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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 1,072 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Roseville, Minnesota
Large chain specializing in musical instruments, especially guitars, plus lessons and rentals.
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 (651) 634-0100
- 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
“While we were looking around at the acoustic section we had 2 other employees stop by to see if we were good-and not in an aggressive sales person way.”
“I went a friend to buy an amp and a bass tuner and ended up chatting for nearly an hour with one of the associates about just everything musically related.”
“He’s also very patient, he work with me for two days finding out what is the best option to get the keyboard that I want (he also set up the keyboard just so I can test it out).”
“I discovered they had private organized classes to learn any instruments you wanted.”
“I was sad, confused, and questioning my life choices, so I went to Guitar Center to hit drums instead of therapy.”
“He’s also very patient, he work with me for two days finding out what is the best option to get the keyboard that I want (he also set up the keyboard just so I can test it out).”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“He’s also very patient, he work with me for two days finding out what is the best option to get the keyboard that I want (he also set up the keyboard just so I can test it out).”
“Dr Jim was great to talk to as well, no pretentiousness, just communicates in whatever language the client is at as far as guitar knowledge.”
“My 16 year old son just started playing guitar and we went to the Roseville Guitar Center so he could buy his first guitar set up.”
From the reviews
They have dj controller, guitars, pianos, 🥁 drums, setup so you can try them and pick whichever you wanted. Lighting, studio stuff and more. I discovered they had private organized classes to learn any instruments you wanted.
Got attacked by a raccoon this morning. Full-on ninja ambush. I was sad, confused, and questioning my life choices, so I went to Guitar Center to hit drums instead of therapy. Met Jack in the drum department. I told him I’d just survived a raccoon assault, and he said, “Sounds like you need to play that out.” I did.
Great store with a very nice selection of instruments. The platinum room is definitely worth a look. Knowledgeable staff.
I want to give a huge shot out to Adam at Guitar Center in Roseville. My 16 year old son just started playing guitar and we went to the Roseville Guitar Center so he could buy his first guitar set up. Upon entering, Adam immediately greeted and asked what he could do to help 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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