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Guitar Center
4.1 ★★★★☆ 744 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Pianos, guitars and drums offered at this music chain venue, where you can also take lessons.
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 (717) 652-7399
- 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
“He has also purchased a bunch of new equipment here in the last few weeks, new and used, which he has been loving.”
“He was very pleased with the quality and especially the price for repairs.”
Brands they deal
“Just wanted to give a big shout out to Alex that helped me with my Martin Guitar purchase.”
What players say again and again
“He was very knowledgeable and patient with me until I finally pulled the trigger on this new axe of mine.”
From the reviews
Staff are super friendly, even when they are busy. My husband had his guitar repaired here, and it took a little bit of time, but it came back to us looking and sounding cleaner than ever. He was very pleased with the quality and especially the price for repairs.
I had a wonderful experience at the guitar center. The staff treated me like a king. They went out of their way to ensure I was happy and had everything I needed. If I could give them 10 stars, I would I am looking forward to a long relationship with this store.
Staff was excellent. They were really helpful in finding us just the right fit for my son‘s new guitar. We had some technical questions which they were able to answer, and they were perfectly happy to allow us to try many different models.
This store is amazing. Great staff and clean environment. I went in for a specific piece of gear and was pleasantly surprised. Sometimes we cant always get to that next level because funds are short. Im not talking skill. Just gear.
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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