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Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 635 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Evansville, Indiana
Music instrument chain selling a wide selection of new and used drums, guitars, keyboards, musical accessories and sound 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 (812) 475-8477
- 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
“I had a bass (bought at a different store) that had some frets that had come loose.”
“They had tons of new and used gear including the amp I wanted.”
“David was super helpful and had great reccomendations to help me perfect my speaker setup.”
“I came to Guitar Center to see about trading in my current keyboard for one that was more portable and better suited my needs.”
“the rest are really nice, but don’t know the difference between a fiddle and a violin!”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“David was super helpful and had great reccomendations to help me perfect my speaker setup.”
“The staff was friendly and courteous and answered all my questions.”
From the reviews
I enjoyed my visit here. They had tons of new and used gear including the amp I wanted. The store was clean and tidy. The staff was friendly and courteous and answered all my questions.
Only one guy there knows something about guitars and music Equipment... the rest are really nice, but don’t know the difference between a fiddle and a violin!
Awesome experience! I purchased my husband an Ibenez bass guitar and case. The purchase was handled professionally. Thanks for a job well done!
This is a great place for music gear and accessories. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable. I recently had a studio DAW interface quit working after 16 years and Guitar Center was the only place in town that had what I needed to get my studio back up and running.
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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