Fancy a FREE Fender electric guitar and to be shown how to play it? This Fender Play deal is for you!
Fender is currently giving away a FREE guitar when you sign up for a year of online lessons through Fender Play
Back in the dark ages - before the internet - learning the guitar was a much more complicated affair. For a start, you had to buy your own electric guitar! Strict, uninspiring one-to-one lessons were the norm, which often resulted in many wannabe guitarists giving up quicker than you can say Smoke On The Water. Luckily with the rise of guitar tuition apps, lessons have been dragged kicking and screaming into the modern-day, and better yet, our top pick for the best online guitar lessons is going one step further and offering budding players a free electric guitar when you sign up for a year of lessons at Fender Play, that's a saving of $250.
Employing a song-based approach, Fender Play uses tracks from your favorite bands and artists to teach you new skills and techniques, and with a massive library of songs from Metallica to Ed Sheeran, Jimi Hendrix to Billie Eilish, there is something for everyone here, with the app even catering for bass and ukulele players as well as guitarists. If all that wasn't enough, Fender Play members also receive 10% off guitars, amps and other Fender gear all year long!
Fender Play: Free Guitar with a Yearly Subscription
For a limited time, the guitar giant turned online lesson provider is offering new students a Fender-branded electric guitar absolutely free when they purchase a yearly subscription to Fender Play. The electric kit - worth around $250 - includes a gig bag, strap, picks, clip-on tuner, guitar stand, and an extra set of strings.
Now, while we think this is a great opportunity for anyone looking to kick-start a new hobby, we also think this is a brilliant option for those looking for the best gifts for guitar players this Christmas. Not only will the lucky recipient receive a rather cool Fender guitar, but you’ll also be gifting them the ability to play it!
This offer is open to US residents only, and a yearly subscription to Fender Play costs $99.99. The offer expires on November 21, 2022, at 11:59 PM PST, or until supplies run out - so be quick!
Wouldn’t it be nice to learn some Beach Boys classics?
The beauty of the Fender Play app is that it's constantly evolving, adding new songs and artists every day. The latest collection sees Fender teach songs from one of the most influential bands of all time, The Beach Boys. This Hawthorne quartet has forever changed the face of popular music, and now it's your turn to learn the songs that defined an entire generation.
To help celebrate 60 years of The Beach Boys, Fender is giving players the opportunity to learn 11 of their biggest hits – from California Girls to Good Vibrations and so much more. So what are you waiting for, wax up your surfboard, grab your free Strat and get playing, it's going to be Fun, Fun, Fun.
Fender Play: 3-month free trial
Not sure if Fender Play is for you? Well, you can give it a whirl for 3 months without paying a cent!
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Daryl is a Senior Deals Writer at Guitar World, where he creates and maintains our 200+ buyer's guides, finds the best deals on guitar products, and tests the latest gear. His reviews have been featured in prominent publications like Total Guitar, Future Music magazine, and MusicRadar.com.
During his career, he has been lucky enough to talk to many of his musical heroes, having interviewed Slash and members of Sum 41, Foo Fighters, The Offspring, Feeder, Thrice, and more. In a past life, Daryl worked in music retail. For a little under a decade, he advised everyone from absolute beginners to seasoned pros on the right gear for their needs.
Daryl is also a fully qualified sound engineer, holding a first-class Bachelor's degree in Creative Sound Production from the University of Abertay.
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