The Memorial Day guitar sales are finally here, and this week we've got a bumper edition of Deals of the Week for you. With sales happening at pretty much every retailer, it's a brilliant opportunity to bag your favorite gear for less. We've been reporting on the sales all week, and will continue to do so throughout the Memorial Day weekend.
Some of the biggest discounts for Memorial Day are available at Musician's Friend, where you can grab yourself a massive up to 50% off guitar gear. The sale was launched earlier this week, so some items have sold out already, but there are still plenty of deals to sink your teeth into.
The Guitar Center Memorial Day sale has also launched, offering not insignificant savings of up to 35% off guitars, amps, and pedals. We've had a look through the sale already and spotted some big savings on Fender, Yamaha, Epiphone, and loads more, making it a great place to go if you want a new guitar.
Up to 66% off a range of new, used, and B-stock gear is available at Reverb, making it arguably the place to get the best deals - if you don't mind buying secondhand. There's a huge array of items on sale, and because there's a lot of second-hand gear you can pick up a lot of older and discontinued gear for less.
Fender went super early with their Memorial Day sale, and it's been running for over a week now already. Some items have come off sale like the Hammertone Fuzz, but you can still bag up to 20% off guitars, guitar parts, accessories, and guitar pedals.
Amazon isn't usually a great place to pick up things like guitars, but if you're after accessories or cheaper pedals there are some pretty good deals available. With up to 35% available in the full sale, we've spotted deals on Walrus Audio, Mooer, Donner, and GHS Strings, so well worth a look if you're in the market for essentials.
We've received word that there will be no overarching Memorial Day sale at Sweetwater, but there are still some good deals to be had. You can get your hands on some huge discounts of up to 50% off guitar pedals and amps at the moment, which should keep deal hunters happy.
That's it for major deals action this week. We'll be covering the Memorial Day sales throughout the weekend and into next week, so make sure to keep checking back for the latest and greatest savings. As usual, we've picked out some of our favorite individual deals for you below.
Editor's picks
Guitar sales to shop
- Amazon: Memorial Day deals
- Andertons: Save on guitars
- Fender Play: 50% off annual
- Fender store: Up to 20% off
- Gear4Music: Clearance deals
- Guitar Center: Save up to 35%
- Guitar Tricks: 1 month just $1
- 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: Up to 66% off sale
- Sweetwater: Epic pedal 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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