I came in for a gift certificate for a friends birthday. There were a good amount of people inside testing all the products. My son loves the practice drum set they have there. Staff seems chill. We didn't spend too much time. The only small annoyance is I wanted to use my cash app card and they don't take that -- not sure why. read more

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Our son wanted an amp for his guitar and we knew Guitar Center would have what we needed. We were helped pretty quickly when we walked in and found the one. The employee helping us was a manager, I do not remember his name but made our trip quick and painless. The store is setup nice and very clean and there are sections throughout to try before you buy. I'm sure we will be stopping in again soon when he needs something else! read more

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Greg was very patient with me and really helped choose the right guitar and accessory gear. The store however was severely short staffed, meaning that I had to spend 2 hours in the store just to buy a guitar. Luckily I had nothing else to do. Greg is excellent and did his best to service me and all the other customers, but this location really could use some extra staffing! read more

Unbelievable. Got new strings here on a 3 year old guitar I have had restrung at least 7 or 8 times with no issues. Clear buzzing now happening on several strings. Brought it back and they claim they can't hear what is so evidently buzzing from a few of the strings. This guitar is my baby and they are pretending it's my imagination. Do not go to this place read more

Had a great experience today. Our girls are starting piano lessons. My husband has been researching for a good piano for them. We were looking for reputable name, good reviews, quality, and medium weighted keys. Husband found one online he thought would be a good fit here at Guitar center. Waited shortly for a gentleman Tony to assist me in the keyboard/piano area. I let him know what we were looking for. He picked out the same keyboard my husband had. He was so helpful, professional and friendly. They have phones you can pay right there as you talk and your receipt comes in the mail. Note that receipts may take up to 24 hours to receive. Just ask for a printed receipt if needed. The price showed over $800 while browsing in store. We knew it was only $699. They really should reflect actual pricing on tags. read more

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Staff are pretty unwelcoming and lack basic customer service skills. I asked the guy at the front desk if they had something in stock and he gave me the most smug look said he didn't know and pointed me over to an counter a couple was already waiting at. I had to come back to this location twice in a week and both times the SAME unwelcoming service. I won't be using Guitar Center again. I returned some used gear that ended up having a defect. The inspection process and how the used inventory is handled needs to be improved. Look at how these MPCs are stored..... Sweetwater is getting my business from here on out read more

Guitar Center - Musical Instruments & Teachers Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

As I was directed to where to go to return a book that my bass student did not want, Lily was so friendly and helpful from the get go! She smiled and assured me that she could accommodate my return! I was so impressed with her professionalism, cheerful and welcoming manners! I was so glad she was the one to help me as she smiled and asked how she could help me! She did the best job, ever, returning the funds back to my card, and completing the transaction in a quick and efficient manner. Great job, Lily! 2750 W Peoria, Phx AZ read more

Whether you're a rockstar or an instrumental rookie, guitar center is the place to come get your groove on! Sadly I was not gifted with musical ability and I am in awe of those who are. However I still decided to take a trip to guitar center to purchase a keyboard and introduce music into our home and to my 1 year old daughter who by some miracle appears to have musical talent and rhythm! The store itself isn't in the best area, but when you walk in you venture into a musical world and forget the outside for a bit. Guitar center has everything; keyboards, drums, gorgeous acoustic and electric guitars, hand instruments, instructors, headphones, literature, electronics and accessories for anything and everything involving music and sound making. In a culture where everyone buys online these days coming into store is worth it for the prices and expertise. Guitar center beat every keyboard price we found online by a significant margin, and the staff were helpful in picking out what we needed and what we didn't need. Shopping in store is more fun anyway, you can physically pick out and feel your instrument that will hopefully become an important part of you and bring out /enhance your creative talent. If you're in the market for something to make some sweet sweet music then I highly recommend guitar center. read more

