The workers will give you their estimated price. If you have something to trade and want new gear, just go to your nearest Guitar Center store. Maybe they could potentially tell you something if you have this old specific piece of gear.
Get it fixed first and then think about selling it. Before getting out there and visiting your local Guitar Center store, you should do your price research first. You also need to understand that Guitar Center will not offer you near full retail value.
The same can be said about random no-name instruments that someone once bought or made by hand. For instance, you might have an electric guitar that someone made on their own and that you want to get rid of. Another common mistake is that people go and sell highly valuable gear at a Guitar Center store, taking whatever offer is thrown at them.
Again, do some research ahead of time on websites such as eBay and Reverb to see what recently sold listings have gone for. Do your homework and even ask questions to experts and on various forums and message boards. The Guitar Center trade in value will depend on a number of factors.
A clean instrument is a sign of a well-maintained instrument. This means that the neck should be straight and that the fret buzz should be at minimum possible levels.
All guitar necks move over time. In case you have left your guitar without any strings for a while, the neck will bend backward. Otherwise, it tends to bend towards the body. Setting up the bridge might be a bit more challenging. At the same time, there are plenty of different bridges as well. Fender-style hard-tail and tremolo bridges with individual string saddles are the simplest ones to set up. Tune-o-matic bridges like those on Gibson and Epiphone guitars may be a bit trickier to set up.
But with a good set of strings, the guitar will play well and be in better working condition for Guitar Center employees when they do their evaluation. You can also take your instrument to a luthier to get it all set and intonated.
Just make sure that the instrument is in playable condition. More expensive guitars and gear are often worth having in tip-top shape before you have them evaluated for sale, even if that means spending a little bit of money to have it gone over by a professional. Guitar Center has a separate evaluation process for vintage gear. Our gear is only worth what someone is actually willing to pay for it. Selling a piece to a store doesn't leave as much room to work as trading does because the new piee you're buying can always be discounted a bit more to offset the difference n what the store wants to pay vs what the customer thinks his gear is worth.
Used hardware is tricky. It's resale value is much lower than a new piece, especially pedals they probably get more abuse than any other part of the kit. As can asset, used hardware has no value so it has to be bought low and sold cheap. If a store were to burn, no insurance company will pay you for used hardware. Another thing on used gear. In many places California, for instance the dealer has to fill out a pawn ticket and sit on the gear for tirty days before they can sell it.
In some counties it can't even be displayed on the floor until the "police hold" is up. If the used piece comes back stolen it is forfeited and the money paid for it is lost. Vintage gear is a whole other animal. You can't expect for a kid to know the value of a drum that is two or three times his age there are rare exceptions.
To learn about vintage gear you have to make the effort to read and study, learn what is original or after market, colors that a certain model were available in and how many of each color were made, learn to inspect for cracks, flaws, etc. Not many kids have that kind of passion that they will take the time to educate themselves and watch the market fluctuations on value. On guitars, you have the same issues, even knowing if the pots under the pick guard are original.
The guys at GC in Hollywood are spoiled because they get a lot of Japanese tourists that will pay top dollar for vintage gear and take it back to Japan and flip it for big profit. As for needing approval to buy or sell vintage gear from an outside source, I was visiting a store in the Bay Area to do some training. In the Manager's office were about a dozen guitars leaned against the wall that the former guitar manager bought. I want to encourage those of you bashing GC to continue your bashing.
And, please step up the attacks with descriptions of some of the "events" that are impossible to believe are anything but made up stories. I encourage you to do this for a couple of reasons. If you didn't already come across as being full of crap, you will earn that designation before very long. And, then, for very selfish reasons, I urge you to boycott GC stores so that I can continue getting great deals on purchases and trades of top notch vintage drums at a few of their stores that are run by seasoned professionals.
I have never worked for Guitar Center, and have zero connection with them. I have great admiration for businesses who are leaders in their own categories.
I even admire some companies that I detest. Guitar Center is one that I admire, respect, and patronize from time to time. They will not miss the bashers. The employees are trained to never bad mouth the competitionjust get the sale by being positive. Bad apple sales staffers get weeded out quickly. I have never worked for Guitar Center, and have zero conection with them.
Theemployees are trained to never bad mouth the competitionjust get the sale by being positive. Nor am I "making up" my story or writing fiction Upon re-reading some of the posts and my own, I must agree with you that I probably do live in an area where the seven GC stores in the metro area are well run.
There are great store managers at some of these stores who have worked in this area for several years. When done properly, gaining access to the store manager is fairly easy. I'm not calling out either of you two guys. A couple of the posts in this thread are beyond rude and come across as hateful. That type of attitude will get you nowhere in life--especially not in Chicago, my hometown.
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Playing with live people Latest: robthetimekeeper A moment ago. They usually update this information on their website, but you can also call your local store ahead of time to see if the promotion is available. Overall, the process is very quick and convenient. Unfortunately, Guitar Center does not accept trade-ins online because they require a physical inspection before buying your guitar or other gear. You will need to physically go to your local Guitar Center store with all of your gear to get them inspected and to negotiate a price.
You might want to try selling your guitar on Reverb or eBay instead. If you have a damaged guitar or other music equipment that you were hoping to sell for parts, then Guitar Center is not going to be a good fit here.
Unfortunately, Guitar Center does not buy broken guitars. However, when they are evaluating your guitar, the overall condition of the instrument is a major factor. In general, selling your guitar at Guitar Center can be worth it depending on your specific situation and expectations. It can be helpful to look at online listings of the same instrument on eBay and Reverb to see what they sold for.
Think of it like walking into a pawn shop or car dealership. Do whatever you can to clean up your guitar including dusting it off, polishing it, restringing it, and applying lemon oil to the fretboard.
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