Let’s be real for a sec: Black Friday and Cyber Monday aren’t always all they’re cracked up to be. Companies can use it as an excuse to blow out unpopular gear or stuff that just never found an audience. But this year, the pedal deals have never been better – take it from me, as someone who’s been trawling the web every BF/CM for seven years (yep, that’s as sobering for me as it is for you).

For 2025, we’re seeing big brands embrace the discount season like never before. We’ve got Boss blowing out three of its flagship delay workstations. Line 6 slashing the price of its entire Helix range, including the recently launched HX One. Heck, even Electro-Harmonix are offering respectable savings on classics including the POG2 and Deluxe Memory Man.

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Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master’s degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and over a decade’s experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Ed O’Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. In his free time, you’ll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.