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News.com.au
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Why John Mayer and Billy Strings Use These $35 Guitar Picks
BlueChip's $35 guitar picks made of aerospace-grade material are favored by stars like John Mayer. Here's how an unintended invention upended the high-end pick industry and spread despite initial skepticism — and competitors that cost under a dollar.
CTV News
2 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
Big lotto win is music to Kitchener man's ears
Dean Lester of Kitchener posed with a large novelty cheque in this undated photo. (Submitted: OLG) A Kitchener man will be treating himself to a new guitar thanks to a big lottery win. Dean Lester won $100,000 with Instant in the Money Multiplier. He said it's his first big win. At first, he couldn't believe his eyes when he played his ticket at home. Then he went into the store get the ticket validated. 'When I did, the lottery terminal froze. As I stood there looking at it, I was still in shock and disbelief!' he said. Lester shared the news with his mother and sister, who were just as stunned as he was. He plans on investing his winnings. The ticket was bought at Stop 2 Shop on Hazelglen Road in Kitchener.
Gizmodo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
An Iconic Prop From ‘Back to the Future' Is Missing, and a New Documentary Aims to Track It Down
There are two places memorable props from blockbuster movies and TV tend to end up: in someone's personal collection, or on the auction block (destined for someone's personal collection). But sometimes, a much-coveted item goes missing, lost in the sands of time or maybe in a long-forgotten storage unit. That's the case with a crucial Back to the Future item—Marty McFly's red guitar, deployed to disrupt musical history at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance—and now there's a whimsical push to track it down. According to Gibson, which is behind this effort as well as an in-production documentary entitled Lost to the Future: The Search for Marty McFly's Back to the Future Guitar, the instrument has been MIA since at least 1989, when it couldn't be found to appear in Back to the Future Part II. Do you, perhaps, have a cherry red Gibson ES-345 gathering dust that you acquired in 1985 or thereabouts? Gibson has a tip line set up just for fans to chime in: you can call or text 1-855-345-1955, or head to the website for the documentary being made about the search. If you have it, you will surely play a big part in the future documentary. Check out the adorable 'call to action' video below featuring some familiar faces from Back to the Future's cast, including Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, and Harry Waters Jr. (as 'Marvin Berry,' he famously shared the stage during Marty's show-stopping guitar solo). Back to the Future co-writer Bob Gale is also featured, as is Huey 'The Power of Love' Lewis. I guess that means they're all off the hook—but has anyone looked through Robert Zemeckis' garage lately?
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
60s Rock Legend Refuses To Pay $40,000 For Long Lost Guitar
60s Rock Legend Refuses To Pay $40,000 For Long Lost Guitar originally appeared on Parade. Iconic rocker John Fogerty has been reunited with a guitar he gave away decades ago — but it was a long journey to get it back. Back in the '70s, the Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman owned a custom Rickenbacker guitar that was hand-painted with the word "Acme," a nod to the Looney Tunes cartoons he loved as a kid, according to Rolling Stone. Fogerty played the guitar on every album from 1969's Bayou Country to the group's final LP in 1972. In the years that followed, Fogerty gave the guitar away — which ended up becoming a major regret later in life. It wasn't until the 1990s that he found it once again but at the time, the owner of the axe wanted $40,000 to return it to him. Looking back, Fogerty admits it wasn't financially possible for him and actually seeing the guitar unexpectedly brought back painful memories surrounding his legal battle with his former bandmates and record label. "I was hurt. I was damaged," Fogerty recalled to Rolling Stone. "I started as a kid full of joy doing music, but during the time of Creedence, and shortly after that, it became certainly not joyful." While he refused to pay for the guitar back then, his wife Julie decided to track it down years later. This time, it had found its way to a different guitar shop and she decided to buy it anonymously. She presented it to her husband on Christmas morning, reuniting them after 44 years apart. That guitar became the driving force behind Fogerty's decision to return to music. It began the healing process — and he even played it on his upcoming album, Legacy – The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years. 'The idea [behind Legacy] was to reconnect and feel that way about everything again. The guy who couldn't even stand to look at his own guitar in the Nineties or beyond would have never done that," Fogerty shared. Legacy – The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years is set to be released August 22, 2025. 60s Rock Legend Refuses To Pay $40,000 For Long Lost Guitar first appeared on Parade on Jun 2, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
ABC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Since first picking up a guitar as a teenager, James Mangohig has gone on to work with big-name artists including Jessica Mauboy, Emily Wurramara and Daniel Johns.
Since first picking up a guitar as a teenager, James Mangohig has gone on to work with big-name artists including Jessica Mauboy, Emily Wurramara and Daniel Johns.
