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Sweetwater Black Friday deals 2025: the big sale has officially started – with up to 80% off guitar gear
Cyber Weekend is nearly over, so it's your last chance to save big on gear at Sweetwater
Musician's Friend Black Friday deals 2025: Last chance to score massive discounts of up to 60% off guitar gear
Day three of the Black Friday sale is here. Save big on guitar gear and more for a limited time
Guitar Center Black Friday deals 2025: The official Black Friday Sale is here!
Guitar Center has gone early with its Black Friday sale, which sees up to 40% off from now until December 3rd
Black Friday Fender deals 2025: last chance to save big on Fender and Squier guitars
This Cyber Weekend, we're seeing some fantastic Fender deals crop up across the web, including discounted Player II guitars
Black Friday guitar deals 2025: Don't miss out on the greatest savings for guitar players
Here are the best savings still live this Black Friday, from Sweetwater, Guitar Center, Positive Grid, and more
This is the perfect time to be a beginner or young guitarist – you can currently score more than $250 off our fave entry guitars from Squier, Epiphone, Yamaha and more
Some of our favorite beginner guitars – electrics and basses – have been given some healthy discounts for Black Friday
The TONEX One is the best-selling amp modeler and you can bag it for $149 at Guitar Center – trust me, this is one deal you don’t want to miss
See what all the fuss is about and pick up the most popular new amp modeler for a steal at Guitar Center
“The perfect marriage of Aerosmith and the Cult. An Aerocult, if you will”: November 2025 Guitar World Editors’ Picks
The new guitar music that GW editors have been obsessed with this month: fresh names, old hands and trailblazing players
I played a John Mayer Silver Sky for the first time ever this year and it blew me away. With 20% of all PRS SE and Core guitars at Guitar Center for Black Friday, I’m *this close* to getting one of my own
Yes, the five-star SE NF 53 – already one of the best sub-$1k guitars on the market – is also included
My bandmate gigged this Walrus Audio amp simulator and his tone was better than mine. Now its upgraded successor is $90 off for Black Friday and I’m about to join him
You can also score an insane $200 off some of Walrus Audio's First Gen Mako Series pedals – including an R1 High-Fidelity Reverb for just $149.99
Steve Vai has reimagined Brian May’s Red Special in his own vision with the help of a UK boutique guitar builder
The 'Vai Special' puts a distinct spin on May's legendary guitar, and was meticulously spec'd by Vai himself – with a few Ibanez JEM inspirations to boot
All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the unmissable Black Friday gear discounts I’m eyeing up
The Kilt celebrates its 10th birthday, Fractal goes up against IK Multimedia and Line 6, and Tom DeLonge reaches for the stars (literally)
Neural DSP just gave players 2 huge reasons to switch to the Nano and Quad Cortex
Neural V2 Capture ushers in a whole new era of amp modeling for the company
Fractal goes up against IK Multimedia and Line 6 with the AM4 – its most affordable and user-friendly amp modeler to date
With a new UI and Axe-Fx III at its core, the AM4 becomes the perfect entry point to the Fractal ecosystem
Joe Bonamassa’s new signature amp has landed – and it’s been built by a renowned disciple of Howard Dumble
The Fuchs JB-ODS was originally conceived as a go-to gigging combo for small club shows – but it developed into something more
Great White guitarist Mark Kendall reveals Stage 4 cancer diagnosis
Kendall says he's being treated by a world class team of doctors and early signs are positive
Wolfgang Van Halen names the 2 classic rock tracks he plays to test any electric guitar
Forget the forbidden riffs and the flashy taps. Wolfgang finds it's better to keep things simple...
All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including a reissue of one of Gibson’s most sought-after signature models
Mark Lettieri's irresistible Fiore gets an HH makeover, John Petrucci's baritone signature makes its long-awaited return, and the Line 6 Helix Stadium XL finally arrives...
Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian has spent 3 years learning how to build guitars – and his prized SG was played at metal’s most historic concert
Gueikian has juggled the demands of his CEO role with learning the art of guitar making, and his builds already have some high-profile admirers – including Jason Momoa, Kirk Hammett and Tony Iommi
Dave Grohl’s DG-335 is one of Gibson’s most in-demand signature models – and now it’s back in an elusive new finish
The wildly popular Trini Lopez/ES-335 hybrid is back – and it's styled after the model Grohl has been playing on stages since 2021
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, legendary Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies
The influential bassist, who helped shape the groove rock scene of the 1990s, had announced a tour days prior to his death
First images of a Gary Moore tribute statue have been released
The project, which has been in the works for the past few years, is nearing completion
Players have waited months for Line 6’s next-gen Helix Stadium Floor XL to be released – now, the next-gen amp modeler is finally shipping
Redesigned from the ground up with all-new modeling tech and UI upgrades, the Helix Stadium XL was first unveiled by Line 6 back in June
