Prime Day guitar deals 2026 LIVE: Amazon Big Deal Days may be over, but these guitar discounts are very much still live
The Guitar World team and I were busy rounding up all the hottest gear from the October Prime Day sale, including guitars, pedals, amps, accessories, and more
Well, just like that, the Prime Day guitar deals are now over. Jeff Bezos has packed up his sleigh and won't be back until next year. This year's Prime Day event saw some truly epic savings on a wide range of musical equipment, so whether you were seeking a brand-new acoustic guitar, electric guitar, or guitar amp, you were sure to find a deal tailor-made for you.
Don't worry if there's an extra space on your multi-guitar stand, an empty case that needs filling, or just enough room to squeeze another pedal onto your pedalboard, as there are plenty of deals still to be had. Luckily for you, we've rounded up 14 of our favorites that are still up for grabs.
We look at guitar gear deals year-round, so we know a good deal when we see one. While Amazon isn't always the best for guitars and amps, there are some good deals on beginner gear, and plenty of accessories action still available.
The event is technically over, but some deals hang on a little longer, so if you see something you like, we suggest you jump on it before it's gone.
If you'd rather look outside Amazon, a couple of good guitar sales are on right now. Guitar Center is currently offering 20% off Fender gear, and you can also save up to 50% on used and B-stock gear at Musician's Friend.
Below are links to the Prime Day guitar deals that are still alive and kicking.
Quick links
All the best places to shop at Amazon
- Amazon: Big Deal Days guitar deals
- Guitars: Save on beginner guitars
- Amps & pedals: Save big on fresh tones
- Accessories: Strings, slides, straps, and more
Today's best non-Amazon sales
- 🇺🇸 Best US sales
- Guitar Center: 20% off Fender
- Sweetwater: Massive studio sale
- Musician's Friend: Up to 50% off gear
- Positive Grid: 38% off Spark Neo Core
- Guitar Tricks: 1 month for $1
- Universal Audio: 10 plugins for $99
- IK Multimedia: Amplitube just $29.99
- Reverb: B-stock bargains
- Native Instruments: 100s of software savings
- Plugin Boutique: Free gift with every purchase
- Waves: Spend $50 get a free plugin
- Nixon watches: Huge 60% off the Rolling Stones watch
- 🇬🇧 Best UK sales
- Thomann: Shop hot deals
- Gear 4 Music: Big clearance savings
- Guitar Tricks: 1 month for $1
- Plugin Boutique: Huge software savings
- Waves: Sale on studio staples
Editor's picks
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Hello and welcome to the Prime Day guitar deals hub! It's Matt here from Guitar World, coming at you live and direct to report on the best guitar gear deals from Amazon and beyond.
I'll be bringing you deals on essential accessories, beginner guitar gear, cheap pedals, and plenty more. Helping you cut through the myriad deals is the name of the game here, and having been covering these sales for the past four years, I know exactly what to look for.
Let's start with some of the sweetest deals I spotted from Day 1 of the sale:
- Positive Grid Spark Neo Core:
was $159,now $99 at Positive Grid - D'Addario NYXL 3-pack:
was $33.99,now $27.19 at Amazon - MXR Duke of Tone:
was $159.99,now $127.99 at Amazon
The Prime Day guitar deals are a great opportunity to stock up on replenishables, and if you're anything like me, you'll have lost plenty of picks this year to the ether.
Right now, you can stock up on Jim Dunlop Tortex picks, with this mega 36-pack coming in at just $12. That's $0.33 per pick!
If you're looking for more expensive guitars, pedals, and amps, then the Prime Day sale isn't where it's at. It's great for cheap gear, but you won't find any discounted Gibson Les Pauls there.
Lucky for you, my colleague Daryl has done a full round-up on the best deals in the Musician's Friend Rocktober sale. It features discounts of up to 50% off gear from Epiphone, Schecter, Fender, Gibson, and loads more.
Want to know what everyone else is buying? Well, I can exclusively reveal the hottest deals of the Prime Day guitar deals so far, as voted for by our readers' fingers and/or computer mice.
- Positive Grid Spark Neo Core:
$159, $99 - Mooer GE150:
$199.99, $128.20 - IK Multimedia Amplitube 5:
$199.99, $29.99 - D'Addario NYXL 3-pack:
$33.99, $27.19 - Eart GW-2:
$439, $351.20
Callus builders and hand strength enhancers. Legit tool or snake oil? That sort of thing ain't my bag, baby, but I'll let you be the final judge. This Fender Callus Builder and Finger Strengthener has got 15% off in the Prime Day sales.
If you want to know more about getting your hands fingerboard ready, my colleague Daryl put together this all-encompassing article on how to build calluses the right way.
Looking for a metal guitar for younger players? This Jackson JS1X DK Minion is a great option if you've got a young one who loves to get heavy. It's down to just $174.98 in the Prime Day sale, saving you 20% on the regular price.
