Overview
- Fox writes in Future Boy that the red guitar he played for the film’s ‘Johnny B. Goode’ scene is unaccounted for.
- He identifies the instrument as a Gibson ES-345, notes soaring vintage guitar values, and acknowledges the model postdates the movie’s 1955 setting.
- Fox says Gibson has taken up the search and is sponsoring a documentary whose release depends on the guitar’s discovery.
- He speculates the instrument may sit in a private collection and suggests a holder could be staying silent over possible theft.
- Entertainment Weekly reports Gibson launched a global appeal in June and set up LostToTheFuture.com for public tips, with no recovery to date.