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Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 566 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Laredo, Texas
Piano, guitar and drum retailer offering a wide selection of instruments, equipment and accessories.
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 (956) 722-2922
- 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
“As a guitar player I wish they had more guitar amps on display.”
“By far not the best guitar center I’ve ever been to as far as set up and layout but what it lacks in, is made up for by the employees.”
“I went to browse around at the drum sets and I was satisfied cause I did mention I was just looking at the drum sets not interested in buying just yet.”
Brands they deal
“You may try and play any Instrument you see on stock, for example i played for a while with an amazing taylor guitar, price at 2k usd, thats something you wont get anywhere else.”
What players say again and again
“By far not the best guitar center I’ve ever been to as far as set up and layout but what it lacks in, is made up for by the employees.”
“The staff is very knowledgeable when it comes to their merchandise.”
From the reviews
The staff is very knowledgeable when it comes to their merchandise. I went to browse around at the drum sets and I was satisfied cause I did mention I was just looking at the drum sets not interested in buying just yet. And I was treated like every other customer buying.
By far not the best guitar center I’ve ever been to as far as set up and layout but what it lacks in, is made up for by the employees. Got a practice drum pad and when I told the guy that I travel a lot, he pulled one out that he was saving for himself.
If you love music it will be hard not to smile for the first time you walk into their climate controlled guitar room. This store has it all including a kind and helpful staff.
This is the best place for buying anything related to musicians, plenty of instruments, gadgets, speakers, amplifiers, there is nothing you cant find in here, or you may also visit their website and buy a whole lot of things, the prices are really competitive, plus personalized attention for buyers of all kinds.
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.
