, ALL BUCK, BABY!" 😂

Totally rad Epi Dude!Mini Humbuckers,cool creamsicle Orange color,Gretch,Bigsby B7 tremolo style tail piece,sweet neck,Light & Tight.GLSP Styles are my Favs.Cheers 6CM!

Great review. That guitar is special. The neck pickup with reverb is so sweet. Nice acquisition. Great playing.

I love seeing people bond with a guitar. So many videos of gear reviewers just kind of going through the motions. Fun seeing someone really connect and make music with it!

Never heard of this model. Love the look! Very Unique. Definitely has the surf groove you like.

my son just got the white epiphone Crestwood '62. it's a surprisingly nice guitar!

I feel that way about my vintage DuoSonic too. It’s amazing how familiar it feels.

I used to have a cherry red, 60's Crestwood Deluxe. It was built like a Gibson Custom model with ebony fretboard and bound headstock. It was quite fancy - it even had fretless wonder filed frets and 3 mini-humbuckers. I took off the tremolo and replaced it with a stop tailpiece. It was a wonderful sounding guitar but the neck was so thin as to be uncomfortable for my fat fingers. I later sold it to a guy in Italy. Those Italians were into Crestwoods. I wish I had kept those wonderful mini-humbuckers. I later bought a new Crestwood. I think it was made in Korea. It doesn't have the tremolo or the fancy stuff but it did have the batwing head, 2 mini-humbuckers, and the same construction. It has a big, chunky, neck and cost around 200 bucks. It's a wonderful guitar.

Fragile...must be Italian!!!

Your Gearfest review and the California Coral, made me get one (one of the last ones over here). And it’s fantastic.

I just bought this guitar a couple weeks ago!! Couldn’t stop thinking about it from your first video 😅

I bought a b-stock Gretsch Electromatic and the normal model was discounted from 900 euros to 460 euros. The B-stock model made it a 406 euro guitar. It came with additional not mentioned scratches (And they were not visible on the photo's provided with the listing). So they refunded another 60 euro. So now I own a Scratch Electromatic for 346 euro. I love that guitar...

It's a beauty, gives me Dano/Fender/Teisco vibes. A really sweet addition to your jam family. 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

For a second there I was excited about a possible Lockpicking Lawyer x 60's Cycle Hum crossover

I had been looking for a U.S. one of these for years and years. It is a REAL Epi not a Gibson wannabe!!! This guitar is a keeper. In 10 years the guitar community will figure it out!!! It will then be worth a small fortune!!!

It wasn't at sweetwater, but i got my Roland jc-120 as a demo unit. $400 chaper than the list price. it was a 2 year old floor model that was practically new. the only cosmetic flaw i could find was a missing rivet on one of the case corner protectors. the tolex under the corner wasn't punched, so it didn't fall out, it left the factory missing the rivet. this is 100% cosmetic. The nice thing too about demos, is often times since you buy it from the dealer, you still get the manufacturers warranty. a went 2 years looking for deals on a Jazz chorus, and when i saw that one i jumped on it.

Love the way that guitar made you play. You sound awesome on it.

I so want this in white with 3 pickups......

I've had mine a few months. Really fun guitar, no question, feels like a workhorse, and there is a certain brightness from the minis. Also ran it through a True Spring and played Surf Rider! Great vid.

That is a great color. I have an ET-290N and its on my list of NEVER selling. Style points fer shuuuuure

Same thing happened with my Danelectro ‘59 Triple Divine! I got it for over $100 off and it’s perfect!

Nothing will ever match the tonal characteristics and hand crafted quality of that one yellow guitar with the middle finger inlays 👌

Thanks for sharing your new guitar. Sounds and looks great!

Still play it's "cousin" 2010 Wilshire Pro. Non Les Paul Epiphones are tre' cool (WildKat Royal still a head turner)!)

I love so many things about this guitar, just so classy looking.

Sweetwater is so generous with candy that they still give it to me even though my file has included "NO CANDY" for a decade.

Love it! Congrats, man! Sounds great!

I appreciate the Bosstones riff... I had a 2000s Wilshire reissue (basically the same model with a hardtail) several years ago that I picked up for like $200, but I didn't love the way it sounded so it was quickly replaced. Looked great, though. White-on-white, gorgeous - I too appreciated that it was an actual Epiphone design and not just a cheap Gibson. Seeing this I wish I had held onto it and maybe tried a pickup swap and added a Bigsby (although the new one's trem design is really smart and sounds great). And my tastes have changed quite a bit so the pickups may have grown on me. I sure do like the sounds of this one, that's for sure. Might be hunting around for a used one (not gonna pay even $700 for an Epiphone made after the 70s).

I have one, the same model, same color, ordered as soon as it was available online, fantastic! 🙂

I’ve always loved the Wilshire family, and that orange finish is gorgeous. One of the more fun types of odd scale guitars for any player but especially if you have bigger hands.

I like it. A bit Burns looking. Some people are completely unrealistic about how perfect a guitar should be. They’re glued together wood and plastic with stuff screwed to them. If it’s not causing it to play badly or look awful, ignore it.

GET WELL SOON MY PRINCE ;_; i feel like even if i had 0 interest in this guitar just watching Ryan so joyous over the instrument is so wholesome. It sounds beautiful, agreed with the minibuckers!

Corking guitar! That bridge is especially intriguing. Really been enjoying your jamming lately, too.

I've purchased two demo guitars from Sweetwater that were damn near immaculate, especially for the price break and to be honest, I felt like I could jam them right away since they already had little digs and nicks in them.

