The official Black Friday Positive Grid are here! Deals have been running for the entirety of November – under the name Black November – but today that's turned into the Black Friday sale with even more deals and bigger discounts having just been added.
In the last few days we've seen the first-ever price drop on the Spark 2 amp, taking the price down to $279 from $299. It's not the biggest discount, granted, but considering this is one our favorite practice amps on the market right now, any saving is worth taking in our opinion.
So, why do we keep talking about the Positive Grid Spark? The Spark 2 is one the best amps we've reviewed this year. With a built-in looper, an incredible range of amps and effects, and AI-powered tone generation, we heaped praise on it in our Positive Grid Spark 2 review. It doesn't sound like much, but a $20 discount for something so new is a brilliant deal, and the Spark 2 is absolutely worth it, even at full price.
If you're not sure whether to upgrade your original Spark 40 amp (which is also on sale at the moment), or which amp you should choose between the Spark 40 and Spark 2, we've compiled this Spark 1 vs Spark 2 feature, based on our experience testing both amps.
One of our favorite portable practice amps has also been hit with a significant discount in the sale, with a hefty $50 reduction on the Positive Grid Spark Mini. The perfect combination of volume, portability, functionality, and a ridiculous amount of modeled tones to choose from, it's a brilliant bit of kit to have sitting on your desk for whenever inspiration strikes – in fact, a number of members of the Guitar World team have this amp sat on their desk for most of their home practice situations.
Nearly all of PG's smart amps and accessories have discounts in the sale, so it's well worth a browse if you're in the market for something new. We'll be keeping this page updated with all the latest deals and the most accurate prices. and we'll also be looking at other retailers to see if any of their lineup is available cheaper beyond the official Positive Grid website.
⚡ Quick links
The best place to find Black Friday Positive Grid discounts will be the Positive Grid site itself. You may also find some tasty offers on Positive Grid’s Amazon store. Here are some quick links to best deals currently available on Positive Grid gear:
Despite having only been released mere months ago, Positive Grid have seen fit to discount their all-encompassing Spark 2 smart amp with a cheeky $20 discount. Packing a built-in looper, more amps and effects than you can shake a stick at, as well AI tone generation and powerful practice tools, it's a cutting-edge guitar amp that will suit a huge variety of players.
The Spark Mini has been a runaway success, and it's easy to see why. This clever little amp gives players all the features they loved about the original but in a smaller, even more practical format - and for Black November you can save a hefty $40. This is an amp a number of our team members keep on their desks at all times and is their go-to practice amp.
A superb mini amp that streaks ahead of the competition. Both the black and pearl editions have a $20 discount on the official PG site at the moment – that's the original pre-order price and a bit of a bargain if you ask us. If you’re short on space and need something compact that still gets loud when you need it to, then we don’t think it comes any better than this incredible mini practice amp.
The complicated and bulky nature of some wireless systems is enough to put you off even dipping your toe in the cable-free world. The Spark Link is different. It's discrete, tough as nails, and supremely easy to set up. It was already affordable, but with a further $20 off for a limited time, it's simply irresistible.
The amp that changed the game for practice and desktop amps has now got a huge $80 discount over at Positive Grid. It's a stonking deal on an incredible guitar amp, and well worth snapping up if you're in the market for a new practice tool.
When we tested the Positive Grid Riff interface we said "if you're a guitarist looking for a streamlined, compact audio interface... the Riff has enough power to keep up with the rest of the pack, and is well-priced for beginner producers who want good quality guitar recordings." Today you can save a chunky $40 off.
❓ Black Friday Positive Grid deals FAQ
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What's so great about the Positive Grid Spark?
So, why do we talk about the Positive Grid Spark amp family so much? Well, it has turned the competitive practice amp market on its head. From the original model to the Spark Mini and Spark Go, and now the all-new Spark 2, players have been singing the praises of these versatile, smart amps since their release. We too love this high-tech, clever little amp, but we love it even more when there's a sizeable discount on offer.
The new Positive Grid Spark 2 is equipped with a bunch of amp models and FX ranging from utilities such as noise gates and EQ through overdrives, modulation, delay and reverb. What's more, you have access to thousands of preset tones via the Spark smart app. There's Bluetooth and USB on board, so jamming to your favorite music, hooking up wirelessly to the Spark app or connecting to your computer for recording is made easy. New for this latest model is a built-in looper and smart AI functionality, which enables you to generate the sound in your head with just a few prompts. It's seriously clever stuff.
