Yes, it can be argued that shopping in stroll-happy Mystic or Niantic or the Borough can be quaint and fun – and then you can board your yacht and have Captain Jeeves take you back to Sagaponack.

But only in Groton can you browse Ron’s Guitars, a mainstay instrument/equipment/lessons music shop where Steve Lukather MIGHT have bought a ’59 Les Paul Goldtop except he was taking a nap that day.

And Ron’s is right next door to Naturali – formerly located in Olde Mistick Village – where the hand-crafted soaps, candles and other organic lifestyle products are for sale. Buy a soothingly scented votive to burn whilst you master that tonal major chord with the 4th beneath on the quality but affordable ax you just bought from Ron.

As long as your shopping Groton-style, drop by No Other Book Like This, with a nice variety of used books and a damned great and chill dog who greets customers. Why, I can see you’ve already been there! Is that a first edition Wiliam James’s “Varieties of Religious Experience”?! Good for you!

Ron’s Guitars, 785 Long Hill Road, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat., (860) 445-0194.

Naturali, 787 Long Hill Road, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat., (860) 615-7627.

No Other Book Like This, 1064 Poquonnock Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun., (860 446-0302.