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Guitar Center
4.1 ★★★★☆ 797 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Eugene, Oregon
Retailer for guitars and other musical instruments, plus amps, recording equipment, and DJ gear.
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 (541) 689-1820
- 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
“A big thank you to Alex for helping me with my trade-ins.”
“I enjoy guitar building, & have brought ones I've built, to have my work checked, and sometimes final setup done.”
“😎🎸🎹 Also, shout out to Kay, the lessons coordinator.”
“I came in with a general idea of what I needed for my drum set up / sound.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“I enjoy guitar building, & have brought ones I've built, to have my work checked, and sometimes final setup done.”
“A big thank you to Alex for helping me with my trade-ins.”
“He is always a pleasure to talk with, extremely knowledgeable, approachable, and professional every time I visit.”
“The Guitar Center lessons are excellent.”
“The program is a great deal for the price, and I can’t recommend it enough.”
From the reviews
A big thank you to Alex for helping me with my trade-ins. He is always a pleasure to talk with, extremely knowledgeable, approachable, and professional every time I visit. Alex goes out of his way to make the process easy and enjoyable, and I truly appreciate the top notch customer experience he provides.
Guitar Center has awesome lessons! We just had the privilege of experiencing the quarterly/seasonal student showcase that the Guitar Center takes the time to schedule and put together (thank you!) so that their students can (voluntarily) perform & be introduced by their proud teachers who perform with them.
We were purchasing several items including an expensive guitar along with trying out several guitars and Jake at the Eugene Oregon Guitar Center was a huge help throughout the whole process! We were literally there for more than a few hours and Jake was very helpful and attentive the entire time.
I enjoy guitar building, & have brought ones I've built, to have my work checked, and sometimes final setup done. I liked having an objective third party check out my work.
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.
