The official Sweetwater Black Friday sale is still live with up to 80% off a massive range of music gear! The music retail giant has slashed loads of prices on great music gear, knocking hundreds off everything from Schecter guitars and Egnater amps to Behringer mixing desks and Roland V-Drums. And the best news is that the Black Friday savings don't officially end until 27 November.
We've had a quick look to see what's still available and you can get an absolutely amazing deal on D'Angelico guitars, with $150 off Sweetwater exclusive models. There are some excellent savings on Universal Audio, with up $200 off audio interfaces, and for all the producers out there be sure to check out savings of up to $300 on Native Instruments Maschine and Komplete Kontrol keyboards.
We’ve been covering sales at Sweetwater for a while now, so we can spot killer Sweetwater Black Friday deals a mile off. To make your life easier, we’ll continue to work round the clock over the weekend to find great Sweetwater Black Friday deals - sharing them all right here on this page as soon as we spot them.
There are already loads of great deals available right now, and we're keeping a beady eye out for anything else that drops. If you want to save some serious dough then check back regularly to find today's top deals on electric guitars, drum sets, the best acoustic guitars, premium studio headphones, and loads more.
For more fantastic offers, keep your eyes on our Black Friday music deals page. If you don't find what you're looking for on Black Friday, don't forget there will be some mega Sweetwater Cyber Monday sales dropping soon after this sale ends too.
Sweetwater Black Friday deals 2022: Quick links
Shop the Black Friday Sweetwater sale by category:
- Guitar deals: Save big on guitars, amps and effects
- Drum & percussion deals: From sticks to e-kits, these deals can't be beaten
- Recording deals: Rig up your studio with cut-price interfaces and monitors
- Live sound deals: Save big on a PA for your band or busking rig
- Keys & synth deals: Beginner keyboards, synths and MIDI controllers for less
- DJ deals: Update your controller and bag killer accessories for peanuts
- Software deals: Featuring money off iZotope, Soundtoys, Waves & more
Sweetwater Black Friday deals 2022: Today's top deals
Sweetwater Black Friday deals 2022: When is it?
Stock market catastrophe aside, Black Friday is the name given to the day after the US Thanksgiving holiday, and has traditionally been the time when many online retailers kick off their seasonal sales ahead of Christmas.
Sweetwater's Black Friday sale is one of the biggest shopping events of the year for musicians, delivering epic discounts on instruments, software and so much more.
Black Friday 2022 at Sweetwater will take place on Friday 25 November, but we expect the offers to start much earlier than that and to carry on through to the following Monday. That's Cyber Monday to you (we'll be bringing you our pick of the best Sweetwater Cyber Monday deals, too).
If past years are anything to go by we'd put good money on some deals landing in October, giving shoppers early access to Black Friday levels of discount, without the stress of making purchases so close to Christmas. Shopping early also means people can plan their budgets better.
Sure, Black Friday at Amazon is one of the biggest online sales for stuff like headphones and TVs, it's by no means the place to shop if you're a muso. If you want discounts on musical instruments, the Sweetwater Black Friday sale is where you should be looking - we’ll be rounding up all the best Sweewater Black Friday deals here.
Sweetwater Black Friday deals 2022: What to expect
Last year’s Black Friday sale at Sweetwater was a real bumper affair, with seemingly endless offers on all types of musical instruments and accessories, from guitar amps and Black Friday plugin deals to electric guitar strings and home recording kit.
So we’re expecting this year’s Sweetwater Black Friday sale to bring more of the same, and catering to every type of musician. Sweetwater has been running all sorts of sales throughout 2022, which leads us to believe it’s gearing up for a very exciting run of offers in the lead-up to Christmas.
Based on what we have seen in previous years, you can expect to see big discounts on major and more boutique brands popping up among the best Sweetwater Black Friday deals.
Sweetwater Black Friday deals 2022: Will stock run out?
Last year, news reports suggested that Black Friday may be scuppered by shortages of stock and a lack of personnel to actually deliver the goods to you in good time before Christmas.
Over the last 12 months the majority of these supply issues - mostly created by the pandemic - have been rectified and stock is no longer an issue. Our advice would be not to panic buy, however if you see something that's been on your wishlist for a while and is at a good price, then you should go for it.
While stock shouldn't be an issue overall, some deals are limited to a certain volume of product and once they're gone they're gone. You don't want to leave it too late and risk missing out altogether.
Don't forget that returns policies for most retailers are good enough that you can get a product home, try it for size then return it if it's not right.
Sweetwater Black Friday deals 2022: Researching what to buy
One of the smartest moves you can make right now is to do some research on the kit you're hoping to buy in the Sweetwater Black Friday sale. We can help with that too, as we have a bunch of buyer's guides and reviews covering masses of instruments, software and accessories. In each guide you'll find buying advice from our exerts, plus our top picks for the latest gear you should consider.
Here's some of our top buyer's guide to get you started:
- Best audio interfaces
- Best studio monitors
- Best laptops for music production
- Best studio headphones
- Best electronic drum sets
- Best electric guitars
- Best acoustic guitars
- Best digital pianos
- Best keyboards for beginners and kids
- Best podcasting microphones
Sweetwater Black Friday deals 2022: How to find the best deals
This is an easy one: bookmark this page and keep checking back regularly, as we’ll be monitoring the site and curating only the very best Sweetwater Black Friday deals that go live in the run-up to Friday 25 November, on the big day itself, and through to Cyber Monday. They will all be listed here, and we’ll be eyeballing them across guitars, drums, software and plugins, keys and accessories so that you don't miss a thing.
In addition to us manually combing the Sweetwater sale for unmissable Black Friday offers, our shopping software will be scanning a shed load of other websites for the best prices on any products we feature here. That means, not only will you get the top Sweetwater Black Friday offers, you might also see competing deals for other musical instrument retailers, depending on the products featured.
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Sweetwater Black Friday deals 2022: Last year's best deals
Last year's Sweetwater Black Friday sale was an utterly brilliant one. As always, for guitarists it was a particularly bumper event, with big savings off an array of effects pedals from TC Electronic and more. That's before you got to killer savings on guitars from Fender and beyond.
For the studio heads there was also hundreds of dollars to be saved on audio interfaces, microphones and synths, while drummers had access to big discounts on Roland V-Drums, whether you wanted a beginner electronic drum set, or something more pro.
In addition to individual offers, Sweetwater was offering up to 80% off a whole range of guitar, drum and music tech gear, giving you the freedom to shop around the site and load your basket with loads of cut-price goodies.