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Guitar Center
4.1 ★★★★☆ 941 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Springfield, Missouri
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 (417) 885-1106
- 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
“Our son has gotten really into playing electric guitar and we know hardly anything about it all but we always feel like we can ask employees here for help.”
“Colby and another gentleman helped me get set up with an Ibanez bass and were patient with all my questions.”
“for both used and new imstruments and equipment!”
“Colby and another gentleman helped me get set up with an Ibanez bass and were patient with all my questions.”
Brands they deal
“Colby and another gentleman helped me get set up with an Ibanez bass and were patient with all my questions.”
What players say again and again
“Colby and another gentleman helped me get set up with an Ibanez bass and were patient with all my questions.”
“Just bought my wife a beginners kit and was helped out by a very nice, knowledgeable, and EXTREMELY good looking salesman named Andrew Nolen.”
“Incredibly reasonable prices.”
“Just bought my wife a beginners kit and was helped out by a very nice, knowledgeable, and EXTREMELY good looking salesman named Andrew Nolen.”
From the reviews
The employees at Guitar Center are so patient and understanding. Our son has gotten really into playing electric guitar and we know hardly anything about it all but we always feel like we can ask employees here for help. Even when my kids are attempting to play every interment that’s on the floor 😅😂
Great people,at Guitar center in Springfield, Mo. My first trip into the store and was treated like a regular. Had not even scratched the surface of playing. But playing a couple rifts on my hand built guitar now. Will be back gonna need new strings after Xmas.
I bye all my used gear and new gear from hear. I just got all my guitar setup tools from the guitar center. My jackson rr24 natural I bought from here was set up well. I had no issues with it. The photo I'm posting is all from the guitar center
Colby and another gentleman helped me get set up with an Ibanez bass and were patient with all my questions. These guys were exactly what you expect from Guitar Center: Friendly, Knowledgeable, 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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