Was the Hofner violin bass, which had accompanied Paul ... After becoming the band’s bassist, McCartney desperately needed a bass guitar and bought the instrument in a music store in Hamburg ...

A global search is underway to find a bass guitar that once belonged to Paul McCartney and featured in several iconic early Beatles songs including “Twist And Shout,” “Love Me Do” and ...

Paul McCartney‘s signature, violin-shaped Höfner bass guitar is back in his hands, decades after it was stolen in the 1970s. The Beatles rocker confirmed on Thursday that the instrument had ...

went easily in debt and got beautiful guitars. ... All I could really afford was about £30 (30 pounds). So for about £30, I found this Hofner violin bass. And to me, because I was left-handed ...

"The guitar has been authenticated by Hofner ... Song From Each Album "For about £30 [$37.79 USD], I found this Hofner violin bass," McCartney said to The Guardian in 2023 when the search ...

McCartney bought the guitar, a left-handed Höfner 500/1 Violin Bass, in Hamburg, Germany, in 1961. It was his primary instrument throughout the early years of The Beatles' runs at Hamburg's Top ...

Sir Paul McCartney has been reunited with an iconic bass guitar more than 50 years after it was 'stolen'. The Hofner violin bass was last seen in 1972, having previously featured on some famous ...

A BASS guitar stolen from Sir Paul McCartney ... if this bass could get back to him". According to Hofner, McCartney kept his first violin bass until it went missing, using it as a back-up during ...

The Beatles rockstar was famously snapped rehearsing with his unique Hofner 500/1 'violin' bass guitar the day before they first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show at CBS's Studio 50 in New York ...