Men carrying a guitar 30 per cent more likely to get a date

Carrying a guitar can increase the chances of getting a man a woman’s number by a third, a study by researchers from the University of South Brittany has found.

The research showed women were 31 per cent more likely to give out their number if a man was carrying a guitar – twice the number of people who parted with their details when he was empty-handed.

But a man carrying a sports bag had a success rate of only nine per cent.

Women carrying guitars, however, did not experience the same boost in their chances of securing a date.

The study, which was led by Professor Nicolas Gueguen, who specialises in behavioural sciences at the University, instructed a 20-year-old man to approach 300 women aged between 18 and 22 while they were shopping in Brittany.

Source: The Telegraph