This is so unfortunate. The Guitar Center at 422 W. Coliseum Blvd. is closing in just a few days. The store is expected to be closed for good on Jan. 30. The lease is expiring and I guess they had their reasons for not renewing it.

Wonder what that means exactly. Didn't they file for bankruptcy a couple of years ago? Just checked and yeah they filed already in 2020.

Guitar Center was going to close some locations - is this still correct? I think they were gonna go bankrupt but somehow survived? I don't know what's going on and let's see if they close any stores

When you buy guitars you want the inventory, you want it to be wide - this store is good and best one in Peoria... I know they closed some stores but cannot complain about it

Is GC in Atlanta about to be closed. I know more people are buying from Sweetwater nowadays, but I really like to be able to try my instruments before I buy them. It'd be a bummer if we were to end up with online-only model here. Anyhow, I hear they... — read more 

Do you have a list of all Guitar Center locations that are closing. I know they had major issues, they attempted to grow to quickly and got hammered. Many stores closed in 2015 and 2016. We'll see if 2017 brings store closures to Guitar Center as... — read more 

This is going to be big - we will continue to close stores and more people will lose their jobs. Is this ever going to stop? 2016 was fairly bad, but 2017 will be even worse.

That's the rumor, many stores will close - the Business Insider had a story on this. The Denver Channel is repeating it here:... — read more 

This is the article on Guitar Center store closings that I've read today: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/these-11-retailers-with-a-significant-colorado-presence-could-be-closing-stores

Are all Guitar Centers Closed? My local Guitar Center is closed right now but I also think it's closed permanently, though there's no way in finding that out. I'm wondering if all the stores have closed temporarily right now?

The company says that the stores will remain open for now but their fate is sealed. Guitar Center filed for bankruptcy and the future is looking grim for the chain. I love what they do but not even they could survive the effects the pandemic had on... — read more 

Guitar Center's fall from grace is so depressing. I really have a difficult time accepting the fact that they have filed for bankruptcy. I had issues with that company for some time now but I never wanted them to fail like this.