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★  Mar 28, 2024  ★

How To Dress A Tele: 30 Different Ways

We've teamed up with Decoboom Design to bring you "How To Dress A Tele," featuring Decoboom's custom-made pickguards paired up with our favorite straps on a T-style guitar in white by Electrohorse custom guitars.

Check out the thirty-day series below.


How To Dress A Tele Series with Decoboom Design

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Tele Dressup, Look #1: “Streamline” Telecaster pickguard, engraved in black/white/black acrylic, by Decoboom. Peruvian Guitar Strap in Purple Stripes, by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #2: “Three Stripes” Telecaster pickguard, engraved in black/white/black acrylic, by Decoboom. Canvas Guitar Strap in Green, by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #3: “Tomahawk” Telecaster pickguard, engraved in black/white/black acrylic, by Decoboom. Peruvian Guitar Strap in Doug Martsch by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #4: “Whistle Bait” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in black acrylic, painted sherwood green, by Decoboom. Indian Guitar Strap in Cedar Mountain by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse Guitars.

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Tele Dressup, Look #5: “Maybellene” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in white acrylic, painted platinum metallic white, by Decoboom. Thailand Guitar strap in Bangkok by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by Electrohorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #6: “Maybellene” Telecaster pickguard, engraved in black/white/black acrylic, by Decoboom. Seatbelt Guitar strap in Paprika by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by Electrohorse. Find the guard in the stockroom.

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Tele Dressup, Look #7: "Sleepwalk” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in black acrylic, painted by hand in sonic blue, ice blue metallic, and lake placid blue, by Decoboom. Indian Guitar Strap in Locust Fork by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by Electrohorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #8: “Rocket 88” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in white acrylic, painted sonic and lake placid blues, by Decoboom. Seatbelt Guitar Strap in Sand by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #9: “Space Oddity” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in black acrylic, painted silver and ice blue metallic, by Decoboom. Seatbelt Guitar Strap in Gray by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #10: “Atomic Age” Telecaster pickguard, engraved in black/white/black acrylic, by Decoboom. Thailand Guitar Strap in Krabi Town by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #11: “Morning Glory” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in black acrylic, painted gold and burgundy mist metallic, by Decoboom. Indian Guitar Strap in Dimebag Darrell by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #12: “Eames Dots” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in cream acrylic, painted coral pink, by Decoboom. Indian Guitar Strap in Mike Boyle by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #13: “Four Thousand Holes” Telecaster pickguard, engraved in black/white/black acrylic, by Decoboom. Indian Guitar Strap in Cumberland by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #14: “Peggy Sue” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in white acrylic, dots painted in Candy Apple Red, by Decoboom. Canvas Guitar Strap in Navy by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #15: “Boomerangs” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in cream acrylic, painted surf green and daphne blue, by Decoboom. Thailand Guitar Strap in Pattaya by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #16: “Key West” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in cream acrylic, painted shell pink, seafoam green and sunset orange, by Decoboom. Indian Guitar Strap in Evan Bird by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #17: “Tropic Corridor” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in black acrylic, painted deep pearl green, lake placid blue, and light pearl blue, by Decoboom. Thailand Guitar Strap in Trang by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #18: “Pineapple Paradise” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in cream acrylic, painted surf green pearl, by Decoboom. Canvas Guitar Strap in Cream by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #19: “Proto Paisley” Telecaster pickguard, engraved in black/white/black acrylic, by Decoboom. Thailand Guitar Strap in Si Racha by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #20: “Spawn of Paisley” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in black acrylic, painted shell pink, spring green and daphne blue by Decoboom. Thailand Guitar Strap in Pai by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #21: “Kashmir” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in white acrylic, painted black, by Decoboom. Indian Guitar Strap in Tina Weymouth by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #22: “Kashmir” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in gold acrylic, painted pearl white, by Decoboom. Thailand Guitar Strap in Phuket by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #23: “Winchester Sunrise” Telecaster pickguard, engraved in bakelite “blackguard” material, painted in aged-green gold, finished with thin coat of nitrocellulose lacquer, by Decoboom. Indian Guitar Strap in Barbara Lynn by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #24: “High Noon” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in black acrylic, painted in gold sunburst, by Decoboom. Indian Guitar Strap in Bill Caldrón by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #25: “Tort,” 4-ply celluloid tort Telecaster pickguard, cut by Decoboom. Thailand Guitar Strap in Chiang Mai by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #26: “Bandit” Telecaster pickguard, engraved in black/cream/black acrylic, by Decoboom. Peruvian Guitar Strap in Carl Perkins by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #27: “Desert Rider” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in black acrylic, painted in gold and desert-dust red by Decoboom. Thailand Guitar Strap in Phitsanulok by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #28: “Eyedazzler” Telecaster pickguard, engraved in white/black/white, by Decoboom. Thailand Guitar Strap in Hat Yai by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #29: “Redtail Stripe” Telecaster pickguard, engraved in black/cream/black acrylic, by Decoboom. Thailand Guitar Strap in Tak by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.

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Tele Dressup, Look #30: “Redtail” Telecaster pickguard, reverse-engraved in black acrylic, painted faded fiesta red, ochre yellow, and turqoise blue, by Decoboom. Indian Guitar Strap in Ichikawa by Original Fuzz. T-style guitar in white, by ElectroHorse.