In this photo, Prince can be seen playing a Epiphone Crestwood Custom. Borrowed from Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots for a performance of "Bambi"

In a YouTube short from Kings of Leon's concert in Mexico, 2024, Matthew Followill is seen at the 19-second mark playing an Epiphone Crestwood Custom in Polaris White.

Elliott Smith began using the Epiphone Crestwood Custom in 1994 during his time with Heatmiser. The accompanying photo suggests he may have also used this guitar for some of his solo recordings.

In a live performance of "Be Careful with a Fool" from 1970, Johnny Winter can be seen playing an Epiphone Crestwood Custom, as featured in the YouTube video by ognet.

Reported on page 94 of the January 1993 issue of Musician, as part of the Mudhoney interview "Mudhoney Can't Sell Out" by Elizabeth Wurtzel.

MARK ARM plays an Epiphone Crestwood Custom for normal tuning and a Hagstrom III for slide in open G♯. He uses Dunlop .073 picks, Fender Bassman amps and an Ibanez distortion box from the '60s. STEVE TURNER plays Fender Mustang Competitions with racing stripes. He uses picks he just describes as “thicker than Mark’s” and a Big Muff n distortion box, among many others. They both use thick strings, light top, heavy bottom (they also say that they've seen Kurt Cobain’s guitars up close and they don't believe he really uses piano wire). They tune all of their guitars down to E♭. Turner: “We didn’t used to have a tuner so we tuned to each other, we were all over the place, wherever that was—I think you call it a floating E. But then we got a tuner, and we found out we were at E♭, so we decided to stay there.” Arm: “E just wasn’t right, and if you tuned down to D the strings were too loose and floppy and stuff.” MATT LUKIN plays through an Ampeg bass head with an SZP cabinet. DAN PETERS plays Yamaha drums.

"Captain" Kirk Douglas posted a photo (June 2014) of his white Epiphone Crestwood Custom electric guitar. He captions the photo, "Miss June. #guitarporn #epiphone #crestwood"

At one point he loaned it to Prince so he could play it on the Late Night show, and at the end of the song "Bambi" Prince threw the guitar on the ground and cracked the headstock. According to an interview with Douglas, Prince apologized but refused to sign the guitar for Douglas. Prince replied, "No, I haven't signed anything since the 70s."

Kirk Douglas recalls that he bought the guitar around 2004, at 30th Street Guitars in New York.

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Yes. That’s the guitar on that song. I also used it on “Uma.” That guitar has a very distinctive sound. I’m playing the rhythm part through a Divided By 13 RSA 23 amp, and I just love the way they interact together. But yeah, that guitar is very dear to me, so when it was initially broken, I was just concerned that I wouldn’t get to play it again, you know? I was excited that Prince played it and everything, but I was really concerned about the prospect of him being the last person to have played it. Luckily it didn’t work out that way.

In 2019, Douglas [reported[(https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwmh0FvllAU/) that this guitar was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Throughout this video, samariguitarist can be seen playing an Epiphone Crestwood in a Cherry Finish.

Bought by Deniz Tek of Radio Birdman in the early seventies after the MC5's disbandment.

Josh Katz plays the crestwood custom in this video

Jay Farrar of Son Volt owns an Epiphone Crestwood Custom electric guitar. This model, known for its '60s solid-body design and quality craftsmanship akin to Gibson, has historical significance in influencing the Gibson SG. The source on Reverb confirms Farrar's ownership of this iconic instrument.

Deniz Tek explains that the guitar was previously owned by Fred 'Sonic' Smith of MC5. It features three mini-humbuckers, a rare factory installed Bigsby and a three-way pickup selector.

In the Vintage Guitar interview, Tek also mentions that he bought the guitar during a visit to his parents in Ann Arbor. Also, the article states that this Epiphone Crestwood is from 1965.

In the official music video for "SPINE" by WesGhost, visible at the 0:30 timestamp and multiple times during the video, WesGhost is seen playing an Epiphone Crestwood Custom. The guitar appears to have a finish similar to Polaris White, featuring chrome black accents on the mini humbuckers and the Epiphone logo positioned between the pickups.