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Centaur Guitar

2833 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: (503) 236-8711
4.5 Star Rating: Recommended
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Centaur Guitar

Different, Just Like You!

  • Open Everyday from 10 to 7
  • Call Us!! 503-236-8711
  • Buy * Sell * Trade * Loan!

Centaur Guitar is owned and operated by Kelly Manahan and Jason Snell, the dueling guitarists in Portland?s very own Muddy River Nightmare Band. We?re a full service music store with great prices, friendly service, and cool stuff. We pride ourselves on being members of the community that we operate in, and know what it?s like to play a thirty-minute set at midnight on a Tuesday for fifteen dollars and a couple of free beers.

We've been open since April 2005 when we realized there were no stores in the area that we felt like we were a part of. While other music shops in Portland seem to be moving in a ?bigger is better?, impersonal, mega store direction, we decided to open a small, community oriented, rock and roll shop.

We buy, sell, trade, and loan everyday from 10-7.

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User Reviews for Centaur Guitar

Defender of the Little Guy
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

06/16/2008 Posted by tobias19

I'm going to make a bold statement. Centaur Guitar is the best guitar shop in Portland. While it doesn't have the selection of Apple Music, nor the size of Guitar Center, it has something 99% of the other shops lack: soul. Every time I walk into the shop, Kelly and Jason welcome me like an old friend. They invite me to try out whatever gear I want, and welcome any questions I may have. The selection of gear ranges from high end Les Pauls, Fenders, and Marshalls, to low end Corts and Crates, to crazy custom built effect pedals and guitars. There are two particular experiences that summarize my overall experience with the place. The first was when I was playing a show with my band and our bassist broke a string and didn't have any replacements. It was fairly late in the evening and Portland Music, the first shop we checked, was closed. We then ran to Centaur. It too was closed, but Jason and Kelly were still inside and let us in, sold us some strings, and were generally awesome about the whole situation. The second experience was when I set out to buy my first electric guitar last year. Although they didn't have the exact guitar I was looking for, they offered to call me if any came into stock, and also pointed me to a few other shops around the city that may have had it. Fortunately, I returned to Centaur and purchased an Epiphone dot. They gave it a full tune up for free, gave me a hardshell case for half off, and threw in a free t-shirt too. As long as Centaur stays around, I'll never go anywhere else for my guitar needs.

Pros: Best customer service ever, Summer parking lot shows

Cons: None

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