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NAMM: Announcing (Ed) Sheeran (FKA Ed Sheehan) Guitars (Brand) by Lowden
https://sheeranguitars.com/
Dying to know pricing. Looks like some great stripped down Lowdens. Seems like maybe Lowdens answer to lower price models from big namers or Waterloo, Epiphone, etc. Can’t wait for some videos and such. Last edited by gr81dorn; 01-29-2019 at 09:13 AM. |
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So much for Martin....
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Ed sheeran getting into the guirar making and selling business?
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He is growing up and now wants a real guitar.
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He’s been playing Lowdens the past couple years. He also made over half a billion dollars on his last tour, so he can afford whatever he wants now. Don’t we all wish we could :-)
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https://guitar.com/news/gear-news/ed...t1ylmrU8zFs6h4
600 quid is like $750 USD. That is tremendous. Will be fun to see if they’re decent quality and all the actual fine details on the specs. |
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I thought I saw a price of around €900 for this range – which I thought was competitive for a "made in Ireland" guitar. £600 is even more affordable. Whilst not the kind of money that many will think of spending on their very first guitar, hopefully a number of young people (the kind of buyers that Sheeran and George Lowden would no doubt like to reach) will see value in buying a £600 guitar rather than a £600 iPhone.
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Not sure about this. Waterloo are still pretty expensive but a £600 Lowden is a bit like Porsche offering a new model for £5000 - it must dilute the “quality” perception somewhat?
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Surprised they can do it in Ireland at meet that price point. Everyone else has to go to Asian or Mexico. I’m not well versed in UK economics, but is Ireland known to be a low wage market? |
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It is an interesting change.
Martin has sold several different Ed Sheeran signature models over the past few years.
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OK, it has 'by Lowden' in very small letters below the 'Sheeran' logo in much larger letters, but I very much doubt that anyone will seriously believe that a £600 Sheeran is the same thing as a £3,000+ Lowden, nor that the quality of Lowden-badged instruments is 'undermined' or 'reduced' simply by virtue of the introduction of an 'affordable' range. I could be wrong, but that's my take on it. The usual disclaimers apply......IMHO, YMMV etc.
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Holyshamoly!!! Now HERE is going to be the "acoustic guitar" super story of NAMM this year. These guitars look amazing, and at their equally amazing apparent features and specification list, and at their apparently amazing price point, if they sound as good as they look...wow...just wow. The Taylor slope dread design will get a lot of buzz at NAMM, because Taylor is really good at ginning up buzz...deserved or not...but THIS is really the story coming out of NAMM. You want a couch picker that is easy on your old painful shoulder, or a terrific sounding travel guitar, or you just like small bodied but full featured, full voice guitars? And at what appears to be a truly bargain price point? nuff said... duff Be A Player...Not A Polisher Last edited by mcduffnw; 01-24-2019 at 07:09 AM. Reason: add content |
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I don't know about anyone else, but 'Sheeran by Lowden' smacks of 'Epiphone by Gibson', or 'Squier by Fender', and psychologically cheapens the things. Why not just make an inexpensive Lowden and call it that, like the Gibson Les Paul model? Edit; yes, back and sides are specified '5-piece construction', so laminates-not that that's a bad thing. Last edited by AndrewG; 01-24-2019 at 07:41 AM. |
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Seems a smart move for Lowden building an affordable model with one of the most popular young artists name attached to it. Iooking forward to giving one of these a strum.
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