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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 1,495 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Knoxville, Tennessee
Guitar-centric retailer featuring new and used instruments, plus services like rentals, repairs and 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 (865) 670-1022
- 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
“I took my acoustic electric in and Brandon Bass the repair tech was able to get me taken care of in just a few minutes.”
“I took my acoustic electric in and Brandon Bass the repair tech was able to get me taken care of in just a few minutes.”
“I called as a surprise for my husband to get him a amp and Kale helped every step of the way.”
“I really love all the vintage gear they have there.”
“I took my acoustic electric in and Brandon Bass the repair tech was able to get me taken care of in just a few minutes.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“He was the nicest person and very knowledgeable about the guitars and how to play them so I could hear the quality.”
“Our first visit was to purchase our granddaughter her first guitar.”
From the reviews
The place is great and has a nice selection of amazing instruments but if it’s not there, no worries! They will have it shipped to the store in a few days. The staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. My only issue was waiting to check out.
One of the best guitar centers in the country. This place has some top of line gear and a huge amount of used gear in a really organized space. The staff are super friendly and are willing to help with whatever you want.
I've traded two nice guitars over the years and the guys at Guitar World have been most professional. Lucas is one of the employees that helped me today. He was the nicest person and very knowledgeable about the guitars and how to play them so I could hear the quality.
Very nice layout, Great employees who are very knowledgeable and helpful! They know many 🎶 musical styles and their expertise shows it- love coming here 2 play guitar and amplifiers, acoustic instruments and even percussion and drum kits😂🎸( and I don't ever✊😜 plan on learning to take drum 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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