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Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 708 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Commack, New York
Large guitar shop stocking acoustic and electric guitars, as well as amps, drums and keyboards.
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 (631) 858-2388
- 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
“Maybe its because I dont play bass 😲 I would recommend going on a weekday since during weekends and holidays there can br alot of people.”
“A beautiful used Gretch model great price with a hard shell case.”
“Variety of musical instruments right from basics to professional guitars, drums ,amplifiers,studio monitors to dj setups, mixers,equalisers, etc, you can find under one roof.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Variety of musical instruments right from basics to professional guitars, drums ,amplifiers,studio monitors to dj setups, mixers,equalisers, etc, you can find under one roof.”
“Short staffed but really friendly and helpfull the guitar tech was knowledgeable and trustworthy check their inventory before going one of the smaller stores”
“Bo took great care of me in a painless process and now, my daughter is getting her first bass.”
From the reviews
Just wanted to throw a shoutout to Nick for helping me out Saturday!! Super knowledgeable dude with the patience of a saint considering the packed store and being 1 of the 2 employees available to help (sorry to the manager but I couldn’t remember your name, you guys both killed it tho) They both helped a ton of…
My biggest test of any store is how they deal with issues. The mgr at this store knocked it out of the part. Bo was helpful and gave us no issues with the return of my sons birthday present. There were multiple issues with the guitar out of the box and Bo did not hesitate to handle the return and find us a replacement.
You can get every answer for your need for music. Variety of musical instruments right from basics to professional guitars, drums ,amplifiers,studio monitors to dj setups, mixers,equalisers, etc, you can find under one roof. Staff here are not professionally trained for musical instruments.
Went in for some picks, and strings… asked if they had any lefty guitars ( not always available ) but they did have one I just love . A beautiful used Gretch model great price with a hard shell case.
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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