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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 639 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Ocean Township, New Jersey
Chain store for new and used guitars, with a selection of amps, keyboards, and drums, plus 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 (732) 493-0614
- 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
“I bought a Fender strat special edition and wanted to replace it with a PRS and they happily exchanged it, walking me through all the options and set me up with everything.”
“Went today to Guitar Center in Ocean to do an exchange on a new keyboard, a new guitar set up and some help with setting up and syncing a foot switch to a fender amp.”
“Went today to Guitar Center in Ocean to do an exchange on a new keyboard, a new guitar set up and some help with setting up and syncing a foot switch to a fender amp.”
“A solid choice for your musical needs from lessons to set ups to equipment.”
“Went today to Guitar Center in Ocean to do an exchange on a new keyboard, a new guitar set up and some help with setting up and syncing a foot switch to a fender amp.”
Brands they deal
“I bought a Fender strat special edition and wanted to replace it with a PRS and they happily exchanged it, walking me through all the options and set me up with everything.”
“I bought a Fender strat special edition and wanted to replace it with a PRS and they happily exchanged it, walking me through all the options and set me up with everything.”
What players say again and again
“Went today to Guitar Center in Ocean to do an exchange on a new keyboard, a new guitar set up and some help with setting up and syncing a foot switch to a fender amp.”
“Joey was a very knowledgeable employee and super helpful during my double pedal purchase.”
From the reviews
So on 1-17-25, I had some unexpected bills come up and kinda was forced to sell my backup speakers which I did not want to do but I was up against a wall I kinda knew what I could get for them which would help me out in my situation.
Went today to Guitar Center in Ocean to do an exchange on a new keyboard, a new guitar set up and some help with setting up and syncing a foot switch to a fender amp. Rogan the manager was great with the exchange, Bobby did a great job on correcting the factory problem with the guitar, Anthony was also a big help.
I absolutely love this location: Andrei and Ryan have helped me so much over the past week or so, and they’ve always been class-acts in the past. I forgot my ID there once and they put it in the safe for me immediately, then another time I left strings that I purchased with my new Taylor and they stopped me before I…
This is the best Guitar Center straight out, they have a great selection of guitars, and the staff here are the best, they’re super friendly and know the ins and outs of each guitar. (They also play very good 😉) I visit this guitar center frequently.
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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