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I have not seen anything of note, at least guitar related, but thought it would be appropriate to at least start a thread...

I was able to pickup a Peterson StroboStomp HD Tuner Pedal for $63.42 at musician's friend last night. Had some reward points to sweeten the deal.

Other than that, not much out there of interest this year.

I haven’t really seen anything this season that I would call a good Black Friday deal yet.

Holding out for Cyber Monday. Lol.

ALMOST picked up an H&K 9mm because they were throwing in a free 50 round box of ammo but didn’t want to spend that much on a handgun until I decide on a rifle. Lol.

I think Black Friday is over-rated anymore, and these days it starts two weeks before Thanksgiving, so it's not exactly the "event" it used to be. And "Cyber Monday" used to make more sense when there were fewer internet users, but now that everybody's got a computer and a smartphone, it doesn't seem necessary to make a distinction at this point. But at least people aren't trying to kill each other at Walmart over a plasma TV or a Play Station anymore.

I never find any particularly fantastic "Black Friday" deals. I don't think it's any different than any other garden-variety sale, except that everybody's having a sale at the same time. Usually, there's nothing I need when Black Friday time rolls around, and I never see prices low enough on anything I could want to compel me to make a purchase, but this year, the audio interface that I've owned for the last 13 years finally died right at the same time the legendary 20% off coupon from MF rolled around, so I picked up a PreSonus Studio24c:



Also, my current cell phone has been flaking out on me after owning it for exactly two years. That seems to be the life-span that's engineered into these devices now, and you stop getting software updates at around the two-year mark, too (coincidence?). My last cell phone before this worked great for 4 years, and I always had the latest version of Android. The only reason I replaced it was because the battery was just about used up, so I was a little resentful about having to go shopping for another phone so soon. And the entire cell-phone landscape changes so much in two years, you have to do a lot of research before you feel like you're making an informed decision. It's a lot like work!

I ended up ordering a Samsung Galaxy A71 for $50 off its regular price (it also came with a 64G SD card, and a case that I probably won't use), and it was still more money than I wanted to spend on a phone.

Plugin Boutique has some GREAT DEALS going on. Picked up the "Scalar 2" upgrade for $19!

https://www.pluginboutique.com/meta_pro ... e-Scaler-2

Also, Toontrack has a few as well. Snagged the SD3 NEW YORK STUDIOS VOL.2 SDX Expansion for $107.

https://www.toontrack.com/product/new-y ... vol-2-sdx/

Finally, I upgraded Studio One Pro to version 5 for $105.

https://shop.presonus.com/Studio-One-5- ... l-versions

I'm happy as I've been sitting on these for a while.

Prymaxe is offering 25% off. Given what some people are asking for certain boutique pedals, I found it was cheaper than buying used. Code is BF25.

I'm eyeballing SubMission Audio's new Flatline mastering limiter plugin. Plini's new album "Impulse Voices" was mixed with it, and it's a phenomenal mix. Intro deal ends Monday evening.