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    Shape Of You

    Nov 13, 2020 5 minutes
    Words David Mead
    Photography
    Phil Barker

    SHEERAN BY LOWDEN S03 & W02 £930 & £750

    CONTACT Sheeran by Lowden Guitars PHONE 02844 619161 WEB www.sheeranguitars.com

    You’re probably curious as to why one-man pop sensation Ed Sheeran decided to ditch his signature model deal with Martin Guitars and go with Lowden. It turns out to be quite an involved tale, so make yourselves comfortable. It all started when Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, who is a longtime friend of George Lowden’s, decided he wanted to gift Ed a Lowden guitar. It would obviously be a one-off instrument, following Ed’s inclination towards smaller-bodied acoustics, and so George donned his designer’s thinking cap and came up with a more diminutive version of one of his guitars. At the time, there were only three Lowden body shapes – the

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