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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 813 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Lexington, Kentucky
The place to buy musical equipment (from amps to guitars), with lessons and repairs.
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 (859) 272-0877
- 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 purchased a Affinty squire telecaster , had an understandable delay in receiving it.”
“But I had some rare inheritance I wanted to sell (pictured).”
“I recently started taking lessons at a new music school nearby and have been extremely impressed with the experience so far.”
“My niece just started drum lessons with Cooper and so far she is super excited about what she is learning.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
From the reviews
The very best Guitar Center in KY hands down! Dallas and his team have the game on lock 🔐 super knowledgeable and go above and beyond so that your leaving their store with a big ol smile! If your thinking on going to any other store in ky don't!!
Virgil is an excellent/top-notch salesman who genuinely cares about customers. He went above and beyond to assist me. George, who was also very kind and helpful, assisted Virgil in loading my merchandise. My niece just started drum lessons with Cooper and so far she is super excited about what she is learning.
Awesome bunch of guys! My experience was great I sold a bunch of my guitars after losing my fiancé and brother I just wanted to pass them off to someone that will enjoy them as much as they did! Was a hard day for me but I left happy thank you!!!
We've been going here for years and absolutely LOVE the staff. They have been so encouraging for my daughter who's learning to play "outside her bedroom" They tell her to keep it up and give us excellent advice!
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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