Madeira EG-330

The EG-330 is a guitar players guitar. Stays in tune with its stock tuning keys. It has a very well shaped neck for the large or smaller handed player. Its body style and over all length and balance allows it to hang well from a strap when standing. Its playability is very good with a reasonable string height without a lot of buzzing up around frets 22-24. The bridge saddle are fully adjustable for height, string length and players preferance for arching the strings for a custom feel. As a former 1970s guitar shop owner and a player of many music styles my EG-330 has served me more years then my fenders as a must have guitar. Love it and can't do without it.

I play oldies rock, country and blues. The original pickups although safely stored away have been replaced by Dimarzio DP156CR's primarily for more punch and a sought after Fender Tele sound. I kept the wiring configuration the same and play it through a Peavey Revolution 112 amp and a Digitech RP100 modeling box. A great combination. This has been a recent alteration. I played in many bands with the original pickups and found them to be adequate. I did sell my Fender Tele with the 1968 coil windings and held on to this great Madeira guitar

Good Medium / light touch action. Had to be adjusted at the bridge saddles (no Biggie).Saddles allow for setting intonation. Good tight tuners.(Still great after 20 years of use).
Finish Plating of the bridge assembly / individual Saddles discolored and flaked off within first 2 years of ownership. Body and neck finish is a very tough finish and has held up remarkably well considering the tons of perspiration it has been subjected to. The bolt on neck has stayed true withought adjusting the truss Rod. The frets are still tight and not badly worn and ditto for the rosewood fretboard

This guitar as poven itself for twenty years as my first choice for playing gigs and is a true champion in overall durrability and depenability !!!

Has always been my favorite guitar. As a former guiter shop owner and authorized Gretch Guitar repairman that has been playing music in bands since 1966 as a drummer or Rhythm/lead guiter player I have found myself selling my other expensive name brand guitars and keeping this Madeira (Japan/Guild). Enough Said !

Madeira was Guild's Japanese brand for a while about 20 years ago.
Features: Double cutaway, solid-body, 24-fret bolt-on-neck, medium-jumbo frets, rosewood fretboard, two humbuckers, three-way-switch, coil tap, phase switch, two vol. pots, two tone pots, string-through-body bridge.
Made in 1981 or 1982, made in Japan.

This guitar produces a WIDE variety of sounds. I play blues and blues rock. The bridge pickup is a vintage style humbucker with "patent applied for" stamped on its underside in purple ink (?), and is very quiet. Bridge pickup provides slightly higher output that a true vintage unit - gets pretty dirty and gritty, and very bright.
The neck pickup is fuller, fatter, and warmer than the bridge, but is also very quiet. The coil tap and phase switches allow for a pretty good single-coil sound, especially with both pickups on, both pickups tapped, and "out of phase" setting.

Action is good, but not super-low. The neck and general "feel" is kind of like a Les Paul, but the fretboard is a bit narrower than an LP. Fret radius is medium, about 10". This guitar feels great and plays very well. It feels and frets better than my '86 Japanese Stratocaster, a model known for its nice neck...
The 24 fret neck is very nice; the dual cutaway body and thin bolt-in area allow for great neck access.
Overall workmanship is excellent - a good example of the fine Japanese quality from a period when they were not known for higher-end guitars.

This guitar is very reliable. It is about 17 years old, and has never had a problem. The pots are still smooth and quiet, the neck is still very tight, still plays great.
I used to play live with this guitar, and it's been handled, tipped, dropped, etc. more than once. Overall, very dependable.

Never used it...see comments above about how reliable it is.

Considering the price, this is a fantastic guitar. If I lost it, I would lay down and die. I have played many guitars over the years, with the thought of finally buying a "real" guitar, but I have never found anything that played or sounded better.
These "Madeira" Guilds are really rare - I've never seen another one, but I might buy one if I see one!