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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 821 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Orange, Connecticut
Music shop with a wide range of guitars, amps, and other instruments, plus repair 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 (203) 799-0233
- 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
“My 7 yr old son expressed interest in playing the electric guitar, so I stopped in yesterday to ask some questions since Santa is willing to indulge the kid.”
“I had an awesome experience with Chaz trading in some old gear for a new pedalboard but I easily could have left with 6 guitars if I had more time.”
“One of the biggest used and vintage guitar collections I've ever seen.”
“One of the biggest used and vintage guitar collections I've ever seen.”
“Peter has done tech on my Gretsch and my Strat and both guitars play better than ever.”
“Howie very brightly suggested the ukulele - said he was introduced to the strings on something similar, & that it was a good size to get kids started on.”
“They try really hard and the people that work there really are musicians, love music and usually are pretty knowledgeable, i wish they had more Drum books on hand.”
Brands they deal
“I was looking at a Gibson Les Paul 60s in Honey Lemon with a AAA top.”
“Peter has done tech on my Gretsch and my Strat and both guitars play better than ever.”
What players say again and again
“Highly recommend him for set ups and helping to keep your babies in top condition!”
“They try really hard and the people that work there really are musicians, love music and usually are pretty knowledgeable, i wish they had more Drum books on hand.”
From the reviews
Peter has done tech on my Gretsch and my Strat and both guitars play better than ever. Highly recommend him for set ups and helping to keep your babies in top condition! Good selection of gear. Reasonable prices.
I don't normally write reviews. Service has to be really good or really bad. Happily the service I received at Guitar Center in Orange CT was fantastic. I was looking at a Gibson Les Paul 60s in Honey Lemon with a AAA top. The location I originally went to had the guitar but it was kind of rough.
I so grateful for John assigning Tony to teach me jazz ukulele. It's so cool to learn how a jazz musician thinks & what he does ... I think Tony is phenomenal. He's teaching me the shapes, the thirds for now ... major and minor, and how to get in the rhythm... I can't believe I'm scatting. Thank you Guitar Center ...
Wow! This store has freaking everything. I had an awesome experience with Chaz trading in some old gear for a new pedalboard but I easily could have left with 6 guitars if I had more time. One of the biggest used and vintage guitar collections I've ever seen. Definitely will be coming here a LOT 🎙️🎸🥁 🔊
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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