The return of a treasured instrument and an American icon.
Like the original 1916 model, the Ditson Dreadnought 111 Acoustic Guitar features genuine mahogany back and sides, an Adirondack spruce top, Brazilian rosewood headplate and binding, ebony pyramid bridge, ebony fingerboard with graduated position markers at the 5th, 7th, and 9th, frets and a 1 7/8" nut width. The exact details of Ditson's unique single ring wood rosette have been recreated. Special three in line Waverly tuners on the slotted headstock are true to the original look and feel. The original "Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, New york" stamp created in 1916 was retrieved from the Martin archives and used on the back of the headstock and centerstrip inside the guitar.
Martin Ditson Dreadnought 111 Acoustic Guitar Features:
- Construction: Mahogany Blocks/Dovetail Neck Joint
- Body size: D 12 Fret
- Top: Solid Adirondack Spruce
- Rosette: Multiple Black/White
- Top bracing pattern: Standard X Scalloped (Circa 1937 Style), Forward shifted
- Top braces: Solid Adirondack Spruce 5/16''
- Back material: Solid Genuine Mahogany
- Back Purfling: Solid Brazilian Rosewood Strip
- Side material: Solid Genuine Mahogany
- Endpiece: Solid Brazilian Rosewood
- Endpiece inlay: None
- Binding: Brazilian Rosewood
- Top inlay style: Maple and Black Fiber
- Side inlay: None
- Back inlay: None
- Neck material: Select Hardwood
- Neck shape: Modified V
- Nut material: Fossilized Ivory
- Headstock Slotted/Round Slots/Tapered
- Headplate: Solid Brazilian Rosewood
- Heelcap: Solid Black Ebony
- Fingerboard material: Solid Black Ebony
- Scale length: 25.4
- # of frets clear: 12
- # of frets total: 19
- Fingerboard width at nut: 1 7/8''
- Fingerboard width at 12th fret: 2 5/16''
- Fingerboard position inlays: Abalone Dots @ 5th, 7th, & 9th
- Fingerboard binding: None
- Finish back & sides: Polished Gloss
- Finish top: Polished Gloss w/Aging Toner
- Finish neck: Polished Gloss
- Bridge material: Solid Black Ebony
- Bridge style: Pyramid Long Style
- Bridge string spacing: 2 3/8''
- Saddle: 16" radius/ Long Fossil Ivory
- Tuning machines: Waverly/Sloane w/Small Ivoroid Knobs
- Recommended strings: Martin SP4200 Phosphor Bronze
- Bridge & endpins: Solid Black Ebony
- Pickguard: Delmar Tortoise Color
- Case: 540V Harptone
- Interior label: "Reissue" Paper Label Signed by CFM IV
- Electronics: None
Martin Ditson Dreadnought 111 Acoustic Guitar Includes:
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