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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 1,013 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Spokane, Washington
Music store chain offering a large selection of guitars, keyboards, and other instruments, plus 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 (509) 484-1555
- 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
“Anytime I try out acoustic guitars in the acoustic room, the strings are heavily oxidized and theres a 50% chance the guitar you picked up is out of tune.”
“In the back, there is a large display of electric guitars, along with a separate acoustic room that includes acoustic guitars and ukuleles.”
“My guitar ended up getting a Fender Stratocaster and Amp.”
“I feel very comfortable with the trade-in amount for my guitars.”
“When you enter, the keyboards are on the right, followed by monitor speakers and recording setups.”
“In the back, there is a large display of electric guitars, along with a separate acoustic room that includes acoustic guitars and ukuleles.”
Brands they deal
“My guitar ended up getting a Fender Stratocaster and Amp.”
“I had a couple of guitars to change to an Epiphone Sheraton.”
What players say again and again
“When you enter, the keyboards are on the right, followed by monitor speakers and recording setups.”
From the reviews
The employees at Guitar center are are super helpful, knowledgeable and really laid back. I Love the vibe there its very chill, everytime I go there it makes me want to learn how to play everything I looked at lol. The back room is awesome, just pick up a guitar sit down and start jammin.
My 15 year old son plays acoustic guitar and wanted to get an electric. We went in at 11:00 am on a weekday. We were allowed to plug in and play any guitar we wanted. If we had questions, we asked. Basically we were just left alone. We liked that. Ended up getting a new Fender guitar and amp.
As a musician running guitar, violin, and piano YouTube channels, and the author of The Grant Colson Thriller Series, I pay close attention to music store layouts, and Guitar Center in North Spokane is a well-designed location.
Best selection of guitars in Spokane. They are a little understaffed but when you get their attention, they are super helpful. My guitar ended up getting a Fender Stratocaster and Amp. There is usually someone trying out a guitar while you're there and you can tell this is the place where local players shop.
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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