Guitar Center, with its proverbial ears to the showfloor, has rounded up the hottest releases from premier vendors days ahead of NAMM. We’ve arranged this article by product category and manufacturer, so you can easily eyeball everything new and noteworthy, straight from the music product industry’s biggest event of the year.
The full scope of what Nile Rodgers has accomplished with a Strat in his hands is almost unimaginable. There was never a more appropriate artist to join us in celebrating 70 years of the Fender Stratocaster than one who has contributed so much to the world of music with it.
At our flagship store in Hollywood, multi-genre guitarist Cory Wong gave in-person and livestream attendees an in-depth look into his approach to gear—notably, how he uses Electro-Voice speakers as a focal point of his live rig—collaboration and his creative process.
Guitar Center was proud to host a celebratory event for Taylor’s 50th anniversary, in which we were joined by company cofounder Bob Taylor and CEO/Master Guitar Designer Andy Powers, alongside artists Ben Harper, Elise Trouw, Lisa Loeb, Steve Poltz and Molly Miller at our flagship Hollywood store.
If you've never had the opportunity to visit the Hollywood Vintage Room, prepare to be awestruck at your first glance. If there is a vintage guitar heaven, this may well be it. On this occasion, in addition to many of the guitars being displayed on the iconic wall behind the stage, some of the rarest were displayed around the room in open cases.
Guitar Center Vintage held a special, invitation-only vintage event at the Hollywood store to feature some of the most interesting and valuable guitars they've found over the past few years. We had a chance to pry Guitar Center Vintage Director Jack Hetherington and Nick Conte, one of their more experienced vintage buyers and appraisers, away from the preparations for a brief talk about some of the valuable pieces that would be available at this event.
Guitarist, singer and songwriter Marcus King recently packed the house at the Nashville Guitar Center's Vintage Room for an intimate workshop and interview about his guitars, his career and his creative process.
Just wow. Approximately 2,000 ecstatic YUNGBLUD fans converged on Guitar Center Hollywood to meet the popular British vocalist, guitarist and actor, and celebrate the release of his signature Epiphone SG Junior guitar.
Orianthi Panagaris—more famously known, of course, as simply “Orianthi”—held an intimate workshop at the Guitar Center Hollywood Vintage Room on June 22, 2024, to discuss the making of her signature Gibson Orianthi SJ-200, as well as share insights on her creative process.
On April 27, an energized throng of players and metal fans descended on Guitar Center Hollywood for a two-hour master class with Periphery’s powerful guitar trio—Misha Mansoor, Mark Holcomb and Jake Bowen.