These 7 Black Friday sales for musicians are unmissable

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Black Friday is here once again and all the major retailers have launched their best Black Friday music deals. Trawling through page after page of gear can be exhausting, so we’ve done the hard work for you and picked out the biggest discounts, the freshest deals, and all those unmissable offers on music gear. Here, we’ve gotten hold of the main offers from the biggest US retailers around - plus a couple for those from the UK and Europe.

Every retailer is doing something different this year, with Musician’s Friend offering up to 50% off on everything from guitar gear to recording software. Guitar Center has got two offers running, with heavy discounts on loads of gear, and 15% off qualifying items over $199.

Sweetwater has got a stonking sale on, with up to 80% off music gear across all categories. The kings of retail Amazon have loads of discounts on big brand items as well as a mixture of accessories, and a selection of brilliant beginner bundles. Amazon often has lightning deals over the Black Friday weekend, meaning it's worth checking regularly to see if any new discounts have come up.

Don’t worry though, these aren’t your only options. Have a look at the full selection of Black Friday sale action below:

Musicians Friend: Up to 50% off

Musicians Friend: <a href="https://musicians-friend.pxf.io/c/221109/1127581/14291?subId1=hawk-custom-tracking&sharedId=hawk&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.musiciansfriend.com%2Fdeals" data-link-merchant="musiciansfriend.com"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Up to 50% off
With up to 50% off a whole range of items, you can get yourself some great savings on a massive range of gear. There are some super deals on Fender and Gretsch guitars, loads of discounts on recording gear, and plenty of beginner electronic drum kits to get your hands on.

Guitar Center: Big savings on music gear
Don’t let the name fool you - Guitar Center has got great deals on recording gear, pianos, live sound, beginner drum kits, and more. If that isn’t enough they’re also offering 15% off any qualifying purchase worth $199 or more when you use the code blackfriday15

Guitar Center: <a href="https://guitar-center.pxf.io/c/221109/1125892/14264?subId1=hawk-custom-tracking&sharedId=hawk&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.guitarcenter.com%2FBlack-Friday-Deals.gc" data-link-merchant="guitarcenter.com"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Big savings on music gear
Don’t let the name fool you - Guitar Center has got great deals on recording gear, pianos, live sound, beginner drum kits, and more. If that isn’t enough they’re also offering 15% off any qualifying purchase worth $199 or more when you use the code blackfriday15.

Sweetwater: Up to 80% off

Sweetwater: <a href="https://imp.i114863.net/c/221109/789347/11319?subId1=hawk-custom-tracking&sharedId=hawk&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sweetwater.com%2Fsale%2Fblack-friday-sale-22" data-link-merchant="sweetwater.com"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Up to 80% off
Sweetwater is one of the biggest retailers in the US and they’ve got discounts to match too. You can get yourself some awesome deals on plugins, audio interfaces, microphones, synthesizers, studio monitors, and more. Sweetwater has even rounded up its own hottest deals to make things easier for you.

Amazon US: Huge discounts on music gear

Amazon US: <a href="https://target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8431&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.com%2Fblackfriday%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-20" data-link-merchant="Amazon US"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Huge discounts on music gear
Amazon is known for its great beginner guitar and drum bundles, but there’s a whole bunch of other gear you can grab too. There are some sweet discounts on drum heads, studio furniture, recording gear, and wireless monitoring systems. Amazon deals only tend to be on for a short amount of time so you’ll need to move quickly to land some of these.

Fender Black Friday Sale: Up to 50% off

Fender Black Friday Sale: <a href="https://www.prf.hn/click/camref:1011lqVf6/pubref:hawk-custom-tracking/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fender.com%2Fen-US%2Fblack-friday-sale.html%3Futm_source%3Dwunderkind%26utm_medium%3Dpopup%26utm_campaign%3DWKND_BF_TB_UK%26utm_term%3Dfender%26utm_src%3Demailuk00DTBF_TB" data-link-merchant="fender.com"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Up to 50% off
The big F is doing its own Black Friday sale with massive savings on some of the most popular guitars in the world. The Squier Contemporary range has got some hefty discounts and all MIJ guitars are under a grand.

In the UK or Europe?

Don’t fear you aren’t missing out - both Thomann and Andertons have some awesome deals on the best music gear and the biggest brands.

Andertons: Crazy discounts on gear

Andertons: <a href="https://clk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=323652&a=2049289&epi=hawk-custom-tracking&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.andertons.co.uk%2Foffers" data-link-merchant="andertons.co.uk"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Crazy discounts on gear
Andertons Black Friday sale has all the best in guitar gear, but there are also some great offers on recording gear and live sound. You can grab yourself a new interface for home recording, or even a full-size mixing desk for live shows. There are some great piano and keyboard deals too, with discounts on Yamaha and Roland.

Thomann: Up to 60% off

Thomann: <a href="https://www.thomann.de/gb/special_cyberweek.html?offid=1&affid=195&subid=hawk-custom-tracking" data-link-merchant="thomann.de"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Up to 60% off
Thomann is one of the biggest retailers of music gear in Europe and they’ve got loads of great discounts to get your hands on. There are big discounts on everything from line arrays to Line 6 guitar pedals and pretty much anything else you can think of. Make sure to keep checking back too, because further discounts are being added all the time.

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Matt McCracken
Junior Deals Writer

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.

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