Vintage 1917 Oliver Ditson 'Martin' Guitar 'RARE'

Vintage 1917 Oliver Ditson 'Martin' Guitar 'RARE'

Vintage 1917 Oliver Ditson 'Martin'Model ato Martin guitars is : Ditson 11 and was shipped to Charles H Ditson & company on May 31. 1917 Which means she just celebrated her 99th birthday..How cool is that?All Original...Comes as picturedPlease view all pic's as they show an accurate visual description of what will arrive if you purchase her.No case but will be professionally packaged and shipped with full insurance.Pleas email me with any questions you may have..

Like most Ditson guitars: the sides and back are mahogany, the top is spruce (probably Adirondack), the sound hole decoration is a single ring and it has a “Chicago” style bridge (not a pyramid bridge).

Ditson guitars also have fan bracing instead of X-bracing.

Martin's "Ditson Model" guitars, with their wide waisted body shapes reminiscent of early European guitars, were made expressly for the Ditson Stores and came in three sizes, Standard, Concert, and Extra Large. 

The Standard Model has a width at the lower bout of 11 1/8"

The Concert Model has a width at the lower bout of 12 3/4"

The Extra Large Model has a width at the lower bout of 15 5/8"

The Extra Large model, requested by Harry Hunt of the Ditson Company, and designed with the help of Martin shop foreman John Deichmann, became known as "the Dreadnaught", and was the first Dreadnaught guitar ever made.

The Ditson Models had their own model designations, and unlike other Martins, their trim level was designated as 1, 2, or 3, but their size was designated by the number of digits, i.e. 1, 11 or 111.  

All of these regular Ditson Models were made with a spruce top and mahogany back and sides.  

Some Ditson Model guitars have either lighter orange tinted tops or dark stained tops.  In some years the stained top was an option. 

While fan bracing is generally associated with lighter guitars made for gut or nylon strings, the Ditson models have the same style of fan bracing as seen on the koa wood guitars made for the Southern California Music Company, which were originally made to be played with heavier steel strings in the Hawaiian style.  

Vintage 1917 Oliver Ditson 'Martin' Guitar 'RARE'

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