Guitar World deals of the week: save $300 on a Gibson Les Paul, $150 on Line 6, plus all the week’s best deals

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Whilst everyone recovers from last week’s bumper-edition Deal of the Week which covered the Presidents’ Day deals bonanza, the bargains are a little thinner on the ground than they were seven days ago. Don’t worry though, we’ve had our deal-hunting hats on this week to help you extract the absolute maximum of your budget when looking for fresh guitar gear.

It’s not specifically aimed at guitarists, but Sweetwater’s Content Creator sale is offering up to 50% off microphones, headphones, and audio interfaces. There are some great deals here so well worth a browse if you’re looking to up your home recording game, or even start creating content yourself.

Over at Musician’s Friend, you’ll find some more guitar-centric deals, with up to $200 off acoustic guitars, plus up to 20% off Martin accessories. They’ve also got some sweet pedal deals too, with significant discounts on Line 6, Electro-Harmonix, and Universal Audio up for grabs.

Finally over at Plugin Boutique, they’re celebrating their 12th anniversary by offering an absolutely massive up to 95% off plugins. It includes many utilitarian plugins that will improve the quality of your recordings, but there are also plenty of creative effects you can use to enhance the tone of your recorded guitar too.

As usual, we’ve ploughed the sales to seek out the very best deals possible and listed our favorites below for you. Make sure you keep checking back each week for the latest and greatest from the team here at Guitar World.

Editor’s picksGuitar sales to shopAmazon: Today’s top guitar dealsAndertons: Big PRS guitars saleFender Play: 50% off Annual PlanGear 4 Music: Clearance gear dealsIK Multimedia: Save big on softwarePlugin Boutique: Up to 95% off pluginsPositive Grid: Smart amp saleThomann: Hot deals on guitar gearHow 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 itemsNovember 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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Matt is a Junior Deals Writer at Guitar World and has been playing guitar as his main instrument for well over 20 years. He also plays drums, bass, and keys – producing out of his home studio in Manchester, UK. He has previously worked for Dawsons Music, Northwest Guitars, and freelanced for various magazines and blogs, writing reviews, how-to’s, and features. When he’s not downloading the latest VSTs or justifying yet another guitar pedal purchase, you’ll find him making a racket with Northern noise hounds JACKALS.