Upcoming guitar shows where we’ll be exhibiting (stop by & say hi):
Photos, we need Photos!
Since 1998 we’ve been individually handcrafting our leather guitar straps, so there are quite a few out there in the world. Now it’s time to see where they’ve gone and what they look like strapped onto our customers’ guitars. Our new…
One-Off Custom El Dorado “Hopi” Model Mandolin Strap
Presenting the El Dorado “Hopi Model” mandolin strap, a one-off creation featuring a hand-loomed beadwork inlay in Native American design. I’ve never found the quality of beadwork to my standards for use in our straps, so I began hand-looming beadwork inlays myself.…
Black Friday/Cyber Monday starts NOW!
You don’t have to wait for Cyber-Monday to take advantage of our Holiday discount- we’re starting early! Now through November 29th take 10% off all of our El Dorado straps and accessories (excludes special-orders and custom-orders). Use coupon code THANKS10 at checkout…
introducing El Dorado’s new “Kachina” model mandolin strap
The El Dorado “Kachina” model mandolin strap features a “window” of hitched webbing in Native American patterns
El Dorado Mandolin Straps (yes, we make them!)
We’ve been making mandolin straps for many years now, but they sometimes go “under the radar” in favor of our guitar straps. But now, mandolin players of the world: Unite! Our El Dorado mandolin straps offer function, fit, comfort, and understated good…
El Dorado returns to Dallas International Guitar Festival, May 3-5th
El Dorado guitar straps at 2019 Dallas Int’l Guitar Festival, May 3-5
Northern Lights Music, Littleton, NH, our newest El Dorado dealer
Northern Lights Music in Littleton, New Hampshire, is our newest El Dorado guitar strap dealer. They are offering a fine selection of our popular strap models, including our “Durango” and “Vintage Plain” straps. Northern Lights Music carry an impressive collection of new…
El Dorado at So Cal Summer ’18 Vintage Guitar Show, Aug. 18-19
El Dorado Guitar Accessories will be exhibiting at the California So Cal Summer Vintage Guitar Show, Aug. 18-19, Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa.
El Dorado Guitar Accessories at 41st Dallas Int’l Guitar Festival
Join us this coming weekend, Friday-Sunday, May 4th-6th for the Dallas International Guitar & Music Festival, Dallas Market Hall. This is one of the largest public guitar shows in the World and, for guitar & music enthusiasts, it’s an event not to…
El Dorado custom-order “Supernatural” snakeskin strap
Our good friend and customer Leo Herrera, guitarist of the Santana tribute band Caravanserai, asked us several years ago to make a custom-order “Supernatural” model strap. The strap was similar to our Durango-Suave snakeskin strap, but in a wider 3 1/2″, rear-buckle…
El Dorado Guitar Straps at Calif. Winter Guitar Shows Jan. 13-14, 27-28
It’s January! Which means two awesome California Guitar Shows this month. On Sat./Sun. Jan. 13-14, we will be exhibiting at the Bay Area Texas Amigos Vintage Guitar Show in San Rafael. Two weeks later, Jan. 27-28, we will be at the SoCal…
El Dorado Guitar Accessories at Guitarlington 2017! Oct. 21-22
It’s that time of year: we’re heading back to Arlington, Texas to exhibit at the world-famous Guitarlington guitar show, hosted at the Arlington Convention Center. If you’ve never been and you’re a guitar-enthusiast, you owe it to yourself to visit this huge…
El Dorado Guitar Straps exhibiting at August Calif. Guitar Shows
Coming up soon on August 19th-20th: the annual Amigos’ Summer SoCal World Guitar Show, at Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa. This is a great regional show, where vendors from up and down the West Coast (and beyond) will be displaying an amazing…
Thank you, Dallas! Sincerely, El Dorado Guitar Accessories
We want to thank everyone who stopped by our booth at this year’s Dallas International Guitar Festival. It was a great show! We saw lots of old friends and El Dorado fans, and made lots of new friends too! George Lynch of…
El Dorado Guitar Straps at Dallas International Guitar Festival, May 5-7
We are heading back to Texas! Come visit us at this weekend’s Dallas International Guitar Festival, Friday May 5th – Sunday May 7th, at Dallas Market Hall, 2200 N Stemmons Fwy. There will be dozens of exhibitors, thousands of guitars, great musical…
El Dorado custom-order “Bakersfield” model strap, a tribute to Merle Haggard
One of our custom-order strap projects is our hand-tooled “Bakersfield” model, fashioned as a tribute to iconic Country Artist Merle Haggard. Our first Bakersfield strap was a initially requested in 2004 by a customer from Norway, who is a member of a Country Music…
El Dorado Guitar Straps at January San Francisco Bay Area and So Cal World Guitar Shows
Coming up the next two weekends, January 14th & 15, and January 21st & 22nd, El Dorado Guitar Accessories will be exhibiting our unique handcrafted guitar straps and accessories at The Texas Amigos’ California Winter Shows. On January 14th & 15th we…
El Dorado Durango-Suave Snakeskin guitar straps, real snakeskin!
