With many early Black Friday guitar deals ending this week, we've finally started to see full-fledged sales landing at some major retailers. There's loads of sales chatter flying around so to help you cut through the noise, we've singled out some of our favorite individual deals to save you wasted time trudging through endless pages of products.
As we gear up towards Cyber Weekend properly next week, Guitar Center has launched its full Black Friday sale early, offering massive savings of up to 40% on loads of great guitar gear. They're calling it their biggest sale ever, and we've seen discounts on Fender, Gibson, PRS, and some of our favorite pedals with loads of EarthQuaker Devices stompboxes seeing heavy discounts.
Fender has also dropped some more early deals on their official site, with 25% off Aerodyne and 20% off Vintera series guitars amongst some great discounts on Player and Player Plus guitars. If you're a die-hard fan of the big 'F', then you can also get a bunch of discounted merch in the sale too.
At the time of writing, we're still waiting on Sweetwater to launch their full Black Friday sale but for now, you can still grab yourself up to 40% off select gear in the Musician's Friend Holiday Deals sale, with their full Black Friday sale set to launch next week.
Finally, for our UK readers, we've seen two major sales launches today. First up Thomann's Cyberweek sale is offering ginormous savings of up to 60% off a huge range of gear, as well as a massive up to 80% off software downloads. Gear 4 Music has also gone live with their Black Friday sale which features plenty of guitars, amps, and effects for UK and European players to choose from.
Guitar sales to shop
Looking for more guitar bargains? These are the sales you should check out right now.
- Amazon: Today's top guitar deals
- Andertons: Bag £££ off PRS SE models
- Fender: Massive Early Black Friday sale
- Gear 4 Music: Big Black Friday Sale is live
- Guitar Center: Up to 40% off guitar gear
- Musician's Friend: Up to 40% off Holiday Sale
- Thomann: Up to 60% of Cyberweek sale
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
November has arrived and with it a flurry of early Black Friday deals have landed in our inboxes. We were expecting an influx but this year has already surpassed the expectations of the writing team here at Guitar World, with pretty much every retailer and many manufacturers either going all-in on their Black Friday sale or tempting us with some sweet early savings.
First up, Sweetwater's early Black Friday sale has landed offering massive savings of up to 70% off gear. Big hitters like Mesa/Boogie, Taylor Guitars, and Universal Audio all feature