That shorter neck lowers string tension and pulls the frets closer together, which dramatically reduces the reach for young players. The model comes with high-output humbuckers, shark fin inlays, and yes, it comes complete with Jackson's iconic pointy headstock.
Check out the video of our Reviews Writer Pete ripping it a new one in our demo video below.
There's also a full-size Jackson JS11Q Dinky available in the Prime Day sales for just $215.99 if you're looking for an option for adults.
Hi folks, Daryl here, and I'm taking over from Matt for a bit.
I've been a Deals Writer here at Guitar World since 2021, so I've seen my fair share of sales in that time. I spend my days hunting down the best guitar deals, keeping our 200+ buyer’s guides up to date, and putting the newest gear through its paces. Before working at Guitar World, I was a music store manager, so I've been in and around gear my entire working life.
Okay, so to kick things off, the ultimate travel companion, the Hush X Live. Donner’s Hush X got 4 stars in our recent review and, better yet, is 19% off for Prime Day.
The Hush X Live takes the travel-electric niche and runs with it, delivering a full-featured headless instrument ideal for quiet or loud practice, on-the-go practice, impromptu performance, and everything in between. It’s the guitar you never knew you needed.
Are those monster amp stacks finally relics of the past? For home practice, honestly, I reckon the answer is a big, loud YES. These days, it’s all about the pint-sized, feature-packed mini amps, and the latest trying to steal the spotlight from the likes of Positive Grid is the Hotone Pulze Mini.
This little desktop amp takes everything we loved about the original Hotone Pulze and squeezes it into a desktop amp so compact it’ll disappear into your gig bag without a fuss.
In my full review for MusicRadar, I said, “The Hotone Pulze Mini is a delightful little powerhouse that deserves consideration for a spot in your gig bag. With its impressive array of tones and stellar build quality, it’s worth the price. While the app isn’t the best tonally, the Hotone Pulze Mini delivers on a few key fronts. Sure, it has a few quirks, especially in high-gain settings, which may leave metal aficionados craving a bit more depth. But let's be honest, the clean and medium-gain sound is where it truly flexes its sonic muscles.”
The number of tones on offer with the Hotone Pulze Mini is truly staggering. There are 52 amp models, 48 cab sims, over 100 effects, and 20 user IR slots. That’s a ridiculous amount of sonic options for a little combo you can fit in one hand.
Right now, you can save 20% at Amazon, meaning this unit is now under $100!
Tuned by Jeorge Tripps to deliver the iconic soundscapes of vintage rack-style processing, the Joshua Ambient Echo features rhythmic delays with an optional second echo, modulation, octave voicing on the repeats, and tap tempo.
Its name, of course, is a not-so-subtle nod to the U2 classic The Joshua Tree, so Edge-esque ambience is well within reach.
In our glowing review, we said, "The M309 Joshua Ambient Echo is a feature-packed pedal that belies its compact size. Use it as a traditional delay or as a soundscape generator. It excels as both."
You can grab 20% off the MXR Joshua Ambient Echo at Amazon right now, making it a steal at only $135.99.
Playing through a modeler? Well, Matt has tested 15 pairs of studio headphones, and 2 of his favorite cans are on sale for Prime Day!
It's fair to say more guitarists than ever are using multi-effects and modeling, but to hear those crisp modern tones properly, you need a decent pair of headphones.
Look, most consumer-grade headphones have what we in the business call a ‘V’ profile, which cuts the mids while boosting the highs and lows. This sounds great for music, but it’s terrible for your guitar tone because guitars live in the midrange!
Below, you'll find Matt's top-rated headphones for guitar.
The Boss RC-1 is a well-laid-out, easy-to-use looper pedal with 12 minutes of stereo recording time. It’s a single footswitch pedal that, with a variety of stomps, can do a lot, though you can also plug in an external footswitch for more functionality. It’s compact and durable, so you can throw this in your gig bag and you’re ready to go.
It has an onboard circular LED light display that helpfully shows you where you are in your loop, as well as whether you’re in record, overdub, or playback mode. Stereo inputs and outputs mean you can use this alongside stereo effects pedals or with synths, keyboards and other stereo instruments.
You can grab one at Amazon for 15% off, bringing the price down to only $93.49!
Fender’s California series was, at one point, a semi-experimental oddity in the brand’s pre-millennium run; in the intervening years, though, it’s been rehabilitated, revitalized, and re-cultivated into a well-loved range of incredibly accessible, incredible-playing beginner and intermediate acoustics.
The California Debut series is the cheapest steel-stringed range in Fender’s acoustic-guitar roster, with a variety of models in different shapes and sizes. The California Debut Redondo guitars are dreadnought acoustics with an exceedingly comfortable, fast-playing C-shaped, walnut-fingerboarded neck; the body is lighter than most, and its spruce top helps deliver a powerful sound that leaps far above its modest price point.
