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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 1,486 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Fresno, California
Retail chain for a range of musical instruments including guitars, drums, and keyboards, plus recording 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 (559) 221-2222
- 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
“Great selection of guitars, basses, drums, even some exotic percussion instruments.”
“Lots of guitar accessories including pedals, picks, straps and strings.”
“Great selection of guitars, basses, drums, even some exotic percussion instruments.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“My daughter wants to play the guitar, the staff were very helpful.”
From the reviews
So I go to my local GC here in Fresno California expecting their inventory to be similar to the state it was in 2 weeks ago only to find out I'm a dumbass for not calling in advance to check stock, As it happens their inventory on the product I was seeking was depleted.
Great staff. I've only been to one other location (Richmond, CA), and in this one the staff was pretty outgoing and friendly. Gear for days. Great selection of guitars, basses, drums, even some exotic percussion instruments. Lots of guitar accessories including pedals, picks, straps and strings.
I make custom guitar wall art, looks and appearance of the real thing. Cant have your favorite guitar for whatever reason ,I make it possible. This store has whatever you need and if not they will get it
Never been to guitar center. It was great. My daughter wants to play the guitar, the staff were very helpful.
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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