A Short History of the Dreadnaught

[Mycroft]

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[Wade Hampton]

Thanks for posting the link, Mycroft.


whm

[Mycroft]

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton

Thanks for posting the link, Mycroft.


whm

Thanks. The Five Watt "Short Histories" are usually quite well done, although usually about electric gear. I hope that he does a few more acoustic ones.

[SingingSparrow]

Interesting video. I'm glad you shared; thank you.

I found it interesting that none the commentary highlighting the evolution of the models presented sound or tone as being the driving force for changes to models and the creation of new models.

I was very surprised, and pleased, that William Tyler was mentioned in this video - love his music! He must be more popular than I imagine!

[AcousticDreams]

I thought I would watch a couple of minutes of This video....with no intention of watching the whole thing.....
And I could not stop watching! Great video!

[Colinguitar]

Really fascinating and lots of history there. I didn’t know, but I have checked, that Dreadnaught can be spelled Dreadnaught or Dreadnought, and both are evident several times in this video.

[vashondan2018]

That was really an interesting watch.

[Malcolm Kindnes]

Thank you, that was very interesting.

[Organic Sounds Select Guitars]

I thoroughly enjoyed that. Thanks Mycroft!

[Mycroft]

Originally Posted by SingingSparrow

Interesting video. I'm glad you shared; thank you.

I found it interesting that none the commentary highlighting the evolution of the models presented sound or tone as being the driving force for changes to models and the creation of new models.

I was very surprised, and pleased, that William Tyler was mentioned in this video - love his music! He must be more popular than I imagine!

He does talk about how the drivers behind the development of several models - the 000, the Dreadnought - were due to changes in how the acoustic guitar was being used and the resultant need for an increased volume. The same thing drove developments of archtops and resonators.

[Malcolm Kindnes]

Originally Posted by SingingSparrow

Interesting video. I'm glad you shared; thank you.

I found it interesting that none the commentary highlighting the evolution of the models presented sound or tone as being the driving force for changes to models and the creation of new models.

I was very surprised, and pleased, that William Tyler was mentioned in this video - love his music! He must be more popular than I imagine!

Sound and tone cannot be the driving forces behind changes to models, the driving forces in any business must always be customer demand and the opportunity to sell more units.

[SingingSparrow]

Originally Posted by Malcolm Kindnes

Sound and tone cannot be the driving forces behind changes to models, the driving forces in any business must always be customer demand and the opportunity to sell more units.

Sure. I suppose that fact juxtaposed with a seemingly incessant search for tone prevalent amongst many of us who are fond of guitars seemed interesting. Perhaps that says something. Perhaps not. Cheers.

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by Mycroft

Thanks. The Five Watt "Short Histories" are usually quite well done, although usually about electric gear. I hope that he does a few more acoustic ones.

There are some great The Five Watt videos. I've seen a few and I saved this video to my Watch Later list a couple of days ago. I'm hoping that it's available in a podcast.

[s2y]

He consistently does a great job with the history of instruments.