1916 – The Guitarphile

1916 Ditson Dreadnought Article

Posted on May 15, 2019

The August 19, 1916 edition of Music Trade Review contains the following article on page 47: NEW USE FOR STEEL GUITAR Instrument Found to be Excellent for the Making of Talking Machine Records – Another Hawaiian Instrument Soon to be on the Market A new steel guitar called the “Dreadnought” and said to produce the […]

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1916 Ditson Dreadnought D-111, Serial Number 175

Posted on May 7, 2019May 9, 2019

Here is a guitar from the very beginning of the Dreadnought era! Serial number 175 was part of the very first batch of Ditson Dreadnoughts shipped to Charles H. Ditson & Co. of New York on December 30, 1916, the first batch comprising three D-111 and three D-222 guitars. (To be exactly correct, a prototype […]