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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 1,059 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Austin, Texas
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 (512) 891-0297
- 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
“He helped me fully convert my double bass pedal setup (which is not the easiest thing to do), made sure everything felt right, and walked me through it step by step.”
“I brought in my old pre-owned Yamaha keyboard, they tested it out on the spot, and they gave me a very reasonable purchase offer on it!”
“He helped me fully convert my double bass pedal setup (which is not the easiest thing to do), made sure everything felt right, and walked me through it step by step.”
“I came into the store last week, as I'd recently become interested in picking up guitar (having played drums throughout school and a bit in my adulthood).”
“I brought in my old pre-owned Yamaha keyboard, they tested it out on the spot, and they gave me a very reasonable purchase offer on it!”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“He helped me fully convert my double bass pedal setup (which is not the easiest thing to do), made sure everything felt right, and walked me through it step by step.”
“They gave me a good deal on a trade in and Kai hooked me up over a misunderstanding.”
“He helped me fully convert my double bass pedal setup (which is not the easiest thing to do), made sure everything felt right, and walked me through it step by step.”
“No wait, with friendly and helpful staff!”
“They gave me a good deal on a trade in and Kai hooked me up over a misunderstanding.”
From the reviews
I came into the store last week, as I'd recently become interested in picking up guitar (having played drums throughout school and a bit in my adulthood). I did some research online but had very little knowledge on guitars in general.
I go to the small shops when I can, but I appreciate the guitar center usually has the stuff I need in stock. If the little guys don’t and recently they didn’t have something I needed. It was a very small part. Just an eight pack of tension rods for only 7.
Amazing staff, phenomenal selection. Patrick was able to answer some questions about what I wanted in a keyboard, audio interface, and microphone. By far my favorite guitar center I've ever been in!
Tommy at Guitar Center is the man. He spent well over an hour with me and didn’t rush a single part of it. He helped me fully convert my double bass pedal setup (which is not the easiest thing to do), made sure everything felt right, and walked me through it step by step.
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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