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Herb David
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Herb David (born April 12, 1931) is the American owner of the Herb David Guitar Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan which opened on April 1962, and closed its doors in 2015. Over the years, Herb has worked on hundreds of instruments, including those of Eric Clapton, John Lennon, and Bob Seger. Biography Herb David was born and raised on Chicago's southwest side, on Kedzie/Maxwell Street. At the age of nine, Herb David's interest in music took off after visiting his cousin who played the trumpet. During junior high and high school, he played in school bands and in a jazz combo. He eventually got into gymnastics which resulted in a gymnastic scholarship to Michigan State University. He was then assigned to the Army Medical Research Lab as a research psychologist where he was allowed to live off post in Louisville, Kentucky. While there, he played trumpet and French horn with the Louisville Philharmonic (first chair), learned about the guitar and took guitar lessons. Famous musicians whose instruments were repaired at the Herb David Guitar Studio * Ron Asheton * Julian Bream * Larry Coryell * Eric Clapton * Ani DiFranco * Bela Fleck * Jerry Garcia * Egberto Gismonti * John Paul Jones * Carole King * John Lennon * Lyle Lovett * Aimee Mann * Bill Monroe * Bob Seger * Simon Shaheen * Clarence White<ref name="herbdavidguitarstudio2"/> 
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