['62 Reissued Epiphone Crestwood Custom tremolo bar assembly]

2 hours ago, mihcmac said:

They call the tremolo on the Crestwood a Tremotone because it doesn't bend all of the strings at the same rate. The G and E string get less bend than the rest which can cause an effect on a chord, kind of like a pedal steel. Similar to a palm pedal.

Thanks for that, makes perfect sense;  all the bar diameters vary except the  G and  top  E which are the same, with the B being smallest.

[2020: The Year Epiphone Killed Gibson 😌]

I was excited to see the reissue Crestwood when it was announced and bought one last month, in cherry. This is my first Epiphone electric after 50+ years of playing almost  nothing but Gibson and Fender, and I have been very pleasantly surprised by the build quality; good component choice too-GraphTech and CTS. There is nothing 'cheap' or substandard about the guitar, and I was impressed to see how well the frets had been crowned and polished, with nicely rounded and smooth ends on the rolled edge fretboard. I also have the excellent Masterbilt Texan, but that's another story.

['62 Reissued Epiphone Crestwood Custom tremolo bar assembly]

On 7/8/2021 at 5:32 AM, MetaRabbit said:

Thanks guys.  What I am really looking for are instructions for how the term bar should be assembled.  I wish the seller had thougth to turn the bar to the lowest position, but he didn't, so now I have a 3D puzzle instead of a working trem bar.

I have a 2020 Crestwood 'reissue'. Do you have any idea why the bar the strings go through and over is machined in varying diameters? I've been puzzling over this as it looks like an attempt at intonation compensation-but that happens with the bridge saddles, so I'm a little confused as to what gives! I'm impressed with the trem system; stays in tune nicely with the GraphTech nut and saddles, and has a good positive feel.