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Week after Christmas and my sons money was burning a hole in his pocket. He was looking to buy a electronic drum set. He's a beginner and we know absolutely nothing about these kits. We browsed for about 5 minutes googling good and bad trying to compare quality along with prices from a competitor about 3 miles away.. A middle age employee approached and asked if we needed help. I explained what we were looking for and he suggested a beginner kit in my sons price range. We ended up buying his suggestion after checking the competitor's website finding it to be about $50 cheaper at Guitar Center. Now our customer service was good. He seemed fairly knowledgeable and answered our questions. So why the 3 stars? The upsell at checkout. Yes we wanted an extended warranty for $60 just in case. No I didn't want to purchase a $100 stool, no he doesn't need a amplifier to go with it, no he doesn't need $150 headphones to plug in we have his gaming headset. I know this gentleman is probably required to try and squeak every penny they can but it's so irritating. Just like every store now asks if I'd like to round up my transaction for charity. Nope so your corporation can have a huge tax write off with consumer donations. We'll return because we got a good deal and our sales associate was nice, he even took the drums to my truck for me. read more

Called, cash in hand, and manager said he would call back with a simple question on guitar. Never called, called and clerk said he would check right away, 15 min later he hung up on me. AVOID this place many alternatives!!! read more

Neither desk knew what a 3.5 to 1/4 was the parts department kept trying to sell me male XLR cables. Worst guitar store in AZ

Jesus do they take employees and send them to learn how not to provide customer service?! I just want to pay for merchandise before the end of the year! It's a $hit show in here. read more

Wally is the man at this location. He has been doing this for a long time and knows his stuff! I started with him about 10 years ago when I got my first acoustic guitar. Then later I bought my daughter her first electric guitar. Memorable for me as Wally walked me through it all. They take trades and eventually my daughter moved up to an ax guitar. I always come here to get new strings installed and acquire the paraphernalia that sounds jamming out. They have way more than just guitars. Their is a dedicated section for drummers and equipment also to blow the doors off of your casa. There is a nice totally acoustic room where you can test drive the sound. Additionally, they have a room with really high end electric and bass guitars too. You might need a Small Business loan for these. Or, give up your Starbucks for a year. I always get treated well when I'm here, and will continue to drop in for my needs in the future. #irishcatv2 read more

Guitar Center - Time to break out tge strings - Musical Instruments & Teachers Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

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The service was great! I went in there right after work an hour before close wanting to buy my first electric guitar. I didn't have a huge budget but they still helped me pick out the perfect first one. I got the fender squire stratocaster, a cable, and a mini amp for exactly my budget. Amazing service, definitely going again. read more

Guitar techs are always lazy and never help me when i told them my humbucker was broken and i told them i temporarily fixed it with some glue they refused to even take a look at it or even do anything about actually fixing it EVEN though i was willing to pay for it to get professionally fixed. Then the next time i came i asked if i can the action on a guitar adjusted the guy refused to even adjust it he said it looked fine but no there was buzz whenever i played the guitar but he said its normal im not new to guitar and i know what my guitar needs i just dont have the tools for this kind of stuff so instead of guitars center tech team helping i have to fix the problems myself so useless and waste of time going in there with employees who do nothing but sit and talk to their bestfriends. read more

Worst place to buy lessons they keep flaking on you and then they try to give you another guitar lesson teacher person then they are flaky too and nobody here knows how to play rock 'n' roll or metal. They keep wanting to teach me how to play classic country songs and I have an electric guitar and I like metal and hard rock. They won't teach me how to play it. !! They also do not play on electric guitars. They play on bass guitars to try to teach you electric style music that is not compatible with electric guitar playing. !! I even tried to get them to play old metal band type of music and also try to ask him to teach me how to do some classic Hardrock songs. They have no freaking clue who any of the classic people are either. Do not waste your money and come here. I had to quit my lessons because they weren't teaching me anything and then the guy that teaches you is completely self-absorbed. !! if I could give this less than one star, I would give it zero Worst Place in Arizona to go for lessons they have an OK selection of bundle packs when you buy your first guitar, but that's about it!! oh and the person that's in charge of making the appointments she never calls you back if you have to cancel or if they cancel on you, they never call you. You always have to seem to call them and have the time you can't get to them.! read more

I walked in for an emg pick up . The worker asked me what kind I mentioned I didn't know the type of emg he said if you don't know what kind we can't help you . I proceeded to let them know I know what the pick up looks like and proceeded to point to the one I wanted . As I went to pay I put in my pin I pulled my car the worker told me that the payment didn't go through so I proceeded to pay again as I was getting home I checked bank account and I was charged twice . Two charges of 198 totaling out to almost $400 . They told me both charges were pending but I knew how much money I had in my account and told me that I just had to wait 24 to 48 hrs to get my money back . Completely unacceptable as I have things to pay today. Save your time and money order online instead . read more

