Back to the Future 1955 pickup

[pogisnake]

In the movie, Back to the Future.....

Anyone ever notice there is a HUMBUCKER in Marty's guitar when he plays Johnny B Good? Hes in 1955.... In case u dont know , (actually im sure everyone here knows) humbuckers werent introduced into production till 1957... something along those lines at least...or am i wrong?

also a question about a scene in the movie....what VAN HALEN song is Marty playing when he pretends to be darth vader? any one know?

aj

 

[deadrateyes]

Re: Back to the Future 1955 pickup

I remember reading that van halen recordedthat stuff just for the film. I could be wrong, though.

 

[lemonman]

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Forget the humbuckers, they didn't introduce 335s until 1958! I guess they figured only guitarists would notice,and who cares what they think?.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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How about when he kicks over the Bassman and you hear the reverb tank crash?

 

[revolution]

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I believe the humbucker was invented in 1955.

 

[Robert S.]

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Finally we have proof!

Marty didn't really go back to the future, they faked it in Hollywood. Just like the moon landing!

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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If you watch the movie closely, you'll see J. Edgar Hoover peering from behind something in several shots.

 

[PFDarkside]

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That's kind of like a guitarist's rite of passage, realizing the non-vintage correct portions of BTTF... Everyone's eventually realized it if they are a big enough guitar nut.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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I still think it's awesome when he kicks over the amp.

 

[Gunny47]

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And red wasnt introduced until the 60s besides on a couple custom order models in 1959

 

[the guy who invented fire]

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Ya know, you guys are trying to catch all the details about the humbucking pickups, the reverb on a vintage Fender tweed amp, the red colour of the guitar...all those things are correct but how about the fact that Marty's not playing an ES-335...it's an ES-345!

 

[uOpt]

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How the guitar ended up in 1955 is actually the backstory for part 4. "Back to the Future 4 - Return of the luthiers".

 

[lemonman]

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Was it a 345? It's been a while; I thought I remembered a dot neck. Didn't 345s come out a year or two after 335s and 355s? If so, they were really off!

 

[Zhangliqun]

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I think it was a 345 -- with a Varitone, as most 345's had.

 

[stevie ray]

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How about when he kicks over the Bassman and you hear the reverb tank crash?

:lmao:

i guess we can infer that the foley artists weren't guitar buffs

 

[stevie ray]

Re: Back to the Future 1955 pickup

Finally we have proof!

Marty didn't really go back to the future, they faked it in Hollywood. Just like the moon landing!

you mean to tell me i've been fooled for all these years?!

 

[Captain Tightpants]

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Ya know, you guys are trying to catch all the details about the humbucking pickups, the reverb on a vintage Fender tweed amp, the red colour of the guitar...all those things are correct but how about the fact that Marty's not playing an ES-335...it's an ES-345!

AAWWWW, ya beat me to it!!!

 

[Gearjoneser]

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Movies like that usually have a guitar nut helping with the gear decisions, and I think they kept it period correct. I forgot about the reverb tank crash tho.... special FX dept messup.

Most guitar players playing a HS dance wouldn't have had what Chuck Berry had tho.

 

[Blue_Fingers_Jay]

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It has a friggin' bugbsy instead of the nice stop-tail bridge THAT's what's wrong in there!
Poor guitar

 

[Benjy_26]

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In the 2nd installment, McFly's got a blue PRS. Looked like an early edition too. Whoever chose the gear might not know much about the history of it, but they sure have good taste.