Guitar World deals of the week: your last chance to grab a Prime Day saving – a face-melting EHX octave fuzz for less than $40, $94 off a bonkers Squier and loads more

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It’s the last day of the Prime Day guitar deals, and with four days worth of sales action under our belts, it’s safe to say it’s been the biggest one yet. Outside of the Black Friday guitar deals, it’s been a brilliant time to pick up a deal on guitar gear, and I’ve seen discounts on everything from electric guitars and pedals to strings and patch cables.

But the sale will be ending at midnight tonight when the majority of prices will go back up. This might make the next few hours your last chance to pick up a major guitar gear bargain or to re-stock the essentials until we get towards Christmas. As always, I’ve been following Prime Day in its entirety, and here are the best sales to shop whilst there’s still time.

If you’re looking for accessories and dull but useful bits equipment, then Amazon’s Prime Day sale itself is the best shout for you. Whether you want some new guitar picks or you want to stock up on guitar strings, it’s absolutely the place to be for those guitar essentials. Amazon also has some killer savings on Positive Grid Spark 2, Mini and Go models.

The Fender Summer Sale is still going strong, and probably one of the best places to pick up a deal on a new guitar with savings of up to 20%. There’s a good mix of instruments too, with American-made guitars and Squiers all seeing some nice discounts, making it great no matter what your budget. And I love this patch cable kit deal, which works out at just $3 per cable. For pure value, this is a no-brainer.

To rival the Prime Day event, Guitar Center has launched an up to 25% off electric guitar and bass sale that will last until August 6th, well beyond the close of Amazon’s discounting bonanza.

So, there’s still plenty to play for, but the hours are ticking down, so you’ll need to act fast today to take advantage of the savings. To help you get straight to the good stuff, I’ve rounded up my top Prime Day picks below. Until next time, happy deals hunting!

Editor’s picksGuitar sales to shopAmazon: Last chance Prime Day dealsFender store: Up to 20% offGuitar Center: Up to 25% off electricsGuitar Tricks: 1 month just $1IK Multimedia: 40% off summer saleMusician’s Friend: Huge flash dealsPlugin Boutique: Money off pluginsPositive Grid: Save on Spark 2Reverb: Up to 66% off saleSweetwater: Major live sound dealsThomann: Save up to 65%TrueFire: Save 60% on all-accessWaves: Buy two plugins, get one freeHow we choose our deals of the weekHere 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 choicesWe 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

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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.