He was introduced to the instrument by Armin Kelly, one of the major classical guitar dealers in the country.

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For the gigging musician, this could be an excellent investment, especially if your set list calls for the sound of a nylon classical guitar on one song and an electric sitar on another.

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Between her roots in classical piano and her jazz-guitar education at the Berklee College of Music, it would be easy for Larkin to fall back on technical prowess and ability to experiment with instruments such as the "baribow" (a baritone guitar played with a violin bow).

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He started taking guitar lessons at the age of 8, but classical music "wasn't for me, " Lerche says.

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