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Guitar Center
4.5 ★★★★★ 1,972 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Houston, Texas
Music shop chain offering a variety of guitars plus drums, keyboards, and DJ equipment.
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 (713) 952-9070
- 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
“The staff especially the pedal/guitar tech guy, an older gentleman that will give your recommendations and talk to you plainly with useful knowledge from his experience.”
“The staff especially the pedal/guitar tech guy, an older gentleman that will give your recommendations and talk to you plainly with useful knowledge from his experience.”
“We most likely go back again for some guitar lessons and DJ mixer lessons.”
“Always great to come in and noodle around with the guitars, play the electronic pianos, bang on some drum kits, or browse through the sheet music.”
Brands they deal
“The guitar section is hit or miss and in my opinion companies like Gibson have gone completely down hill in quality.”
What players say again and again
“The staff especially the pedal/guitar tech guy, an older gentleman that will give your recommendations and talk to you plainly with useful knowledge from his experience.”
From the reviews
I was looking for a guitar to buy. As a beginner, they recommended me some basic guitars that were not too expensive and helped me tune it as well. They provide best service and they are very kind with customers. The place is big and organized according to each section.
Guitar Center, this location in particular is exceptional. The staff especially the pedal/guitar tech guy, an older gentleman that will give your recommendations and talk to you plainly with useful knowledge from his experience.
I’ve been shopping at Guitar Center since the early 1990s and this store does great service to the national brand. Great selection, great staff and decent prices. Always great to come in and noodle around with the guitars, play the electronic pianos, bang on some drum kits, or browse through the sheet music.
Great customer service. Caleb was of great help. We got exactly what we were looking for. We most likely go back again for some guitar lessons and DJ mixer lessons.
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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