far0n Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I'm talking brand new ones. If I was to hazard a guess, maybe 100,000 Fenders a year worldwide ? Not sure about the larger manufacturers... Warwick, Musicman, Cort etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 [quote] [b] Does anyone know how basses are sold each year ?[/b] [/quote] In shops, online, second hand, with money... /coat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 One for Google, I suspect. But I gotta go do the school run now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warwick_Official Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Warwick Germany is currently producing about 50 instruments a week, or approximately +/- 2500 per year, which also includes the Framus line of custom guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I'd reckon that Fender only sells about 6 new instruments every year, the rest are circulated on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) Here's a quick finger in the air. Music Sources (US trade assoc) say that in 2009 about 3m guitars (electric and acoustic) were sold in the US through dedicated music retailers plus maybe another mill through general retailers, making about 4 million. NAMM report for 2010 reckons: * the sales split is about 50:50 electric and acoustic , thus making about 2m electrics sold in the US but doesn't break out basses from guitars * The US represents about 40% of the global market * So that makes about 5 million electric 'guitars' sold worldwide in 2009. * A separate NAMM report for the UK shows that in 2009 16% (64,000) of all UK electric guitar sales were electric basses. If we apply that UK 16% to global sales of 5m 'electric guitars' (almost certainly a bit incorrect) we'd get a figure of 800,000 new basses sold every year. OK, they wouldn't [i]all[/i] be sold in their year of manufacture, but one assumes that there's a fairly consistent annualised overlap. So, the best estimate (without paying to join NAMM and get the detailed 2011 data) is 800,000 basses made worldwide every year. It's not the big figure that worries me. It's the 16% of all electric sales. Edited May 24, 2012 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 [quote name='far0n' timestamp='1337869786' post='1666737'] I'm talking brand new ones. If I was to hazard a guess, maybe 100,000 Fenders a year worldwide ? Not sure about the larger manufacturers... Warwick, Musicman, Cort etc [/quote] Would you say Musicman were larger? Or Warwick for that matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddy Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Its a point thats always worried me too......imagine how many quality basses have been produced in the last ten years!!,, Must be a hell of a lot of bedrooms full of em.......,, its a where do all the lost biros go syndrome. ha... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1337874106' post='1666844'] It's not the big figure that worries me. It's the 16% of all electric sales. [/quote] A good call. We're a relatively small proportion of the overall market, with all that that might suggest about guitar trends For a full picture we might also add in some assumptions around the circulation of items, thinking of the used market - which we know is strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChick Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I can't believe it's only 16%...... I played the guitar as a naive teenager.... But as a sensible grown up, the bass was the only logical choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigd1 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Is there a point to this question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 [quote name='bigd1' timestamp='1337891540' post='1667133'] Is there a point to this question? [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) One further stat analysis: UK - all 'electric guitar' sales = about 400,000 USA - all 'electric guitar' sales = about 2,000,000 = 5 times as much as UK USA population = about 5 times bigger than UK - so based on the 2009 survey, it would seem we buy about the same number of 'electric guitars' per capita population as the USA. Not a bad achievement, in a way. Go UK! I agree 16% [i]seems[/i] a bit low, but them's the only bass-related figures I could find . Might have another search later. [color=#ffffff].[/color] Edited May 24, 2012 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 In our church we have 4 guitarists on the rotas and probably twice that again in the church who can play/have a guitar = 12. There are 2 bass players. 2÷12 = 16.67%. I would say 1 in 6 is about right. Do guitarists have as many guitars as bassists have basses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBbass Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Similarly I'm very curious how often instruments sell in stores. I'm sure someone here would have worked in a music store. If so can you tell me which store and on average how often you sold instruments. I'm a little curious about % total sales for certain other items too. e.g. amps, picks etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_Andertons Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 [quote name='CBbass' timestamp='1337893433' post='1667191'] Similarly I'm very curious how often instruments sell in stores. I'm sure someone here would have worked in a music store. If so can you tell me which store and on average how often you sold instruments. I'm a little curious about % total sales for certain other items too. e.g. amps, picks etc. [/quote] This is going to sound fabulously scientific... We sell LOADS of guitars, we sell some basses 16% sounds pretty much bang on to me. Perhaps even a little less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBbass Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 [quote name='Mark_Andertons' timestamp='1337893913' post='1667213'] This is going to sound fabulously scientific... We sell LOADS of guitars, we sell some basses 16% sounds pretty much bang on to me. Perhaps even a little less. [/quote] Thanks man, Andertons is my favorite music store . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 [quote name='CBbass' timestamp='1337893433' post='1667191'] Similarly I'm very curious how often instruments sell in stores. I'm sure someone here would have worked in a music store. If so can you tell me which store and on average how often you sold instruments. I'm a little curious about % total sales for certain other items too. e.g. amps, picks etc. [/quote] Bet guitarists buy more plectrums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Further proof (if further proof were needed) that bass players are worth more than guitarists due to their comparative rarity. Go team bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1337893034' post='1667179'] Do guitarists have as many guitars as bassists have basses? [/quote] More if I'm anything to go by, I have 4 basses, but I also have about 11 guitars (have lost count sadly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 16%? That sounds about right, judging by the bass:guitar ratio in our local shops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantomnin Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Also, it's what type that are sold. I'll take a guess here that for beginner/low cost instruments the number will be far higher for guitars over basses. For professional or boutique instruments the amounts will be a lot closer. Why? Because bass is not the instrument people start on. Would be great if I had any figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) Questions already been asked, but where do they all go. Think how many basses have been produced in the last say 50 years by Fender alone, awhere are they ? why are (say) 70s Precisions so rare ? OK I can understand music shops saying theyre not worth much when taking them as part exchange etc, but I cant see that many actually ending up in skips. Must be millions in lovely old tweed hardcases sat lofts and under beds, with ageing owners like me thinking......Someday ! Edited May 25, 2012 by BRANCINI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 [quote name='Phantomnin' timestamp='1337940082' post='1667619'] Why? Because bass is not the instrument people start on. [/quote] Rubbish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1337898288' post='1667317'] Bet guitarists buy more plectrums! [/quote] and strings... I have two basses and two guitars. I like playing bass and don't really have a clue yet how to play guitar. But still have two. go figure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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