Members Mav64 Posted May 24, 2011 Members Share Posted May 24, 2011 I think I remember reading once somewhere that there's an estimated 15,000,000 guitar players in the US. I assume this includes everybody from beginners just learning their first cowboy chords to top notch pros. Now does that make you feel any less special? Reminds me of the line from Let There Be Rock, and there was 15 million fingers, learning how to play, or something like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted May 24, 2011 Members Share Posted May 24, 2011 If that's the description I bet it would be more like 40m. Seems like more than 1 in 10 to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted May 24, 2011 Members Share Posted May 24, 2011 Well, there are millions of guitars sold in the U.S. each year. So even accounting for people like me who have a couple dozen or more, it's going to be a huge number. Everybody wants to be a rock star.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted May 24, 2011 Members Share Posted May 24, 2011 About 146.... Maybe 149. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted May 24, 2011 Members Share Posted May 24, 2011 Well, there's thirteen hundred and fifty-two guitar pickers in nashvilleAnd they can pick more notes than the number of ants on a tennessee ant hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ozzeh Posted May 24, 2011 Members Share Posted May 24, 2011 I don't know but all of the talented ones hang out here:rawk::rawk::rawk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheBlueStrat Posted May 24, 2011 Members Share Posted May 24, 2011 I'd probably guess 1 in 25 people which is about 12 million, so yeah 15 million should be pretty reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mav64 Posted May 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 About 146.... Maybe 149. Please try to be precise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Please try to be precise!That's a tribute to Bob Dylan. He was once asked in the mid-'60s by someone at an interview session, "How many folk singers are there like you?" He said something like, "About 146.... Maybe 149." I always thought that was funny, Dylan really played games with people that were desperate to get a straight answer out of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 i was thinking a gazzillion 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gorebreath Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 way too many Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mav64 Posted May 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 That's a tribute to Bob Dylan. He was once asked in the mid-'60s by someone at an interview session, "How many folk singers are there like you?" He said something like, "About 146.... Maybe 149." I always thought that was funny, Dylan really played games with people that were desperate to get a straight answer out of him Sorry man that went wayyy over my head. Not a huge Dylan guy. Happy 70th to him though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tweak'd Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 About half of those who actually own a guitar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LesPaulFetish Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Over 9000 at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HP Hovercraft Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Only 15,000,000? I just threw a rock out of my window and hit seven guitarists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 10 percent of the population would be 33 million-ish. I think that's high, 5 percent sounds more realistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob411 Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 I think I remember reading once somewhere that there's an estimated 15,000,000 guitar players in the US. I assume this includes everybody from beginners just learning their first cowboy chords to top notch pros. Now does that make you feel any less special? Reminds me of the line from Let There Be Rock, and there was 15 million fingers, learning how to play, or something like that... Most of the guitar players have 10 fingers, so that would bring it down to 1 1/2 million, but according to the song, that was 1955. Maybe Guitar Center could get a sign like McDonalds, "over a billion served". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Real guitar players or guys that just know three chords and strum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 I think I remember reading once somewhere that there's an estimated 15,000,000 guitar players in the US... The US Census Bureau has it at 15.0 million guitar players -- which includes an untold number of Van Halen wannabees, but only 0.000001 million Larry Conklin wannabees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 And I'll bet they have mfg'd enough guitars so everyone in the world can own 50 each... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StevenJM Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 The more I think about it, the more I want to call *bullshit* on the 15 million figure. It's probably more like 5 million guitar players, unless they're counting Guitar Hero players as guitar players. It could also be that the statistician who came up with the 15 million figure was thinking 1 guitar = 1 person. WRONG! By the way, my definition for a "guitar player" is a person who plays any combination of the following: Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, acoustic bass guitar, and/or electric bass guitar. Acoustic and electric banjo players need not apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dmc69 Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 10 percent of the population would be 33 million-ish. I think that's high, 5 percent sounds more realistic Damn, imagine 33 million guitarists and counting? The American guitar population would outnumber the entire Canadian population in about 2.56432 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Only 15,000,000? I just threw a rock out of my window and hit seven guitarists. you put a dent in my new relic strat asshat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Only 15,000,000? I just threw a rock out of my window and hit seven guitarists. No those were drummers, otherwise more widely known as homeless men without a girlfriend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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