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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 880 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Chain music store offering a large selection of instruments, amplifiers, and recording 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 (225) 927-0158
- Website stores.guitarcenter.com
Hours
| Monday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–7 PM |
What's on the wall
“I have been looking for a new amp and chose my local Guitar Center in Lafayette, Louisiana.”
“Fantastic opportunity for all musicians to buy new or used equipment, all while learning a thing or two in the process.”
“Micah did an AMAZING job on a PRS Standard restring.”
“So wonderful to see everything here, I visited again because my mother-in-laws CASIO piano keyboard was not working and they fixed it with a new power supply in only a few seconds!”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Customer service doesn't make you feel less than by glorifying their expertise.”
From the reviews
Friendly, knowledgeable staff! They have everything you could ever need. The back room where the dj equipment is, is my favorite! They have all kinds of lights back there, and if you ask nicely, they may even turn them on for you 😁
I have been looking for a new amp and chose my local Guitar Center in Lafayette, Louisiana. Unfortunately, my local store did not have the Line 6-60W Catalyst amp I was looking for in stock. I made a call to Baton Rouge and spoke with Joseph. He assured me he had a new one in stock and in a box.
Got a nice deal on a Peavey SC-3, Les Paul style with 3 pickups and a better neck!! (Peavey’s don’t break if it falls off a guitar stand…Gibby’s will break at the headstock if you hit one of the drummer’s cymbals!!) Needs a little love but overall well worth it!!
Micah did an AMAZING job on a PRS Standard restring. The tuning and strings were perfect. So much so, the strings were playable within hours of his service without falling. Highly recommend! The staff at Guitar Center were all warm and friendly people. Would absolutely return.
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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