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Long-lost bass guitar returned to Paul McCartney after more than 50 years
Violin-shaped Höfner vanished around the time the Beatles split up but has now resurfaced after a global appeal
A search to find the missing violin-shaped bass, a German-made Höfner 500/1, was launched last year, and on Tuesday a student, Ruaidhri Guest, shared a picture on social media claiming to be in possession of the elusive instrument. There have been various theories over the years about what happened to the instrument, with rumours that a thief stole it from a closet at Abbey Road, as well as some believing it simply went missing in the basement of the band’s Savile Row offices. It was last seen days before McCartney and his bandmates – John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – played their final live performance from the roof of their Savile Row base.
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