Guitar Center

The basic Guitar Center experience. I see this as a place to check out and feel free to play with tons of instruments and audio equipment. For that I say I’m a fan. The staff has always been friendly, not pushy, and pleasant to me. LOADS of stuff at good prices. If you’re into serious high end gear or want hands on loving care by a master tech, then maybe look elsewhere, but if you are one of those, then you already know this.

Great experience! Went looking for my son’s first guitar without breaking the the bank. Knowledgeable staff spent a lot of time with us. Set us up with a reasonably priced guitar that he loves. We will be back.

Went here to pick up a mic cable and left feeling worse about humanity. The place is staffed by dudes who seem uniformly sexist, skeevy, and just downright gross. Do not want.
I should’ve just gone to RadioShack instead. Man, you know your business is doing something terribly wrong when a person would prefer to interact with RadioShack clerks instead. (Sorry, RadioShack!)

I thought that because it was a chain they would be rubbish, but I’ve been here about 10 times since moving to the area last year, and I am never disappointed. I’ve dealt with the entire guitar staff (electric and acoustic) and some of the recording guys. They have never made me feel silly for not knowing all the technical terms or being impressive while playing. They give you the time and space to really play a guitar without being interrupted and give advice where they can. Walt helped me pick out a new electric guitar and I can’t stop playing it now!
The selection is pretty good, some used electric gear but most of the stuff in there is low to mid range stuff. They do have some really nice acoustic Martins and Taylors and even a few vintage models. I’ve never been disappointed with what is in stock.
I just got my old Washburn back from the repair center and I am absolutely amazed at the level of workmanship on my guitar. I put my baby in Vince’s capable hands and he and Alan fixed the bridge lifting, the action, the top frets sliding into the sound hole, and the bellying on the soundboard! I feel like I’m playing a brand new guitar again. I can’t praise Vince’s work enough, he was fantastic, kept me updated on the status and was clearly very good at what he was doing.
TL;DR
Great selection, killer staff, low prices, AMAZING repairs.

Yet another GC devoid of interesting used gear or really much of anything interesting.
Let’s see, this must be the 4^th or 5^th GC I’ve been to in recent months that are simply shadows of a what I consider a full-​service music store — or even what they were months before. Not real sure what is a afoot but GC no longer carries Mesa Boogie after running hot and heavy with the line for a bit, and really the only amps you are likely to find in any given store are Fender and Line 6, maybe a few Orange and Marshalls. The odd lower end Peavey might show up, but a 5150 or 6505+, which used to be common, are near unicorn status.
The guitars are boring as well — tons of Les Pauls and Fender Strats, plus Ibanez. Some nice axes, but nothing really exotic to keep you swinging by for test-​drives.
Worst of all, ALL GCs seem to have curtailed buying in used gear. There is just nothing there — and that used to be a great reason to stop by. This store had precisely ONE guitar worth banging on, a used LP Custom of recent vintage into which someone had dropped Seymour Duncans.
I have no idea what the new business model might be – but the old one is long gone.

Each time we’ve visited Guitar Center, we’ve received solid customer service. Strings, capo, tuner, guitars and ukuleles, etc. Whatever you need, they have it.

Yea, This place Rocks. You can pick up a guitar and Rockk it or listen to a kid shreeding a guitar. Guitars, Amps They have it all. If I had 2 Million I would spend a million on Guitars ! Ha !