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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 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 on the headstock of a guitar called the D-1 Read More...

Specifications:

Brand
ModelD-17
Top WoodSolid Mahogany
Body TypeD-14 Fret
Top FinishSatin
BracingScalloped 5/16" Golden Era Sitka Spruce X Bracing
Body WoodSolid Mahogany
Back & Sides FinishSatin
Neck FinishSatin
Neck WoodSelect Hardwood
Neck JointDovetail Neck Joint
Neck ShapeGolden Era Modified Low Oval w/High-Performance Taper
FingerboardEast Indian Rosewood
Neck Dimensions.800 1st - .900 9th
Fingerboard InlaysGolden Era Diamonds and Squares Short Pattern
Scale Length25.4"
Width at Nut1 3/4''
Nut MaterialBone
HeadstockEast Indian Rosewood Headplate
RosetteMulti-Stripe
BridgeEbony Golden Era Belly
Bridge String Spacing2 5/32"
SaddleDrop-In Compensated Bone
TunersNickel Open-Gear Butterbean
CaseHardshell

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