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Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 686 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Hickory, North Carolina
Chain music store offering guitars, amps, keyboards, and other instruments, plus 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 (828) 324-1290
- 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 wanted to upgrade to a Taylor acoustic, and the man in the acoustic room was extremely helpful, knowledgeable, not pushy and really guided me through the experience.”
“Very knowledgeable and he'll even search online all the guitar centers in the country to find your perfect instrument or amp, new or used.”
“Very knowledgeable and he'll even search online all the guitar centers in the country to find your perfect instrument or amp, new or used.”
“Went looking for a new keyboard that would allow me to use as a midi controller and have sound without the computer, so as a real keyboard.”
Brands they deal
“Just took this Gibson Hummingbird Heritage cherry sunburst baby for a test drive.”
“I wanted to upgrade to a Taylor acoustic, and the man in the acoustic room was extremely helpful, knowledgeable, not pushy and really guided me through the experience.”
“Eric found me a wonderful little Marshall Acoustic amp that I am very happy with .”
What players say again and again
“I wanted to upgrade to a Taylor acoustic, and the man in the acoustic room was extremely helpful, knowledgeable, not pushy and really guided me through the experience.”
“Great selection of instruments and sheet music from beginners to professional something for everyone”
From the reviews
Went to buy my son his first acoustic this past week and the gentleman with the long dark hair and tobaggan on was so Frikken awesome he has excellent customer service skills, a great personality super helpful and went out of his way to make us a great bundle package since the one I wanted was on back order till…
Just took this Gibson Hummingbird Heritage cherry sunburst baby for a test drive. All I can say is . . . Wow!!! Ask for Eric Wrenn. He's helped me for 3 years. Very knowledgeable and he'll even search online all the guitar centers in the country to find your perfect instrument or amp, new or used.
Came in to have my guitar serviced. Super friendly staff and they were able to diagnose and solve the issue I was having. I forgot how much I missed going in to music stores, so I'm glad I had a reason to! Highly recommend.
Went looking for a new keyboard that would allow me to use as a midi controller and have sound without the computer, so as a real keyboard. The person that helped my, can't remember her name unfortunately, want very sure about this specific request.
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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