Despite the fact Memorial Day is still well over a week away, we're already starting to see fresh shoots of great deals appear from retailers and manufacturers. As is often the case with big sales events nowadays, they're appearing earlier and earlier each year, and it can be better value to get in on the deals quickly before they sell out. If you're after an early deal then you're in the right place, let's get to it...
Fender has launched its Memorial Day sale very early, getting the jump on pretty much every other retailer and manufacturer. There are some excellent deals with up to 20% off guitars, guitar parts, accessories, and guitar pedals available right now, making it the place to shop if you want to cash in early.
Although it's not listed on the home page of the Sweetwater site at the time of writing, we spotted a filter titled 'Pedal Sale 25' which takes you to some awesome savings on UA, Line 6, Keeley, EHX, and loads more pedals. It hints that there will be a bigger sale launching in the near future, but for now you can get ahead of the game and bag yourself a new pedal for less.
If you're looking to cure your GAS and improve as a player, then you should go check out a massive 60% off TrueFire's All Access Annual Plan. It costs just $99 for the full year, which if you break it down is just $8.25 a month, superb value for money to access some of the highest quality online guitar lessons out there.
Musician's Friend hasn't officially launched a Memorial Day sale just yet, but if you scroll down their home page you'll see some big savings that are already live, including up to $1,000 off acoustic guitars. There's money off electric guitars, pedals, and amps too, again hinting that a big Memorial Day sale is on its way.
Finally, if you head over to Guitar Center you'll be able to bag yourself up to 50% off recording gear, which matches the sale currently on at Sweetwater in terms of discount amount. There's big money off audio interfaces, studio monitors, studio headphones, mics, and plenty of accessories, so well worth a browse if you want to enhance the quality of your guitar recordings.
That's it for sales this week and as you can see, there's plenty to get stuck into. As always, we've picked out some of our favorite deals for you below, but make sure to check back next week, where we're expecting a bumper Memorial Day deals edition of Deals of the Week!
Editor's picks
Guitar sales to shop
- Amazon: Guitar gear deals
- Andertons: Save on guitars
- Fender Play: 50% off annual
- Fender store: Up to 20% off
- Gear4Music: Clearance deals
- Guitar Center: Save up to 40%
- Guitar Tricks: One-year sub just $99
- IK Multimedia: $200 off Tonex Max
- Musician's Friend: Up to 40% off
- Plugin Boutique: Money off plugins
- Positive Grid: Save on Spark
- PMT: Up to 50% off
- Reverb: 100,000+ discounts
- Sweetwater: Epic guitar deals
- Thomann: Last-minute deals
- Waves: Buy two get one free
How we choose our deals of the week
Here at Guitar World, we are experts in our field, with many years of playing and product testing between us. We live and breathe everything guitar related, and we draw on this knowledge and experience of using products in live, recording and rehearsal scenarios when selecting the products we recommend.
First and foremost, we are guitarists, and we want to match other players with the right products for them, at the best prices.
For us to recommend a deal it has to be a product we rate that’s a genuinely great price or part of a truly fantastic bundle. It’s also important that we only recommend retailers where you will have a positive shopping experience.
Why you can trust our choices
We spend a lot of our time scouring guitar retailers for fantastic deals on our favorite gear. Not only is it our job to research and recommend the best gear in our buyer’s guides, but we’re also dedicated to helping players get the best deals for the gear they need, too. After all, the only thing better than new gear day is a hearty discount.
We cover a lot of the big sales events throughout the year, including Memorial Day, Black Friday, 4th of July sales and Amazon Prime Day, and we have a good view on which products are likely to receive the biggest discounts and when, the prices they’ve been in the past and which deals are genuinely worth a look.
Where are the best places to shop?
Online shopping is definitely a lot easier and more secure than it used to be, and we like to recommend a small handful of online retailers who have a sterling reputation and offer fantastic benefits like fuss-free returns, great customer service and, in some cases, full checks and setup of guitars before they are dispatched. So, all the deals we’ll recommend on this page are from retailers that tick these boxes.
What sort of deals should I look for?
Great deals come in all shapes and sizes. There are a few key types to look out for:
- Single item - A single product with a great discount
- Site-wide discounts - A single discount percentage on a large range of products across a site
- Discount codes - Load your basket to a certain value and redeem a discount code for money off your basket contents
- Added value deals - These include multi-buy discounts, or additional products or software for free when you buy certain items
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