Welcome back to another edition of Deals of the Week, your weekly dose of bargain gear hunting. We’ve been looking through all the major retailers across the week to pick out the very best savings and reductions available for all of our fellow guitar gearheads. Let’s get to it…
This week has ended up nearly being an impromptu Fender special, due to the sheer amount of discounts on the brand across the web at the moment. Continuing on from last week you can still bag some great deals on Fender’s official shop, including a massive 20% discount on the Squier Affinity series. If you prefer your Fender’s more premium, there’s a nice 10% discount on American Ultra guitars that’s still running for the minute.
You can also bag up to 20% off a range of guitar parts, including new necks, pickups, bridges, and our favorite locking tuners. If a brand new Fender is out of reach for you at the moment, upgrading some components could really help take your current axe to the next level.
At Musician’s Friend, you’ll also find deals on all things Fender, with up to 20% off the brand’s guitars, amps, and pedals. You will have to sign in and add to cart to view the majority of the discounts, but an account is free and takes minutes to set up, so if you’re on the hunt for discount Fender gear it’s well worth the time taken.
Sweetwater has a big back-to-school sale at the moment, with up to 40% discounts on travel guitars, software, and audio interfaces. It’s not a proper guitar sale per se, but it’s worth a browse if you’re after some new additions to your recording rig. We also spied a huge range of Boss guitar pedals with discounts too, so give those a once-over if you’re after something new for your pedalboard.
That’s it for major sales action this week. There isn’t loads up for grabs to be totally honest, but as always if you look hard enough you can pick up some great gear for less. As usual, we’ve selected some of our favorite deals for you below. Until next time, happy hunting!
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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
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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