I’m finding the best Cyber Monday guitar deals in the US and UK across Thomann, Sweetwater and more
Cyber Monday is here at last, and while this is traditionally the final day of the Black Friday sale weekend, in practice now it’s become the final day of what has been a week- or even month-long sales event across the world’s biggest musical instrument retailers – so if you’ve been on the fence about buying something recently, do so now while you have the chance!
I’ve been writing about guitar in print and online since 2008, so I know a great deal when I see one. I’m also a sucker for a Cyber Monday splurge – my beloved Gibson Les Paul Special was actually a late Cyber Monday flash deal from Guitar Guitar here in the UK, and there’s nothing I love more than finding similar killer deals so that you can find your next musical inspiration for a killer price, just like I did.
Guitars, amps and effects are just like any other sector on Cyber Monday – there’s an awful lot of things pretending to be great deals that are either not that great a discount, or are not the sort of product you should be spending your hard-earned on. That’s where myself and my team here at Guitar.com are here to help – we’re constantly watching the sales and offers at big retailers before and after Black Friday and Cyber Monday in order to make sure you get the best possible deal on the gear you need.
So below you’ll find a mix of killer savings that simply can’t be missed, but also some more modest discounts on tried-and-tested gear that we’ve reviewed and loved here at Guitar.com – the savings might not be as steep, but you can trust that these guitars, amps and effects won’t let you down.
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UK/EU Deals
US Deals
Thomann Save up to 70%
Reverb Up to 80% off
Reverb UK Up to 80% off
zZounds Black Friday savings
Fender Up to 25% off
Sweetwater Up to 80% off
Positive Grid Up to 50% off
Fender Up to 30% off
Gear4Music Black Friday deals
Positive Grid Up to 50% off
Amazon UK Big savings
Guitar Center Save up to 50%
Ultimate Ears EU Shop savings
Amazon Black Friday deals
Guitar Tricks 20% off monthly sub
Tim Pierce Masterclass Free trial
Tim Pierce Masterclass Free trial
Guitar Tricks 20% off annual sub
FenderUSA Deals
Whether it’s Sweetwater, Reverb, Zzounds or Guitar Center, there are still so many incredible guitar savings to be had this Cyber Monday. Amazon is the king of Cyber Monday of course, but by and large the guitar deals over there are pretty modest – if you want to save on genuinely good gear, you’re better off sticking with a specialist retailer. Don’t sleep on the direct retailer options either – brands like Fender and Positive Grid are offering serious savings if you buy off their websites.
Save $300 on a Epiphone Dave Grohl DG-335 in Pelham Blue – was $1299, now $999
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Dave Grohl’s hard-to-find signature Gibson Trini Lopez 335 graced the Epiphone product lineup and finally allowed Foo fans a bit more an accessible version of his cooler-than-cool semi-hollow. For Black Friday you can save a substantial $300 on the guitar, which is a pretty faithful affordable version of Grohl’s ultra-rare Gibson Custom DG-335 signature model – down to using the very same Gibson USA Burstbucker pickups.
Save $200 on the PRS SE Silver Sky at Sweetwater
I absolutely love the PRS Silver Sky – John Mayer’s affordable signature model is one of the best bang for buck electrics out there, and it was the easiest decision in the world to give the maple-board version a glowing 9/10 review when I looked at it last year. Now however, you can save serious wedge on what was already a seriously well-priced guitar – a whopping $200 off the list price on a variety of colours at Sweetwater.
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Save $200 on the Martin 000 Jr Sapele
The 000 Jr Sapele was a steal at full-price, but Sweetwater have a killer deal on the guitar for Black Friday that takes an incredible $200 off the base price of the guitar, making it just $549. I absolutely loved this guitar when I reviewed it recently, and it’s an amazing first Martin for players who want a smaller bodied instrument.
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MXR TBM1 Tom Morello Power 50 Overdrive on Reverb – nearly 70% off
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The MXR Power 50 is a signature overdrive for Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, so you can bet your bottom dollar (which you won’t be reduced to with this killer deal) that it’ll provide all the gnarly gain flavourings you’re after. Its circuitry even uses the same MOSFET technology to recreate the preamp stages of Morello’s own amp. It’s usually priced at $199.99, but it’s now just $64.99 (a 68% saving!). Get yours now.
