Talk:Dreadnought (guitar type)

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How does the D relate to the OM (orchestra model) by the same manufacturer? Thanks, Maikel (talk) 10:09, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

I was also hoping to find a link to "list comparing guitar body types" or something similar (Along with dreadnought & orchestra there is parlor, I believe Spanish (aka classical)). Librarian1968 (talk) 11:01, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Trademark or no?

Since the dreadnought was introduced by Martin, does that make it a trademark? Even if the trademark were expired, that would make it capitalized, per MOS:TMRULES. Ibadibam (talk) 19:54, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

It does not appear to be a trademark, as the name of the guitar is simply the alpha-designation, using the letter D. The guitars are not called, for instance, the "Dreadnought 28." There is no indication that Martin ever copyrighted the term dreadnought, and it is now considered a generic appellation for all similarly shaped/sized guitars. Martin does call its D guitars the "Dreadnought Series" and capitalizes the word in its literature, but does not use any language or marks that present the word as trademarked.108.30.157.64 (talk) 20:50, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Citation not really needed there

"... and more recently various single-cutaway forms."

I think this "according to whom" can be removed, although maybe the issue is what "recently" means (In 100 years of dreadnoughts, cutaways are 'only' around for the last 35). That all major companies make offer a dreadnought model, and a cutaway version must fall into some type of common knowledge or observable fact category. All acoustic guitar stores everywhere carry both versions by different companies. Librarian1968 (talk) 11:14, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Would a comparison with other types beneficial?

As someone with little knowledge of guitars, I do not feel I learned much from this article. Given that the Dreadnought has "become the most common for acoustic guitars," and the image looks to me like a fairly generic guitar, I'm not really much the wiser on what is particular about this design. I think this article would benefit from comparing this design to other common guitar shapes, with pictures, especially perhaps the shape that was dominant at the time of the dreadnought's creation.149.167.164.122 (talk) 01:09, 19 November 2021 (UTC)