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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 524 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Augusta, Georgia
Chain retailer of guitars and keyboards featuring amplifiers, recording gear, and DJ equipment.
Plan your visit
- Repairs & setups a repair bench comes up in reviews and the store's own info — call ahead for turnaround, since good techs run a queue
- Buys & trades used gear they buy, trade, or consign used instruments — bring the case and any original parts, and expect trade credit to beat the cash offer
- Lessons lessons come up in reviews and the store's own info — call about openings, instruments taught, and rates before the first visit
- Instrument rentals rentals mentioned — the usual route for band & orchestra season; ask about rent-to-own credit
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (706) 731-2620
- Website stores.guitarcenter.com
Hours
| Monday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–9 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–7 PM |
What's on the wall
“I'm new to bass and music in general and I needed a tuner for a Ktaxon bass I bought from online.”
“This is not my regular Guitar center, I was just passing by the area and decided to go in and check if they had interesting second hand pedals.”
“This is not my regular Guitar center, I was just passing by the area and decided to go in and check if they had interesting second hand pedals.”
“The Guitar Center lessons also take place in a separate room.”
“There is also a vast selection of pianos, speakers, microphones, headphones, and much more.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“I was very impressed with the knowledge of that team.”
“I came in wanting to make a trade and ended up getting a great deal on a new guitar and case.”
From the reviews
It was full of people on opening weekend. There is a vast selection of guitars. There is also a vast selection of pianos, speakers, microphones, headphones, and much more. There are also multiple places where you can test out the guitars, electronic drums, pianos, beat mixers, and more.
First time in this location. Didn't really care for the high end guitars being locked up but it probably is why the Martin D18 I chose had NO scratches or dings. Loved they had a free pick up install and 10% reward points.
This is not my regular Guitar center, I was just passing by the area and decided to go in and check if they had interesting second hand pedals. Guitar center is like a Walmart, you go in and you get what you get, if you expect personal service or velvet sofas for your wife to wait on you while you browse the gear then…
This place had a little bit of everything. And Kendall was the man! He hooked us up with everything we needed for our guitars, including maintenance options. Highly recommend this location.
Selling or trading gear at Guitar Center
Guitar Center comes up for buying and trading used gear — confirmed on their own site. Two things make the trip go better. First, bring the whole package: the case or gig bag, the original tremolo arm or bridge parts, the paperwork if you have it — a complete rig is worth real money more than a bare instrument, and it saves the back-and-forth of "can you bring the case in?" Second, know that trade credit almost always beats the cash offer, usually by a healthy margin — if you're upgrading anyway, price your old gear as a trade against the new one before you take cash. Either way, expect the offer to be below what the gear sells for on the wall; the gap is the store's margin for setup, warranty, and sitting on it until the right buyer walks in.
Lessons at Guitar Center
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Guitar Center. If you're signing up a beginner (or restarting yourself), a quick call ahead answers the three things that matter: which instruments they teach, whether the schedule has openings at the time you actually need, and what a first lesson costs. There's no wrong first guitar — a good teacher will happily work with whatever you walk in with, and a shop that teaches usually keeps affordable starter instruments and rentals on hand for exactly this reason.
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