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Michael J. Fox Reveals Back to the Future Guitar Mystery

10/17/2025

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Michael J. Fox's memoir Future Boy highlights a 'temporal inconsistency' in Back to the Future, where Marty McFly uses a Gibson ES-345 in 1955, though the ES-345 was introduced in 1958.
The art department chose the ES-345 for visual appeal, not as an Easter egg.
Gibson has launched a global search for the missing guitar, not seen since filming.
Fox speculates the guitar may be in someone's private collection.

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Story summary

Michael J. Fox's memoir Future Boy highlights a 'temporal inconsistency' in Back to the Future, where Marty McFly uses a Gibson ES-345 in 1955, though the ES-345 was introduced in 1958.
The art department chose the ES-345 for visual appeal, not as an Easter egg.
Gibson has launched a global search for the missing guitar, not seen since filming.
Fox speculates the guitar may be in someone's private collection.