Guitar Center announced the grand opening of its newest retail location, covering 12,000 square feet in Columbia SC. The grand opening took place at 7 p.m. on April 9 at 253 Park Terrace Drive. Guitar Center’s Columbia location features modern showrooms equipped with the latest products for musicians—from guitars, amplifiers, percussion instruments and keyboards to live sound, DJ, lighting and recording equipment. The store also provides customers with a vast selection of products and a dedicated staff.
Additionally, the Columbia store features Guitar Center Lessons, an in-house lesson facility, which will create opportunities for Columbia’s musicians of all ages and skill levels. It provides music lessons from beginner to advanced, featuring certified instructors teaching world-class curriculum as well as one-on-one and group courses. Guitar Center’s GC Repairs, an on-site guitar repair and set-up service for stringed instruments and GC Rentals, offering the ability to rent instruments and other gear, are also featured at the new store.
Columbia customers will be able to attend free classes every Wednesday and Saturday through Guitar Center Workshops. These classes include introductory instruction on a variety of instruments and Recording Made Easy classes are available for anyone who wants to make the exciting journey into recording their music.
As part of Guitar Center’s initiatives, designed to educate and inspire artists nationwide, The Columbia location will offer opportunities for musicians to craft their skills, maintain their instruments and experience many other aspects of the music industry first-hand. Columbia residents will now be able to participate in programs including Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter, Guitar Center’s Drum-Off, Guitar Center’s Your Next Record, Get Out of the Garage and more. Columbia shoppers will also be able to enjoy Guitar Center’s multi-channel “endless aisle.” Endless aisle will give customers the ability to combine in-store, online and phone options to purchase music equipment from anywhere.