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Guitar Center
4.5 ★★★★★ 2,022 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Nashville, Tennessee
Huge, corporate chain selling electric, acoustic and bass guitars, amps and drums.
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 (615) 297-7770
- 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
“Ordered my spark 2 amp here and I thought the guy playing through it was playing through a tube amp next to it.”
“They've got it covered from new standards to custom shop to vintage and used.”
“They usually have a good selection and many times have slightly pre owned instrumrnts that save me money, a big thumbs up.”
“Now THIS is what Guitar Center is all about, so many awesome guitars, synths, drums, beat machines and all ready to play.”
Brands they deal
“Bought a beautiful used PRS over the phone and worked with the manager, Tony.”
“I bought a "used" Epiphone Viola, sight unseen, from the Nashville Guitar Center store.”
What players say again and again
“He walked me through the buying process and ensured that everything went as smooth as can be.”
“The staff was very helpful and accommodating, yet did not hover over us or pressure us to buy.”
“It was a great experience for buying my first guitar all the staff were very helpful.”
From the reviews
I bought a "used" Epiphone Viola, sight unseen, from the Nashville Guitar Center store. It was described as used but good condition. I had it shipped to California, and it showed up about an hour ago.
My Man Clay is awesome! He went above and beyond helping me fix a used amp I purchased a while ago- very glad I got the warranty. It's kinda a rare amp. Clay helped me way more than he was required to- he made sure they serviced my amp (rather than give me store credit) and helped me get it to where it needed to be.
As a traveler in the US I always love to stop by a Guitar Center to check on the latest gear and accessories as a musician or enthusiast. They got everything, don't even bother going to Sweet Water.
Guitar center for a musician or working musician is probably the last huge brick and mortar store where you can try it before you pay for it and they actually have it in stock.
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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