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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 797 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Cary, North Carolina
Musical-instrument chain, selling Fender, Gibson amps, guitars, drums, keyboards and 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 (919) 286-5600
- 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
“Multiple times I have came here, and always learned something new 🎸🤘🏼All products that were second hand have worked perfectly fine, for a comparable price”
“Dominic set up my son on the electronic drums, and Diego helped me with several Taylor guitars.”
“), as well as drums and accessories and much more (lessons).”
“I have purchased keyboards, guitars, ukulele, headphones and piano stools.”
“Dominic set up my son on the electronic drums, and Diego helped me with several Taylor guitars.”
“I wanted to learn how to DJ, my 15-year-old daughter was looking for her first electric guitar, and my 13-year-old wanted to upgrade from her keyboard to an 88-key keyboard.”
Brands they deal
“Dominic set up my son on the electronic drums, and Diego helped me with several Taylor guitars.”
What players say again and again
“The staff were friendly, knowledgeable, and very helpful in answering the questions I had about my equipment needs.”
From the reviews
I had an old guitar that I wanted to sell. They looked it over and explained the value. They didn't treat me like I was am idiot, and said the even though they wouldn't be able to buy it, but I definitely could get a fair price on line. I did sell it, and got a price that I wanted.
We had an amazing experience at Guitar Center thanks to Zaria! My family and I walked in pretty clueless, but with big aspirations. I wanted to learn how to DJ, my 15-year-old daughter was looking for her first electric guitar, and my 13-year-old wanted to upgrade from her keyboard to an 88-key keyboard.
I had a "Mickey Mouse Close and Play" karaoke machine that failed at a family get together/surprise birthday. I immediately Googled the nearest business with such device. Guitar Center was the closets. I called and they provided a link to their "house brand! Harbinger RoadTrip 100.
This Guitar Center is a musicians’ haven. They almost got everything a musician needs. My sons and daughter would come here to buy whatever we need for our guitars and other music instruments.
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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