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Find a Location

Guitar Center, Inc. has 151 locations, listed below.

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    • Guitar Center, Inc.

      PO Box 7470 Westlake Vlg, CA 91359

      BBB Accredited Business
    • Guitar Center, Inc.

      30730 Russell Ranch Rd Westlake Village, CA 91362-6354

      BBB Accredited Business
    • Guitar Center, Inc.

      5759 N Elizabeth St #150 Pueblo, CO 81008-1984

    • Guitar Center, Inc.

      8949 E. Indian Bend Road Scottsdale, AZ 85250

    • Guitar Center

      9001 Florida Boulevard Baton Rouge, LA 70815

    Business ProfileforGuitar Center, Inc.

    Musical Instrument Supplies and Accessories
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
    BBB accredited business
    The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.02/5stars

    Average of 51 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    259 complaints closed in last 3 years

    87 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 10/26/2013

    Years in Business: 65

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Overview of BBB Rating

    Overview

    Guitar Center is home to a huge selection of popular guitars, basses, amplifiers, keyboards, workstations, drums, percussion, microphones, PA systems, DJ equipment, stage lighting, recording software, studio gear and more. Backed by over 240 stores across the country, GuitarCenter.com offers fast and easy ways to find all the gear you need in one place. While many popular instruments are available for same-day pickup at a store near you, they also offer free shipping on thousands of items to the Guitar Center location of your choice.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Guitar Center, Inc. has 151 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • Guitar Center, Inc.

        PO Box 7470 Westlake Vlg, CA 91359

        BBB Accredited Business
      • Guitar Center, Inc.

        30730 Russell Ranch Rd Westlake Village, CA 91362-6354

        BBB Accredited Business
      • Guitar Center, Inc.

        5759 N Elizabeth St #150 Pueblo, CO 81008-1984

      • Guitar Center, Inc.

        8949 E. Indian Bend Road Scottsdale, AZ 85250

      • Guitar Center

        9001 Florida Boulevard Baton Rouge, LA 70815

      Headquarters
      PO Box 7470, Westlake Vlg, CA 91359
      BBB File Opened:
      11/27/2002
      Years in Business:
      65
      Business Started:
      1/1/1959
      Business Started Locally:
      1/1/1959
      Business Incorporated:
      10/17/1996
      Accredited Since:
      10/26/2013
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Business Management
      • Mr. Brant Miller, Data Specialist
      • Mr. Durran Mix, Operations Supervisor
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Durran Mix, Operations Supervisor

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Durran Mix, Operations Supervisor

      Customer Complaints

      259 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      06/24/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Delivery Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      Purchased a guitar on back order for a sale price and was told I will be charged when it ships. Was charged 6/19, a couple months after purchase. Never receive and email or tracking, the order number brings up nothing on their website so I call. They find nothing and dismiss me until I email THEM a screenshot of my bank statement. THEN they all of a sudden "find" it and tell me it was damaged so they didn't want to ship it, and will ship me a guitar in four more months. Then they told me it was a CC auth charge- for the full amount, but couldn't find the payment. They escalate me to a manager and she says they NEVER take the full amount to authorize and it should be credited back. I cancel order. Still on 6/23 no refund. I call AGAIN and they tell me they couldn't send the money back because they had an old phone number on file. So they made me remember and recite my old phone numbers before telling me they can refund me. Still on Monday, no money returned. But the main thing is, they just made stuff up to get me off the phone and would never have done a thing unless I called repeated times. Which isn't true since you DONT NEED OLD PHONE NUMBERS TO REFUND ME nor should be taking a CC auth charge of the full amount, three months after purchase and four more until it "ships", even though they already tried shipping me a damaged guitar- per their story.
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      Customer Reviews

      51 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Hunter A

      1 star

      07/15/2024

      I ordered a schecter 7 string that they had for sale online. They had the wrong pictures on the listing so had to cancel the order. They left the charge on my card for over a week and in that week the guitar I wanted was bought. Tried to chat on the website and the employee just closed the chat without offering any resolution. Had to call 3 different times to find someone to actually help me and even then their solution was to get a gear card or ask for a higher limit on the gear card. Finally ordered a guitar that was my third choice since the used pieces I wanted were sold while I stared at a guitar center charge on my card and then shipping is delayed two days because it's in a different box since guitar center isn't honest about stock and will let you buy anything even if they don't have it after I was told by the agent that helped I would have it on the weekend. That didn't happen.i have been trying my hardest to buy a guitar from them for a month now and still don't have an instrument in my hands. Getting someone from the company to consistently respond to emails or the live chat to help you is near impossible so they can filter you to the phone I suppose where they try to sell you more and more. Worst customer experience I have ever had and I will never spend money with this company again.

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