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2023 CME BOXING DAY SALE
You Can Still Give Yourself the Gift of Gear with/ CME’s Boxing Day Sale!
You still have a chance to save 20% on select new gear (or save 10% on select vintage and used) when you shop CME’s 2023 Boxing Day Sale! Now, until January 3, 2024, get $500 OFF CME Exclusive Gibson Les Paul Standard models, get $400 OFF select* CME Exclusive Fender American Ultra models, or get $200 OFF select* CME Exclusive Player models—including select* case/gig-bag bundles!
*Select gear only. Exclusions apply.
We’re extending our biggest sale of the year through December 6!
If you were busy on Thanksgiving weekend, with family, or just out and about and missed CME’s biggest sale of the year, never fear—we’ve still got loads of gear here, with discounts on your favorite brands like Fender, Ludwig, Marshall, Gamechanger, and more, for select new gear—including 10% off select vintage and used! If you’re still looking for your biggest chance to save all year at CME—now, thru December 6!
OPEN THE CME APP TO SHOP OUR ST. PATRICK'S DAY SALE!
Feeling Lucky? Download the CME App to Access Huge Deals During our St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Sale!
This St. Patrick’s Day weekend, if you’re looking to find your four-leaf-clover-of-a-deal on guitars, amps, accessories, and more, then it’s your lucky day—but, ONLY if you download the CME mobile app! Now, through midnight Monday, March 18, download the CME Mobile App to access $500 OFF deals on select Gibson (w/ coupon code DIRTY500) and Fender CME Exclusives (ULTRA500) guitars! Plus, get up to 10% OFF Vintage/Used gear (w/ code MARCH10) through midnight Monday, as well as deals on select* guitars, amps, accessories, and more!
Save BIG on Your Next Gear Purchase During CME’s 2024 Spring Sale, Now Extended One More Day!
Chicago Music Exchange is your go-to destination for some of the most sought-after vintage and used musical instruments available anywhere! From a vintage refin from 1957 of the electric guitar model that launched the Fender brand into the stratosphere to a Gibson Les Paul Junior Cherry from the years before they changed the name to SG, plus a vintage Gibson acoustic used by Nathaniel Rateliff on some of his biggest recordings—find the coolest vintage and used guitars alongside their brand-new custom shop counterparts at CME!
Highlight Of The Week
Now @ CME—Preorder Any of the New Chapman Electric Guitar Models!
CME is now a proud dealer of Chapman Guitars! Founded by Dorje frontman and by YouTube guitar-playing extraordinaire Rob Chapman, Chapman Guitars are designed to inspire musicians with instruments created in direct collaboration with artists who use them. Check out any of the Chapman signature models now in stock at CME, including Chris Robertson and Peter Honore options. Plus, behold the angular, eye-catching Ghost Fret Classic, as well as Law Maker Legacy Baritone models!
Add a Characteristic Acoustic Guitar to Your Collection When You Shop Our Newest Collings Arrivals!
What started at a kitchen table has since grown into a 27,000-square-foot Austin warehouse, carrying on Bill Collings’ legacy of excellence in engineering acoustic instruments. In addition to maintaining the same level of high-quality craftsmanship he insisted for any instruments bearing his name, Collings guitars have garnered the favor of some of the world’s most renowned country, bluegrass, Americana, and acoustic players—in addition to genre-hopping instrumentalists like Julian Lage! Shop new Collings acoustic instrument arrivals in CME’s acoustic room, today!
Chicago Music Exchange Holiday Gift Guide
You’ve got enough on your plate. Let the Chicago Music Exchange help make your holidaze a little clearer with our Holiday Gift Guide! With great deals and financing options, we are certain you will find everything you need. Book an appointment for Monday or Tuesdays today!
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New to CME: The Final Sale Collection
New At CME!
When you love gear as much as we do here at CME, sometimes you end up with more guitars than hooks to hang them from. And we are determined to find the right home for this gear so as a Final Sale item, no returns or exchanges will be available. But with prices like this, why would you even need to! Your gain is our loss!
Items marked Final Sale have been heavily discounted and are not eligible for returns, exchanges or refunds. If you have any questions regarding your Final Sale items, please reach out to our customer service team through live chat, email (customerservice@chicagomusicexchange.com), or phone (773) 525-7773. Exceptions to the policy are if you’ve received a faulty, damaged, and/or incorrectly advertised product, in which case you can reach out to the Customer Care team for a full refund (case must be submitted up to 3 days after delivery date). Returns that do not meet this criteria and cancellations will be charged a restocking fee plus any additional shipping charges
Please Note: Final Sale items are not covered by our general return policy. These items do not qualify for returns or exchanges unless proof can be provided within 3 days of receipt that the item arrived in a condition inconsistent with the product description. Returns that do not meet this criteria will be charged a restocking fee.
Enter to Win this Vintera II Guitar Featuring One of Fender’s Most Polarizing Finish Options!
The Antigua finish may not be for everyone—but, what if we gave you a free Fender 70th Anniversary Vintera II Antigua Stratocaster? Enter to win online, in-store, or in the CME mobile app for your chance to see how you really feel about this perennially polarizing finish option! Learn more today!
LEARN MORE ABOUT CME GIVEAWAYS HERE!Chicago Drum Exchange
You can’t beat the Chicago Drum Exchange. Shop the newest gear from Chicago’s best drum shop today.
Get the Istanbul Agop 21" Mel Lewis Ride Cymbal For a True Classic Jazz Ride Sound!
After a 15-year hiatus, Zildjian’s coveted Z Custom cymbal series has returned, and they’re now available at the Drum Exchange! Made to meet the demands of today’s Metal drummers, Z Custom cymbals deliver explosive, bright, and loud sounds, with reimagined durability. Designed for stage and studio, Z Custom cymbals boast unrivaled energy and volume, allowing them to cut above the on-stage mix while projecting brightness, power, and loudness.