Other incredible functions lie in the Spark's intelligent features, which are available across the Spark range. Smart Jam learns your playing style and automatically generates authentic bass and drum backing tracks for you to play over the top of. Meanwhile, the Auto Chords feature works with the Spark app to analyse any song you care to play through it, at which point it'll figure out the chords for you, allowing you to sit in with your favourite recordings with ease.
When will the Positive Grid Black Friday deals happen?
Black Friday 2024 will land on Friday, 29 November, bringing with it thousands upon thousand of amazing discounts on music gear and beyond. The deals will extend across that weekend (also known as Cyber Weekend) before finishing with a bang on with Cyber Monday guitar deals on 2 December.
The deals won't be restricted to those four days, though. Previous experience tells us that some of the best Black Friday Positive Grid deals will emerge well in advance of the event – in fact, Positive Grid dropped their Black November sale on 1st November, so they have no intention of waiting.
Will we see even bigger deals dropping closer to Black Friday itself? Only time will tell.
Where can I find Black Friday Positive Grid deals?
Positive Grid primarily sells direct, so most of the best offers will be live right there on the Positive Grid site.
They also have a store on Amazon where we’ve seen great deals in the past. It’s unlikely Amazon will outstrip Positive Grid in terms of the calibre of deals, but it’s always worth checking both before you commit and if you're a Prime member who is planning on putting a few other items in your basket, then it could be a savvy move to stick with Amazon.
That said, if you'd prefer not to give Amazon your cash, but still want a great Spark deal, it's good to know you have an alternative place to shop.
What deals can I expect?
EDIT: The Positive Grid Black November sale has dropped and meets our predictions below head on, including Spark 2 savings!
Early in October Positive Grid dropped some surprise early deals as part of Amazon's Big Deal Days event. The biggest discount was up to 20% off select Spark amps and amp bundles, marking Positive Grid's first major discounts of the season.
For Black Friday itself last year there was some much chunkier discounts being handed out, while a lot of the deals were extended well into the week after Black Friday, too.
For 2024, we’d put our money on savings being applied to the original Spark amp - possibly even the biggest deals ever now the Spark 2 has arrived - plus the Spark Mini and the Riff interface and new Spark Control X wireless foot controller. Fingers crossed there's also money off the awesome and already supremely affordable Spark Link wireless system that we raved about in our 4-star review.
And of course, it’s almost guaranteed you will be able to save on Positive Grid’s awesome BIAS software.
Now, the big question for 2024 is, will there be any discounts on the brand new Spark 2 amp? It only came out in July, so it's still pretty fresh, therefore we think the discounts will be fairly small, if there indeed are any at all. It scored well in our Spark 2 review, so even a smaller discount is worth considering in our eyes.
Quick word of warning the availability of deals: we often see deals applied to strictly limited numbers of units. In the past Positive Grid has published the number of units available at a certain discount so it’s easy to see how long you have left before they run out. Usually, once the units at the biggest discount are gone, they will release more at a smaller discount – you’ll kick yourself if you don’t bag the very best discount, so you’ll need to act fast to secure the premium savings.
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🛒 Black Friday Positive Grid deals: how to prepare
Our biggest tip to get ready for this year's Black Friday Positive Grid deals is to get your research done super early. Work out what you need, not just what you want, and get your wishlist together asap. Make a note of prices as early as possible so you know if a deal is really as good as it suggests when it drops into your inbox or appears on your social media feeds.
To help you create your dream shopping list, take some time out to explore our expert buying guides and product reviews. We've listed a few key ones below. We review pretty much every Positive Grid product that's launched, so you can rest assured we've evaluated everything that might be on sale this year.
Here at Guitar World, we are experts in our field, with many years of playing guitar gear and product testing between us. We live and breathe everything guitar-related, and we draw on this knowledge and experience of using gear in live, recording and rehearsal scenarios when selecting the products we recommend.
First and foremost, we are players, and we want to match like-minded folk with the right products for them, at the best prices.
For us to recommend a deal on guitar gear 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 music retailers for fantastic deals on our favorite guitar gear. Not only is it our job to research and recommend the best gear in our buyer’s guides and reviews, but we’re also dedicated to helping musicians get the best deals on the stuff 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, 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.
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.
