Guitar Center

Music store chain

Guitar Center is a large American retail chain specializing in musical instruments, equipment, and accessories.

The stores are known for their showroom floors where customers can test guitars, drums, keyboards, and amplifiers.

The name has become nearly synonymous with instrument shopping in the U.S.: I spent two hours at Guitar Center trying out amps.

The chain is sometimes associated with pushy salespeople and teenagers playing "Stairway to Heaven" badly.

Related
  • musicOrganized auditory art
  • music storeRetailer of instruments and recordings
  • amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device
  • drumsStruck membrane instruments
  • bassDeep pitch or fish

fretboard · strings · instrument · Fender · Gibson · effects pedals · pedals · shred · riff · musician · rockstar · jam · open mic · lessons · practice room · cables · pickups · power chord

Categories
Opposites
retail vs. performance venue

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Prestigious Manhattan concert hall

concert hall · music venue · Madison Square Garden · amphitheater · Red Rocks Amphitheatre

instrument acquisition vs. instrument disposal

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Collateral-based lending store

consignment shop · estate sale · Goodwill · Salvation Army · Craigslist

Family

guitar, center, guitars, guitarist, guitarists, centered, centering, centers, central

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G