Creston Electric Instruments is a producer of vintage-style custom solid body and chambered electric
guitar
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s and basses. Known to players as "Crestons", these guitars are sometimes made using unconventional woods for bodies such as
sugar pine
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and
butternut. Lifelong musician and former carpenter, founder Creston Lea combined two passions to create Creston Electric Instruments in 2004 after several years of repairing and producing guitars in
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, officially the City of Burlington, is the List of municipalities in Vermont, most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the county seat, seat of Chittenden County, Vermont, Chittenden County. It is located south of the Can ...
. Creston Guitars are played by several notable musicians in the
alt-country
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, country, blues and rock genre. Crestons have been made from centuries-old barn beams, spare instrument parts from customers, and common lumber yard 2x12 planks.
While customers can specify unorthodox materials, many choose traditional hardwoods for solid body guitars such as ash, poplar, mahogany and basswood. The company outsources its guitar necks.
References
External links
Official website
{{Burlington, Vermont
Guitar manufacturing companies of the United States