User:Byguild/Madeira Guitar

Madeira Guitar - an imported line of guitars distributed by the Guild Guitar Company.

There is currently no comprehensive book or webpage that has facts on this line of imported guitars. Most information comes from article snippets or advertising pieces, some information is my humble opinion, since I own several Madeira Guitars as well as other Guild and by-Guild guitars, such as DeArmond and Burnside.

Guild chose not to print the origin of these guitars, however Japan is the logical and educated opinion. It is known that they were imported, and, considering it's name (an archipelago west of and claimed by Portugal), was not European. Since Korea, China, and Indonesia were not know to produce quality instruments at the time, Japan is the likely candidate. Later guitars were built in Korea, and this is reflected on the rectangular sound hole label on acoustic guitars, compared to the oval labels with no country listed. Electric guitars with bolt-on necks have a neck-plate with "Adjusted and Distributed by Guild Made in Japan"

More to come.....