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Gabe Dalporto made his first trips to Guitar Center as a young man in New York City, during visits from his musician father. But after becoming the musical-instrument retailer’s chief executive in 2023, he heard a common complaint from fellow musicians: Shopping there had become a drab experience.
WSJ spoke with the Guitar Center CEO to figure out how they’ve managed to climb out of a $1 billion hole of debt and to learn what’s next for the business.
Chapters:
0:00 Guitar Center’s fall and rise
1:15 The new strategy and CEO
2:59 The biggest issues
4:19 Changing Guitar Center’s reputation
5:20 Guitar Center’s new in-house guitar
7:18 What’s next for Guitar Center?
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