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Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 1,075 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Pasadena, Texas
Musical equipment retailer, selling amps, drum kits and electric guitars from top brands.
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 (281) 991-1383
- 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
“Excellent customer service Great finds on used gear (amps guitar bass) You will find what you need”
“Excellent customer service Great finds on used gear (amps guitar bass) You will find what you need”
“Sébastien helped us picked out the perfect guitar for him, and introduced us to the repair tech (I think his name was Emma?”
Brands they deal
“If they would set up a 2,800 Gibson Les Paul it would probably sell fast.”
“But when you have an Epiphone firebird that costs $1,399 in the strings are so high it's almost too hard to play and it'll never sell.”
What players say again and again
“If they would set up a 2,800 Gibson Les Paul it would probably sell fast.”
“You can get lessons in many instruments also. My daughter loves this place!”
From the reviews
WOW!! To be honest, guitar center always kind of weirded me out. But THIS STORE BLEW ME AWAY! My grandson was just messing around, and the lessons manager and Store manager (Brittany and Sara) were so friendly and set him up with a free lesson with Leo, who was wonderful with him, so patient and enthusiastic!
The staff didn't seem motivated to offer assistance until we approached them for help. Disappointed they had NO wireless guitar systems. On the bright side, the guitar tech they have on site is rock solid...
Joe and Taylor were both extremely helpful and had me in and out in less than an hour. Both were very knowledgeable and were able to assist me easily. Will be recommending this Guitar Center in the future! Joe did a small repair on my guitar and Taylor helped me pick out an amp and cable.
Never been to this one until today. The staff was friendly. The place was clean. They have a training practice section. You can get lessons in many instruments also. My daughter loves this place!
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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