This is my first post! I'm mainly and electric player (have too many), but I still have my venerable old 1982 Madeira, "adjusted and distributed" by Guild ; - )
I'm sentimental about it because it was given to me for my High School graduation. And it was my first real guitar. Previously learned on a $25 beater. I've played many a song on this. And it's been recorded a lot over the years. It sound surprisingly nice for strumming parts if you know good mic placement.
My friend recently purchased a used Guild D-40, so now I'm jealous! Mine is all mid range and lacks that fine Bass. Also the playability was harder. Action etc... was too high. So this has driven me to buy some used Grover tuners (which help a lot) and later, replace the generic saddle I had stuck on years ago. It came with a compensated saddle, which was too high. My nut cracked (no joke!) so I glued it back and it's been functioning fine. But that would also be good to replace. I did adjust the neck by making a 3/4 turn on the truss rod and it fixed the slight bow that had developed over these 25 years. Much better playing.
So really, I'm going to address these little things that will make it an even better playing instrument. That'll keep me satisfied from looking at new ones! And these pix (if they work!) can show some fellow Madeira owners what they are about.
I'm sentimental about it because it was given to me for my High School graduation. And it was my first real guitar. Previously learned on a $25 beater. I've played many a song on this. And it's been recorded a lot over the years. It sound surprisingly nice for strumming parts if you know good mic placement.
My friend recently purchased a used Guild D-40, so now I'm jealous! Mine is all mid range and lacks that fine Bass. Also the playability was harder. Action etc... was too high. So this has driven me to buy some used Grover tuners (which help a lot) and later, replace the generic saddle I had stuck on years ago. It came with a compensated saddle, which was too high. My nut cracked (no joke!) so I glued it back and it's been functioning fine. But that would also be good to replace. I did adjust the neck by making a 3/4 turn on the truss rod and it fixed the slight bow that had developed over these 25 years. Much better playing.
So really, I'm going to address these little things that will make it an even better playing instrument. That'll keep me satisfied from looking at new ones! And these pix (if they work!) can show some fellow Madeira owners what they are about.