Save $50 on the UAFX Anti
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The UAFX Anti is an awesome all-in-one metal rig, and has just recently received a major firmware update that adds a whole load of features. Could it be the heart of your new direct rig?
Save $170 on a PRS Sonzera 20 combo amp at Sweetwater – was $1099, now $929
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This 20-watt 1×12 tube amplifier can handle everything from the most pristine of cleans to thick, saturated crunch. You also get all of the bells and whistles you might need from a modern tube amplifier, including footswitch control, an effects loop, and multiple speaker outputs to expand your sound. However, the included 12-inch celestion speaker and 20 watts of tube power will still do a great job at projecting you over most drummers!
Save $60 on the Walrus Audio Silt
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What do you think of sonically when you think of Walrus Audio? Maybe the subtle wobble of the Julia, the considered amp emulation of the ACS1 or the textural pads of the Slo. The Silt, however, drives a truck through any expectations of boutique subtlety, and starts ripping a guitar-burning octave-fuzzed solo, standing windswept on the flaming wreckage, and it’s on sale right now for Black Friday at Sweetwater.
Save $31 on the Pro Co RAT
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An awesome versatile distortion pedal that everyone should give a go at least once. It’s normally affordable anyway, but it’s a no-brainer right now for Black Friday.
Save on Warm Audio pedals
Warm Audio makes their own affordable takes on otherwise hard-to-find gear – and for Black Friday, its pedals are even more enticing! Both the Centavo, a Klon-alike that costs one 20th of the original, and the ODD Box, an OCD-inspired pedal free of the controversy, are discounted.
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Electro-Harmonix JHS Pedals Lizard Queen Octave Fuzz on Reverb – just $45
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Perhaps you’re looking for a stocking filler ahead of Christmas? Well, a sub-$50 effects pedal is sure to do the trick, isn’t it? This Lizard Queen Octave Fuzz from Electro-Harmonix and JHS Pedals is just $44.95, and is based on a unique transistor-based octave fuzz distortion circuit designed by JHS head honcho Josh Scott.
Save $30 on the Positive Grid Spark Go at Sweetwater
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We called it “the first truly great portable electric guitar amp” – and it has a great discount right now, along side a whole host of other Positive Grid amplifiers at Sweetwater. Check it out!
Charvel MJ So-Cal Style 1 HSS FR M on Reverb – was $1,679, now $899
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Courtesy of Franklin Guitar Works, this Charvel MJ So-Cal Style 1 HSS FR M is now discounted by almost $800 at Reverb. This Superstrat-style electric guitar is loaded with a trio of Seymour Duncan pickups – a humbucker in the bridge position and single coils in the middle and neck position – as well as a Gotoh double-locking tremolo for those juicy divebombs. And at an original price of $1,679 that’s a humungous 47% saving, so it would be rude not to…
Save $100 on a Exclusive Olive Green Line 6 HX Stomp – was $699, now $599
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For Black Friday you can save $100 on a Sweetwater-exclusive Olive Green variant of the HX Stomp, one of the most powerful modelling units out there, packing tons of different tones into a pedalboard-friendly unit that leverages Line 6’s decades of digital experience. Perfect if the only analogue pedal in your rig is a Sovtek Big Muff, and you want to keep a consistent colour scheme!
Squier Limited Edition Paranormal Jazzmaster XII on Reverb – only $299
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Let’s face it, every guitarist needs a 12-string in their collection – those jangly natural chorus-type tones are just indispensable. And right now at Reverb, you can get this Squier Limited Edition Paranormal Jazzmaster XII in Sherwood Green at over 40% off, meaning you pay just $299 instead of $517. That’s a bargain if ever we saw one.
Save $200 on Walrus Audio’s Mako D1 delay at Sweetwater
The Mako D1 is an extremely fully-featured pedal, with stereo, MIDI, and more delay modes than you can shake an echoey stick at. At the time, we gave it a 10/10 and said: “There’s a startling amount of functionality available here – far more than we could hope to cover even in a review of double this length – in fact it’s no exaggeration to say that we are confident the D1 is capable of just about any existing delay texture as well as myriad yet to be discovered.”
