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Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 1,196 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Chicago, Illinois
Music store, specializing in guitars and basses.
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 (708) 563-0529
- 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
“got my electric guitar here a few months back.”
“I came in with a ton of stuff I was looking to trade in and he was very helpful working with me and got me a good deal.”
“My kid takes guitar lessons here and the instructors are amazing.”
“I took my teen to get help learning how to tune her violin.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“I came in with a ton of stuff I was looking to trade in and he was very helpful working with me and got me a good deal.”
“Sean and Dennis were friendly, cool, and extremely knowledgeable of the electronic drum sets I was looking at.”
“Very helpful staff, I walked in there oblivious to buying new guitar string and several persons assisted and answered all my questions.”
“My advice, check out AVMAXX located in Chicago they are loaded with all the Dj needs you are looking for with reasonable prices.”
From the reviews
got my electric guitar here a few months back. SHOUTOUT MAC for being chill as hell 🔥 they helped me choose and everything! very fun too. the place is always really comfortable. i think there’s a lot of good options & the employees are always cool. hope to work here at some point hehe
I had an awesome experience here. This was my first time making a major purchase from Guitar Center. Sean and Dennis were friendly, cool, and extremely knowledgeable of the electronic drum sets I was looking at.
Decent prices and service. Their items are very limited at Guitar Center. Always check the website for the items you are looking for before you drive there. My advice, check out AVMAXX located in Chicago they are loaded with all the Dj needs you are looking for with reasonable prices. Good luck.
Got a set of microphones for our Church. Leo one of their sales staff, was very helpful. He became like an instant brother to us 😃 Nice and clear sound 🙏😃
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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