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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 848 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Scottsdale, Arizona
Musical equipment chain with a large selection of amps, drums and guitars.
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 (480) 362-1150
- 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
“I now have a great Acoustic Electric Guitar that I really enjoy practicing too.”
“My son got a loog electric guitar for Christmas and the gift giver didn’t realize you need an amp for an electric guitar (duh).”
“I placed an online order for a used guitar at this location to be shipped from this store to the GC in my area, and unfortunately the online Guitar Center staff kept misleading me.”
“I purchased a Loar mandolin in January and was unable to get it to my luthier until the end of March.”
“From the instructors to the shop floor supervisors and team members, everyone is outstanding.”
“I purchased a Loar mandolin in January and was unable to get it to my luthier until the end of March.”
“We checked out drums, guitars, and keyboards, and the selection in all departments was impressive.”
“On unpacking there was damage to the front of the keyboard chassis near middle C with several of the keys stuck/sunk down.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“The staff was super helpful and knowledgeable—they let us try out different instruments and answered all our questions without any pressure to buy.”
“The staff was super helpful and knowledgeable—they let us try out different instruments and answered all our questions without any pressure to buy.”
From the reviews
The guitars were nice, it's been awhile since I've been in. It brought me back to home. The sales staff were quite excellent. I don't even play guitar and I almost bought one. Way cool place to be just to look. Who steals the show baby? It's the guitar man.
Amazing staff, very helpful and informative. I placed an online order for a used guitar at this location to be shipped from this store to the GC in my area, and unfortunately the online Guitar Center staff kept misleading me.
I don't write a lot of reviews but wanted to leave one here after getting some phenomenal customer service from Ryan and a few others at Guitar Center Scottsdale. I purchased a used 'mint condition' Yamaha Montage m8x from the GC online store and paid for overnight shipping.
My son got a loog electric guitar for Christmas and the gift giver didn’t realize you need an amp for an electric guitar (duh). I almost bought one from home on Amazon on Christmas Day but I decided to wait and go into guitar center because I have good memories of this store as a teenager when I used to play.
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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