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Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 672 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Joliet, Illinois
Chain music retailer with a wide selection of guitars and other instruments 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 (815) 577-6706
- 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
“Had a lot of fun trading up for an American Vintage II strat tonight.”
“I used their guitar tech for the first time in a long time and Scott was amazing!”
“Tech named Craig guy is fantastic with guitars and all the people that work there are amazing, the manager Garrett, awesome guy and everybody else like I said that works.”
“🎸 Drums drums and percussion.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“The setup was top notch and I’ll definitely trust Scott with further repair or modifications.”
“His knowledge about the equipment was incredible—he took the time to explain different options, answer all my questions, and help me find exactly what I needed.”
“Great place, good selection, friendly staff.”
From the reviews
They pretty much have everything you'd ever need as a band or as a recording artist. The staff is always very friendly and knowledgeable.
These guys have been nothing short of great!! I definitely have been critical of them in the past but over the last few months or so they have been great!! Tyler takes care of me…but what he does trickles down to the rest of the team and those guys take care of me even when i send my wife in.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I had an outstanding experience at Guitar Center thanks to Fabian! His knowledge about the equipment was incredible—he took the time to explain different options, answer all my questions, and help me find exactly what I needed.
Long time GC Joliet customer here and I think that the current staff has got to be the best in the area by far. John Stanis and Tyler Burke always give me great service which you should always get when purchasing expensive music gear. Had a lot of fun trading up for an American Vintage II strat tonight.
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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