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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 1,557 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Mesa, Arizona
Chain music store offering instruments such as guitars, drums, and keyboards, plus 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 (480) 497-0655
- 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
“They have electric and acoustic guitars, along with basses and electric and acoustic drums.”
“Purchased a pine roasted tele pro II from Juan over the phone who provided exceptional customer service.”
“They have electric and acoustic guitars, along with basses and electric and acoustic drums.”
“Thank you for finding me awesome deals and trade-ins PLUS making it a joy to visit and feel welcomed each and every time!”
“Thanks to him and the guitar tech for everything.”
“They have electric and acoustic guitars, along with basses and electric and acoustic drums.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Thank you for finding me awesome deals and trade-ins PLUS making it a joy to visit and feel welcomed each and every time!”
“There are lots of knowledgeable helpers and everything a musician needs.”
From the reviews
I went for a wall mount for ukelele. I asked the cashier if they had a darker shade of wood. The employee told me to ask the cashier. The cashier said she would check. Then brought me a guitar wall mount in a darker shade and told me it was the ukelele mount. I should of checked.
I had a manufacturing issue with a brand new guitar I bought. When the issue came to the attention of the store management, they were quick to assist with getting the issue resolved and make sure i was taken care of.
Awesome people serving this store make it a delight! Bobby, Marco, Sophie, Caleb and the other lovely people. Great store with empathetic, great humans who understand musicians and connect with them, with respect (unlike the Tempe store, sad to say).
My son and his friends LOVE coming here! The atmosphere is amazing and you can find everything there. They have electric and acoustic guitars, along with basses and electric and acoustic drums. There's even a room for drummers to play as loud as they want! My son bought his favorite electric drum set there.
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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