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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 658 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Moosic, Pennsylvania
Retailer of guitars, amplifiers and drums, plus guitar 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 (570) 343-0600
- 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 went in to sell my guitar and buy a bass because of physical difficulties with my pinky.”
“Anyway, I walked out with an amp for my guitar instead of the bass, and slow progress is being made.”
“This location in Scranton lacks Synthesizers, Drum machines, Sequencers, Outboard gear etc.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Wonderful staff service they are all knowledgeable for all guitars and looking to make another purchase soon”
“Good deals priced decent and who I dealt with seemd to be good people .”
From the reviews
I love shopping at Guitar Center. This store, at Montage, best of the best. The staff is very knowledgeable about about everything we asked about. Keith helped us out, didn't come off like a typical sales person, he was very authentic and personal.
I went in to sell my guitar and buy a bass because of physical difficulties with my pinky. I had an enjoyable and lengthy conversation with 2 staff members. They informed me that they don't buy guitars if it's missing strings, (which mine was missing one). This was unfortunate but turned out to be a good thing for me.
2 weeks ago my 3 year old decided she wanted a pink guitar.. We got an e-kit. The gentlemen were very accommodating and helped me bring everything to the car and my daughter loves her kit. Thank you guys for still being one of the last places you can go in and actually touch an instrument before purchasing it.
Great store for guitar players. As a sound designer, I will say this location was quite boring for me. Any Guitar Center location within NYC is more suitable for sound designers. This location in Scranton lacks Synthesizers, Drum machines, Sequencers, Outboard gear etc.
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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