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Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 1,026 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Boston, Massachusetts
Music store offering a selection of guitars, keyboards, and other instruments, plus lessons and repairs.
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 (617) 247-1389
- 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
“This was my first time being at this location and my 13 year old is new to musical instruments but recently got an electric guitar for Christmas.”
“While my son was looking for the cables he needed for his amp I ended up finding some clearance items that were amazing, a t-shirt for the baby and a bunch of cool socks.”
“He hooked a guitar up to a used amplifier I was interested in, and made sure that it was gig-ready before selling and shipping it to me.”
“Guitar just needed a few minor adjustments plus a setup.”
Brands they deal
“He found the right guitar for me, a British Racing Green Fender Tele Player II.”
What players say again and again
“We wanted to get him everything he needed to start music production, but we had very limited knowledge and since it was a surprise, we couldn’t ask him for help.”
From the reviews
My sons and I had an absolutely wonderful time at Guitar Center. This was my first time being at this location and my 13 year old is new to musical instruments but recently got an electric guitar for Christmas.
Went to this Guitar Center about a month ago for my son’s birthday gift. We wanted to get him everything he needed to start music production, but we had very limited knowledge and since it was a surprise, we couldn’t ask him for help.
Wow, I’d like to share an incredible experience I had with Aiden here. Aiden was truly wonderful and is a gift to the Boston music equipment sales community. He shows a real passion for music and connecting his clients with the right equipment for them.
I was really impressed by the incredible selection of guitars: every model and price range you could imagine. I went there for my 7-year-old daughter, who needed a guitar to start learning.
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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