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Guitar Center
4.5 ★★★★★ 593 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Shreveport, Louisiana
Well-stocked musical instrument retailer stocking guitars and amplifiers, plus keyboards and drums.
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 (318) 798-0233
- 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
“Helped me with a new amp purchase, trade in an old one, while juggling the needs of other customers and training new staff, all with a smile on his face.”
“Helped me with a new amp purchase, trade in an old one, while juggling the needs of other customers and training new staff, all with a smile on his face.”
“My kid gets piano lessons here and the instructors are so kind.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“From the time I walked in the door everyone was most helpful and knowledgeable of the equipment they sell.”
From the reviews
I recently had a purchase with this guitar center on an Alto TS18s subwoofer. Through out my placement of order to all the way until I received it. I made few calls and spoke with few agents. Here is what I have to say.
The Guitar Center staff were great during my visit. I brought in a used guitar that I had bought online; I asked if they could check it out and make sure it is in good condition. The staff member took only 30 seconds to find small cracks on both sides of the neck and recommended I return it. They saved me almost $300.
Brought my schecter to install new pickups, Gunnar made it sound better than it did straight out the factory. employees were awesome had a solid jam sesh and the guitars didn’t sound like garbage 10/10 experience
Shopping for a guitar here was the best shopping experience. John was showing me guitars and had great pointers and lots of knowledge. I'm glad I got the guitar.
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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