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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 1,315 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Clackamas, Oregon
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 (503) 654-0100
- 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
“Very helpful, and took the time to check back in as I was testing amps.”
“Hunter provided excellent advice on some tech we were considering.”
“This trip I ended up choosing a ukelele mandolin.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“He didn’t judge me for being a beginner and made awesome suggestions…!”
From the reviews
Not the biggest Guitar Center and not the biggest selection but out of all the Guitar Centers I’ve been too across the country this one has the best custom service. The employees here are really nice and understanding. They actually let u turn the amp up past 1 haha.
I was ignored mostly. Then the man asked if I needed help and then proceeded to help someone else. Made me feel like spending 900 dollars on a guitar was not enough to be paid attention to. I bought the guitar but no thanks to the people at the store.
Came in mid day to get some work done on my two guitars. The tech was nowhere to be found. After pacing around for 20-30 minutes, one of their sales associates, Ava, jumped in and logged all of my gear in. They really are a great customer service asset. Can't wait to buy a guitar from them!
Today was my second time I've been to this store, and the staff are really great. Very helpful, and took the time to check back in as I was testing amps. My experience has been great, and I'd certainly go back again. If you go in, ask for Elvis--he's great!
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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