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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 566 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Tyler, Texas
Chain retail shop providing a huge selection of new and used guitars, basses and percussion instruments, plus classes.
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 (903) 509-3660
- 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
“Matthew turned a frustrating experience into a very pleasant one.”
“Good selection of pre owned guitars, basses, amps and other music equipment.”
“Good selection of pre owned guitars, basses, amps and other music equipment.”
“The repair tech knew a lot about Jazzmaster guitars and shared his information with me for which I was very thankful.”
“Microphones, tambourines, ukuleles, drums, books, etc.”
“Found this like "new" but sold as used Drum throne today.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Great experience, Hudson G, was especially helpful in what to buy and advice towards my audio interface set up.”
From the reviews
I bought my son an electric guitar for Christmas. The professionals at this store were very helpful and FULL of knowledge about their products. I was very happy with the store, the associates, and the products! I recommend this place for pretty much any of your musical instrument needs.
This store is amazing! So many guitar choices, new and used. Nice keyboard selection. Microphones, tambourines, ukuleles, drums, books, etc. so much to choose from and decent prices.
Guitar Center in Tyler, TX., is amazing because of its employees. I took my guitar in to have it restrung and to correct the posts on my aftermarket bridge. A short three days later, I received a call to come pick it up. Boy, was I surprised with the exceptional quality of work and attention to detail.
Best guitar center in America...thanking CHRIS and his crew for helping me, on my rentals on Saturday. Best guys, Best hands, reliable staffs. Thank you guys once again.
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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