( CNN ) -- There 's a great song by Todd Snider called `` The Ballad of The Kingsmen . '' In it , he sings , `` Marilyn Manson gets a lot of chicks . They 're weird chicks . But they 're chicks . '' And it 's true . Heaps of ( weird ) women lust for Marilyn Manson . He 's a bona fide rock star . Really , that 's why most guys get into playing music in the first place . To increase their sex appeal . If , say , owning a bagel shop somehow proved to be just as glamorous , right now teenagers would be boiling delicious circles of bread in their parents ' garage . But that 's not the case . In fact , never in the history of the world has anyone ever said , `` Make love to me , Bagel Man . '' Those words . In that order . Not even once . Sorry , Bagel Man . They 're just not that into you . Whereas , when it comes to truly sexy male occupations , the official list seems to top out with musician , athlete , and Anthony Bourdain . But good luck trying to get THAT job . `` Are you Anthony Bourdain ? '' `` No . '' `` Thanks for coming in . We 'll keep your rÃ©sumÃ© on file . '' Fortunately , though , almost anyone can at least aspire to be a musician , and a new study backs up this seemingly obvious connection between attractiveness and playing an instrument . Or even just holding one . You see , in the study , which was conducted by a professor at the University of South Brittany in France and published in the journal `` Psychology of Music , '' a 20-year-old `` good looking '' man was challenged to ask 300 women for their phone number . For 100 of those women , the man carried a guitar case . For another 100 , he held a gym bag . And for the final third his hands were empty . In the end , 54 women out of 300 gave him their number . Which , even at an 18 % success rate , still seems like a rather impressive return ( And much better than my lifetime batting average of negative-12 % ) . Maybe it 's time to change my go-to pickup line . `` So , do you like greyhound racing ? '' But let 's get back to those phone numbers . In the study , 31 of the 54 -- a vast majority -- were achieved when the subject was carrying a guitar case . Fourteen women offered up digits while he was holding nothing . And only nine were received when the gym bag was used as a prop . Scientific conclusion : Never exercise . Ultimately , the research suggests that the attraction of a musical instrument is real , as it may indicate physical and intellectual abilities . And I totally buy that . Understanding music is difficult , and someone who knows how to play an instrument usually is also mentally capable of forming complete sentences . Which I am not . Though , to be fair , I play bass guitar and that tends to rattle the brain . I 'm pretty sure actual ideas fall out of my nose in the shower . So , generally speaking , holding that guitar case seems to work quite nicely . But this female attraction to male musicians should n't be seen as baseless or shallow or ditsy . Quite the opposite . It 's a good thing to appreciate a man with intellectual interests beyond dominating his fantasy football league . And it works both ways . Women with musical instruments also get major sexy points . ( Susan Tedeschi , do you like greyhound racing ? ) Of course , one should n't just play music for the sole purpose of appearing more attractive . For that , God invented whiskey . Instead , the ultimate goal is to play music for the joy of playing music . But usually that 's just an evolution over time . Dreams of stardom often come first . And it starts early . Hell , I 've wanted to be a rock star since I was a kid . Sure , there was a short phase where , as a young man , I yearned to be veterinarian . However , that quickly went away when , one afternoon , I was allowed to hang out at a local clinic and promptly saw a dog get his testicles cut off . That changed things . `` Welp , thanks for letting me come by , Doc . I 'm gon na go home now and rethink my life . '' So , aside from that momentary lapse of reason , my heart has pretty much always been set on rock stardom . But you see how well that 's going . Anyway , screw it . I 'm opening a bagel shop .
A French study finds holding a guitar makes you sexually attractive . Study subject asked for 300 phone numbers . He was told to pick one number, and he picked the wrong number. Call me . ''