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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 1,400 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Totowa, New Jersey
Drum machine, guitar, piano and keyboard retailer featuring lessons and repairs.
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) 837-0855
- 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
“Helped get the little guy a new pair of sticks and suggested a set of electric drums to replace the acoustic ones we originally got him.”
“i have bought nearly all my bass guitars, amps and sound systems from this store for at least 10 years now.”
“i have bought nearly all my bass guitars, amps and sound systems from this store for at least 10 years now.”
“The guitar center used gear section online has been great, and I really like their rating system.”
“It was looking grim but then I ran into drum tech Donny to the rescue!”
“They truly helped us build his collection of now 5 guitars and gear that helped him expand with his lessons and personal band.”
“Just went last night, needed a drum rack part in an emergency situation, needed it immediately as I could not wait for replacement to be shipped.”
Brands they deal
“he also gave me a terrific trade-in price on a classic fender bassman amp.”
What players say again and again
“he also gave me a terrific trade-in price on a classic fender bassman amp.”
“They are so knowledgeable, helpful, honest, kind and all take the time to be there for you through your purchases and for any questions thereafter.”
From the reviews
My 13yr old boy is in to hard rock and has been requesting a guitar for lessons. When we walked in and started browsing we were greeted by Donny with a friendly hello.
Love coming here cause it's therapeutic sometimes, they have a wonderful selection of guitars, drums, pianos, DJ equipment, lightning, etc, it has an old school feel to it, the employees that work here are very helpful and will answer any questions that you may have, and I recommend this location to any music lovers…
shout out to chris c. at guitar center in totawa, nj. i have bought nearly all my bass guitars, amps and sound systems from this store for at least 10 years now. last week i bought a jbl subwoofer to complement my alto top speakers (also bot at gc).
This place is great. No one is hovering over you, trying to upsell everything, at least in my experience. The guitar center used gear section online has been great, and I really like their rating system. My bass was categorized as good, but I think it's excellent. "Great" is in-between those.
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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