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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 1,036 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Pineville, North Carolina
Chain retailer selling guitars, drums, keyboards, and other musical instruments, plus amps and recording equipment.
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 (704) 544-7934
- 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
“The only negatives are that their inventory lacks in the studio equipment department (eqs, pre amps, compressors, etc.”
“Savannah (#117232) was the most helpful person I’ve ever met in the repairs department of Guitar Center in my 10+ years of playing guitar!”
“They do offer classes, equipment rentals, and repairs.”
“Isaac Lugo has been giving me lessons to learn to play the ukulele.”
“While not as many acoustic kits out to test, they had some in a large, closed off cymbal room.”
“Popped in today to eyeball a beginner keyboard.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“They were knowledgeable about what we asked about.”
From the reviews
I wish this place existed when I lived in Pineville! I visited this location while home for the holidays. It’s right down the street from Carolina Place Mall (by Home Depot) it is convenient for any musician in the area who’s had to drive to the Independence location or to Samash.
I meant to write this a few days ago, but it was so important to me that I kept the receipt to make sure I gave this person praise. Savannah (#117232) was the most helpful person I’ve ever met in the repairs department of Guitar Center in my 10+ years of playing guitar!!
Anything you need musically wise, they have it here. Stopped by since we were in the area. Normal Guitar Center store. They have a wide range of guitars for you to select from. DJ equipments, drums, pianos, etc...all employees were super friendly and efficient.
The store is well organized. No one greeted us upon entry however staff did come around and offer assistance. They were knowledgeable about what we asked about. I enjoyed tapping on the drums certainly not playing, Lol. I enjoyed listening to the people there who could play the guitars.
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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