Now this is not a Major review nor is it acoustic and electric guitar comparison, this is a one of a kind comparison of 2 top Acoustic Guitarists and Their AMAZING Acoustic Guitars.

The two Guitarists are Tommy Emmanuel and Ed Sheeran. These two guitarists have made a huge name for themselves, primarily because they are passionate in their individual fields. I was completely surprised to see how similar and inexpensive the guitars were and decided to look into what they were and why they were the respective artists go to guitars.

Now if you have not yet heard of Tommy Emmanuel or Ed Sheeran I want to offer you a bath to wash off the mold you got while sleeping under that rock!  No, sorry, I am kidding of course. Not everyone sees the same content online as there is an absolute Landslide of information and it can be hard to find information, not only for right handed players but almost doubly as hard for left handed guitarists too. Let me try and Introduce them here a little…..

Tommy Emmanuel and His Guitar.

Tommy Emmanuel is a self taught musician who has a very unique, one man band style. You can find hundreds of Videos on his YouTube Channel showcasing his talent but today I want to discuss his Amazing Guitar. The one he uses is called The Maton EMTE Tommy Emmanuel Mini 2017, as it was built just for him by Maton.

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The Company Maton says “EMTE is a fusion of two of Maton’s most successful guitars, the EBG808TE and the Mini Maton EM-6. It is a bright, crisp, lively little guitar that will respond to every nuance of your fingerpicking style.” This Little Guitar has a big sound for such a little fella’. Maton is a company that crafts beautiful handmade guitars and you can visit their entire line up at https://maton.com.au/. Enjoy the video as it worth the watch!

Fender Body Styles as Produced by Fender Guitars showing “Baby” model size:

The particular body style of this guitar resembles a Baby Meeting a GS Mini, as in the picture above, which is the Fender Guitar body chart, and has the big sound of the Big Baby and even some of its other Bigger brothers. Like the Grand Concert Style. Maton also says “The addition of the AP5-Pro pickup system makes the EMTE a formidable stage guitar as well, with the added benefit of staying well clear of those low mid and bass feedback frequencies.” Amusingly Tommy states,

“When I’m on the road, big ideas can come from the smallest things.” 

Now this Maton EMTE Tommy Emmanuel Mini 2017 was a special series guitar and is hard to find but there are a few around that are worth looking into as the Price point is pretty low for such an amazing guitar.

Ed Sheeran and His Guitar.

Now Ed sheerans guitar looks so close to Tommy’s in body style and over all appearance and they even sound a little alike. The guitar that Ed is using is a 2017 Martin Ed Sheeran Divide Signature Acoustic-Electric Guitar. This guitar is very much like a Delta Blues guitar in its sound and appearance but has a nice throaty quality due to the solid Sitka spruce top. This Guitar came about due to a collaboration with Martin Guitar and Ed Sheeran and is one of a series of three guitars.

As quoted on Reverb.com,

“Martin and Sheeran have collaborated once again with the aptly named Ed Sheeran Divide (or ÷)  Signature Edition. This third collaboration is built upon Ed’s love of the LX1E Little Martin, and continuing with his mathematical themed album cover art. It completes the Ed Sheeran 3 trilogy of Martin Signature guitars that have supported Sheeran along his soaring career path to super stardom.”

And for my Left handed readers I have a special surprise!  They made a LEFT HANDED edition!!……Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my chin! I found this on Reverb.com and this is what they said about it,

“The Ed Sheeran Divide Signature Edition Left Handed features a solid Sitka spruce top etched with Ed’s album art and a blue soundhole rosette to match. This is a much more affordable guitar and has several locations to find it as well. The body is constructed with mahogany HPL back and sides to produce a nice, big sound, and sports blue ÷ symbols across the fingerboard and headstock. Fishman Sonitone electronics let you take the stage with confidence much like the man it’s named after. Each model is equipped with a Custom interior label and comes with a gig bag.”

Ed is an amazing Artist that has played countless shows and also helped develop this line of guitars that feature the “Divide” and “X” as well as others. This pic here shows the “X” model he is playing and also links to his Videos on Youtube so you can check him out! I personally love his song “I see fire” and have taken the time to learn it!

Leave me a comment below if you too can play I see Fire, Click pic to play it now?

The Ed Sheeran Divide and the Emmanuel Mini Compared.

Now I cannot even compete whe it comes to the wonderful reviews that have been done on Eds Guitar so I will let you check those out when you get a chance. Review One Here, and Review Two Here. Both of these show case the (/) Divide guitar he made in collaboration with Martin.

Tommy Emmanuel has a few good reviews out there as well so why re-create the wheel?  Check them out here. Review One and Review Two – A Concert Review.

Artists Compared?

It is really difficult to compare these two players side by side as their prospective Genre’s are a bit different so they are not in the same venues and therefore donot not get recorded together at all. I suggest checking out all the videos they each have on you tube as they play many different styles and guitars and are both very well rounded. Each player also use the guitars with the Dreadnaught body style which has a cut away to allow you to get up to the higher Frets. Now Tommy is a one man band and likes to just use his own body to play while Ed sSheeran has no problem using Looping and technology to get his art across. Both Are Amazing and should be added to your Ipod library…wait…did I just date myself?! Well, That about wraps this up please leave me a comment below as to what you think of the sound and price points for these two mini acoustics and I hope you have fun practicing!