With thousands of items on hand, the most knowledgeable staff for miles around, and generous rental agreements, it's easy to see why our readers chose Guitar Center. Whether you're getting your kid his very first practice violin and you have no idea how to even start, or you need specially wound strings for your own ax because you yourself are a super genius virtuoso and your fingers are musical weapons about to launch the next musical revolution on an unsuspecting planet, hey ho — it's off to Guitar Center we go!