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I've found serious shredders, iconic amps, and dirt-cheap pedals in Guitar Center's huge up to 25% off guitar sale – including $288 off a shred-ready Schecter

By Matt McCracken Last updated

Guitar Center's latest sale promises big discounts on shred-ready electrics

Guitar Gear
Close-up of pick-shaped logo sign at Guitar Center store in Emeryville, California with logo visible, November 12, 2025
Guitar Center CEO on why Stairway to Heaven was banned in guitar stores

By Janelle Borg Published

All roads – or stairways – lead to a scene from a certain 1990s comedy classic

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Close-up of pick-shaped logo sign at Guitar Center store in Emeryville, California with logo visible and blue sky behind
Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto aims to defy skepticism with his new house brand

By Matt Owen Published

The CEO’s Guitar Labs ambition – to create an in-house guitar brand that’ll last a century – has its detractors, but Dalporto argues his crowd-sourced approach is essential in achieving such a lofty goal

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Electric Guitars
Guitarist Steve Stevens (L) and singer Billy Idol perform at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 23, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Billy Idol and Steve Stevens inducted into Guitar Center’s Hollywood Rockwalk

By Phil Weller Published

They’ll be be among some prestigious players on Sunset Boulevard

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Charlene Kaye and Jack White
This guitarist butchered classic riffs at Guitar Center to rage bait fellow customers. Then Jack White sent her his guitar

By Phil Weller Published

Charlene Kaye's viral videos have bagged her one of the world’s most bonkers signature guitars

Guitarists
Yvette Young
Yvette Young on ending up in a Super Bowl commercial she didn't know about – and the realities of going viral

By Janelle Borg Published

The guitarist lifts the veil on her chance appearance in a 2021 Super Bowl commercial and keeps it real about the trappings of virality

Guitarists
Guitar Center just launched an awesome acoustic guitar sale with discounts hitting up to 30% off premier strummers from Taylor, Martin, Gibson, Yamaha, and more

By Matt McCracken Published

If you’re looking for a new acoustic guitar, then we’ve got the lowdown on the sale for you at Guitar Center

Acoustic Guitars
Gabe Dalporto
Guitar Center CEO responds to backlash over the brand’s in-house guitar project

By Janelle Borg Published

Gabe Dalporto gives his take on why gearheads should contribute their ideas to Guitar Center’s new Guitar Lab initiative

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Guitars
Guitar Center’s Memorial Day sale has officially landed with up to 30% off the best guitar gear – including $250 off a PRS SE Silver Sky and $599 off a Gibson J-45

By Matt McCracken Last updated

Grab yourself some new gear for less in this mega Memorial Day sale over at Guitar Center

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Guitar Center facade
Guitar Center has joined forces with the founder of Reverb – what does this mean for the retail giant?

By Phil Weller Published

David Kalt spearheaded Reverb for six years and has been brought onboard as Guitar Center enters a new era

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