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Dread Not!


Can you imagine a world without dreadnought acoustic guitars? It seems like an impossible exercise given the way the Martin dreadnought has become interwoven with the musicological fabric of America. But until Christian Fredericks Martin built the first large-bodied acoustic with a spruce top and mahogany back and sides in 1916, there was no such thing as a dreadnought! Named for the largest, most fearsome battleship in the world at the time (the H.M.S. Dreadnought), the original examples were commissioned by a publishing house in Boston called the Oliver Ditson Company, and they were marketed as Ditsons with non-Martin serial numbers in New York and Boston only.

Once C.F. Martin realized that this whole dreadnought thing was going to take off, he started stamping his own name Read More...

Specifications:

Brand Martin Guitars
ModelCustom Shop D-18
TypeD-14 Fret
Top WoodAdirondack Spruce
Top FinishGloss with Aging Toner
Bracing5/16" Adirondack Spruce, Scalloped, Forward-Shifted X-Brace
Back & Sides WoodMahogany
Back & Sides FinishGloss
Binding Black
Neck WoodSelect Hardwood
Neck FinishSatin
Neck JointDovetail with Mahogany Blocks
Neck ShapeModified Low Oval with High-Performance Taper
Neck Dimensions.810 1st - .900 9th
Fingerboard MaterialBlack Ebony
Fingerboard InlaySelect Abalone Old Style 18
Fingerboard Radius16"
Frets20
Scale Length25.4"
Width at Nut1 3/4"
Nut MaterialBone
RosetteOld Style 18 Boltaron
TunersGrover Nickel V97-18NA StaTite with 18:1 Ratio and Vintage-Style Buttons
BridgeEbony Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
Saddle Spacing2 5/32"
Saddle16'' Radius/Compensated/Bone
Pickguard Faux Tortoise
Case3-Ply Hardshell with Domed Top

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