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Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 503 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Lafayette, Louisiana
Part of a chain selling guitars, drums, amps and DJ equipment, plus offering rentals 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 (337) 984-9098
- 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'd like to see a better selection of guitar amps; way too many Boss Katana amps!”
“Through an online search for a Rickenbacher Frying Pan Lap Steel, I found a great price for a Pre-war A22 circa 1938.”
“Ran into my old roommate from many moons ago, the guitar tech there!”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Nice store with great knowledgeable staff that was willing to help a newbie.”
From the reviews
I had a WONDERFUL purchase experience thanks to Erica and Max. Through an online search for a Rickenbacher Frying Pan Lap Steel, I found a great price for a Pre-war A22 circa 1938. I called up the Lafayette, LA Guitar Center and Erica picked up.
I was very impressed! I look forward to going back. The staff is especially kind and knowledgeable especially Devyn. Highly recommended.
Lost track of time and had to grab some strings Saturday evening I hadn't been there in a while but, there were friendly faces that were very helpful in genuinely knowledgeable about what I was asking without making up contrived nonsense.
One of the best music stores. Great staff all around. Kevin is outstanding. Thank you for helping. Really, i trust him with my favorite guitars. If you have one that needs help, trust him, he knows what he's doing:)
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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