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Guitar Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 1,436 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Springfield, New Jersey
Supplier of musical instruments and equipment such as guitars, amps, and keyboards.
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 (973) 921-0677
- 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
“2 guitar (acoustic/electric) string change on acoustic and bridge change and tuners.”
“2 guitar (acoustic/electric) string change on acoustic and bridge change and tuners.”
“Luca took time to get me a whole new pedal board and set it up and make sure everything pedal worked out.”
“The repair desk is well equipped, too, and seems like they were able to handle most of the jobs I asked about.”
“Awesome experience with guitar lessons with Noah and Kevelyn!”
“I came to the store less than 1 hour before closing to test different high-end digital pianos/MIDI keyboard controllers.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“He assessed them and gave me fair prices on everything.”
“I was met and guided by Antwan, who was very knowledgeable and helpful and gave me a lot of his time & attention.”
From the reviews
Luca helped me out a lot. Luca took time to get me a whole new pedal board and set it up and make sure everything pedal worked out. Definitely recommend coming to this guitar center
My experience here couldn’t have been any better without Pedro! The guy knows his stuff and is knowledgeable. He helped me choose among the speakers, not just recommended them, but we tested each one of the speakers I was interested in.
Best staff ever, they are super friendly "literally" like all the customers know them as they are apparently returning customers. They have various selections of new gear like any other guitar center store but what what distinguish them the most besides being friendly is their used gear is top notch and high quality…
I had a really good experience with June. I'm planning to move and I've done the bulk of what I can to offload a bunch of my gear to private parties. I called Guitar Center Springfield and spoke with June about bringing some items in. He assessed them and gave me fair prices on everything. Made it very easy.
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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