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Website Remodel: Introducing Decoboom Collections
What began as a simple website housekeeping project has turned into a total remodel. Decoboom has now organized all of our designs into collections, which organize designs from a similar genre all into one place. So, for instance, all the Navajo-inspired designs are in the Navajo collection, and all the midcentury designs are in the Midcentury collection, rather than listing designs alphabetically. Continue . . .
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Effectsbay Interview
The good folks over at effectsbay.com interviewed Decoboom owner and creator Andrew Bingham about his pickguard designs. Here's what they had to say:
A little while back Andrew contacted me letting me know about Decoboom and his unique style of engraving pickguards. I haven’t seen very many custom engraved pickguards so I was naturally curious. WOW. What he’s doing at Decoboom, is what I call next level. His engraving[s] are quite complex yet extremely elegant and work well the pickguard shape. I really thought he was on to something great, and wanted to learn more. I sent Andrew a few question[s] about Decoboom…
Go to effectsbay.com for the full interview.
Interview at Telecaster Forum and Strat Forum
Alan Cross at the World's Largest Telecaster Forum (TDPRI) and the Strat Forum (Strat-Talk) interviews Decoboom's Andrew Bingham about the art of plastic.
Here is one highlight from the TDPRI interview:
Alan: Plastic is often associated with cheapness and poor quality. How do you overcome that?
Andrew: There is an old Andy Warhol quote, where he was talking about the perception of Hollywood being fake and plastic, and his response was just amazing. He simply said, “I love plastic. I want to be plastic.” I always refer back to that as a sort of ethos for my artistic work now: If you want authenticity, then find it in pouring yourself into your artwork, regardless of the material, and regardless of the method. Continue . . .
Introducing Decoboom
We are proud to introduce Decoboom. We officially launched on July 22, 2014 at the Summer NAMM convention in Nashville Tennessee.
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