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Guitar Center
4.5 ★★★★★ 522 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Brownsville, Texas
Retailer with a vast selection of guitars, drums, keyboards, and other instruments.
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 (956) 542-0526
- 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 recently went in to get my guitar set up, and Alvin took great care of me.”
“Bought my son his Guitar and new drum sticks!”
“Went to check out the pop filters and pianos.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“He is knowledgeable and was very willing to ask me what I wanted, even while selling higher, he knew I was on a budget so he didn't press it.”
“All of the staff were friendly, and it was nice and quiet in there while I looked around.”
From the reviews
Best experience ever! I thought the staff weren't cool but I guess it's only when you play he forbidden riff, but other than that ms and my friend had a good experience we found our own dream guitars too!
A place with a vast variety of instruments and musical trinkets! All of the staff were friendly, and it was nice and quiet in there while I looked around. The selection of guitars is absolutely beautiful, and they had some nice socks and vinyls.
I have done business with these guys for six plus years now and have purchased three guitars from this store. They have been very cordial and professional each and every time! They now know me by my first name and greet me with enthusiasm every winter when I come back from the cold north.
I recently went in to get my guitar set up, and Alvin took great care of me. He walked me through everything he was going to do and made sure I understood the process. He offered helpful advice and gave me some great recommendations to improve my guitar’s performance.
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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