# I pit C.F. Martin & Co. ! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2014, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-c-f-martin-co/680022 "2014-01-29T07:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-c-f-martin-co/680022/21 "2014-01-31T01:27:17Z")
**Ranger Jeff** The guitar player to whom you referred is Ed Sheeran: > **[Ed Sheeran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran)** > > Edward Christopher Sheeran MBE (/ˈʃɪərən/; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play No. 5 Collaborations Project. He signed with Asylum Records the same year. > Sheeran's debut album, + ("Plus"), was released in September 2011 and topped the UK Albums Chart. It contained his first hit single "The A T... Pleases take note of that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-c-f-martin-co/680022/22 "2014-01-31T22:34:12Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I’ve never pitted anything before. Was that alright? Sure. I’m not picky. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-c-f-martin-co/680022/23 "2014-01-31T23:53:50Z")
this sort of complaint does resonate. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-c-f-martin-co/680022/24 "2014-02-01T00:10:17Z")
Just pour yourself a gin and pentatonic, scale back your expectations, and simmer down. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-c-f-martin-co/680022/25 "2014-02-01T05:59:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Guess with a Martin, you need those sorts of candy-ass strings made of spun angel hair. Now, my good ol’ Harmony Sovereign played like a truck, sure, but break a string, grab a hunk of barb wire off an old fence, tune that bitch up! I remember playing a friend’s Harmony Sovereign with Black Diamond strings many years ago. There was a fine patina of rust on the high E and B strings. And screw that angel hair crap. I use D’addarios because they’re made with hair from the tails of unicorns. And not just regular everyday unicorns, but Invisible Pink Unicorns. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-c-f-martin-co/680022/26 "2014-02-01T06:02:51Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > **Ranger Jeff** > The guitar player to whom you referred is Ed Sheeran: > [Ed Sheeran - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran) > Pleases take note of that. 😃 I still don’t want one of his signature guitars no matter what his name is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-c-f-martin-co/680022.md?page=1)