All that makes it pretty appealing on its own. But for Black Friday, Sweetwater has discounted the pedal by a whopping $200! Make no mistake – even though the unit has been surpassed in some ways with the MkII (different to the V2 – confusing, yes) – a pedal like this for only $149 is an absolute bargain. Check out the deal below:
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Save $194.9 on a Electro-Harmonix Soul POG at Sweetwater – was $324.8, now $129.90
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Want some polyphonic octaves but with a little more grit than the standard POG? There’s a huge discount of 50% to be had on this Electro-Harmonix Soul POG, a dual pedal that mashes up the Klon-inspired drive sounds of the Soul Food with the multi-octave pitching of the POG, allowing for some awesome overdriven octave sounds – and for only $129.90, you’re effectively getting two amazing effects for the price of one!
UK Deals
The biggest player in the guitar retail game in both the UK and Europe is Thomann – the German retail giant has breadth of products that nobody else can ever compete with, and some of the best prices and great customer service, too. They’re not the only game in town however, and you can find some amazing savings at retailers like Gear4Music – who have some really good deals on their impressive in-house brands.
There’s also some bargains to be found on the newly relaunched Reverb UK, and a limited but interesting selection on Amazon UK too. Don’t forget about shopping direct either – there are some killer savings on Fender and Positive Grid‘s UK sites.
Save £1,487 on the Taylor 514ce Urban Ironbark
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Across the whole event of Black Friday week, there are some deals that just knock you flat on your back, and this is definitely one of those. At Thomann right now you can save well over a grand on one of Taylor’s most interesting and unconventional approaches to sustainable guitar making.
Save €165 on a Epiphone 1959 Les Paul Standard
Thomann has some absolutely killer deals on Epiphones this Cyber Monday, but this one really takes the biscuit. The Epi 1959 Les Paul Standard is perhaps the best bonafide Les Paul you can get for under a grand, and a €165 saving here makes it even more compelling. The collaboration with the Gibson Custom shop grants this Epiphone a true Gibson-like headstock, and two USA Custombucker Alnico 3 humbuckers for high-fidelity, touch-responsive tone.
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Save £90 on a Martin GPC 10e Roadseries Special at Thomann – was £879, now £789
One of the best-sounding, affordable Martins out there, this guitar is also utterly beautiful, with a rich dark finish for its solid sapele back and sides.
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Save €160 on an Epiphone 1960 Les Paul Special DC TVY
Another collaboration with the Gibson Custom Shop, this double-pickup double-cut is an awesome simple rock machine, with a pair of P90s and a slab mahogany body – great for everything from old-school 70s rock to stoner doom fuzz.
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Save €188 on an Epiphone Hummingbird Deluxe
An awesome acoustic entry into the Inspired by Gibson Custom collection, this high-end epiphone comes with a solid spruce top, solid rosewood back and sides, an ebony fretboard and a mahogany neck for a classic sound – as well as some equally classic Hummingbird aesthetic appointments. For Black Friday, there’s a great saving of 13% off, so whether you’re looking to take your first steps into the world of acoustics or upgrade your rig this is a great option.
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Save £24 on a Harley Benton DNAfx GiT at Thomann – was £129, now £105
Maybe you’re new to the world of digital modelling and want to just dip a toe in – or maybe you’re a beginner guitarist on a budget. The DNAfx GiT is a great option in either case, even more so with a chunk of change knocked off the price!
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Save £23 on a Boss Katana Mini X in limited-edition Blue at Thomann – was £145, now £122
Portable yet powerful, there’s a great discount on this pint-sized amp from Boss, finished in a cool limited-edition blue so you can stand out while you play.
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Save £855 on a Martin Custom D18 at Thomann – was £5299, now £4444
This top-of-the-line Martin D18 is perhaps the pinnacle of the brand’s instrument design, and you can save a whopping £855 right now. Perfect if you want to really up your acoustic game in 2026!
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