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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 1,513 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Guitar retailer stocking new and used instruments, plus amps, keyboards, accessories and rentals.
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 (719) 591-9040
- 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
“My girlfriend loves her new bass and I'll be coming back to get my own electric guitar soon, too.”
“Me and my girlfriend were trying out basses for the first time and had trouble with one not playing despite being plugged into the amp.”
“I was looking at at least a 700$ repair.”
“No judgments that i was just starting out, he made me feel comfortable being in a new space and even recommended a good Banjo lessons book!”
“Tony was EXCELLENT in helping me not only pick out but get a perfect plan for my new Banjo.”
“The kid that grabbed the synthesizer I ordered was cool, too.”
Brands they deal
“I found this beautiful Gretsch which I fell in love with both look and sound.”
What players say again and again
“A skilled luthier is hard to find!”
“Every time I go in there Tony is always super helpful, he’s very knowledgeable and is always eager to help and get you taken care of with whatever it is that you need.”
“Beautiful work both times, very pleasant to deal with and affordable.”
From the reviews
I needed new strings on a very sentimental guitar. I walked in and was directed toward the corner where Jim was working on a guitar. He greeted me and I explained what I needed and how important it was. He immediately took my guitar and proceeded to clean up the frets and put new strings on it. Done in 20 minutes.
Every time I go in there Tony is always super helpful, he’s very knowledgeable and is always eager to help and get you taken care of with whatever it is that you need.
I took my daughter’s guitar that she got from her late father and they told me it was unplayable. I was looking at at least a 700$ repair. But the associate took the tension out of the guitar so we could hold onto for sentiment and founds us another guitar and case for free as well as a gig bag for the sentimental…
I had my heart set on a resonator. I like to shop with small businesses as much as possible but I checked two other music stores and nothing. Went to Guitar Center and they had 6 or more of them! I found this beautiful Gretsch which I fell in love with both look and 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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