Awful customer service. I came in to sell my Marshall cab that I don't use any more, I've come in a couple times before at other locations to sell my used gear and always had a more or less positive experience. However this location no so much. I walked in and not one person greeted me or asked me what I needed. They weren't even busy so I dont why there was a lack of customer service, in fact this was one of the few times I've seen Guitar Center not busy. I waited by the checkout counter hoping somene would see me and help me but instead I was completely ignored. After several minutes a worker finally came to the counter but he started helping other customers when I was there first. It's like I was invisible or something, the worker totally ignored me. I grabbed my cab and left. I left feeling very annoyed and disrespected. This location is 10 miles away from my home so I came all the way over here for nothing. I wont be coming to this location ever again. In the future I'll consider going to the Avondale location, maybe. From now on I'm just going to order all of my gear from Sweetwater and Zzounds, they're way better than GC anyway. read more

John L F renewed our confidence in this store after a very disappointing experience awhile back. Do whatever you have to in order to keep him! Outstanding customer service. read more

Came here to ask for lessons had the pleasure of meeting Rick who was very friendly and gave me some great advice on guitars ,highly recommended Yod as a teacher for having patience with a beginner student like me read more

Guitar Center - Musical Instruments & Teachers Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

A big thank you to Guitar Center in Phoenix AZ for an excellent recent online transaction, a great deal on a used MOTU midi interface. It was packed well and shipped promptly to California. Thanks ADRIAN! This was a 100% online transaction so I didn't speak with anybody there before making the purchase. It was exactly what I was looking for at a great price. Thank you GC Phoenix! read more

I went in to purchase $3000 worth of DJ equipment. When it came time to pay they couldn't take Apple Pay OR type my card info into the computer. Complete waste of time and very frustrating. It's 2022 who doesn't have Apple Pay? Who carries a bank card? Very frustrated. read more

I went in last Saturday to buy a Taylor guitar. Stood in the acoustic room waiting for someone to get the selection down to try it out and no one came. Stood outside by the register for 30 minutes and no one came to help. So I went 3 miles away and spent several thousand at Sam Ash on a Taylor. Today, I thought I'd give them a try as I needed a guitar stand. Same deal - no one to wait on me. Took 15 minutes for someone to come to the cash register. When I commented the cashier said this is a busy time of year and he has been complaining to corporate they need more people. I've never had this problem at Denver Guitar Center. Sorry to say I'm moving g my business to Sam Ash here in Phoenix. read more

You may have some qualms about taking a guitar to GC for repairs, but Dallas the guitar tech is actually excellent at this location. He is reasonable, knows what he is doing and can fix your guitar or bass quickly and without doing unnecessary work. He's talked me out of fretwork on two different occasions and fixed my issues quickly. He fixed two high frets, an out of whack string tree, adjusted the nut slots, did a set up, replaced 2 saddle springs, filed fret edges, polished frets and oiled the fretboard for a reasonable fee and turned it around for me in a few hours. read more

Today 9/30/23 I dropped almost $5000.00 on a really nice PA System...as I was being rang up,I asked if they gave any perks for such a large sale ( hats,T-shirts,strings,picks etc... ) I was told "No,we don't do anything like that" well fu*k !!! I bought a Gibson Les Paul from Sam Ash a few years back that cost $2200.00 and I left there with 2 shirts,2 hats,a guitar strap and a crap load of picks...now I'm sure this didn't break the bank for Sam Ash but I thought that was cool af and bought a lot more stuff in future visits...So after today,if I have to drive 30 mi out of the way...my next major purchase will be at Sam Ash.It doesn't take much to make your customers feel appreciated for your hard earned cash . read more

Dallas is the man! Not only did he solve the issue on my guitar, he went the extra mile to recommend options that would make my guitar sound so much better. Huge thanks to this location. read more

I had to buy something just to see if it fit because I was told that the mustang mini would fit my guitar but it doesn't and I would need to take 2-5 business days for the refund. I had clarified over and over that I needed to make sure it fits but the associate was sure and has me go through with the purchase. I even brought my guitar in too. Uneducated staff. read more

