Guitar World deals of the week: get $350 off a Player II Tele, $100 off a Digitech looper pedal, plus some sweet Boss stompbox savings

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Welcome back to another edition of Deals of the Week, your weekly digest for all the biggest savings on guitar gear. We’re now firmly in the throes of back-to-school season, which means the chance to save big on beginner gear and accessories but little else for guitar players. It means I’ve had to search a little harder for decent deals on guitar gear, but don’t worry, I’ve managed to rustle up some great deals for you regardless.

The best sale right now for guitar players is over at Fender, where you can bag up to 20% off American-made guitars. There are options from the American Professional II, American Acoustasonic, and American Ultra Luxe series, as well as some great deals on Player Plus guitars and some Paramount acoustic guitars.

Over on Amazon, the Boss store has got some sweet savings on stompboxes, including discounts on the Boss CE-2W chorus pedal and the Boss FZ-1W fuzz. Most of these haven’t been price-matched at other retailers like I’d normally see, so they’re well worth picking up, especially with that ultra-fast Prime delivery!

Musician’s Friend has got some great deals on used gear at the moment, with some gigantic savings of up to 70% off. I’ve seen some massive savings like over $1,000 off a PRS, a $99 Universal Audio Brigade pedal, and a Fender Bass Breaker with a cool $270 reduction. If you don’t mind buying something used, there are loads of great deals here, but you will need to do some digging to find the best ones!

The Positive Grid Back to School deals continue, with some excellent savings on Spark series smart amps. There are discounts on the entire Spark lineup of amps, including Spark 2, Spark Mini, Spark Go, Spark Live, and Spark Edge. You can also bag some hefty savings on their BIAS FX amp modelling software.

There’s also a back-to-school sale on at Sweetwater, but honestly, the selection for guitarists is a little lacklustre. I highlighted last week that there are only a few guitar-specific products; however, there are some nice deals on tech, including up to 35% off Sennheiser studio headphones and Lewitt audio interfaces.

That’s your lot for this week, and there’s plenty to get stuck into if you know where to look. As usual, I’ve handpicked some of my favorite gear for you below if you’re looking for a recommendation, and I’ll be back next week at the same time with more great savings on guitar gear.

Editor’s picksGuitar sales to shopAmazon: Save big on accessoriesFender store: Save on American-made guitarsGuitar Center: Up to $320 off FenderGuitar Tricks: 1 month for $1IK Multimedia: Save on softwareMusician’s Friend: Up to 70% off usedPlugin Boutique: Huge plugin discountsReverb: B-stock bargainsSweetwater: Save on back-to-schoolThomann: The hottest dealsTrueFire: 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.