Members billybilly Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Real guitar players or guys that just know three chords and strum? I like the point above. The question should pose... 'People who are guitar players' not 'People who play guitar'. Big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Les Paul said something like this after being asked a similar question. There are a lot of people who play guitar, but... God has a way of limiting the number of really good guitar players who are alive at a given time. I represent that remark. Or something like that. Wait. Which part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mav64 Posted May 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 I like the point above. The question should pose... 'People who are guitar players' not 'People who play guitar'. Big difference. My original post says, "everyone from beginner's learning their first cowboy chords to top-notch pros". Reading is fundamental... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mav64 Posted May 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Real guitar players or guys that just know three chords and strum? Couldn't remember. That's why I wrote this, I assume this includes everybody from beginners just learning their first cowboy chords to top notch pros. It makes sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Couldn't remember. That's why I wrote this, I assume this includes everybody from beginners just learning their first cowboy chords to top notch pros. It makes sense... If they're only basing the numbers on sales figures... How many guitars have been purchased as presents, or the guys that bought them, tried to tune them for a week and then stuck it in the corner of the closet? Rich guys buying as investments? Trashed instruments from head spins and never replaced? Would they be considered guitar players? Someone mentioned that HC represents less than 1% of guitar players in USA. Could that be true or is it representative of the American guitar playing public? If so, most guys here have two or three guitars on average so that would really cut down the number of guitarists wouldn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 at least 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Real guitar players or guys that just know three chords and strum? Johnny of Johnny and the Moondogs knew three chords and strummed. I always thought he was a pretty good guitar player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mav64 Posted May 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Johnny of Johnny and the Moondogs knew three chords and strummed. I always thought he was a pretty good guitar player. Well there you go. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Ah... come on. Doesn't much look like the typical cowboy strumming to me. he even has that Clapton flip off the audience hand position! [video=youtube;VoAOA6czp8E] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Sorry man that went wayyy over my head. Not a huge Dylan guy. Happy 70th to him though! Welcome to the club, a lot of what Dylan says and writes goes over my head, too. But yeah, happy 70th to Bob, it's always cool when a rocker hits the Big 7-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 This video is like fake tits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted May 25, 2011 Members Share Posted May 25, 2011 Half of the guitars purchased in the U.S. are owned by members if this board, so if you figure out how many people post here, that'll get you a long way toward a good estimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted May 26, 2011 Members Share Posted May 26, 2011 This video is like fake tits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shadesofcraig Posted May 26, 2011 Members Share Posted May 26, 2011 Way too many that is for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flatspotter Posted May 26, 2011 Members Share Posted May 26, 2011 Real guitar players or guys that just know three chords and strum? Wait, that's not the same thing? Uh oh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Monkey Posted April 3, 2020 Members Share Posted April 3, 2020 500,000,000. I actually have been playing electric guitar for 3 years and my teacher says I have the skills of someone who has played for 10 years. 😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6down1togo Posted April 8, 2020 Members Share Posted April 8, 2020 John Sebastian claimed there 1352 guitar pickers in Nashville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted April 9, 2020 Members Share Posted April 9, 2020 1% of the population is 3,330000. I'ld guess that anywhere between >1% to 5%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted April 10, 2020 Members Share Posted April 10, 2020 On 4/3/2020 at 2:14 PM, The Monkey said: 500,000,000. I actually have been playing electric guitar for 3 years and my teacher says I have the skills of someone who has played for 10 years. 😝 Yeah, but playing tuba for 10 years doesn't help guitar playing. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted April 10, 2020 Members Share Posted April 10, 2020 Tally all the guitars sold and divide by one million give or take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OregonJim Posted April 13, 2020 Members Share Posted April 13, 2020 According to a survey done by Rolling Stone a few years back, 93% of people who attempt to learn guitar quit in the first year. A Gallup poll claimed that 15,000,000 people in the USA "play" guitar. Obviously, they extrapolated that number from a tiny sample size of a couple thousand people (as they always do). Further, they did not define what "playing" actually means. Anyway, that's about 5% of the population, or 1 in 20 people, which is ridiculously high. So, even if we take that 15,000,000 as "real", consider that 93% will quit, and that leaves you with just over 1 million. My gut feeling says that's about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 12:20 AM, OregonJim said: According to a survey done by Rolling Stone a few years back, 93% of people who attempt to learn guitar quit in the first year. A Gallup poll claimed that 15,000,000 people in the USA "play" guitar. Jim, by any chance do you have a link to either the poll or the RS article? I'd like to check those out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted April 14, 2020 Members Share Posted April 14, 2020 Well John Sebastian counted the guitar players in Nashville at one time. I'm sure there's a few more now. Well, there's thirteen hundred and fifty twoGuitar pickers in Nashville I googled thisIt is estimated that there are 20 million guitar players in the U.S.There are about 50 million guitar players in the world. .7% of the world's population can play guitar, this percentage translates into about 50 million people worldwide, which shows that if 50 million people have learned how to do it, you can too. This also shows how unique of a hobby playing guitar is, which makes playing guitar an extremely valuable skill to be able to do. Hobby. no way. It's a lifestyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OregonJim Posted April 14, 2020 Members Share Posted April 14, 2020 5 hours ago, Phil O'Keefe said: Jim, by any chance do you have a link to either the poll or the RS article? I'd like to check those out. Sorry, no. I read the RS article maybe 5 years ago in a paper copy. The Gallup poll was cited in a NAMM newsletter a couple of years ago. That's the best I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 7 hours ago, OregonJim said: Sorry, no. I read the RS article maybe 5 years ago in a paper copy. The Gallup poll was cited in a NAMM newsletter a couple of years ago. That's the best I can do. Thanks - I appreciate the leads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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