Guitar Center’s massive Guitar-A-Thon sale is officially underway with up to 30% off thousands of items including $700 off a Gibson Les Paul – here’s 9 of the best deals from the sale

It’s that time of the year again, the Guitar Center Guitar-A-Thon has officially launched, bringing thousands of discounted bits of guitar gear within reach of guitar players all over. Typically arriving twice a year, the GC sale has fast become one of the biggest events in the guitar calendar, and this year is no different, with a slew of amazing savings to take advantage of.

There are some staggering discounts on the biggest guitar brands like Fender and Gibson, as well as plenty of deals on acoustic guitars, bass guitars, guitar pedals, amps, and loads more.

Of course, there’s a lot to look through, so to make your life easier, I’ve been through the whole sale and picked out 9 of the hottest bits of guitar gear you can pick up right now with healthy discounts.

Matt is a Junior Deals Writer here at Guitar World. He regularly tests and reviews music gear with a focus on guitars, amps, pedals, modelers, and pretty much anything else guitar-related. Matt worked in music retail for 5 years at Dawsons Music and Northwest Guitars and has written for various music sites including MusicRadar, Guitar Player, Guitar.com, Ultimate Guitar, and Thomann’s t.blog. A regularly gigging guitarist with over 20 years of experience playing live and writing and recording in bands, he’s performed everything from jazz to djent, gigging all over the country in more dingy venues than you can shake a drop-tuned guitar at. When not writing articles for Guitar World, you’ll find him making a racket with northern noise punks Never Better.