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Shape of You: Celebrate Ed Sheeran Birthday with Sheeran By Lowden Guitars
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Ed Sheeran's Birthday with Sheeran By Lowden Guitars
Thirty two years ago today, a superstar was born in a small and unassuming industrial town in the north of England.
Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, Ed Sheeran was to become one of the world’s most famous pop stars - selling more than 15 million records worldwide.
From picking up the axe aged 11, Ed quickly fell in love with the instrument and an acoustic guitar was never far from his side during his stratospheric rise to fame.
So much so that in 2019, Ed launched his own line of guitars – Sheeran by Lowden – in collaboration with Northern Irish master luthier George Lowden.
As Ed blows out his birthday candles, we pay homage to this icon – and his eponymous guitar line.
When Ed met George
Back in 2012, Ed received his first Lowden guitar from Gary Lightbody, the frontman for the Irish band Snow Patrol. Ed loved this axe so much, he used it to record five songs on his album “X” (Multiply).
When Gary asked his friend, luthier George Lowden if he would make a personal guitar for him to give Ed as a present, George was more than delighted. Lowden believes that an instrument is personal to both player and maker and that the guitar has a way of bringing the two together with sometimes surprising results… So the talented craftsman developed a unique small guitar he knew Ed would love – which would later evolve into the new model of Lowden Guitars - the Wee Lowden.
