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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 1,058 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Concord, California
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 (925) 363-7770
- 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
“I’m somewhat of a regular at this store and I go and play the acoustics sometimes on lunch break.”
“I bought my Les Paul on consignment and the instrument is phenomenal.”
“My dude Sean hooked it up with a brand new bass, marked it down since it was the display model, included coverage, and restrung it for me.”
“I've also purchased most of my 7-8 guitars there, you can also buy or sell your things on consignment which not very many people know about.”
“GC is always fun place drop by you just never know who you'll see there, I usually spend most of my time on the keyboards however I do venture into the base cage too”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“The guy in there with the glasses and dark curly hair was very nice and knowledgeable.”
From the reviews
My perspective of Guitar Center has totally changed since a friend of mine had dragged me to this location. When I had walked in I did not know that Guitar Center offered lessons and let you player instruments of sight of booths or in the acoustic guitar area to fine-tune your musical talents interesting.
I drove all the way from Modesto to buy an amp because they were the only ones in the area with that specific amp and I hit traffic on the way there so I was going to show up right at closing time. HUGE shoutout to Antonio for having the amp ready to go and even helping me check out after I was 2 min past closing time.
There are lots of Guitar Centers, but this one is special in the way they treat you. They really tend to your needs. Not just try to sell or up sell you. The manager is as decent as you can find in a store manager. I am very happy buying stuff from this store.
Incredible staff. Very friendly and very knowledgeable. Huge shout out to Garett, Ubra, and Ivan! I’m somewhat of a regular at this store and I go and play the acoustics sometimes on lunch break.
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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