Creston Electric Instruments
Based in Burlington, Vermont, Creston Electric Instruments produces vintage-style custom solid body and chambered electric guitars and basses. Known to players as "Crestons", these guitars are sometimes made using unconventional woods for bodies such as Sugar Pine and Hickory. Lifelong musician and master 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. Creston Guitars are played by several notable musicians in the alt-country, 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.[1] While customers can specify unorthodox materials, many choose traditional hardwoods for solid body guitars such as ash, poplar, mahogany and basswood.[2]
Notable players
- Luke Doucet - Self, Whitehorse, Sarah McLachlan
- Brian Henneman – The Bottle Rockets, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo
- Mark Spencer – Jay Farrar, Kelly Willis, Laura Cantrell, Blood Oranges, Lisa Loeb, Gob Iron
- Victor Krummenacher - "Camper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom," Self
- Chuck Prophet – Self, Green on Red, Kelly Willis
- Tom Heyman – Self, Go To Blazes, The Court & Spark
- Henry Kaiser (musician)
- Keith Voegele – The Bottle Rockets
- Tony Gilkyson – Self, X, Lone Justice, Chuck E. Weiss, Bob Dylan, Alice Cooper
- Anders Parker – Self, Varnaline, Space Needle (band), New Multitudes, Gob Iron, Mascott
- Eric Heywood – Son Volt, Minnie Driver, Ray LaMontagne, The Pretenders, Joe Henry, Richard Buckner, Mandy Moore
- Tim Bluhm – The Mother Hips
- Noah Crowther - "Waylon Speed"
- MC Taylor – The Court & Spark, Hiss Golden Messenger
- Gabrielle Douglas – The Cush
- Zack Hickman – Josh Ritter
- Gaby Hoffmann – (actress) Everyone Says I Love You, Now and Then, You Can Count on Me, 200 Cigarettes, Uncle Buck, Field of Dreams,
- Tao Rodríguez-Seeger – The Mammals
- Ian MacKaye – The Evens, Fugazi, Minor Threat
- Jimmy Ryan – Self, Blood Oranges, Laura Cantrell, Morphine, Catie Curtis, Warren Zevon
- Jaleel Bunton – TV on the Radio
- Jeph Jacques - (cartoonist) Deathmøle
- James Walbourne – The Pretenders, The Pogues, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pernice Brothers, Linda Thompson
- Jay Farrar - Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Gob Iron, New Multitudes
- Marco Pirroni - Adam Ant, Adam and the Ants, Sinéad O'Connor, Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Chad Urmston - State Radio, Dispatch (band)
- Adam Ant - Adam Ant, Adam and the Ants
- Will Johnson - Centro-Matic, South San Gabriel, Monsters of Folk, New Multitudes
- David Bryant - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Kris Delmhorst - self
- Mike Bones - self
- Mark Erelli - Kris Delmhorst, Lori McKenna, Catie Curtis
- John Murry - self