# Guitar Center Scraper - Music Gear Products & Prices (`lulzasaur/guitarcenter-scraper`) Actor

Scrape GuitarCenter.com, the largest US music gear retailer. Get product name, brand, price, list price, condition (new/used/vintage), category, rating, image, availability and URL. Search by keyword or category. Structured JSON output.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/guitarcenter-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Guitar Center Scraper — Music Gear Products & Prices

Scrape **[GuitarCenter.com](https://www.guitarcenter.com/)**, the largest musical-instrument retailer in the United States. Pull structured product data — **name, brand, price, list price, condition (new/used/vintage), category, rating, availability, image and URL** — for guitars, basses, amplifiers, effects, pro audio, drums, keyboards, and more.

Great for **price monitoring, resale/arbitrage research, competitive analysis, market data, and building music-gear catalogs**.

### What it does

Guitar Center's catalog (~128,000 live products across new and used gear) is powered by an Algolia search index. This actor queries that catalog API directly and returns clean JSON — search by keyword, by category, or both.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchQueries` | array | Keywords to search (e.g. `stratocaster`, `les paul`, `sm7b`, `moog`). Leave empty to scrape by category. |
| `categories` | array | Top-level categories to scrape (see list below). Default: `Guitars`. |
| `condition` | select | `Any`, `New`, or `Used` (used includes vintage). Default `Any`. |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max products per query/category. Default `100`. |
| `minPrice` / `maxPrice` | number | Price range filter (USD). |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional. Works without a proxy. |

**Available categories:** Guitars, Bass, Amplifiers & Effects, Pro Audio, Drums & Percussion, Keyboards & MIDI, Accessories, Folk & Traditional Instruments, Woodwinds, Brass Instruments, Orchestral Strings, Books Sheet Music & Media, Lifestyle, Classroom & Kids, Concert Percussion, Consumer Electronics, Marching Band.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["stratocaster"],
  "categories": ["Guitars"],
  "condition": "New",
  "maxResults": 200,
  "maxPrice": 2000
}
```

### Output

Each dataset item looks like:

```json
{
  "productId": "site51500000000383521",
  "skuId": "site51500000428930",
  "gcItemNumber": "120059662",
  "name": "Fender Player II Stratocaster HSS Plus Top Electric Guitar - Blue Burst",
  "brand": "Fender",
  "price": 929.99,
  "listPrice": 929.99,
  "onSale": null,
  "currency": "USD",
  "condition": "New",
  "category": "Guitars",
  "color": "Blue",
  "rating": 9,
  "totalReviews": 40,
  "inStoreCount": 120,
  "availability": "In stock at 120 store(s)",
  "image": "https://media.guitarcenter.com/is/image/MMGS7/M11734000001000",
  "url": "https://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender/Player-II-Stratocaster-...-1500000428930.gc",
  "searchQuery": "stratocaster",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-11T06:40:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

This actor uses **pay-per-event** pricing: a small per-run start fee plus a per-result charge. You only pay for the data you receive.

### Notes

- Prices and availability reflect what Guitar Center shows at scrape time.
- `availability` reports how many physical stores stock the item; all items are also generally available online.
- Please use responsibly and respect Guitar Center's terms of service.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search on Guitar Center (e.g. 'stratocaster', 'les paul', 'sm7b', 'moog'). Leave empty to scrape by category instead.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Top-level categories to scrape. Options: Guitars, Bass, Amplifiers & Effects, Pro Audio, Drums & Percussion, Keyboards & MIDI, Accessories, Folk & Traditional Instruments, Woodwinds, Brass Instruments, Orchestral Strings, Books, Sheet Music & Media, Lifestyle, Classroom & Kids, Concert Percussion, Consumer Electronics, Marching Band.

## `condition` (type: `string`):

Filter by condition. Guitar Center lists both New and Used/vintage gear.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to scrape per query/category.

## `minPrice` (type: `number`):

Filter: only return products at or above this price (USD).

## `maxPrice` (type: `number`):

Filter: only return products at or below this price (USD).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Guitar Center works without proxies (the Algolia catalogue API is queried directly, bypassing the storefront's bot wall).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [],
  "categories": [
    "Guitars"
  ],
  "condition": "Any",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [],
    "categories": [
        "Guitars"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/guitarcenter-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQueries": [],
    "categories": ["Guitars"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/guitarcenter-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [],
  "categories": [
    "Guitars"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/guitarcenter-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/guitarcenter-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/M9g9px9lqpgQPkoy0/builds/sTGGbPsmRIVSN3ezN/openapi.json