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This Klon-style overdrive is nearly 50% off for Black Friday. At just $99, it’s the best way to get the sound favored by John Mayer, Jeff Beck and Warren Haynes
The Warm Audio Centavo Professional Overdrive in limited-edition silver gets you all that classic warm tone, in a box that stands out from the average clone
Black Friday guitar deals 2025: these deals are already live – plus all the info you need ahead of the year's biggest guitar sale
Black Friday has arrived early this year, there are loads of deals available and we've got the best of them
Get the sound Adam Jones and James Hetfield made famous for less than $100 during Sweetwater's Black Friday sales event
The four-pound Diezel VH Micro packs the crunch of the Diezel VH4's celebrated third channel into a compact microamp
The group that stole an idea from the Who to make two of the 1970s’ greatest power-pop hits
Producer Tom Werman admits he was the guilty party: “Pete Townshend was always my main musical inspiration”
Take $100 off the Epiphone “Inspired by Gibson” Hummingbird in Aged Natural Antique finish during Guitar Center’s Black Friday sales event
One of Guitar Center's Top-Sellers, it closely follows the specifications of the original, with solid woods throughout
Walrus Audio’s Qi Etherealizer is my favorite signature artist stompbox of the year. It's now $90 cheaper at Sweetwater's Black Friday sales event
The dream pedal of math-rock guitarist Yvette Young, the Qi Etherealizer is a multi-effect machine that takes your instrument to new sonic spaces
The pedal version of Eddie Van Halen's live rig is 24 percent off at Amazon's Black Friday sales event
Developed by Eddie, EVH and Boss, the SDE-3000EVH Dual Digital Delay re-creates the two-delay setup that was at the heart of his stage gear
You’ll shine onstage with this gorgeous D'Angelico Excel DC XT Semi-hollowbody, now 50 percent off during Sweetwater’s Black Friday sales event
Featuring gold hardware and a pair of Seymour Duncan ’59 humbuckers, the Excel DC XT exudes class and vintage spirit
“PRS versatility at its finest.” Now get $390 off the PRS S2 Special Semi-Hollow at Sweetwater’s Black Friday sales event
With a unique combination of three pickups, this new model combines the best of a Strat, a Les Paul and an ES-335 in a gorgeous U.S.-made electric guitar
Take $200 off the Martin 000 Junior Sapele Special right now at Sweetwater’s Black Friday sale
Comfortable to play, beautiful to hear, this compact model gives you Martin's signature tone, complete with built-in Fishman electronics
Save $50 on Universal Audio UAFX stereo amp emulation pedals at Sweetwater's Black Friday sale
These six amp emulation pedals offer something for every guitarist
We gave the PRS Archon 50 a five-star review. Get up to $200 off right now during Sweetwater's Black Friday sale
With a wide-ranging Clean channel and a vintage-tuned Lead channel, this versatile tube amp is on sale as a head or 1x12 combo right now
Paul McCartney reveals the song he performed when he met John Lennon
McCartney says his deep familiarity with a song Lennon loved made all difference
Ritchie Blackmore explains the health scare that forced him to cancel his 2025 tour
The hard rock guitar icon called off the road show on November 15, just days after it had begun
Tom Petty and Mike Campbell on the song they couldn’t give Stevie Nicks — and the one they did that became a hit
Asked to write a song for Nicks, Petty nearly gave away a cut he considered one of his best
John Fogerty on the victory that he calls “an instant esteem booster"
In a new interview with Stephen Colbert, the former Creedence Clearwater Revival hitmaker reveals the humiliation of losing the rights to his catalog
Joe Walsh and Jimmy Webb on their surprise tribute to one of pop music’s most celebrated cities
Walsh and Webb’s performance was a highlight of this weekend’s VetsAid benefit concert
John Fogerty on the Creedence Clearwater Revival single that predicted their downfall — and ultimately became their biggest hit
Released in 1971, the tune has become the most streamed track in the group’s hit-heavy catalog
Gene Simmons on the guitar solo Eddie Van Halen recorded for a Kiss hit — and Ace Frehley copied note for note
Simmons was producing Van Halen at the time in the hope of turning the group into superstars
The hit single that’s over six minutes long, has 14 verses and no hook or guitar solo. They nailed it on the first take
With spare time in the studio, Gordon Lightfoot peeled off a commemoration to a modern tragedy that's 50 years old today: “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
John Fogerty says one word from Bob Dylan convinced him to do something he’d avoided for 15 years
Bad feelings about his Creedence Clearwater Revival days made him swear off his old hits. Dylan changed everything in a moment
Tom Petty and Mike Campbell on how a chance meeting saved the Heartbreakers’ debut single from oblivion
Petty was so excited to find the hook, he called the band back in the studio to remake the song — at four in the morning
