Welcome back to another edition of Deals of the Week, your weekly dose of the biggest savings from all corners of the web. We've rounded up some super reductions for you this week, whether you're after a new guitar, something for your pedalboard, or some extra accessories. Let's get to it!
Over at Musician's Friend, their Guitar Fest sale has officially begun with some gigantic discounts of up to 50% off guitars. We spotted up to $450 off Gibson, up to $500 off Fender, and up to $225 off Epiphone guitars, making it the perfect place to shop if you're after a new axe.
If you're a Fender fan then this weekend is your last chance to bag up to 20% off the big 'F' over at Guitar Center. The sale ends on March 11 so act fast if you want to save on a new guitar or amplifier.
Meanwhile at the official Fender shop you can grab yourself a massive up to 60% off Fender branded accessories. It includes a huge array of items, with patch cables, straps, and even a folding festival chair with built in guitar stand.
It's Live Sound Month on Sweetwater, which admittedly doesn't have much in the way of guitar-specific gear. But, if you're after a new PA mixer or PA speakers for your rehearsal space - or if you like to take your own on tour with you - you can bag yourself some excellent savings of up to 40% off.
That's it for sales action this week. Again, there's not a huge amount of sales ongoing at the moment but there are plenty of great deals out there if you look hard enough. As always, we've picked out some of our favorite deals for you below, and we'll catch you at the same time next week for more bargain hunting!
Editor's picks
Guitar sales to shop
- Amazon: Guitar gear deals
- Andertons: Save on guitars
- Fender Play: 50% off annual
- Fender store: Up to 20% off
- Gear4Music: Clearance deals
- Guitar Center: Save up to 40%
- Guitar Tricks: One-year sub just $99
- IK Multimedia: $200 off Tonex Max
- Musician's Friend: Up to 40% off
- Plugin Boutique: Money off plugins
- Positive Grid: Save on Spark
- PMT: Up to 50% off
- Reverb: 100,000+ discounts
- Sweetwater: Epic guitar deals
- Thomann: Last-minute deals
- Waves: Buy two get one free
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 discount
- Site-wide discounts - A single discount percentage on a large range of products across a site
- Discount codes - Load your basket to a certain value and redeem a discount code for money off your basket contents
- Added value deals - These include multi-buy discounts, or additional products or software for free when you buy certain items
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