Guitar World deals of the week: get $550 off a Fender Tele, save $230 on a Gretsch semi-hollow, plus all the biggest savings from across the web
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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 picksGuitar sales to shopAmazon: Guitar gear dealsAndertons: Save on guitarsFender Play: 50% off annualFender store: Up to 20% offGear4Music: Clearance dealsGuitar Center: Save up to 40%Guitar Tricks: One-year sub just $99IK Multimedia: $200 off Tonex MaxMusician’s Friend: Up to 40% offPlugin Boutique: Money off pluginsPositive Grid: Save on SparkPMT: Up to 50% offReverb: 100,000+ discountsSweetwater: Epic guitar dealsThomann: Last-minute dealsWaves: Buy two 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 thatâs a genuinely great price or part of a truly fantastic bundle. Itâs 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 buyerâs guides, but weâre 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 theyâve 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 weâll 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 Thomannâs 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.
