Black Friday

ROOG

I have resisted so well, so far, but the PMT Black Friday notification (just 10% off) pushed me over the edge! I went for the Helix rack and small powered monitors that I have been hankering for. Now in the dog house with the boss.
The internet is an evil thing.

jhalliday89

The only real deal I've seen is the Brent Hinds terror at 299 - Which seems decent for an Orange amp with quite a lot of bells and whistles.
PMT are offering 10% off pretty much everything which isn't a bad deal at all as they usually keep up in price with everyone else online. 
The whole thing stresses me out quite a bit - I am hankering for a new guitar anyway and have the budget to spend but I've been obsessing over finding the best "Deal" for a few weeks now.

Made the decision this morning to just go and try everything I'm interested in this weekend. If it's the right guitar I'm sure an extra 5% wont hurt

kaypeejay

jhalliday89 said:

Made the decision this morning to just go and try everything I'm interested in this weekend. If it's the right guitar I'm sure an extra 5% wont hurt

Wis'd for that.

roberty

kaypeejay said:

jhalliday89 said:

Made the decision this morning to just go and try everything I'm interested in this weekend. If it's the right guitar I'm sure an extra 5% wont hurt

Wis'd for that.

Best cure for GAS is to go and play the thing IME

kaypeejay

roberty said:

kaypeejay said:

jhalliday89 said:

Made the decision this morning to just go and try everything I'm interested in this weekend. If it's the right guitar I'm sure an extra 5% wont hurt

Wis'd for that.

Best cure for GAS is to go and play the thing IME

Or play what you already have and realise it is plenty good enough for what you need.


Then spend the money on something really useful like beer 

Stevepage

Had a look around and this year seems pretty crap.

Not even amazon are doing decent deals this year for tech like they usually do.

thegummy

Seen some very good software deals again this year. They seem to really go for it on black Friday, since they have no materials or anything they can basically just choose any price at any time.

In case anyone doesn't check the recording section, SoundToys stood out the most in this regard.

prlgmnr

Peach have some pretty decent deals.

OR have had some guitars listed for far too much for the rest of the year, depending on how you want to look at it.

professorben

MikeS said:

Whitecat said:

MikeS said:

Don't know what you're all seeing, I can't see a single thing on Coda, that looks anything remotely like a good buy, never mind a bargain. Unless they've all sold, and I'm late to the party.

Gibson ES275s for £2399
Loads of R8s (in lefties too) and even an R7 all varying degrees of south of £3k doesn’t seem too bad. 

£1 south of £3k, isn't what I'd call south.

I’d say it’s more adjacent. 

tony99

prlgmnr said:

Peach have some pretty decent deals.

OR have had some guitars listed for far too much for the rest of the year, depending on how you want to look at it.

they have as well, there's a cs fender strat 60's on there at £2499 that I've had to sellotape my hand to my head to stop me clicking 'buy now'

don't ask me how I typed this

professorben

tony99 said:

prlgmnr said:

Peach have some pretty decent deals.

OR have had some guitars listed for far too much for the rest of the year, depending on how you want to look at it.

they have as well, there's a cs fender strat 60's on there at £2499 that I've had to sellotape my hand to my head to stop me clicking 'buy now'

don't ask me how I typed this

You must be adept at typing with your non dominant hand......

so many question I don’t want the answer to. 

jhalliday89

kaypeejay said:

roberty said:

kaypeejay said:

jhalliday89 said:

Made the decision this morning to just go and try everything I'm interested in this weekend. If it's the right guitar I'm sure an extra 5% wont hurt

Wis'd for that.

Best cure for GAS is to go and play the thing IME

Or play what you already have and realise it is plenty good enough for what you need.


Then spend the money on something really useful like beer 

Absolutely This.

Doesn't help that the only two guitars I regularly play are both at the tech for some much needed TLC.

Did anyone go for the Brent Hinds at 299 BTW? Mastodon ain't really my bag but it looks like a lot of amp for the cash

prlgmnr

tony99 said:

prlgmnr said:

Peach have some pretty decent deals.

OR have had some guitars listed for far too much for the rest of the year, depending on how you want to look at it.

they have as well, there's a cs fender strat 60's on there at £2499 that I've had to sellotape my hand to my head to stop me clicking 'buy now'

don't ask me how I typed this

Schecter Custom Shop Wembley SSS at 1999 or Vigier GV Wood at 2499 for me, though I prefer my stratty types with a maple board so that might keep me away from the Schecter.

Philly_Q

prlgmnr said:

Peach have some pretty decent deals.

OR have had some guitars listed for far too much for the rest of the year, depending on how you want to look at it.

There are one or two things on there I quite like the look of.  On the other hand I wasn't seriously considering them at full price, so am I only contemplating them now because there's a big discount?

rivercider

Philly_Q said:

prlgmnr said:

Peach have some pretty decent deals.

OR have had some guitars listed for far too much for the rest of the year, depending on how you want to look at it.

