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Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 413 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Danbury, Connecticut
Chain retailer offering guitars, keyboards, drums, and other musical instruments, plus repairs.
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 (203) 796-0148
- Website stores.guitarcenter.com
Hours
| Monday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–8 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–7 PM |
What's on the wall
“When I was unable to buy the acoustic I wanted, Tommy went out of his way to put together a good replacement package for me.”
“Amazing guitars, basses, and very nice and talented staff!”
“Was greeted warmly and given a thorough response to all my questions about vocal gear and guitar pedals!”
“Not only does this place have an awesome selection of pre-owned gear at killer prices, it also has one of the nicest managers in town.”
“I was looking for a few Nino percussion items for my daughter and found a hand drum, jingle stick, and wooden claves.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Fantastic selection, lots of inventory but what truly sets them apart is their friendly, knowledgeable and incredible sales people .”
From the reviews
This is not the Guitar Center of days past. The Danbury store is THE Guitar Center to go to. I had a very complex trade and sale of gear that I needed to complete and they took care of me so well. I would up with money in my pocket after all was said and done.
Really had a great experience at Guitar Center Danbury. Alex was excellent in every way. I found him to be courteous, professional and very knowledgeable about the existing inventory in the store.
Fantastic customer service. The Sales manager Alex went above and beyond for me. He answered every question and concern I had over a period of a week. He took the time to personally handle everything. Very polite, personable and professional. He is the definition of what customer service and sales should be.
I have dealt with guitar centers , sam ash’s and other stores . hands down this guitar center in Danbury CT is the best . Fantastic selection, lots of inventory but what truly sets them apart is their friendly, knowledgeable and incredible sales people .
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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