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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 1,325 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Towson, Maryland
Chain retailer of musical instruments including guitars, amps, and keyboards, plus repair services.
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 (410) 821-5200
- 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
“Bought a cheap used guitar online from a different location and had it shipped here.”
“The guitar technician Logan that did the setup on my new guitar was awesome.”
“Guitar Center has become one of my family's favorite places to spend time, take lessons, get expert advice, and shop from.”
“Great customer services, instrument galore all ranges of guitars, ukeles, drums, and so many more.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“The guitar technician Logan that did the setup on my new guitar was awesome.”
“Logan was very knowledgeable about the guitar and all the parts and found what the issue was where the other technician and I could not.”
From the reviews
Guitar Center has become one of my family's favorite places to spend time, take lessons, get expert advice, and shop from. There are always many highly knowledgeable and passionate employees available to help (even fluent Spanish speakers); and the teachers are warm, enthusiastic, and encouraging.
The guitar technician Logan that did the setup on my new guitar was awesome. I bought a new guitar from them recently that had a minor issue and he helped track down what the issue was and suggested doing a return and just getting a new guitar of that same model.
Bought a cheap used guitar online from a different location and had it shipped here. I ended up asking for a $5-10 discount because there were some quirks that the other store didn't note in the listing. They were super cool about it and marked it down $20 immediately.
Sharing my experience from a very recent visit to the Towson Location. I absolutely enjoyed how fast and efficient they are. My speaker went out and I needed another, Julia and Mia helped my children & I get a great price and a valuable speaker. They were incredible in spirit and they know their job well!
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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