Musician's Friend Black Friday deals 2025: Last chance to score massive discounts of up to 60% off guitar gear
Day three of the Black Friday sale is here. Save big on guitar gear and more for a limited time
1. Quick links
2. Editor's picks
3. Black Friday FAQ
4. Shopping tips
5. Last year's highlights
Well, that's us on to day three of the Cyber Weekend sale bonanza. As you'd expect, the Musician's Friend Black Friday sale is continuing, but it'll soon be replaced with the Cyber Monday deals. Right now, you can still score discounts of up to 60%. With so many popular models on offer, this is one of the biggest and best sales of the year.
With nearly 6,000 discounted bits of gear, it's an excellent place to pick up a bargain on guitars, pedals, and amps. For example, there's up to $1,000 off electric guitars, up to $500 off amps, and so much more.
I've pulled out direct links to all the relevant sections of the sale for guitar players, and further down the page, you'll find some top picks to get you started in your search. I'll be updating this page from now until the end of Cyber Weekend, too, so make sure to keep checking back for even more Black Friday deals action.
Of course, with Cyber Monday just one day away, we're already scouring the web for the biggest and best Cyber Monday Musician's Friend deals. Head there to find the early deals ahead of tomorrow.
Musician's Friend Black Friday deals: Quick links
- Shop the full Musician's Friend Holiday Sale
- Guitar deals: Save big on top brands
- Pedal deals: Shop all stomp box deals
- Amp deals: Amp offers for practice and stage
- Bass deals: The best deals for bass players
Musician's Friend Black Friday deals: Editor's picks
The Player II Jazzmaster scored 4.5/5 in our review and “breathes new life into a beloved classic” – with modern nods like a six-saddle bridge (with Mustang saddles), simplified electronics. This limited edition Racing Green finish is stunning, but the price at Musician's Friend represents one of the biggest discounts available on a Player II build right now.
Fender’s Player II Stratocaster finds an excellent balance between modernity and tradition, more aligned with early Strat designs than its luxuriantly smoky Racing Green colorway would suggest. A modern C-profile neck and medium-jumbo fretwork combine for a slick feel under-hand, while Fender’s Alnico V single-coils fully bring the surf. This is a stunning workhorse Strat, and Musician’s Friend has it at one of the best prices around right now.
It may look like another Strat copy with its trio of pickups, but the PRS SE NF3 is very much its own guitar. It's currently got a hefty $160 discount over at Musician's Friend, so if you're after a mid-range electric that punches above its price point it's a fantastic option.
This Gretsch is pure class in my opinion. The chambered mahogany body with its maple top is dressed in a dapper black and gold colorway, and this model also features the hallmark Black Top Filter’Tron pickups and Bigsby B50 vibrato tailpiece to complete the Gretsch must-haves.
This mini Stratocaster is a great buy for the new guitar player, or just someone who wants a good quality travel electric. The small scale makes it ideal for younger children, adults with smaller hands, or anyone who prefers the compact feel of a short-scale guitar. With a sweet $30 off the price at Musician's Friend, it's a great buy for beginner guitar players.
If you want an acoustic guitar that's going to stand out from the crowd, the good looks of the Epiphone Dove Studio are sure to turn some heads at your next show. Similar to the Hummingbird in its visual flair, it's got a solid spruce top which means it sounds the part too.
We love a Jazzmaster here at Guitar World, and this affordable option from Squier is one of our favourites for sure. No other guitar really sounds like a Jazzmaster, and if you've been eying one for your collection, you won't find a better model at this price point.
If you're looking for a small tube amp, we'd go for the Supro Delta King 12. Not only does it look incredible, but it takes pedals brilliantly. It's got a great clean sound, but if you crank the volume, it'll break up beautifully. With a tasty $100 discount in the Musician's Friend sale, it's a great opportunity to pick up a tube amp for a lot less.
Featuring an inbuilt two-band active preamp system, Firemist Silver-finished body, hard maple neck and fingerboard, open-gear tuners and six-point bolt-on neck, the Sterling by Music Man StingRay is a gloriously appointed bass guitar for any beginner. Grab one today for only $549.99.
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.
With 50% off these two Fender 351 Guitar Hangers you're essentially getting one completely free of charge, which makes it an absolute steal for the Fender fans out there. If you want to display your favorite Strat or Tele whilst keeping it off the floor, then head over to the Musician's Friend Rocktober sale and grab a pair of these.
Musician's Friend Black Friday deals: FAQ
When is Black Friday?
Black Friday 2025 will land on Friday, 28 November. The deals will extend across that weekend (also known as Cyber Weekend) before finishing with a bang on with Cyber Monday guitar deals on 1 December.
The deals won't be restricted to those four days, though. Previous experience tells us that some of the best Black Friday guitar deals will emerge well in advance of the event – so keep checking this page to see what epic deals we uncover.
Should I buy guitar gear online during Black Friday?
If you're concerned about buying a guitar or other gear on Black Friday without playing it first, you needn’t be. Online music instrument retailers like Guitar Center, Musician’s Friend and Sweetwater offer hassle-free returns as standard, so you can purchase a guitar, play it in the comfort and privacy of your home and, if it’s not right, send it back without issue.
You should check the specific returns policy for your chosen retailer before you purchase, but most offer between 30-45 days to return an item, as long as it’s in original condition.
What else can I buy during Black Friday 2025?
It's not just about the Black Friday guitar deals in November. Aside from music-making gear discounts, you'll find bargains on great tech like robot vacuum cleaners, iPads, MacBook Pros and Amazon Echos – and you can even pick up groceries, pet food and dishwasher tablets – but it’s the guitar deals we’ll be looking out for.
Musician's Friend Black Friday deals: Shopping tips
Got your eye on a few things and wondering whether Black Friday is the time to buy? Here's a few tips from our personal experience that will ensure you're ready to strike if the gear you want is up for grabs:
1. Create a wishlist early - The most sensible way to take advantage of this year's Black Friday music deals is to know in advance what you’re looking for. This will make searching much easier, rather than having to trawl through loads of deals you don’t want to find the ones you do, or pondering things you don't need. To help you create your dream shopping list, take the time to explore our expert and up-to-date buying guides and reviews.
2. Work out what you actually need - Check out your favourite brands, see what you need and will genuinely use - don’t waste your cash and fill your basket with stuff that will never truly see any action.
3. Consider your music goals - What do you want to achieve with your music over the next 12 months or so? Do you want to gig more? Learn a new instrument? Or finally, record your songs? Now could be the time to invest in gear that helps you fulfil your musical aspirations.
4. Streamline your current gear - Something else you should consider ahead of time is whether you have enough space in your collection for new gear. Could you offload some gear you don't use to make room and generate funds for some new gear?
5. Sign up to mailing lists - In addition to bookmarking this page, we'd recommend signing up to mailing lists of your favourite retailers now to get the jump on the best deals when they do come around.
What to expect
Last year's Musician’s Friend Black Friday deals covered a range of top guitar and bass brands, such as Gretsch, Yamaha, and Fender, with up to up to 50% off.
We also saw a mammoth $120 saving on the Martin Special X1-DE, bringing the price of this stunning acoustic down from $599 to just $479, as well as $170 off the shred-tasic Schecter C-1.
We fully expect this year's sale to bring more of the same, with excellent savings on everything from the best metal guitars and guitar wireless systems to the best electric guitar strings and even the latest pedalboards.
The retailer also offers a clear and concise returns policy, so you can return items risk-free if it doesn't quite suit - make sure you read the terms and conditions first.
How we choose deals
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.
Check out more amazing Black Friday deals
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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.
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