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Guitar Center
4.1 ★★★★☆ 573 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Tallahassee, Florida
Retail chain, featuring a wide selection of guitars, keyboards and amplifiers, and offering lessons.
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 (850) 386-1783
- 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
“Staff seemed understandably stressed yet still managed to be very helpful and kind, helped me find the perfect acoustic-electric guitar for me, i am more than pleased and grateful.”
“Staff seemed understandably stressed yet still managed to be very helpful and kind, helped me find the perfect acoustic-electric guitar for me, i am more than pleased and grateful.”
“Jeremiah the manager was very helpful with my family and myself, helping us to find the right bass and amp for the future in music.”
“However Mike has brought the store out of the darkness and into what I remember it used to be years ago.”
“I also overheard a staff member signing someone up for lessons.”
“They have plenty of electric guitars in stock, sound equipment, drum equipment, etc.”
Brands they deal
“I had no idea where to start given their wide selection of Squires, Fenders, Gibson, etc.”
What players say again and again
“I am in awe of the amount of gear they have and the folks there are very knowledgeable of of all things musically related.”
“I asked a staff member and he let me know that they are still doing real live music lessons here...amazing!”
From the reviews
Spencer was the best. He was so professional, patient, and super knowledgeable He was such a great advocate for the company that he almost talked me into the warranty on my Snark Tuner, but since it run through them fairly regularly I typically charge the replacement cost to the game.
I had a dream that I walked into Guitar Center , bought a guitar, and I did exactly that. I had no idea where to start given their wide selection of Squires, Fenders, Gibson, etc. I was directed to the starter pack by an associate who explained it was the cheapest way to start.
Great store with a great selection of musical instruments. I have been here a few times and have always liked the ambience and the selection of instruments. Their guitar selection is impressive, with all name brands like Taylor, Martin, Yamaha and others.
Awesome place for any musician, well trained staff can answer all of your questions as well as Band issues and Professional Broadcast Standards. They also offer music lessons to all ages and skill levels. Today I picked up a Mixer, some guitar cables and some adapter plugs. Here is are photos from yesterday. :)Todd W.
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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