There are one or two things on there I quite like the look of.  On the other hand I wasn't seriously considering them at full price, so am I only contemplating them now because there's a big discount?

That's quite possibly the case.
Last week I bought a guitar on an early 'Black Friday' deal but then after just a couple of days I realised that I'd mainly bought it for the wrong reason (price) and wouldn't have picked that same model if it weren't on the deal.
 
Eventually, I returned it (thanks to the shop, who were very understanding) and promptly bought the guitar I'd been hankering after for much longer at a reasonably good price (but that wasn't on some 'Black Friday megamadness!!' deal).

Sadly, I had to use two shops as the first one didn't have the guitar I ended up with, which eventually came from Coda. 

Act in haste, repent at your leisure, as the saying goes; especially at this time of year, it's worth remembering.    

jhalliday89

kaypeejay said:

roberty said:

kaypeejay said:

jhalliday89 said:

Made the decision this morning to just go and try everything I'm interested in this weekend. If it's the right guitar I'm sure an extra 5% wont hurt

Wis'd for that.

Best cure for GAS is to go and play the thing IME

Or play what you already have and realise it is plenty good enough for what you need.


Then spend the money on something really useful like beer 

Absolutely this.
Doesn't help that the two guitars I play most - Roadhouse strat and an old Jap Jag (in the photo) are both with local tech at the moment for some well needed TLC. Cannot wait to get the Jag back. 

BTW did anyone go for the Brent Hinds at 299? 

jhalliday89

kaypeejay said:

roberty said:

kaypeejay said:

jhalliday89 said:

Made the decision this morning to just go and try everything I'm interested in this weekend. If it's the right guitar I'm sure an extra 5% wont hurt

Wis'd for that.

Best cure for GAS is to go and play the thing IME

Or play what you already have and realise it is plenty good enough for what you need.


Then spend the money on something really useful like beer 

Absolutely this.
Doesn't help that the two guitars I play most - Roadhouse strat and an old Jap Jag (in the photo) are both with local tech at the moment for some well needed TLC. Cannot wait to get the Jag back. 

BTW did anyone go for the Brent Hinds at 299? 

tony99

rivercider said:

Philly_Q said:

prlgmnr said:

Peach have some pretty decent deals.

OR have had some guitars listed for far too much for the rest of the year, depending on how you want to look at it.

There are one or two things on there I quite like the look of.  On the other hand I wasn't seriously considering them at full price, so am I only contemplating them now because there's a big discount?

That's quite possibly the case.
Last week I bought a guitar on an early 'Black Friday' deal but then after just a couple of days I realised that I'd mainly bought it for the wrong reason (price) and wouldn't have picked that same model if it weren't on the deal.
 
Eventually, I returned it (thanks to the shop, who were very understanding) and promptly bought the guitar I'd been hankering after for much longer at a reasonably good price (but that wasn't on some 'Black Friday megamadness!!' deal).

Sadly, I had to use two shops as the first one didn't have the guitar I ended up with, which eventually came from Coda. 

Act in haste, repent at your leisure, as the saying goes; especially at this time of year, it's worth remembering.    

at least you kept the spirit of black friday alive mate, regardless of the fact you returned it

you bought it without giving two hoots whether you wanted it, lack of desire or necessity doesn"t matter, spur of the moment purchases like yours are what this whole festival is about...

some people would do well to remember that

Seziertisch

tony99 said:

rivercider said:

Philly_Q said:

prlgmnr said:

Peach have some pretty decent deals.

OR have had some guitars listed for far too much for the rest of the year, depending on how you want to look at it.

There are one or two things on there I quite like the look of.  On the other hand I wasn't seriously considering them at full price, so am I only contemplating them now because there's a big discount?

That's quite possibly the case.
Last week I bought a guitar on an early 'Black Friday' deal but then after just a couple of days I realised that I'd mainly bought it for the wrong reason (price) and wouldn't have picked that same model if it weren't on the deal.
 
Eventually, I returned it (thanks to the shop, who were very understanding) and promptly bought the guitar I'd been hankering after for much longer at a reasonably good price (but that wasn't on some 'Black Friday megamadness!!' deal).

Sadly, I had to use two shops as the first one didn't have the guitar I ended up with, which eventually came from Coda. 

Act in haste, repent at your leisure, as the saying goes; especially at this time of year, it's worth remembering.    

at least you kept the spirit of black friday alive mate, regardless of the fact you returned it

you bought it without giving two hoots whether you wanted it, lack of desire or necessity doesn"t matter, spur of the moment purchases like yours are what this whole festival is about...

some people would do well to remember that

And do you remember how, like, 3 years ago, Black Friday wasn’t even a thing outside the US, and most people in other parts of the world had never heard of it? I find myself looking at my life as two distinct parts, the time before I knew about Black Friday and the time after I was enlightened

JerkMoans

I've saved 100% by being hard at it in the Slave Pits all day, and am smugly awaiting the 'Remorse Saturday' thread.