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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 704 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Visalia, California
Branch of a chain selling guitars, drums, and other musical instruments, plus equipment.
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 (559) 713-0352
- 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
“From solid recommendations to taking the time for a quick neck relief adjustment on a clearance acoustic-electric I bought on a whim, he’s been on point.”
“I had a great experience being helped by Andy, who went above and beyond in helping process my trade-ins and getting me an amazing deal on a new bass in a very timely manner.”
“I purchased a used amp online and it turns out that the main GC website had a mistake in the listing.”
“I had a great experience being helped by Andy, who went above and beyond in helping process my trade-ins and getting me an amazing deal on a new bass in a very timely manner.”
“His love for the drums just grew stronger as they have Many models set up and allow to play them.”
“I have bought majority of my instruments here, and also had drum lessons when my work schedule was flexible enough to accommodate a lot more extra fun stuff as such.”
“I have bought majority of my instruments here, and also had drum lessons when my work schedule was flexible enough to accommodate a lot more extra fun stuff as such.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“I had a great experience being helped by Andy, who went above and beyond in helping process my trade-ins and getting me an amazing deal on a new bass in a very timely manner.”
“But the service both times that I have been in this store have been particularly great in 1, knowledge 2, advice 3, experience and 4, service.”
“Thank you, Guitar Center Visalia and all your friendly staff for all the kind assistance.”
“they truly provide good customer service and are super patient with all of our questions and went the extra mile to help us out.”
From the reviews
The context below was my original review. Reading through it, I felt like it sounded as if I had a not so pleasant experience and trying to tell people to be forgiving of the staff if they had a s well. Lol…. That is not the case at all. It may just be me overthinking what I wrote.
Barney is the real one — Visalia Guitar Center delivers Every visit I’ve made to Guitar Center in Visalia has been solid, and that’s almost entirely thanks to Barney. The guy’s been absolutely amazing with every purchase I’ve made. Friendly, knowledgeable, and never pushy — just genuinely helpful.
It was not as good in the bass section as it was the first time when I bought my first bass. But the drums were pretty phat! The acoustic section was quite small compared to the other stores I've been in.
Great Place! Guitar Center is not in my town so we visit this location for All of our musical instrument needs. My son Loves to play instruments and they let him play to his hearts desire and offer to show his other instruments.
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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