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Guitar Center Lessons
4.4 ★★★★☆ 21 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Rockville, Maryland
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 (301) 231-6100
- Website stores.guitarcenter.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–9 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–9 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–9 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–9 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–9 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–7 PM |
What's on the wall
“Great place to get guitars et al equipment, plus get friendly top quality instructors to help you learn and flourish with them.”
“My personal favorite was the pink banjo uke”
Brands they deal
From the reviews
Very well organized. Staff was very friendly and helpful and able to answer my questions. Overall a great experience and ended up getting an electric guitar there. Just wish they had more selection in store for some of the colors.
Guitar Center - Rockville has been around for a while and continues to supply musicians with the gear we need. Nice to be able to get your hands on equipment immediately in an Internet shopping world waiting for delivery.
Great place to get guitars et al equipment, plus get friendly top quality instructors to help you learn and flourish with them.
Solid selection of guitars and a wide range of brands. My personal favorite was the pink banjo uke
Selling or trading gear at Guitar Center Lessons
Guitar Center Lessons 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 Lessons
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Guitar Center Lessons. 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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