Crestline Bass Guitar

by MARTY MILLER
(BOWLING GREEN,KY USA)

I AM UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING ON A 4 STRING BASS CRESTLINE GUITAR. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I MAY BE WORTH OR WHAT BRAND IT WOULD FALL UNDER?

ANSWER

Hi, Marty--

Crestline is the brand. Here is what the Blue Book says:

"Instruments previously built in Japan circa mid- to late 1970s. Distributed by the Grossman Music Corporation in Cleveland, OH.
These entry level to intermediate solid body guitars featured designs based on classic American favorites. Crestline offered a wide range of stringed instruments, including classical, folk, dreadnought, and twelve-string acoustics; solid body electric guitars and basses; amplifiers; banjos, mandolins, and ukuleles. Considering the amount of instruments available, the Crestline trademark was probably used on guitars built by one of the bigger Japanese guitar producers and rebranded for the U.S. market. One model reviewed at a vintage guitar show was based on Gibson's Les Paul design, and had Grover tuners, two Japanese covered humbuckers, and decent wood."

The Blue Book does not list prices for these guitars. You will be able to find more information if you Google "Crestline Bass" and include the model of your bass in the search box.

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Lynne