And now, for Prime Day, Amazon has seen fit to drop the price of the Debut Redondo to only $99.99!
The Spark Mini has been a runaway success for Positive Grid, 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. It's my go-to practice amp at home, and honestly, I'd be lost without it.
For Prime Day, you can save a hefty $75!
Hello everybody, Matt again, ready to take you through to the end of Prime Day.
Two of our recently reviewed multi-effects pedals have both got discounts, with the Mooer GE150 Pro Li and the GE150 Max Li both seeing money off. We gave them each four stars out of five, and for me personally, the option to power them via the internal battery makes them a game-changer.
It’s honestly amazing that such complex units can be powered off batteries nowadays, and when I tested the GE150 Max Li, I played it for a good three hours, and it only lost a single bar. That means it could last easily up to 9 hours on a single charge.
You haven’t got much longer left to cash in on this deal, so if you want a top budget multi-effects with NAM compatibility, a looper, and a truckload of amp and effects models, definitely check these out.
Read our Mooer GE150 Pro Li review
Time for a break from the Amazon deals. This one’s available on the official IK Multimedia site, where you can bag a gigantic $170 off the five-star-rated Amplitube 5 amp simulator software. It’s a little long in the tooth now, but for our money it still sounds fantastic.
It’s also still one of the best-looking UIs you’ll find in a guitar plugin, with an ultra-realistic look to all the amps and effects that makes interacting with it feel really engaging. The sounds are fantastic too, and you can do a lot with the signal chain, splitting paths for stereo rigs and ordering the effects however you please.
It’s currently available at the IK Multimedia site with a ginormous $170 discount
Check out our five-star Amplitube 5 review for more info
In my opinion, there’s no better machine for music-making than a MacBook. The stability when using DAWs or plugins is quite literally the industry standard, and the performance of the Apple Silicon chips is undeniably the best out there right now.
If you want to record your guitar, I can think of few better partners than the MacBook Air M5. It’s currently discounted by $200 in the Prime Day sales, taking it down to its price before the shortage of memory and SSDs rocketed computer prices up.
16GB of RAM may not sound like a lot, but Apple laptops have a unified memory and CPU, meaning they’re way more efficient than computers that do these separately. It means it will easily handle massive sessions with loads of tracks and will take CPU-intensive plugins in its stride.
Cheap pedals are ten a penny for the Prime Day sales, but how do you know which ones are actually worth your money? Well, you’re in luck because we’ve tested 8 cheap pedals from Amazon, so you don’t have to.
My top pick? The Donner Yellow Fall delay. It’s an analog delay pedal that gives you warm, modulated delay tones somewhere between a bucket brigade and tape delay sound. It was one of my favorites out of everything I tested, and it can do everything from subtle slapback all the way to all-out self-oscillation.
It’s currently reduced to just $30.39 in the sale, and is one of the best cheap delay pedals out there at the moment in my opinion.
Check out more of the best cheap guitar pedals, handpicked by the Guitar World team, here.
Right, that’s me done for the day. The Prime Day sales are nearly over with only a matter of hours left before the deals end (at midnight), so if there’s one thing I think everyone should go for before it’s over, it’s some fresh guitar strings.
There are absolutely loads of guitar string multipacks on sale in the Big Deal Days sale. All the big hitters are represented, with Ernie Ball, D’Addario, Elixir, and more getting in on the action this year.
Buying multipacks already saves you money versus buying the same number individually, so the additional money off makes these superb value. With some of these string packs costing as little as $4.99 per pack, it’s a great chance to bulk buy strings and ensure you’re well stocked till the new year. Below are my top picks at Amazon:
- Ernie Ball Super Slinky 4-pack: Was $26.99, now $21.99
- D'Addario XL 5-pack: Was 31.99, now $26.99
- Elixir Nanoweb Electric 4-pack: Was $49.99, now $41.99
- Ernie Ball Earthwood 4-pack: Was $28.49, now $22.99
- Martin Authentic Acoustic 4-pack: Was $26.99, now $19.99
Hey guys, Daryl here! Well, just like that, the Prime Day guitar deals are now over. Jeff Bezos has packed up his sleigh and won't be back until next year.
This year's Prime Day event brought truly epic savings across a wide range of musical equipment, so whether you were after a brand-new electric guitar, amp, or pedals, you were sure to find a deal tailor-made for you.
The sale may be over, but these 5 deals are my favorites that are still live. Well, as of writing this, they are. If you see a deal you like, I strongly suggest you jump on it, since it won't be around much longer!
- Boss RC-1 Looper: Was $109.99, now $93.49
- Eart GW-2: Was $439, now $351.20
- IK Multimedia Amplitube 5: Was $199.99, now $29.99
- MXR Duke of Tone: Was $159.99, now $127.99
- Positive Grid Spark Mini: Was $249, now $171.38
