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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 1,079 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Bakersfield, California
Chain store selling guitars, drums, keyboards, amplifiers and other musical accessories.
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 (661) 396-3838
- 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 ordered a used epiphone Les Paul standard through this store.”
“They also buy used music equipment & they are more than fair on the price they purchase items from the customer.”
Brands they deal
“I ordered a used epiphone Les Paul standard through this store.”
What players say again and again
From the reviews
We love coming to this location because Jonal. He is great and always takes time out to help us in any way we need it. Whatever it is, this dude's got you. We've been to other locations and it's like pulling teeth to get help. But when we come here we, our experience is truly blessed.
Totally love the guitar center. They also buy used music equipment & they are more than fair on the price they purchase items from the customer. I will totally recommend them to anyone. They have a very large selection of musical instruments to choose from, try it out before you purchase. It is ao.
Excellent service! After a long time spent trying to file a claim for a Shure B52 microphone—and being told that they couldn't assist me with my warranty—I returned to the store.
Awesome place to shop if you're a musician, and even if your not. Pleasant environment, helpful and friendly staff. You can jam on instruments especially if youre buying them. They've got everything and a huge selection. They offer music instruction as well along with other services including tune ups.
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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