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This year's official Cyber Monday electronic drum set deals are over for another year, but that doesn't mean there aren't any bargains left to grab. Many sales have switched from Cyber Monday to Cyber Week, meaning you have a few more days left to take advantage.
So, where is the best e-kit price-slashing action take place right now? Well, Sweetwater is still live with its official up to 50% off Cyber Week sale, with a particular focus on Roland bundles and Alesis discounts. Then over in the other corner is Guitar Center, who's Cyber Monday sale will continue through to 3rd December with money off Alesis, Simmons and Roland.
The highlight? We've found a cracking $100 saving on our current best beginner electronic drum set - the Alesis Nitro Max. That won't hang around for long, so I'd recommend snapping it up now it you're still on the fence.
In the meantime, if you need to do some research, we recommend you check out our comprehensive guide to the best electronic drum sets available today.
⚡ Quick links
Amazon: Cyber Week instrument deals
Donner: Black Friday encore sale
Drumeo: Exclusive 30-day free trial
Guitar Center: Up to 40% Cyber Monday
Musician's Friend: Cyber Cyber Monday up 50% sale
Reverb: Up to 80% off Cyber Week savings
Sweetwater: Up to 50% off Cyber Week sale
Gear4Music: Official Cyber Monday drum deals
Thomann: All the latest Hot Deals
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❓ Cyber Monday electronic drum set deals FAQ
When do the Cyber Monday e-kit deals start?
For 2024, the Cyber Monday electronic drum set deals will officially arrive on Monday December 2nd - a few days after Black Friday and less than a month before Christmas Day (check out our drummer's gift guide for more inspiration).
Previous experience tells us that the deals won't be isolated to just this day day though. Many of the best Cyber Monday electronic drum set deals will emerge in the weeks leading up to the big day itself, and if you miss out on a great deal during Cyber Monday itself, many deals stick around for a while after the event, too.
Deals are launched at all sorts of random times - sometimes in the middle of the night - so savvy shoppers will need to keep a close watch on their favourite stores to ensure they grab the bargains they're looking for. Some Cyber Monday e-kit deals may stick around for a while, whereas others may only be live for a matter of hours, or could be stock-limited. So, if you're looking for a bargain, you need to be ready to pull the trigger. We've got more on how you can prepare further down this page.
What deals can I expect?
We’ll be keeping a close eye on the big music retailers throughout October and November. Based on last year's evidence, the Guitar Center Cyber Monday deals, Sweetwater Cyber Monday sales, and Musician's Friend Cyber Monday deals will be the key places to spot a killer electronic drum set deal. Amazon is worth keeping tabs on, too; they have upped their game in the e-kit price-cutting battle in recent years.
You may also find savings on products related to electronic drumming, including drum triggers, electronic drum pads and electronic drum amps and monitors. Perhaps you want to trigger alternative sounds to the ones loaded onto your module? For that, you should keep an eye out for discounts on samples packs and VSTs like Superior Drummer 3.
If you need anything else drum-related - like heads, sticks, cymbals, perhaps a new snare drum - we also have a dedicated Cyber Monday drum deals page.
In terms of the electronic drum set brands who consistently throw their hat into the Cyber Monday ring, Roland and Alesis are the top of the tree, with discounts to be found across almost their entire ranges, and at most retailers. So, whether you want money off a killer budget kit like Roland's TD-07DMK, or you're hoping to score a chunky discount off a top-end Roland VAD kit, you should be in luck come Cyber Monday.
For Alesis, there's always money to be saved on one of our favourite beginner electronic drum sets, the Alesis Nitro Max. Often these come bundled with extras such as an amp, sticks, a throne and headphones.
We always hold out hope to see money off Yamaha's awesome DTX series drums, particularly the new DTX 6 and 10 kits, however they don't often do e-kit discounts at this time of year. That said, last year if you bought a Yammy kit you got three months of Melodics online drum lessons thrown in, so there was some extra value added, even if you weren't saving any cash.
Elsewhere, it's not uncommon to see big savings on budget brands including Donner, Carlsboro and Thomann's own brand Millenium.
In terms of the types of deals to look out for, great deals come in all shapes and sizes...
- Single item - A single product or plugin with a great discount
- Site-wide discounts - A single discount percentage on a large range of products across a site
- Discount codes - Load your basket to a certain value and redeem a discount code for money off your basket contents
- Added value deals - These include multi-buy discounts, or additional products or software for free when you buy certain items
Are Cyber Monday deals worth it?
On the whole our experience of covering deals year-round tells us that Cyber Monday is the best time of year to find genuinely good offers on the top electronic drum brands and the widest range of offers. It's a very lucrative time for the big online retailers, so they save their best deals for this time of year.
We only cover deals that we know are decent and represent the best prices of the year, so if you're drowning in options and don't know which offers are genuinely worth your hard-earned cash, if we've not covered it on MusicRadar then it's probably a hard pass.
🛒 Shopping tips
Here's a few pointers - based on personal experience - that will help you bag the best bargains when the time comes.
1. Create a wishlist early - The most sensible way to take advantage of this year's Cyber Monday electronic drum deals is to know in advance what you’re looking for. This will make searching much easier, rather than having to trawl through loads of deals you don’t want to find the ones you do, or pondering title you don't need.
2. Work out what you actually need - Check out your favourite brands, see what you need and will genuinely use - don’t waste your cash on features you'll never use. Has there been any new kits launched lately? If so, perhaps the old version will be massively discounted for Cyber Monday?
3. Consider your drumming goals - What do you want to achieve with your playing for the next 12 months? Do you want to record more? Practice more? Start a function band? Now could be the time to invest if the right gear comes up.
4. Streamline your current gear - Something else you should consider ahead of time is whether you have enough space in your collection for a new kit. Could you offload some gear you don't use to make room and generate funds for some new gear?
5. Sign up to mailing lists - In addition to bookmarking this page, we'd recommend signing up to mailing lists of your favourite retailers now to get the jump on the best deals when they do come around.
How we choose the deals to cover
Here at MusicRadar, we are experts in our field, with many years of playing and product testing between us. We live and breathe everything music-making, 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 players and creators, and we want to match like-minded folk with the right products for them, at the best prices.
For us to recommend a deal on an electronic drum set or anything else 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 us
We spend a lot of our time scouring software retailers for fantastic deals on our favorite plugins. Not only is it our job to research and recommend the best gear in our and reviews, but we’re also dedicated to helping musicians get the best deals on the stuff 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, 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.
