How Sheeran met Lowden

An odd pairing with a rock star match-maker

It’s handy for even megastars to have their rockstar mates. When Ed Sheeran mentioned to Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody that he fancied trying a Lowden guitar, he loaned him his own Bushmills limited model from 2012. It proved handy as Ed used it to write five songs for his huge-selling X album. Gary then asked George Lowden if he’d make a guitar for him to give to Ed and instead of gift-wrapping a standard model, rather shrewdly, George set about designing a smallbodied guitar that became the Wee Lowden. One thing led to another and before long the Sheeran by Lowden range was conceived, aiming to deliver high-quality guitars that kept the retail price under £1000.