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The best early Black Friday deals 2024 – hand-picked guitar savings you can get right now

November 18, 2024

It’s November, which means only one thing: Black Friday and Cyber Monday are just around the corner! There are some awesome savings to be had across the whole world of guitar gear, whether you’re looking for a few packs of strings, a fuzz pedal or two or the guitar of your dreams. When is Black Friday? It traditionally falls on the Friday following American Thanksgiving, which this year means 29 November. But don’t worry if you miss out on Black Friday itself – savings continue across the weekend until 2 December, or Cyber Monday. It’s a whole weekend of deals, with hundreds of discounts across all of the major retailers.
The Guitar.com team is primed to find the best deals for you across all of Cyber Weekend – so be sure to check back here, as this page will be regularly updated with our best picks! Until then, here’s just some of the places we’ll be trawling for savings:

UK/EU Deals
US Deals

Thomann
Guitar Center

Amazon UK
Amazon US

Reverb
Reverb

PMT
Zzounds

And if you can’t wait until Black Friday? The good news is many retailers are warming up to the main event with some early Black Friday deals – check out our top picks below.
Editor’s picks – US
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At Zzounds, all of JHS’ great 3 Series pedals are currently 25% off – so if you need an affordable pedal to fill out a board, these are a great option!
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Fender’s excellent Tone Master Pro is a fantastic, powerful floor modeller, especially if you like Fender amps. And right now, you can save $200 at Zzounds!
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This classic overdrive is one of the coolest Boss pedals out there, and at $49.99 at Zzounds right now, is an absolute steal.
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A lot of pro guitarists will tell you that a clean boost is one of the most important pedals you can have on a board – and this excellent, compact example from Keeley is currently on sale for a great price.
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A very cool 60s-inspired short-scale bolt-on single-cut, this reissued guitar is dripping with retro charm – and is 20% off!
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30% off a $10,000 guitar is no small amount of change – this incredibly highly-spec’d offset features a totally unique recessed steel plate on its face, giving a totally wild look and sound.
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Looking to get your Jack White on? If you need a faithful reissue of the orignal Res-O-Glas model that offers plenty of bang for your buck, look no further.
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All of Saturnworks’ excellent utility pedals are 15% on Reverb at the moment, so if you need any kind of splitter, loop switcher, boost or tap-tempo, check them out!
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This awesome reverb pedal from Poly Effects boasts innovative touch controls, as well as 48 reverb presets to get some brilliant sounds going – real spaces have been captured, from churches to caves, as well as some legendary studio gear.
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The KMA Tyler Deluxe is a splitter pedal like no other – it lets you run different sections of your frequency spectrum through different effects loops for some extremely experimental sounds.
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The Trio+ isn’t just a looper pedal – it also will play along with your guitar, giving you a reactive and adjustable backing band as you go.
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With the brand’s characteristically weird design on full display, the Death By Audio Evil Filter lets you apply some modular-synth-like resonant filters to your guitar tone, alongside some nasty fuzz.
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Hilbish is no stranger to some awesome fuzzed-out sound, and this newly-designed fuzz pedal offers two modes of heaviness.
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This psychedelic oddity is 10% off at the moment – using a pair of PT2399 chips, it can bend and warp your signal as well as soak it in shoegazey bliss.
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The Many Worlds phaser is, appropriately enough, a multi-mode modulation pedal that offers a bunch of different LFOs and a pair of envelope-dependent phase modes.
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This guitar is a great starting point for anyone looking to get into the acoustic guitar – and right now is $50 off at Guitar Center!
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This affordable sunburst acoustic is, right now, a whopping $42 off – if you want a casual acoustic to have around the house or the campfire, look no further.
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The Hummingbird is of course an absolutely classic of acoustic design. This gorgeous example from Epiphone is only $399 at the moment thanks to Guitar Center’s early Black Friday deals.
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A whopping 30% has been taken off this awesome Martin acoustic. If you’re looking for something a little more premium for your next acoustic purchase, this could be a great opportunity to save.
Editor’s pick – Thomann
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Taylor’s gorgeous American Dream guitars aren’t just pretty – they’re built with comfort in mind, with the AD22e featuring chamfered body edges and a smaller Grand Concert body shape. And right now, its €451 off!
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This powerful multi-effects unit could be all you need for a great rig – and is currently a whopping 39% off. If you were looking to ditch your tubes and your pedalboard or just expand your effects collection, this could be the time!
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Peterson’s strobe tuners have a rep for being some of the best in the business – so that incredible accuracy being available in the form of a headstock tuner could be just the ticket – and for €10 cheaper too!
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This unique Quad Cortex colourway from Neural DSP features a red finish and gold switches – so if you need your multi-effects to stand out on stage there’s maybe no better way – and for early Black Friday, it’s €213 off!
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This amazing-looking Gibson Les Paul is finished in Translucent Fuchsia – meaning you get both the awesome grain of the maple top as well as a stand-out, eye-catching finish – and for €501 less!
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Or as a more affordable alternative – this Transparent Blue Epiphone Les Paul features a AAA flame maple top and ProBucker humbuckers, at a very attractive price.
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Had enough of bright colours? This totally blacked-out Fender Jazz Bass is a brilliant option for your next goth rock project, down to the ebony fingerboard – and right now is €200 off!
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With a massive selection of reverbs on offer, the RV-200 from Boss is already a great deal – but with a near 40% discount, it’s even more tantalising.
Editor’s picks – UK
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This awesome Ghost signature from Hagstrom unique HH guitar provides a unique set of features perfect for heavy, down-tuned music of all stripes – including a slim neck and a 25.5” scale.
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A classic of the PRS lineup, this slimline semi-hollow guitar is perfect for basically any style of music, combining the power and stability of a solid electric with the resonance and sustain of a hollow guitar.
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This gorgeous Auden guitar is 20% off on Reverb, and offers an amazing entry point into the UK-based brand’s approach to instrument building.
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This three-mode delay pedal from Mooer is even more affordable thanks to being 20% off. If you need to save on space and cash and still have three delay options on your board, it could be the perfect pedal.
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The Dept. 10 is both an outstanding valve drive pedal and a world-class valve recording preamp in one, with three crunch/overdrive voices alongside the clean channel – and is a whole £50 off at the moment.
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The Maxon OD-9 Pro+ is an absolutely awesome soft-clipping overdrive pedal based on a classic design – and this example is 20% off.
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