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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 771 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Keizer, Oregon
Large store selling instruments, accessories and equipment such as guitars, keyboards and drums.
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 (503) 304-0923
- 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 purchased my fifth bass from GC recently and picked it up here at the Keizer/Salem location and love this one!”
“Christian was incredibly helpful guiding me through my first guitar & amp purchase.”
“They have been very helpful getting me set up with what I need.”
“The workers there were so nice and friendly, they also offer good service and lessons.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Friendly, knowledgeable staff and a wide selection of instruments.”
“They consistently offer great prices, a huge selection, and genuinely helpful staff.”
“As a beginner guitarist I have trouble figuring things out with all things, but the staff there make it super helpful.”
From the reviews
So definitely stop here if your looking for a instrument. Their guitars and bass and so on were fully stocked. It was really nice to see because a lot of Guitar Centers these days haven’t recovered from covid and have empty shelves! To see this one full was a great!
Have you ever heard the expression, died and went to heaven? I swear to you that it originated here! Every guitar I have ever wanted to own in my life is here! As a matter of fact, every instrument, accessory, this is the store every music freak wants to work at because this kind of cool definitely runs off on you!
Another fantastic visit to Guitar Center! They consistently offer great prices, a huge selection, and genuinely helpful staff. It's my go-to place for all my musical needs. Always a pleasure shopping here!
This store is great. I had a gift card and got a Rat distortion pedal. There's a good selection of used guitars that I wish I had more time to look at. The employees were great too.
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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