Staff is generally good, takes forever to get service, I've spent a ton of money in here over the years. Mike in the drum section is a great guy, but the girl organizing the lessons is a complete ditz, do not trust her with your personal information, she will fuck it up!!! read more

The instructors are good but the person who books the lessons constantly messes up the schedule. Its a big mess, she constantly has an excuse for what she messed up- its either the computer did not do something or the instructors did not look at their schedule, its never her fault. She denies something shes told you about the schedule. I've had problems with her since i signed my daughter up for lessons. Everytime i would try and call her shes not there or does not answer the phone. I have finally decided to take my daughter to a more organized facility. read more

Steven Mendoza was incredible if your going to this location ask for him if you want the best absolute price value for your budget with a good ass system he explains value and time and knows what he is actually taking about. STEVEN MENDOZa thank you for making my valentine soecial read more

This 5 star is specifically cause of Wally! People were talking him up in the comments when I was looking for a good GC location, which is the reason I went to this one and all the reviews were true! He said he's been in the game for 10+ years and shared a lot of his knowledge with me, he's very personable and helpful. Cool dude. Even if he wasn't there everybody else seemed really helpful and welcoming. I live on the west side so even if it's a drive for you, like me, don't be silly and go to another guitar center, give this one a try. read more

Little disappointed. Went in seeking help putting together a karaoke system. Only employee in audio was on the phone when I got there, was a decent wait as a result. Numerous exchanges between employee, phone customer and manager. Didn't understand why call wasn't transferred to manager so employee could help next person who was in store. Then another call came in and was prioritized over me, which also seemed like bad business. When I got help employee was friendly and tried but also admitted he, nor anyone working there, had karaoke knowledge and that I should ask people working in bars about it. That seemed really odd. Guitar center sells actual karaoke specific stuff as well as generic audio equipment that can be used. Seems like it should be part of their training/knowledge. read more

My 15 year old son took guitar lessons with David Oxford at the Peoria Ave location in Phoenix. He was great. Very knowledgeable, a good instructor, friendly and just a cool dude for my son to start learning guitar with. Thanks David. We will be back. read more

Guitar Center - Lessons - Musical Instruments & Teachers Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

Honestly this place is really awesome they got all sorts of guitars, bass, pianos, drum sets, and more. I recommend going here for lessons for anyone trying to learn how to use an musical instrument read more

Great place to guitar and ukulele stringing. They had a great selection of strings available and so many accessories. The stringing process was quick and efficient as they asked me to wait and did the job on the spot. Great prices as well. My go-to guitar place. read more

Horrible customer service, took my buisness elsewhere! My son and I went to Guitar Center to get drumsticks and a practive pad. We walked around the whole store. I ended up going behind the counter to look for drumsticks myself. I was unable to find any practice pads. I decided to take my buisness elsewhere, they had impeccable service! read more

They have a great selection of guitars. Decent prices and they make it easy to be able to invest in a guitar with layaway. Love it

I paid online for a curbside pickup order, checked in and opened my trunk, as per their instructions, meanwhile the parking lot is crawling with bums who will not hesitate to knock on your window and ask you for cash. So, I was thrilled to sit their with my hatchback open letting all the cool air out and welcoming strange people to my stuff. I closed my trunk after like 10 minutes, but they left me hanging for a half hour before I finally got fed up and left. 5 days later I get an email thanking me for picking up my item! Only I never went back after the first experience, so they wasted my time and robbed me of $55. Not recommended. *Update* Over two months later, and despite multiple attempts to contact Guitar Center for a refund, have still not received one. I've been given nothing in return for my time and money, but the runaround. Seems like a sweet deal for whoever steals customer orders over there: zero accountability. read more

Had some issues with my acoustic and Dallas did a great job on the repair. Really nice, knowledgeable guy. Didn't try to convince me of some ultra expensive solution but instead told me the issue straight up and provided the appropriate fix. Will definitely be back! read more

It's a guitar Center, I feel bad for the employees that are going to get screwed by corporate. Despite that everyone was helpful and the price for my arch top hardshell case was less than anything online read more