Canadian bid to break biggest guitar ensemble record fails

What do you call it when 1,623 electric guitarists simultaneously jam on Neil Young's Helpless? A disappointmentA bid to break the Guinness world record for largest guitar ensemble fell short this weekend, when only 1,623 axe-wielders – 179 shy of the record – showed up for a Luminato festival event in Toronto, Canada. Although a line of enthusiastic participants had earlier wrapped around the block – and registrars were signing up some 25 people per minute – the atte...

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