We’ve just completed our latest batch of Durango-Suave Snakeskin Straps. Crafted from genuine snakeskin, backed with two layers of glove-soft “suave” cowhide leather, these straps glow with a bluesy vibe and look great on any guitar. Each strap has a different unique…
El Dorado “Durango-Suave” guitar straps: perfect for your electric or acoustic guitar
Our Durango-Suave guitar straps are one of our most popular models. Why? Maybe it’s the ultra-soft leather, the comfortable 2 1/2″ width, the graceful front taper, the reversible color option. Whatever the reasons, one point we’d like to make is “quality”. Our…
Country Artist Brent Payne on tour with El Dorado guitar straps
Country artist Brent Payne was kind enough to send us some photos of himself and his El Dorado guitar straps at a recent performance at the Ramona Bowl in Hemet, CA. Brent is sporting his custom-order “Bakersfield” model guitar strap on his…
El Dorado Genuine Rattlesnake guitar strap, just one available! Update 8/7: Sold!
Careful, it might bite! Our last Eastern Canebrake rattlesnake skin that we’ve been saving for the last few years after our East Coast resource for California-legal rattlesnake skins retired. Looking through our inventory of exotics recently, I thought: “what the heck, let’s…
El Dorado guitar straps: Meet us in St. Louis!
El Dorado fans in and around the St. Louis area: stop by Killer Vintage Guitars and check out their latest inventory of our hand-tooled “Vintage Model” and “Durango Suave” straps, in addition to their too-cool guitars. Tell ’em El Dorado sent you!…
Now through June Save $10 on any El Dorado Durango-Suave guitar strap
June is bustin’ out all over… and we’re bustin’ out with a great offer: Now through June, save $10 on any of our super-soft, super-comfortable Durango-Suave guitar straps. Just use coupon code TENOFF when you order online, or phone us at 626-791-4995…
El Dorado Supernatural model guitar strap: designed for and worn by a rock legend
Be a Legend (or just feel like one). El Dorado’s “Supernatural” model guitar strap was designed and crafted especially to the specifications of a legendary artist. Our Supernatural model strap is an extra-wide 3 1/2″, lavishly hand-tooled, and backed with dense genuine…
Customize your Tele with El Dorado hand-engraved guitar parts and hand-tooled leather pickguard
El Dorado Guitar Accessories’ hand-engraved Tele set and hand-tooled leather pickguard can transform your guitar into a personalized instrument worthy of any custom shop (at a fraction of a “custom shop” price). Our guitar parts are individually hand-engraved and bright-nickel plated. They…
El Dorado “Durango-Suave” Snakeskin straps: We’re Seeing Red!
Our beautiful exotic “Durango-Suave” Snakeskin strap model (a huge hit at the recent Dallas International Guitar Show) has a new limited-edition addition: Red! Red is to Rock n’ Roll what peanut butter is to jelly, what Harley is to Davidson, what Les…
Made in USA: It matters to us. Does it matter to you?
Each and every El Dorado guitar strap is individually handcrafted in California, USA, by skilled craftsmen with decades of experience creating custom leatherwork. We use only the highest grade leathers and materials, ensuring that your El Dorado guitar strap will provide many,…
El Dorado guitar straps at Fuller’s Guitar, Houston, TX
Houston, Texas! Head on over to Fuller’s Guitar and check out their latest batch of El Dorado guitar straps. Plenty of “Durango Suave” straps, as well as our ever-popular hand tooled “Vintage Model” straps, and more. Thanks to Mike Fuller for offering…
Yes, El Dorado guitar straps are really hand tooled in the USA!
We recently had an inquiry as to whether our guitar straps are “really hand-tooled”. You can be certain that ALL of our hand tooled straps are individually handcrafted right here in California, USA, by our expert leather craftsmen, who have each been tooling…
We’re tweeting on Twitter @ElDoradoStraps
For all fans of our leather guitar straps and accessories who also Tweet, you can now follow us on Twitter. We’ll be tweeting about new products, custom-order guitar strap projects, upcoming guitar shows, guitar-related info, you name it. Since Twitter is such…
El Dorado Leather Guitar Straps at exhibition “Guitars! From Roundups to Rockers”
El Dorado guitar straps are so beautiful they’ve finally made it into a museum. Heh, heh, just kidding, sort of… Actually, El Dorado leather guitar straps will be available for sale in the gift shop of Indianapolis’ Eiteljorg Museum, as part of…
El Dorado Guitar Accessories Facebook page: check us out!
For all you Facebook fans, please visit our recently launched Facebook fan page at El Dorado Guitar Accessories. We’re posting photos of some of our more unique custom-order leather guitar straps, updates on products and shows, and customer comments. “Like” us on…
Noel Gallagher of Oasis with El Dorado Guitar Straps
Noel Gallagher of Oasis as cover-boy on the June ‘02 issue of Guitarist Magazine (U.K.), wearing one of his many El Dorado hand-tooled leather guitar straps, in this case our “Original Model” strap in black. Noel’s got his El Dorado strap slung…
Can you say “SWAH-VAY”?
See our “Durango Suave” model leather guitar straps, the newest addition to our line of superior quality handcrafted leather guitar straps. A BIG HIT at the recent winter Calif. Vintage Guitar shows Ultra-soft, 3-ply glove leather construction Sturdy halter-thread stitching Reversible color…
Our Durango Model Strap Is Finally Here
For those looking for the quality and craftsmanship of El Dorado guitar straps but in a “ladderback” style, our Durango Model leather guitar strap is here! Crafted from select top quality leathers, our Durango model straps offer understated elegance, superior comfort and…