Black Friday guitar deals 2025: Early guitar deals and expert shopping tips for the biggest sale of the year

You can save $160 off the PRS SE NF3 list price at Guitar Center right now. The model brought something genuinely new to the S-style table, with its unique Narrowfield hum-canceling pickups and 25” scale-length – and was described as coming “dangerously close” to the firm’s hallowed US builds. Use the saving to make some minor mods and you’ll have a serious player on your hands...

Grohl’s Gibson has become iconic, and now with the Epiphone replica, you can bag that famous Foos sound at a fraction of the cost. Loaded with Gibson USA pickups, with a Burstbucker 2 in the neck position and Burstbucker 3 in the bridge, there is no better way to nail this famous Grohl tone. Save $300 right now at Guitar Center.

There are loads of PRS guitars on sale at the moment, but one of my top picks is this PRS SE Special Semi-Hollow. It's got a huge $230 reduction at Sweetwater, taking it well below a grand, and it's one of the most versatile guitars I've played this year. This comes courtesy of the lineup of three pickups, with dual humbuckers and a Narrowfield DD “S” pickup in between the two. Add in the ability to coil tap the pickups and you've a ridiculous array of tones to choose from, alongside PRS' trademark build quality.

Taking the idea of a guitar headphone amp quite literally, the Positive Grid Spark Neo gives you all the myriad tones from the Spark practice amps and puts them inside a set of headphones you can connect wirelessly to your guitar. Here's what our reviewer had to say about it:

"There’s a risk of the wireless convenience coming across like it’s solving a First World problem, and in a way, it is. But once you’ve experienced it, it makes complete sense. If the ability to grab your guitar and quickly start playing without cables sounds good (and trust me, it is), then you’re going to love the Spark Neo."

It's currently got a cool $50 discount at Sweetwater at the moment, giving you an all-in-one practice rig for less than $200. Bargain!

Guitar wireless systems used to be crazy expensive, so this deal on the Xvive U2 Wireless System is a great reminder of just how far we've come in terms of the technology. With a $35 reduction at Musican's Friend, this wireless kit is superb value for money, and the freeing feeling of doing away with cables is a convenience that all guitarists really need to experience.

At half price over at the official UA website, the UAD Guitar Amp Bundle is a stunning deal for players who use an audio interface or like to record their playing. It includes four iconic guitar amps, including a trio of the most recorded amps ever with models on the Fender Deluxe Reverb, Marshall Plexi, and the Vox AC30 included. You also get the Woodrow 55 which is based on a Fender Tweed amp, and if you grab the free Showtime 64 plugin, that's five top-class amp models for less than $150.

Over at the Musician's Friend Rocktober sale this Keeley Halo Andy Timmons Dual Echo has got a tasty $44.85 reduction. At the time of writing I couldn't see this pedal any cheaper elsewhere, so this is the lowest price you'll find it new at the moment. Based on Timmons' dual Memory Man setup, this pedal gives you a much more usable form factor to recreate his iconic tones, and start creating your own. You can use it as two separate pedals or combine the sounds, making it a super versatile addition to any 'board.

I think we can all agree that the Fender Jack White Pano Verb was one of the crazier releases of the past year or so. It's also particularly pricey if you're looking for an amp that does things a little differently. Over at Reverb you can bag one mint condition with a hefty $600 reduction, but if you take into account the new price of $3,149, you're actually saving a whopping $750. With its combo of 15" and 10" speakers, stereo reverb and tremolo effects, plus those distinctive looks, this is a premium bit of a gear and a proper head turner.

The Squier Paranormal series offers some really unique instruments, and this Nashville Stratocaster is a great example of that. With a cheeky $100 discount at Guitar Center, it amalgamates the best parts of the Stratocaster and Telecaster into a unique hybrid of both. It delivers a huge variety of tones with the bite of the Tele bridge pickup, the warmth of the neck, plus the spanky tones of the Strat middle position. Well worth a look if you want something different from the norm.

Depending on your taste in guitars this might be the coolest guitar you've seen all week, or the ugliest. While its looks may prove divisive, there's no debate about how good a deal it is with $200 off at Guitar Center. Featuring a Floyd Rose Special locking tremolo and the cool combo of a Jackson Humbucker for the gritty stuff and a Mini-Rail pickup for your cleaner tones, it's surprisingly versatile too despite the very metal-friendly looks.

At just $99, the Pigtronix Constellator is a brilliant deal at Sweetwater thanks to a huge $80 reduction. It's an analog delay pedal that delivers a luscious warm wash that belies its budget price point. It's a seriously underrated bit of gear, and we love the modulated tones it can deliver, as well as the mini size that means it's easily able to fit onto any 'board.