The Ballad of the Dreadnought | Martin Guitar

The history of iconic guitar model, first introduced in 1916, narrated by Jeff Daniels and including insight from David Crosby, Chris Martin, Rosanne Cash, Del McCoury, and many others.

The history of Martin Guitar‘s Dreadnought, narrated by Jeff Daniels. Introduced in 1916, the dreadnought has become the most popular guitar body size in the world, and is played by everyone from Elvis Presley to David Crosby to Jason Isbell and many more. This long-form video is part history of, and part love-letter to, the iconic Martin dreadnought guitar.

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