McCartney moved the 1961 Höfner 500/1 to backup status after 1963, but the bass guitar continued to travel with him until it was stolen in 1972. The Lost Bass Project first launched in 2018 with ...

McCartney held on to the bass until October 1972, after The Beatles split, when tragedy struck and it was stolen from a van that was being used to transport instruments for his band, Wings.

Thanks to the “Help!” of devoted Beatles fans, Paul McCartney has been reunited with his bass guitar that was stolen decades ago. On Wednesday, an official statement was shared on the music ...

Paul McCartney plays a Hofner violin bass guitar on Salisbury Plain in England during the filming of “Help” in May 1965. It is similar to the one that went missing.

LONDON — For decades, the fate of Paul McCartney’s bass guitar baffled the music world. Heard in recordings of some of the most famous Beatles hits, including “Love Me Do” and “Twist and ...

McCartney’s bass guitar was as signature to the band as, say, John Lennon’s black and white Rickenbacker or the way Ringo Starr swung his head from side to side while he played his kit upstage.

Sir Paul McCartney ’s lost bass guitar has been found in a loft in East Sussex, 52 years after it was stolen from the back of a van. The Höfner bass, valued by the company at a minimum of £10 ...

Paul McCartney plays his Hofner 500/1 bass guitar on stage during rehearsals for the ABC Television music television show ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’ Summer Spin at Teddington Studios in London ...