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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 1,233 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Dayton, Ohio
Busy chain store featuring a large variety of instruments (electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards and drums), plus pro sound equipment 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 (937) 312-9108
- 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
“They have a pretty decent selection of used and new guitars.”
“Management over there is extremely nice and the gentleman that runs the drum section was more help than I've gotten from an employee in a long time.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Fair prices and a good selection.”
“Chris is a valuable employee at this location who’s knowledgeable and helpful.”
“I got my first guitar from here years ago, and I still come back to look at their nice selection of instruments.”
From the reviews
I got my first guitar from here years ago, and I still come back to look at their nice selection of instruments.
Not a bad GC. They have a pretty decent selection of used and new guitars. Several trap sets available for trying out. It's kind of small. The only negative of my visit here is they really needed another person working.
USUALLY yall are awesome. your staff is always nice and always gives good recommendations. HOWEVER I called TWICE to ask if you had a cord, the second time to be more specific a few hours later. tell me why I check the website which says its in stock, go there, and find what I needed in about 5 minutes tops.
I had a 5 star visit at Guitar Center, Johnathen Batten was VERY helpful, knowledgable and ensured my guitar shopping experience was incredible. I'll highly recommend Guitar Center to all. Johnathen answered all of my questions and made me very comfortable with my purchase decisions. I'll be back!
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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