Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you’ll have known that that the past week was all about Prime Day guitar deals. If you’re looking to snap up something cheap on Amazon, then we’re sorry to say you’ve missed the boat on that one. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with plenty of great gear bargains available beyond Bezos’ Narnia of household goods.
There are still a few sales knocking around post-Prime Day, most notably at Positive Grid where you can get a variety of their super smart amps at a discount of up to 40% off.
Musician’s Friend has an excellent acoustic guitar sale running at the moment, also with up to 40% discounts available on steel strings. There’s plenty of big brand action from Martin, Breedlove, and Epiphone alongside loads of budget and beginner acoustic guitar with some serious reductions.
If you prefer electric guitar, there’s still time to grab a saving at Fender.com with various sales live right now. For premium offerings, you can grab 10% off American Ultra, while more modern guitar lovers will enjoy up to 10% reductions on Squier Contemporary guitars. If you want a cheap or beginner instrument, then there’s 20% off select Squier Affinity series instruments for a limited time.
That’s it for big sales this week and to be honest, we’re glad after what’s been a massive week for sales action. As usual, we’ve perused all of the deals available from major retailers this week and picked out some of our absolute favorites for you below. Happy hunting, and we’ll catch you same time next week.
Editor’s picks
Guitar sales to shop
Amazon: Today’s top guitar dealsAndertons: Over 1,000 dealsFender Shop: Up to 20% off guitarsGear 4 Music: Huge clearance dealsIK Multimedia: Save big on softwareMusician’s Friend: Acoustics up to 40% offNative Instruments: 50% off softwarePlugin Boutique: Save big on pluginsPMT: Up to 60% off salePositive Grid: Up to 40% off ampsReverb: Big savings on top brandsThomann: 70th anniversary 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 discountSite-wide discounts – A single discount percentage on a large range of products across a siteDiscount codes – Load your basket to a certain value and redeem a discount code for money off your basket contentsAdded 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
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Matt is a Junior Deals Writer here at Guitar World. He regularly tests and reviews music gear with a focus on guitars, amps, pedals, modelers, and pretty much anything else guitar-related. Matt worked in music retail for 5 years at Dawsons Music and Northwest Guitars and has written for various music sites including MusicRadar, Guitar Player, Guitar.com, Ultimate Guitar, and Thomann’s t.blog. A regularly gigging guitarist with over 20 years of experience playing live and writing and recording in bands, he’s performed everything from jazz to djent, gigging all over the country in more dingy venues than you can shake a drop-tuned guitar at.
