{"id":257,"date":"2022-06-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=257"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:42","slug":"bass-of-the-week-creston-electric-joe-sheil-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-creston-electric-joe-sheil-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Creston Electric Joe Sheil Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Creston<\/p>\n

My favorite basses we feature in this column have a story to them, and this one is no different. Joe Sheil<\/strong> wrote to us to share his newest instrument and the background to its creation. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn June 1968 my parents scraped together what they could to purchase my 8th grade Grad present \u2013 a barely-used cherry red 1965 Fender P Bass,\u201d he wrote. \u201cA few short decades later and I\u2019m still playing it; I\u2019d like to think they\u2019d be quite pleased to know it was used on a recording released just this past Monday! To honor that bass and help keep it safe and revered considering the crazy stuff I\u2019ve put it through over the years, Creston Lea of Creston Electric Instruments in Burlington Vermont built me a bass that matches the exact specs of the build for the \u201965. With a couple of modern touches; torrified alder body, lighter, more accurate tuners, Lollar\u2019s Precision 90 pickup, and a wonderful custom paint finish by local artist Sarah Ryan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other features include a quartersawn maple neck with an Indian rosewood fingerboard and a four-saddle bridge. Aside from the artistic finish, the bass is very traditional in design, but that\u2019s exactly what makes it great. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy point in writing is to suggest that a dozen layers of exotic woods, complex electronics, and lots of strings won\u2019t necessarily guarantee what I now have \u2014 a high-quality bass that rings through and true; like a bell. That what Creston delivers,\u201d Sheil concludes.<\/p>\n

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