PRS Guitars today announced the SE Ed Sheeran “Cosmic Splash” Limited Edition guitar. Designed in collaboration with Ed Sheeran, this SE Hollowbody I Piezo Baritone model marries Sheeran’s passion for songwriting with his offstage love of painting. The SE “Cosmic Splash” model features the exact design from one of Sheeran’s 2025 Cosmic Carpark paintings, a series of original artworks he sold last year to raise funds for the Ed Sheeran Foundation. As an added bonus, every guitar will ship with an 8” x 8” print of the same Cosmic Carpark painting that is on the guitar body, hand signed by Ed Sheeran. Only 1,000 pieces will be available worldwide. This is the first PRS collaboration with Sheeran that is available for purchase. It is also the first-ever hollowbody baritone in the PRS catalog.
The fretboard inlay is a nod to the musician’s new “Stereo” album series– Play, Pause, Rewind, Fast-Forward, and Stop – with the Play icon also featured on the truss rod cover.
"I started painting as a way to stay creative when I am off the road,” said Ed Sheeran. “I often say ‘keep the faucet running’ when it comes to songwriting – it’s so important to stay in a creative headspace to get to the really good stuff. My hope is that people find this instrument as inspiring as I do. To have my artwork on it as well is such a treat.”
The SE Hollowbody I guitar features the PRS/LR Baggs Piezo system, 85/15 “S” pickups, and a 27.7” baritone scale length. Players can isolate or blend the piezo’s acoustic voice with electric power for myriad creative options. The slimmer, contoured “flatback” design of the Hollowbody I melds the back design of an electric guitar with the rich, open tone and airy acoustic depth of a hollowbody. The full rundown of specs is available on prsguitars.com.
This is not the first time PRS has worked with Sheeran to create a unique guitar. Last summer, the collaboration led to a one-off SE Hollowbody Baritone custom painted and featured in the video for Sheeran’s song “Drive,” written exclusively for the soundtrack to the Apple Original Films’ blockbuster “F1: The Movie.” Sheeran has been playing PRS for his choice of electric guitars since 2018. He currently has a Hollowbody II in a Prism Dragon’s Breath finish with bing cherries on the fretboard, a one-off purple Silver Sky gifted to him by John Mayer, and a stock Custom 22.
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