Ed Sheeran has revealed that he names all of his guitars - but it seems he doesn't treat them too well.

The singer-songwriter is well noted for his love of acoustic guitars and he told The Sun that he's got 11 of them.

However, he said that he ends up "kicking the s***" out of them on stage as he indulges in performing live. Sheeran said:

"I love many of my guitars. My guitars are boy guitars and I've got 11 of them. The reason they are boy guitars is that if you look at them, they are covered in sweat, they are all cracked and bruised and broken, dirty and I literally kick the s*** out of them every night."

He continued: "If I was to call a guitar a girl, that's pretty messed up, man. Who would you rather beat? A woman or a man? I'm saying a man."

Speaking about the names he gives his guitars, the 'A Team' man added: "I've got James the second, I've got Trevor, I've got Keith, I've got Lloyd, I've got Nigel, Cyril and Felix. It started off with really awkward names like Lloyd, but now I name them after my team. My lighting guy was called James and the guitar James broke so now I've got James the second, my guitar check is called Trevor."