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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 176 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in New Braunfels, Texas
Store featuring a variety of musical instruments, equipment, and rental services.
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 (830) 310-7116
- 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 needed a guitar cable to plug into an amp and stopped in at the gc in New Braunfels.”
“Nice selection, but I was hoping for a few more affordable options on used gear.”
“These people are the best, not only had they pulled the guitar, when I pointed out that the action was high Mason took it straight to the setup table and went to work.”
“People were jamming on drums, guitars and bass.”
“Edit 6/7/25 Mason was very helpful and assisted my child with his first piano.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“He walked me through the process of finding a good starter guitar, even played me a few Notes.”
From the reviews
It’s small but seems to have the essentials !! People were jamming on drums, guitars and bass. It’s definitely nice to have this location to shop at rather than running all the way into SA. I can’t wait to grab another guitar or maybe a drum kit. I’ll be back again and again.
I needed a guitar cable to plug into an amp and stopped in at the gc in New Braunfels. I appreciated that the guitars were available to touch and play without having to unchain them. The staff was friendly and helpful. A guitar tech showed me a very nice LP Custom Shop model that had us both drooling.
I live in central San Antonio and after too many bad experiences here at Guitar Center San Antonio. I decided check out the New Braunfels store so I called them. I was shocked, they answered on the second ring on black Friday just after noon.
A positive experience. My father and I traded some equipment here. It took awhile to process because of the amount. But we expected that as part of the process. So if you plan to trade, do not expect instant quote if more than one item. Travis and Devin were most helpful.
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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