Batwing and blocks, those are what caught my eye.

I bought one after seeing the first video. Loving it. I had to swap out the bridge - that wire that holds the screws down was rattling and driving me nuts. Put a roller bridge on it and it works great. The pickups are sweet. Good for that surfy thing.

That guitar looks rad as heck, never seen an Epiphone that shape before, love the knobs

I usually go for used or B-stock for all my music gear. Has saved me over $2000 and everything is great. I bought a B-stock Reverend Airsonic W for $900, down from $1300. Brand new but has a couple tiny finish flaws.

Looking online for Epiphone Crestwood see some called Custom models. Different 3-3 headstock. P/ups are PRO Mini Humbucker, selling new ~ $600. Knob layout is different, color white or red with weird white design under strings between pickups seen on red one.

So cool! and now I am so jealous!!! Enjoy in good health and use it often for the videos please!

Does this mean we're now Crestwood brothers! :D

that guitar sounds awesome

I freaking love Sweetwater and about 6 months ago, I bought my first brand new Gibson Les Paul from them. It’s awesome and the most expensive guitar I’ve ever bought. Their customer service was awesome, as always, BUT, and this was a big BUT…NO CANDY!!!! Do bummed. I got over it fast, though when I started playing that badass guitar. Now, though, you’ve brought back my no candy where there should be candy sad feeling….

2:03-"Muster"..maybe.? : muster 1 of 2 noun mus·​ter ˈmə-stər Synonyms of muster 1 : a representative specimen (see SPECIMEN sense 1) : SAMPLE musters of goods for sale 2 a : an act of assembling specifically : formal military inspection Call out the troops to stand muster. b : critical examination slipshod work that would never pass muster Great vid.!

I freaking love that thing. I want one

I have the previous version of this guitar, the Epiphone Crestwood Pro, and I love it! It’s one of my go to guitars!

Personally I think those are the coolest looking guitars that epiphone offers. I got a guitar from Sweetwater that was a "Demo" saving me a few hundred dollars simply because it had pick scratches on the pickguard and a tiny scratch by the output jack. The same scratches I would have put on the guitar the 1st day I owned it.

This is gorgeous. Always love getting b-stock or doing discounts. In a way it's a relief to get the first bit of damage out of the way! I've always had this (slightly) anti-consumer idea that they should make some guitars (at least as an option) from the old nitro paint like they did in the 50s, so that they can relic properly to fit the inevitable cracks/dings better. Outside of cracks, my 90s/early 00s Fenders all look weirdly new despite having played the shit out of them live. Meanwhile my 63 Strat looks like it was dragged from the bottom of the ocean floor despite having seldom been played at all by my father!

Call me old-fashioned but damn for a grand in this day and age of CNC and the $200 playable guitar, id really expect absolute perfection in both function and design. The fact that the little gap in the pickguard made it through to production and on an anniversary edition no less, is just a sad reminder to me of the current state of rabid consumerism and late-stage capitalism in which we live.

I’ve got a Riviera with minis, they sound awesome. First guitar I bought where I didn’t change the stock pickups. I’ve gotten a ton of demo stuff from Sweetwater and only had an issue with one item that wasn’t working right. They took care of it immediately

Like it man, looks fantastic, iv had my eye on an epiphone firebird.

In my experience, factory seconds, demo's and store returns are a bargain! Huge discount (as much as 30-50%) for usually negligible cosmetic damage. Though I thought it was hilarious you had to break into the case! I knew you'd get in, no problem. That tangerine/papaya/orange creamsicle definitely suits you, looks like it came right off the floor in '67! It's interesting that the bridge pickup is flipped around. Oh, when did you get the Dumble?

Love it. The inlays and the bound neck are 🔥

That guitar is a TWANGER …it does SURF though. It has an early 60’s vibe.

That is a beautiful guitar! I love the design!

That looks so unique and fun!

At 16:05 I heard Jakob Dylan singing "I... I WISH YOU COULD SWIM..." 🤣

Those always catch my eye… very unique. Something out of a 1950s Sears catalog. But that one looks nice.. sounds good. Thanks for the demo.

Need to name that one Cali Sunrise. Good find Ryan, enjoy! Sounds great!

Ryan loops are always a highlight.

Yeah open box and blemished a lot of times are just guitars sent right back. I got a lot of stuff off their blemished and used open box

That compensated string bar is interesting - a really elegant solution to keeping strings in tune, and now I'm wondering why Bigsby doesn't do the same. I did not expect something so novel from Epiphone/Gibson.

The tremolo just sounds incredible 😮

Sweetwater has some nice deals on their demo offerings. I bought my Danelectro '59 with a beautiful Blue Metalflake finish for some pretty good savings. Just like this one I could barely make out the blemish, even with a magnifying glass.

IMO, that's the guitar that you were born to play! A perfect fit! 🙂

They really should use that headstock, wiggle stick, and inlays on a bunch of other stuff, even things they "don't belong on". SG with that headstock? Yes. Firebird with those inlays and wiggle stick? Absolutely Yes. LP with all three? Definitely yes.

I thought it was a Wilshire. Love it.

Ryan, Please Review The Digitech Drop Tune Pedal!!! With A Standard 25 Scale Guitar Starting on E-Standard Then Drop D-Standard & A 27 Scale Baritone Guitar. As "Doom Metal Ryan"!!!

Congrats!

I briefly had a Crestwood Custom with that tailpiece - some fretboard oil will darken that wood up and it looks much better