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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 603 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Waco, Texas
Outpost for acoustic and electric guitars, drums, pianos, keyboards, basses and amps, plus audio equipment and more.
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 (254) 751-1312
- 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
“They have some interesting resale amps, there's a green one that is particularly beautiful”
“Jet is very helpful also Chris and Mike and the guitar repair man.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Ultimately I was taken care of and my guitar was repaired quickly.”
From the reviews
Needed a bridge for acoustic. That little white bone piece under strings. Was told they could make me one for $160. A part that sells for $5 or less. I didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
Older, just learning, not very good but need advice or a new guitar? See Jett!! Great kid that made me feel like the most important customer he had met all day. What a great young man!
The knowledgeable staff helped me with a special order. He really made it a wonderfully easy experience. I wanted a new mixer for our church, but he didn't have any in stock with enough inputs. So, he showed me some options on the computer. Once a choice was made, we opted for the extended warranty.
I wish this location was bigger (but it’s Waco so why would it be). The staff was really sweet and helpful, but there wasn’t a SINGLE left handed guitar in the store. That really sucks !!!
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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