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Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 673 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Oakdale, Minnesota
Chain music store offering a range of instruments, amplifiers, and other equipment, 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 (651) 578-0577
- 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
“Pretty decent selection of electric.”
“I brought my schecter c1 classic in to get a set up.”
“Also, they have lessons and people that can fix any of their instruments!”
“They have a ton of guitars, bases, ukulele, druma, and all the gear you could dream of.”
“I went to buy a Piano there a day ago and the there was no available exact bundle but the manager helped put a bundle together for me.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“I brought my schecter c1 classic in to get a set up.”
“I love going to GC just because you can put your hands on equipment and play it.”
“(at least to my face, LOL) Ian, Mark, Zak, Steve, all are knowledgeable, honest, and will give the absolute best advice they can when you are making a purchase.”
From the reviews
After giving a poor review, I was contacted by the owner and I appreciate very much the apology and it tells me that Guitar Center in Oakdale does take customer reviews seriously. Therefore, I am changing my review. I am hoping to stop by the store soon and give them another chance.
I give Oakdale Guitar Center 10/10 for such great customer service I have been receiving for the last two years. Lily N, Zac O, and Rob H. has been very accommodating with my needs. From the warm greetings the moment I walked in the door until I get all the assistance I need with my purchase.
I visit all the guitar centers in MN regularly, and this one probably has the best staff. Never seem like they're ignoring you. Usually know what they're talking about, and if not, don't pretend they do.
I brought my schecter c1 classic in to get a set up. I brought my own strings and had specific instructions for how I like it set up. Steve was the man and helped me out with some fret issues and overall tightening up. It was polished and looked amazing outta the case. I plugged it in and it rips baby!
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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