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Guitar Center
4.1 ★★★★☆ 887 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Portland, Oregon
Chain music store carrying guitars, basses, amps, and other instruments, 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 (503) 286-6327
- Website stores.guitarcenter.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Sunday | 10 AM–7 PM |
What's on the wall
“Went in today to get a few things for a bass and guitar and came home with more than just the items.”
“They helped me in 5 min swap out a broken pedal that was causing me issues.”
“He was helpful in ways that I didn’t even ask for and made sure I had the best set up for the amount of money I had to spend.”
Brands they deal
“I had a last minute performance and needed a string change and the action lowered on my Taylor acoustic.”
What players say again and again
“Traded in my old guitar and amp , was given a fair price.”
“We had lots of questions and he was very knowledgeable and patiently educated us on the different functions and the design of different guitars.”
From the reviews
I had a last minute performance and needed a string change and the action lowered on my Taylor acoustic. Shane was so kind, helpful, and got it all done the same day. I just sent in another Taylor for more detailed work and the quote was really reasonable. Would totally recommend their guitar repair shop!
This store is, for the time being, closed to the general public except to pick up online orders. They suffered a catastrophic flood and are currently renovating the place. They are expected to return to normal business hours and operations by Monday.
Aside from the area being less desirable to stop, I'm glad I did. As soon as you walk in you get the beautiful display of guitars. The arrangement is brilliant. I want to say thank you to laloe who is working the cash register. Thank you. Thank you for making my day. You are super easy and very generous.
We had the privilege of having Travis work with us today, we were looking for a guitar for my daughter. We had lots of questions and he was very knowledgeable and patiently educated us on the different functions and the design of different guitars. He was not pushy and really took his time to explain everything to us!
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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