Paul McCartney
Worldwide search for his lost bass started
Ex-Beatles member Paul McCartney prefers to play the bass of a German instrument manufacturer.
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Since 1969, Paul McCartney’s legendary bass from the early days of the Beatles has disappeared. Now the instrument is being sought worldwide.
The bass guitar that founded the Beatles
The search for McCartney’s presumably stolen instrument has now started for the manufacturer Höfner, the company’s former marketing manager and guitar developer. Nick Wass wants to track down the “most important bass in history” with the “Lost Bass Project”.
The campaign has on their official website photographs and the known history of the instrument from purchase to its disappearance, and asks for information. The bass was last seen in January 1969 when The Beatles recorded “Get Back” and “Let It Be” in London. “Although nobody really knows what happened to the bass, it was most likely stolen. It remains a mystery to this day,” revealed expert Wass, who also wrote the book “The Complete Violin Bass Story” about the missing instrument. the British Guardian.
Paul McCartney appreciates that on the Höfner bass
Paul McCartney himself has described in the past how he fell in love with the “Höfner H500/1 Violin Bass”. He found this instrument from Höfner for about 30 pounds. “And because I was left-handed, it looked less silly to me because it was symmetrical,” revealed the ex-Beatle.
John Lennon’s guitar reappeared after more than 50 years
If the Höfner bass is actually found, a lot of money could in all probability be made with the instrument. The guitar on which John Lennon (1940-1980) wrote “I Want to Hold Your Hand” was sold at auction in 2014 for the incredible sum of 2.4 million US dollars (around 2.2 million euros). The instrument had previously disappeared for 51 years.