SHOP ZILDJIAN
Own a Piece of Percussive Artistry with the DW 6.5x14 Collector's Series Clear Acrylic Snare Drum
For the first time in its esteemed Collector’s Series, DW has taken a bold step by adding a beautifully crafted seamless acrylic snare drum model! The Collector's Series Clear Acrylic Snare Drum ensures effortless performance with stainless steel TP50 tension rods for unmatched tuning stability, the 5P butt plate for quick snare tension options, and the Mag Throw Off for smooth micro-adjustments. Offering stunning aesthetics, in addition to exceptional sonic clarity and projection, just 40 of these limited-edition 6.5x14” snare drums will be available—so, get yours today at the Drum Exchange!
Featured Video
"Nightrain" Guns N' Roses | CME Full Band Fridays
Put those headphones on and crank the volume as high as it’ll go! This Full Band Friday, our friend of the shop, Pat, is back to giving the CME House Band some much-appreciated Axl grease for this rendition of the GN’R classic about a beverage best imbibed within five minutes of being pulled out of the fridge of your local Piggley-Wiggly. Hold on tight—and get ready for a wild ride once Nathaniel and Company pick up speed while playing the holy grail of electric guitars through Magnatone's new Slash Signature 100W Amplifier!
Shop Antelope Audio Zen Q Bundle Promotions
Attention!! Antelope Audio Special Offer! With the Zen Q Synergy Core, you can immediately start creating with 37 included effects, an FX bundle, afx2daw & Bitwig Studio DAW, once activated! Take the leap forward without leaving your home studio. Shop this Antelope Audio Zen Go Synergy Core 4x8 Interface and get $5279 worth of plugins and gear free!!
Fresh Fender Custom Shop "Chicago Special" Guitars!
Here at Chicago Music Exchange, we’ve collaborated with the best minds at Fender’s “Dream Factory” to build the best instruments we can imagine from top to bottom, going over each spec to ensure that we offer our customers an array of electric guitar options they won’t find anywhere, each representing the combined product of our dreams and theirs! Scroll through all the latest finds and cool new finishes from Fender Custom Shop guitars on our website, or in the CME Mobile App!
SHOP CME EXCLUSIVE FENDER
Shop Huge Price Drops On Focal Studio Monitoring Gear—Now Thru December 30!
Hear your music—not your speakers!—with price drops on Focal studio monitors, going on now at CME! Focal’s Alpha Evo line features a bass-reflex design that allows outstanding acoustic integration, while Shape monitors combine numerous settings optimized for the acoustics of small listening rooms! Plus, now you can save $50 on your next purchase of Focal Listen professional closed-back studio headphones, or save $250 on Focal Clear Mg professional open-back studio headphones—now thru December 30 at CME!
LEARN ABOUT OUR FINANCING OPTIONS TODAY!
Get financed today and be approved to rock now and pay later!
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One Of The RAREST & Most SOUGHT AFTER Amps | Watkins Joker
While we’ve had a Watkins Dominator amp in our showroom before, this is the first time we’ve had not one, but two Watkins Joker amps! Previously owned by Richard Fortus and Josh Klinghoffer, respectively, these Watkin Jokers were the first-ever amps to feature a Master Volume control and come equipped with a tube-driven tremolo circuit, plus a tube-driven tape-echo. As far as we know, this is the first time two Watkins jokers have been recorded in stereo!
Effects & Amplification
Let us be your Pedal Plug and Amplifier Tone Shop!
Preorder the New Portable Marshall JTM Series Amplifiers!
The amp that started it all is back! Now in a new portable size, the iconic JTM has been added to Marshall’s Studio range, offering players authentic, smooth, valve-driven break-up at lower volumes. Check out Marshall JTM Studio options now available for preorder at CME!
Shop Our Huge Selection Of New, Used, And Vintage Pedals In The Store At CME This Season!
Gamechanger Audio Effects Price Drops
Spring has sprung! So, why not add a spring reverb you can see to your pedalboard? Now you can—for less!—with 20% OFF price drops going on now at CME for the Gamechanger Audio LIGHT Analog Optical Spring Reverb Pedal, as well as for the Gamechanger Audio Pedal Plus Sustain Pedal!
Strymon BigSky Multidimensional Reverb
Instantly launch your sound into the stratosphere when you plug into the new Strymon BigSky MX! Boasting a bigger, wider, and even more expressive sound than its predecessor, the new Strymon BigSky MX packs 12 reverb effects into one box, with IR playback and full IR editing capability—all of which make this lush, ethereal-sounding stombox an out-of-this-world asset for any rig!
Thorpy FX Electric Lightning
The new Electric Lightning from Thorpy FX has two sides: a complex valve overdrive with three-band EQ on the left, plus a high headroom super clean boost on the right. Designed so that the boost runs into the valve overdrive side, Electric Lightning yields three distinct tonal variations, ranging from clean-boost to full and fat saturation. Plus, it cleans up impeccably from the volume control on a guitar, making it an ideal stompbox for dynamic players who are constantly adjusting their playing style!
Featured Video
"crushcrushcrush" Paramore | CME Full Band Fridays
If your eyes are always glued to our YouTube channel in anticipation of the next Full Band Friday—well, then, the wait is over! Now, rip that tape off your mouth and sing along, because CME House Band is back at it in the Video Room, rocking out to their rendition of Paramore’s “crushcrushcrush.” Want to get notified when the next gear demo or Full Band Friday debuts? Like this video and hit that “Subscribe” button to find out about our latest videos.
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