I've been covering Memorial Day guitar sales for 6 years. If you really want to save on guitar gear today, these are the 7 sales you need to check out – and it’s an Amazon-free zone

6 products on sale in this year's Memorial Day sale — (Image credit: Positive Grid/Universal Audio/Gibson/PRS/Fender/IK Multimedia)

I’ve been covering the Memorial Day guitar sales for some years now (at least 6, but it could be longer - my sales-based memory is foggy), and I can’t recall a time when the discounts were this big on such a great range of guitar brands and product types.

So, truly, if you have some cash burning a hole in your bank account and you’re in the market to add something new to your rig – whether it’s a new pedal, a grab-and-play sofa guitar, or some upgraded software for recording at home – there are some seriously good deals available for your delectation today.

While Amazon is good for certain things around Memorial Day, like consumer tech bargains and stocking up on consumables like batteries or accessories such as a new clip-on tuner, Amazon is not the place I would direct guitarists for true Memorial Day bargains (ok, this 27% discount on the 4.5-star Guild Surfliner Deluxe is pretty awesome, but that’s about the size of it).

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No, the best savings are elsewhere, at proper music shops that we know and trust. And I’ve handpicked the best ones for you below.

Positive Grid: 20% off Spark Neo Core headphonesPositive Grid continued its innovative streak in 2025 with the launch of a new pair of affordable headphones housing their pioneering Spark software and enabling supercharged quiet home practice. Now the Spark Neo Core cans are available with a $32 discount, making them only $127 for a limited run. In our 4-star review we said that the Spark Neo Core “Offers realistic and immersive guitar tones”. And now it does it for 20% less.

Best sale for: cut-price home practice tech

I'm Guitar World's eCommerce Editor. In addition to testing the latest music gear, it's my job to manage the 200+ buyer's guides on the site and help guitarists find the right gear and the best prices for them. I've been a guitar player for 30 years and a drummer for almost 20. I've worked in the music gear industry for 20 years, including 7 years as Editor of the UK's best-selling drum magazine Rhythm, and 5 years as a freelance music writer, during which time I worked with the world's biggest instrument brands including Boss, Laney and Roland.