If you're looking to sell your gear, Guitar Center makes it safe and easy. Our team of experts will evaluate your gear, make you an offer on qualifying items and pay you same-day.
Get paid instantly for your gear. No waiting, no hassle, just cash in your pocket today.
*Transactions totaling over $1,000 are paid fully via check. Or, use your trade-in credit toward an upgrade and get a discount on something new.
When You Sell With Guitar Center
You don’t have to worry about packing or shipping gear.
We don’t have any secret fees like some other sites.
There’s no waiting for potential bids or buyers.
No sketchy meetups with a stranger in a parking lot.
*20% off a single-item purchase of new equipment. Trade-in must be an American-made guitar or bass. Maximum discount of $500. Credit must be redeemed during same transaction. Not to be used in conjunction with other coupons, promotions or offers. Excludes discounted and clearance items, price matches, used/vintage equipment, tax/shipping charges, gift cards, scratch and dent, and musician services (Pro Coverage, Guitar Center Repairs, Guitar Center Rentals and Guitar Center Lessons.
when you trade in your gear for a trade credit
***View Exclusions and Limitations Below
Due to legal restrictions, cash payment is not available at these stores: Greensboro, NC; Rockville, MD; and Saginaw, MI.
We buy used guitars, basses, drums, amps, keys and MIDI, folk and traditional instruments, recording gear, effect pedals, DJ gear, live sound equipment and more.
However, the following items do not qualify for trade-in: Acoustic pianos, instrument cables, power cords, custom-built cables or snakes, copyrighted material (software, books, videos and DVDs), computers and consumer electronics, snakes and switching systems, analog tape recorders, wireless units, guitar parts, strings, drum sticks and drum heads, upright acoustic basses, large recording and live sound mixers, studio furniture, lighting gear, drum hardware (low end), turntables (other than Technics), stand-alone digital hard disk recorders, DAT and CD recorders, and band and orchestra instruments.
Guitar Center has decades of experience fairly evaluating used and vintage gear for purchase. When you bring your instrument in, an associate will evaluate the piece based on several factors, including condition, historical sales data, market desirability and current stock levels.
For vintage gear, we have a dedicated group of experts who are available during all Guitar Center open hours to assist in evaluations. We take pride in our acquisition process and are firmly committed to making fair market wholesale offers.
All payments for gear sold at Guitar Center are made same-day. We pay up to $1,000 in cash* for used and vintage gear. Transactions totalling over $1,000 are paid fully via check.
Yes, Guitar Center pays up to $1,000 in cash* for used and vintage gear. However, because of legal restrictions, these stores do not pay out cash: Greensboro, NC; Rockville, MD; and Saginaw, MI.
Once you’re at the store, an associate will evaluate your gear and assess the item(s) based on condition of the piece, historical sales data, market desirability and current stock levels. If we make an offer and you accept it, we’ll pay for your gear same-day.
You’ll get paid on the same day that you sell your gear. You can also apply your trade-in credit to upgrade to something new.
Unfortunately, Guitar Center does not buy gear without an in-hand inspection at one of our locations.
*20% off a single-item purchase of new equipment. Trade-in must be an American-made guitar or bass. Maximum discount of $500. Credit must be redeemed during same transaction. Not to be used in conjunction with other coupons, promotions or offers. Excludes discounted and clearance items, price matches, used/vintage equipment, tax/shipping charges, gift cards, scratch and dent, and musician services (Pro Coverage, Guitar Center Repairs, Guitar Center Rentals and Guitar Center Lessons).
***View Exclusions and Limitations Below
Products from the following manufacturers are excluded from discount offer: A Designs, ADAM, ADAM Audio, Aguilar, Akai, Allen & Heath, Alpha Theta, Alvarez, Ampeg, Antelope Audio, Apogee, Apple, Arturia, Ashdown, Ashly Audio, Avantone, Avid, BAE, Barefoot Sound, Beetronics FX, Blackstar, Bose, Boss, Burl Audio, Caparison Guitars, Catalinbread, Chapman, Crate, Cusack Music, D'Angelico, D.W. Fearn, Dangerous Music, Dean Markley, Deering, Duesenberg USA, Earthquaker Devices, Earthworks, Electro-Harmonix, Elysia, Empress Effects, Epiphone, Ernie Ball Music Man, EVH, Fender, Fender Custom Shop, FOCAL, Focusrite, Fostex, Friedman, Fulltone, Fulltone Custom Shop, Gallien-Krueger, Gibson, Gibson Custom, Godin, Golden Age Project, GoPro, HeadRush, Heritage Audio, iConnectivity, ISP Technologies, iZotope, JHS Pedals, Johnson, Keeley, Kemper, Korg, Kramer, Kurzweil, Kush Audio, LaChapell Audio, Lag Guitars, Lakland, Lauten Audio, Lewitt Audio Microphones, Lindell Audio, Lucida, Mackie, Manley, Marshall, Martin, Meris, METRIC HALO, Millennia, Milkman Sound, Mojave Audio, Moog, MOTU, Native Instruments, Neumann, Nord, Novation, Orange Amplifiers, Paiste, Pettyjohn Electronics, Phoenix Audio, Pioneer, Primacoustic, PRS, Palatino, QSC, Radial Engineering, Randall, Rane, Reloop, Reverend, RME, Rockett Pedals, Roland, Roland Cloud, Royer, Ruach Music, S.E. Shires, Savannah, se Electronics, Seagull, Sennheiser, Sequential, SERATO, Shure, SKB, Slate Digital, Slate Pro Audio, Slate Media Technology, Softube, Soundbrenner, Source Audio, Spector, Squier, Steinberger, Steven Slate Drums, Strandberg, Studiologic, Supro, Suzuki, Taylor, Teenage Engineering, Telefunken, Teletronix, The Loar, Toft Audio Designs, Tone King, Tube-Tech, VHT, Voodoo Lab, Vox, Walrus Audio, Wampler, Warm Audio, WESTONE, Xotic Effects, Yamaha, ZT, Zvex.
Our product catalog varies by country due to manufacturer restrictions. If you change the Ship-To country, some or all of the items in your cart may not ship to the new destination.
