Where are the deals?

[Migmakesmusic]

Anyone find any good deals today?

A lot of talk about the guitar boom dying down but I'm not seeing any great deals on Gibsons. Some ok deals on used Fenders though.

 

[jenksdrummer]

Sweetwater has 48mo financing available for guitar strings. $49.99 for a 10pk of strings or $2.00/mo for 48mo. What a deal!

In case anyone was thinking I was joking:

 

[ixnay]

Won't be any better deals today than most any other day of the year. Even Black Friday has become pretty much the same 15% off deals as any other 'sale'.

If you want a deal on Gibson, call around to Gibson dealers and ask for deals. Getting 20% off, or more, on Gibson has never really been difficult IME.

 

[Guitarworks]

Sweetwater has 48mo financing available for guitar strings. $49.99 for a 10pk of strings or $2.00/mo for 48mo. What a deal!

In case anyone was thinking I was joking:

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oooh five bucks a pack...what a bargain

 

[Migmakesmusic]

Won't be any better deals today than most any other day of the year. Even Black Friday has become pretty much the same 15% off deals as any other 'sale'.

If you want a deal on Gibson, call around to Gibson dealers and ask for deals. Getting 20% off, or more, on Gibson has never really been difficult IME.

Ty that is good to know!

 

[Johnny21]

Supply chain constraints still exist so nobody’s gonna be offering high discount to get inventory moving

 

[59Bassman]

I’ve seen used prices starting to drop quickly on more “commodity” instruments - at least the stratospheric listings we’ve seen over the past year or so. The more desirable stuff though - that’s staying pretty well put.

 

[59stratocaster]

I've gotten a few dollars off my latest purchases (a Suhr and an Eastman) by calling dealers and asking "what's the best you can do on this instrument?". Granted these are like, <10% discounts, but with free shipping and no sales tax it's better than nothing.

I guess it really depends on what you're looking for and what your expectations are. I don't think I've seen a big sale lately so anything on a product I actually want beats closeouts on things I don't care about.

 

[george4908]

Sweetwater has 48mo financing available for guitar strings. $49.99 for a 10pk of strings or $2.00/mo for 48mo. What a deal!

Let's see, if I give up one Snickers bar a month for four years, it's like getting the strings for free!

 

[Kevi]

Email your sweetwater rep with a guitar youre ready to buy and tell them you wanna pay whatever the price is + 20% off. Ive never had an issue. Aslong as you ready to buy they agree.

 

[ixnay]

Email your sweetwater rep with a guitar youre ready to buy and tell them you wanna pay whatever the price is + 20% off. Ive never had an issue. Aslong as you ready to buy they agree.

I wish I had your luck with SW. I have had no problem getting that kind of discount from other retailers, but I'm lucky if my SW 'sales engineer' offers me 7-8% and a lecture about how lucky I am to be getting any discount at all due to all the great things SW offers by just letting me shop there in the first place.

 

[Gurn]

Not guitars -- but GC is blowing out KrK 5" studio monitors for $99 each.

And Kali white 6.5" studio monitors for $135

Those are good deals. I'm set for monitors, otherwise I'd be diving in.

 

[Lt Dak]

GC offered me 15% off a new Lincoln Brewster strat a few months back. Not huge, but it was zero discounts for awhile.

 

[Doctor Morbius]

The deals are in 2006.

 

[BarryJ]

My guess is about 7-8 months from now - by that point the dealers will be sitting on a massive $-!tload of inventory that no one can afford to buy…….

 

[Jugghaid]

I wish I had your luck with SW. I have had no problem getting that kind of discount from other retailers, but I'm lucky if my SW 'sales engineer' offers me 7-8% and a lecture about how lucky I am to be getting any discount at all due to all the great things SW offers by just letting me shop there in the first place.

Change reps. I got over 35% on a new PRS before covid hit, and I always get good deals on larger ticket items. I also don't haggle on stuff under $500.

 

[Golem]

Bogner Ecstasy Blue Overdrive Pedal

Overdrive/Distortion Pedal Based On the Bogner Ecstasy Amplifier's Blue Channel with 3-band EQ, Footswitchable Boost, Variac Switch, Mode Switch, and Structure Switch

www.sweetwater.com

Amazon, Sweetwater, and Reverb all have the Bogner Blue (older/bigger pedal that has boost) for $130. It's one of the most amp like OD/Distortions I've tried. It's more than good enough for classic Plexi/Bogner tones. Might be the best Marshall In A box pedal I've ever owned. I boght a second one.

 

[ChordInversion]

I wish I had your luck with SW. I have had no problem getting that kind of discount from other retailers, but I'm lucky if my SW 'sales engineer' offers me 7-8% and a lecture about how lucky I am to be getting any discount at all due to all the great things SW offers by just letting me shop there in the first place.

Back when I shopped there some (in the before times when I thought they were trustworthy), I got similar clear messaging that they were not going to compete on price. Their sales are downright hilarious.

 

[ChordInversion]

Bogner Ecstasy Blue Overdrive Pedal

Overdrive/Distortion Pedal Based On the Bogner Ecstasy Amplifier's Blue Channel with 3-band EQ, Footswitchable Boost, Variac Switch, Mode Switch, and Structure Switch

www.sweetwater.com

Amazon, Sweetwater, and Reverb all have the Bogner Blue (older/bigger pedal that has boost) for $130. It's one of the most amp like OD/Distortions I've tried. It's more than good enough for classic Plexi/Bogner tones. Might be the best Marshall In A box pedal I've ever owned. I boght a second one.

I like mine as well, and I also have and dig the Red and the La Grange. No longer the flavor of the week, but IMO they're great pedals.

 

[pete692]

There’s never been any deals on anything I’ve ever really wanted. Everything has always been priced to where it’s a bit of a stretch to get