‘It doesn’t change much’: 40 years later, Michael Fox finally answered Back to the Future fans about this mistake in one of the film’s best scenes.

This is one of the most memorable scenes in Back to the Future! At the end of the film, during Dancing Mermaids, Marty picks up his Gibson ES-345 guitar and performs Chuck Berry’s hit Johnny B. Good. In this sequence, Michael J. Fox gives us an explosive performance that has since become legendary.

However, the myth hides a small gaffe that did not cause a reaction from the fans. The guitar that Marty used for his lyrical flights was released in 1958! The problem is that the scene is set in… 1955! Therefore, this tool did not exist at the time of the story.

Discord guitar

For 40 years, fans have repeatedly brought up the issue with Michael J. Fox, who says he’s furious. “To play Johnny B. Goode, Marty borrows Marvin Berry’s Gibson ES-345, a guitar released in 1958, three years after the film’s 1955 scene.“, the actor admitted in his memoirs, titled future boyIt was published on October 14.

The latter then assures that it “time mismatch” He’s been told that many times over the years by guitar enthusiasts and Back to the Future fans alike. “I can assure you that this detail is important only to a few thousand moviegoers who have reviewed the smallest details and analyzed every aspect of the space-time continuum.”he argued.

This detail is important only to a few thousand moviegoers who have reviewed the smallest details and analyzed every aspect of the space-time continuum.

“The film’s art department simply chose the ES-345 because it evoked the famous red guitar that Chuck Berry used to perform his legendary ‘Duck Walk’ on stages around the world.Edited by Michael J. Fox.

However, cult artist Marty McFly notes that the 1955 and 1958 versions of Gibson’s electric guitar are both. “Rare and magnificent instruments. It doesn’t change much for me. I’ve always loved the Gibson E series: big, imposing guitars, but hollow-bodied, so light. Even a little guy like me could carry them, swing them and sing them.”The 64-year-old actor emphasized.

Even a little boy like me could carry them, swing them and sing them.

In search of the lost guitar

Ironically, this iconic accessory has been missing from the film for 40 years! The Gibson brand announced the search In a video posted on YouTube On June 3 of last year. We can see the iconic actors of the saga, Michael J. Fox, Leah Thompson and Christopher Lloyd, who are asking the public for help in getting hold of this guitar.

“We need your help”says Michael J. Fox. “He’s somewhere, lost in the space-time continuum, or in someone’s garage on the team.”he adds. “This guitar hasn’t been seen since 1985 and we have to find it”sings Harry Waters Jr., who plays Marvin Berry in the iconic Johnny B Good scene.

So Back to the Future fans are invited by the film team to collaborate on a giant treasure! Who knows, maybe this famous guitar is hidden in the closet of a French musician and he doesn’t even know its value.

We would be grateful… otherwise we would face a temporary paradox.

“We will be very grateful… otherwise we will be faced with a temporary paradox”Christopher Lloyd, the legendary interpreter of Doc Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future saga, concludes with humor.

The Gibson brand has provided us with a phone number and website to collect information: LostToTheFuture.com. If you have any advice, don’t hesitate to go there! And as Indy would say: it belongs in a museum! The name of Zeus!