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Guitar Center
4.3 ★★★★☆ 944 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania
Music store with guitars, keyboards, and amps, plus DJ and lighting equipment, and recording gear.
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 (610) 231-0616
- 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
“They have a closed room of acoustic guitar s n many choices!”
“My son has made huge progression in his electric guitar playing taking lessons here over the past year.”
“Piano, guitar, amp, headphones, cables and most recently a bass.”
“They’ve answered all my questions and even when I had an issue with the amp, took it back to the store and they took care of it.”
“I deal in the rare art of reality…the guy was good!”
“I had to return a guitar purchased online, I also wanted to trade in 3 guitars and 2 amps ultimately to get something new.”
“I asked for someone well versed in acoustic drums.”
“Piano, guitar, amp, headphones, cables and most recently a bass.”
Brands they deal
“Needed more info on in ear monitors and to purchase a Marshall amp.”
What players say again and again
“The guitar specialist offered to help with very basic knowledge on drum sets.”
“I took quite a long time looking over all the amazing choices, n I ended up choosing a beauty, a pearl white Mitchell n I Love it , it was on sale n I got a great deal!”
“So my son brought me here to get my first guitar!”
From the reviews
Needed more info on in ear monitors and to purchase a Marshall amp. Griffin the sales rep was infinitely knowledgeable on the topic! Gave some solid advice and pointed me in the direction of some affordable quality brands. Any place you leave with more knowledge than when u went in will always get 5 stars from me...
Drove in from an hour away. Was greeted almost immediately by a staff member. I asked for someone well versed in acoustic drums. Unfortunately, there was no one available at the time. The guitar specialist offered to help with very basic knowledge on drum sets. I advised him of what my son was asking for.
Wasn't sure what to expect when entering this store for the first time. Only 1 guy playing a guitar instead of a handful of guys that think they can play! They seemed pretty busy for early Friday afternoon. Place was well stocked and they did seem to have plenty of staff there even though they said they were hiring.
Went with my boys to buy him a amp and the service was great. Younger guy helped my son out for him a guitar to try the amp on was great with my boy who was kinda indisive on what he want but got a great amp at a great price. Definitely going back
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.
