Upcoming guitar shows where we’ll be exhibiting (stop by & say hi):
Founder-crafted hand-loomed beaded strap Durango-Hopi model #2, “Western Sky”
Crafted by the owner of El Dorado Guitar Accessories, the hand-loomed design is based on Native American beadwork, using the finest Miyuki glass seed beads. The loomed design, 25″ in length, uses over 3,000 seed beads. The completed beadwork is inlaid in…
introducing our new Durango “Kachina” model guitar straps
Introducing the “Kachina”, the newest member of our Durango model guitar strap line-up. Constructed with genuine North American bison hide top-leather, backed with two layers of our supple “suave” leather, featuring a hitched horsehair-style webbed inlay in Native American designs. Available in…
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 Guitar Accessories article in July 25th issue of Music Connection Magazine
We are honored to have an article featuring El Dorado Guitar Accessories published recently in Music Connection Magazine. At the Amigos’ World Guitar Show in Costa Mesa earlier this summer, I received a visit from Eric Bettelli of Music Connection, who…
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.…
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…
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…