Models

Guild D-55

Guild's flagship rosewood dreadnought

Steel-string guitar, Acoustic guitar · United States

The Guild D-55 is the company's flagship dreadnought, an all-solid-wood guitar with a Sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, scalloped Adirondack bracing, and a mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard. It is built in Oxnard, California and prized for its big, projecting voice.

Huss & Dalton TD-R

Traditional Series rosewood dreadnought guitar

Steel-string guitar · United States

The TD-R is a dreadnought from the Huss & Dalton Traditional Series, built with a thermo-cured red spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides, a mahogany neck, and an ebony bridge and fingerboard. It uses a slightly wider 1-3/4 inch nut than typical vintage dreadnoughts and is handcrafted in the USA.

Collings D2H

Rosewood dreadnought flat-top acoustic guitar

Acoustic guitar, Steel-string guitar · United States

The Collings D2H is a flagship dreadnought with a Sitka spruce top, East Indian rosewood back and sides, a mahogany neck, and an ebony fingerboard, hand-built in Austin, Texas. It is renowned for its tight, powerful, and exceptionally clear voice.

Santa Cruz Tony Rice

Tony Rice signature dreadnought acoustic guitar

Steel-string guitar · United States

The Tony Rice signature model is a dreadnought developed over decades of collaboration between flatpicker Tony Rice and Santa Cruz founder Richard Hoover. It is voiced for substantial treble and midrange for lead playing with clean note separation and traditional bass, built with Indian rosewood back and sides and a Sitka spruce top.

Preston Thompson Dreadnought

Prewar-style herringbone dreadnought acoustic guitar

Steel-string guitar · United States

The Preston Thompson Dreadnought is a powerful prewar-style guitar that the maker says can stand up to the volume of a mandolin, fiddle and banjo and provide an almost full orchestral backing to vocals. It is built with Adirondack red spruce tops, advanced X-brace placement, hand-graduated tops, prewar-style hand-carved scalloped braces, nitrocellulose lacquer finishes, and dovetail neck joints. The design is based on the famous 1937 Herringbone Dreadnought owned by the late Charles Sawtelle.

Bourgeois Vintage D

Dreadnought acoustic guitar with Vintage appointments

United States

The Bourgeois Vintage D is a square-shoulder dreadnought built with classic pre-war styling: a Sitka spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, and vintage herringbone trim. The dreadnought body, with its large air cavity and scalloped X-bracing, delivers strong projection and low-end power on a 25.5-inch scale, making it a flatpicking and bluegrass favorite. Bourgeois hand-voices each guitar in Lewiston, Maine, pairing the period look with modern construction.

Martin D-18

Spruce-and-mahogany dreadnought acoustic guitar

Acoustic guitar, Steel-string guitar · United States

The Martin D-18 is a 14-fret dreadnought with a solid spruce top and solid mahogany back and sides, prized for its dry, punchy, woody voice. A cornerstone of the Standard Series, it is handmade in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.

Martin D-45

Flagship pearl-bordered rosewood dreadnought

Acoustic guitar, Steel-string guitar · United States

The Martin D-45 is the most ornate dreadnought in the Standard Series, with abalone pearl borders around the top, back, sides, and fingerboard, a solid spruce top, and East Indian rosewood back and sides. It is the prestige flat-top model, handmade in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.

Martin D-18 Modern Deluxe

Premium dreadnought with European red spruce VTS top

Steel-string guitar, Acoustic guitar · United States

The Martin D-18 Modern Deluxe upgrades the classic spruce-and-mahogany dreadnought with a torrefied European red spruce top (VTS), genuine mahogany back and sides, a Vintage Deluxe neck, titanium truss rod, and gold-frame inlays. It is handmade in Nazareth, Pennsylvania as part of the Modern Deluxe Series.

Martin HD-28

Herringbone rosewood dreadnought acoustic guitar

Acoustic guitar, Steel-string guitar · United States

The Martin HD-28 is a herringbone-trimmed dreadnought with a solid spruce top and East Indian rosewood back and sides, voiced with forward-shifted scalloped bracing for deep bass and ringing trebles. It is a Standard Series model handmade in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.

Collings D Series

Collings's large-body dreadnought flat-tops

Acoustic guitar · United States

The Collings D Series comprises the company's large-body dreadnought flat-tops, such as the D1, D2H, and D3, hand-built in Austin, Texas with tight, powerful projection and meticulous craftsmanship.

Santa Cruz D

Dreadnought acoustic guitar

Steel-string guitar · United States

The D Model is Santa Cruz Guitar Company dreadnought, built with tapered bracing voiced to enhance midrange and treble without sacrificing bass, giving more even balance than a traditionally braced dreadnought. The standard configuration uses a Sitka spruce top with Indian rosewood back and sides.