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Guitar Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 888 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Yonkers, New York
Spacious chain offering a wide selection of guitars and basses, along with drums, keyboards and DJ 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 (914) 963-2949
- 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 just started taking music lessons and the instructor Hirro is A+++++++++.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“The Staff at the guitar center in ridgehill are always friendly passionate knowledgeable and helpful.”
“She is definitely the best and rest of the staff was super friendly too.”
From the reviews
. Pros: (+) Friendly and helpful staff (+) Lessons available (+) Parking garage (+) Warranty covers full coverage and replacement for 3 years for (+) Having the ability to test the instruments before buying them is awesome (+) Holiday sales Cons: (-) None
Came here to buy a guitar today and it was great. The staff is so friendly and knowledgeable. Really great customer service here. Will definitely be coming back.
I had such a meaningful experience at Guitar Center thanks to Dan. He is genuinely one of the kindest people I have ever encountered in a retail space. From the moment he helped me, he was patient, warm, and truly attentive.
Thanks to Leyda! I had the best experience, My Dad and I came in, not knowing nothing about guitar but wanted to start a new chapter and learn how to play. Leyda helped us every step of the way from selecting a Guitar, setting it up, and answering every question with a Big smile.
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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