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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 1,015 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Wilmington, Delaware
Chain selling guitars, gear and lessons, with repair services and equipment rentals.
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 (302) 478-3831
- 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
“I recently ordered a used Les Paul Standard from this location and just wanted to thank you guys for how well packed she was and how quickly it got here!”
“He listened and offered a few suggestions including a very versatile Fender amp over the much more expensive one I was initially looking at.”
“I recently ordered a used Les Paul Standard from this location and just wanted to thank you guys for how well packed she was and how quickly it got here!”
“He pulled the guitar down and had a Tech check it out to make sure it was ready to go.”
“He was great the entire time and offered some suggestions for classes (I live over an hour from their store so weekly trips was out of question).”
“I mostly go for their drum & percussion section.”
Brands they deal
“He listened and offered a few suggestions including a very versatile Fender amp over the much more expensive one I was initially looking at.”
“Anyways this person went way above and beyond to help me with a hard case for my youngest daughter's Ibanez GiO mikro.”
From the reviews
First time guitar buyer and generally had a good experience at Guitar Center. It was 7 days before Christmas and the store was hopping for obvious reasons. Prior to going I looked on line at the inventory to help decide what I wanted. When we got there the guitar (pictured) was on the wall.
Fabulous store. Absolutely huge store with many rooms to explore. Nice sale items and plenty of options. Great customer service providing wonderful friendly service for any needs you may have. Staff was friendly and went above to give the help asked.
I visited Guitar Center today to sell a few of my guitars, and I went in feeling pretty nervous about the whole thing. The store immediately felt welcoming, with an impressive selection and a really friendly atmosphere.
I recently ordered a used Les Paul Standard from this location and just wanted to thank you guys for how well packed she was and how quickly it got here! After some adjustments and new strings, I quickly introduced the whole neighborhood to the late Peter Green. I used to have this guitar on my wall as a kid.
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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