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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 733 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Southington, Connecticut
Retailer of guitars, keyboards, drums, and other musical instruments, as well as sound 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 (860) 628-0984
- 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
“Purchased an 80's Strat online and they got it to me the next day in a hard case (which I wasn't expecting).”
“I just purchased a used mint Taylor 314ce Studio this week, ( I played several while waiting and this for me was worth extra dough) Traded in 2 guitars .”
“Mike handled the deal and was excellent, the tech guy and Manager also were great.”
“who assisted me with an on-line purchase of a banjo.”
“Almost as cool as Guitar Center Danbury, bonus points for having Deadmau5 on the entry wall and a drum demo room that was a lot of fun to horse around in.”
“The keyboard wall needs some love though, get those demos working!”
Brands they deal
“They even handled my trade in Gibson SG in a very timely matter explaining to me every step.”
From the reviews
Ralph is the man. My daughter is 9 and just picked up a guitar for the first time. He has been great as we are in week 5 and she's playing Green Day and learning nirvana. Ty guys from staff to just customers. It's always good to hear and feel good vibes walking in a business.
Almost as cool as Guitar Center Danbury, bonus points for having Deadmau5 on the entry wall and a drum demo room that was a lot of fun to horse around in. The keyboard wall needs some love though, get those demos working!
This is the spot! I’ve never been in guitar center before, but I started buying storage units and low and behold I found a used drum set in there. I saw a place to buy my used equipment and guitar was first on the map. These people were very honest and walk me through the whole process of selling my used items.
I visited the Southington store on Nov 11 to sell a guitare. I was greeted by the store manager who shook my hand and asked what help I needed? Then several other store workers came over asking what I needed and if someone was helping me. My visit was excellent....everyone was very pleasant and helpful.
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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