HMMMM.....
I bought an old japanese epiphone electric at a garage sale for $25 . I really liked it a lot. This post reminded me of it, so I had to go look it up. It must have been a crestwood. Very Unique Solidbody... Sounded and played kind of like an SG but not nearly as heavy as my Brothers SG-special. What a really nice instrument it was, and unique. My brother has an old Epiphone Acoustic guitar which sounds just phenomenal.  Good luck with your Custom. I thought the Custom's had three pickups?


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Jessie,
 Yeah, I stand corrected, thanks. My brother has one purchased custom from Gibson set up like Frampton's. Ran into some troubles with the way it was to be setup but he finally found the right tech at Gibson to complete the job correctly.  He had Peter sign his guitar as well.

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And a big ugly picture of Ace's face on its headstock. Oh well, its only 3 grand.
 
The Alpine white studio also has an ebony fretboard. I actually quite like that one. Good pickups and the classiest looking studio.
 
For my money, i think the custom VOS serious is a much better choice than the straight custom series. But I suppose it comes down to whether you want the original specs from a specific year or the modern improvements. Also, not chambering on the VOS series.