Trade in that six-string made of rubber bands, a shoebox, and imagination for the real thing with today's side deal. For $30, you get four introductory guitar lessons at C.B. Perkins Co. Guitar Shop in Almaden (a $67 value). The lessons are for beginners and are offered in a small group setting with fewer than eight people per class, ensuring high personal attention and increased likelihood of meeting future band mates.

Youth and adult classes are scheduled on Friday evenings at either 6:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. and last 45 sock-rocking minutes. Feel free to bring your own guitar if you have one; otherwise, you can rent one of C.B.'s acoustic guitars. After the completion of your first lesson, you will have six weeks to complete the remaining three. C.B. Perkins is a family-owned business that has been repairing broken guitars and molding musical rock stars out of Jell-O since 1923. The talented, guitar-shredding instructors are willing to slow their pace to effectively teach students even the most basic guitar basics.