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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 889 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in East Brunswick, New Jersey
Chain retailer for guitars, drums, keyboards, and other musical instruments, plus amps, and recording equipment.
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 (732) 257-8500
- 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
“She has an electric drum set at home and has been applying what she’s been learning during her lessons at home.”
“Guitar center it reminds me of my local music store the people remember your name there into gear great place bought new and used gear I couldn't count how much gear the purchase.”
“Justin was extremely helpful in getting my questions answered and Anthony in guitar repairs amazed me with his ability to service my son's guitars.”
“My 5 year old daughter has been taking drum lessons with Collin for the past month.”
“I was not as impressed with drum selections, and guitar strap selection was poor compared with the Ocean location I’m more familiar with.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Be aware that on trade ins you will always loose money.”
“Really the dozens of times I have gone in there, the staff is just always so knowledgeable and eager to help.”
“My 5 year old daughter has been taking drum lessons with Collin for the past month. She absolutely loves it!”
From the reviews
The Store is like heaven on earth. My son is a musician and I am blown away with the variety choices for every aspect of musical instrument needs. It's just always the best experience. The staff is so helpful.
My five star review goes to Anthony, the guitar tech. He is knowledgeable, friendly, and honest. The turn around time is very reasonable. I highly recommend him.
As a drummer and guitar enthusiast this place is overwhelming, very large. If you know exactly what you need and are looking to make major purchase I highly recommend seeking out help to purchase. The store policy is to not harass customers to buy. They will not ask you for help if you do not ask them first.
If you ever go to this, GUITAR CENTER, make sure you always ask for Johnny the guitar technician he is absolutely the best!!! He is extremely friendly professional, well-versed, and experienced in all things guitar. He basically turned my Austin Les Paul copy into a mean beautiful screaming rock N Roll machine !!
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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