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Did you know that Fender Guitars found that a whopping 90% of beginners give up playing the guitar after just one year? 😱 It’s true! But here’s the interesting part – the 10% who do stick with it end up becoming avid collectors, purchasing 5-7 guitars and multiple amps, and spending an average of $10,000 on equipment throughout their lives. 🎸💰
So, if you’re thinking about taking up the guitar, remember that the key to success is sticking with it and staying committed. Who knows, maybe you’ll end up with your own impressive collection of instruments! 🤘🎶 Keep strumming, and you could be on your way to joining the devoted 10%. 🌟
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That $10000 figure seems a little low to me. I’ve been on this hobby for 20 years already.
I keep joining the 90% but I’m sure I’ll stick with it this time
I played for maybe 6 years, spent maybe $1000 on stuff. That makes me….whatever.
Guitar has been my favorite hobby. Have fun with it however you want and as often as you want! It’s supposed to be fun!!
We spend $10,000 on gear, to put in a car that costs $1000, to a gig that pays $10.
Still, playing guitar for nearly a year without ceasing is pretty impressive.
Fender Guitars gotta give new guitar players free lessons and then collect the profits in 20 years. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.
I’m the “no longer playing guitar but continue buying one in case I gonna start playing later (or so I told myself for years now”
Got my first electric in 2011. Have since spent about $2400, not including sales tax. Not very brand loyal – Yamaha, Squier, Epiphone (x2), Fender, PRS. Boss amp.
It’s possible I’ll spend another 6k over the next 30 years, but I doubt it.
those are rookie numbers
I have nine and I know I’m not done yet 🤣
I don’t have a problem. I can stop whenever I want. I just don’t want to, so…
Well I don’t own a guitar but I own 5 ukuleles (one is a fender) so I guess I fit in with the 10%…. At least ukuleles have vastly different sizes so it’s completely justified to own many of them.
I play bass guitar. I have (currently) 6 basses. I’ve bought and sold quite a few more than that.
And 10k seems really low tbh if you are serious about your art. My setup for a gig is more than that, and that’s just an amp head, a cab, 2 basses (1 as spare) and my pedal board.
When I played church music the church I worked at bought us whatever we wanted basically if we played on the main team. I was one of 10 guitarists on staff. They had to have paid 10k just to get me started. I guess I got a hand-me down guitar so they didn’t technically pay for that but im pretty sure they paid 3 grand for it (Gretsch Duo Jet). When they basically shoved me out of church cause I said “I don’t think I believe in hell” and apparently it’s a core belief for them, they didn’t even ask for any of it back. I had an extra timeline I gave to the guy who replaced me but I kept everything and still played on all their albums anyway lol. Just couldn’t participate on stage on Sunday. Which was fine because I hated waking up early for it anyway.
I’d be willing to bet 80% of fender and the rest of the guitar market exists because of mega evangelical churches trying to great the prettiest warmest reverby notes possible lol.
And 99.999% of left handers quit because the instant an be leans you are left handed they tell you they can’t help you learn.
I’ve actually had money returned for lessons once the guy saw me holding the guitar “backwards”
10k? That’s barely enough for a proper Gibbons
I am a drummer and I have had 4 acoustics, 1 bass, and 4 electrics. 5 Amps. 6 Pedals.
So 9/10 guitars get resold because people gave up but the remaining 1/10 buy 5-7/10 of them. That leaves like 3/10… no wonder used entry level guitars are cheap.
I probably seriously tried to play guitar for 3-5 years, bought 3 guitars plus 3 basses for my son, and 2 amps. Plus pedals, cables etc
I didn’t spend anywhere near $10,000 though
I’m in the 90% that discovered I couldn’t immediately play like the ghost of Hendrix, nor after a few more half-assed attempts, so then basically gave up.
I gave up within a year and continued by amps and guitars.
Itt: people who don’t understand what “average” means.
10,000? Rookie numbers.
I’ve played for 10 years now only owning two guitars— a $200 acoustic and a $200 electric, playing with a busted garage sale amp. I love my gear, but the people I play with think its sad 😂
Keep in mind these numbers are incremental. I have never owned more than 3 electric guitars at a time, but guitarists are constantly in a buy, save a little, sell, buy something different/nicer cycle. Today I can afford the cheaper Mexican made Telecaster. But I’ll play that until I stockpile enough cash to buy the American made version and can use the sale of the prior guitar to make up the difference between my savings and the cost of the new guitar.
This kind of cycle also makes the rise to $10k gradual. You spend $100 on a pedal that will do the job. You might do that with 3 more pedals and decide it’s worth it to you to sell all four pedals just to put towards one $500 pedal, even if you lose certain effects in the process.
Most guitarists I know have only arrived at their nice setups through windfalls. A tax break here, a birthday check there, a small profit on the sale of their house, and then they go get the Les Paul or Strymon or whatever else.
On thing I suspect is that the guitar pedal market is saturated right now. I think guitarists with existing pedals may want to upgrade but decision fatigue will drive contentment.
I used to play guitar. I still do; but I used to too.
What about those of us who bought a guitar 20 years ago, Shredded on it for hours every day for their teen years, and now pick it up twice a year?
I guess I’m in the 0% because I got my first acoustic, played for 3 years, then got a fender and an amp when I was 16. Played for probably 12 years, still have both and they’re the only instruments I’ve ever owned.