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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 860 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Brea, California
Guitar shop offering amps, keyboards, accessories and recording equipment, along with 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 (714) 672-0103
- 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
“So I was sitting there on my hour lunch break searching for an acoustic bass for my fiance's birthday tomorrow.”
“So I was sitting there on my hour lunch break searching for an acoustic bass for my fiance's birthday tomorrow.”
“And also the best to buy guitar accessories and a guitar pedal”
“Prices are reasonable, and they also carry a solid selection of used instruments, which is perfect for anyone looking to score a quality find on a budget.”
“You can buy instruments and repair them here, and on the other side, you can take music lessons such as guitar and drum lessons.”
“You can buy instruments and repair them here, and on the other side, you can take music lessons such as guitar and drum lessons.”
“You can buy instruments and repair them here, and on the other side, you can take music lessons such as guitar and drum lessons.”
Brands they deal
“Bought a PRS SE for a good discounted price and got some extra gear for less than I would have online”
What players say again and again
“The staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and never pushy.”
From the reviews
You can find every guitar 🎸 brand at Guitar Center. Guitar Ceter is chain shop, so you need to find out the nearest shop from your home. You can play guitars and compare sound among of them and then decide to buy. If you want to touch it and play it, visit here for the best decision.
I’ve been dealing with an ongoing issue with my Pioneer XDJ-AZ DJ controller, and despite multiple replacements, the same problem has kept occurring, making it clear the issue is likely on the manufacturer side.
So I was sitting there on my hour lunch break searching for an acoustic bass for my fiance's birthday tomorrow. I didn't have any luck looking online because the even though I specifically searched for "acoustic bass" on the search engine, guitars kept popping up. So i decided to drive to guitar center to look around.
This Guitar Center location is fantastic. The staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and never pushy. They offer more than just guitars—there’s a full range of instruments, gear, and even a repair center.
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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