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Paul McCartney Reunited With His Stolen Bass Guitar 50 Years Later

Paul McCartney was reunited with his 1961 electric Höfner bass guitar -- which he played with The Beatles -- more than 50 years after it was stolen.

What began as a long and winding road for Wass to track down the bass picked up speed when Jones serendipitously joined the hunt after seeing McCartney headline the Glastonbury Festival in 2022. After hitting a dead end following a lead about a roadie for The Who, they relaunched The Lost Bass Project in September and within 48 hours were inundated with 600 emails that contained the “little gems that led us to where we are today,” Jones said. The researchers published the new information on their website in October, adding that Horne said McCartney told him not to worry about the theft and that he continued working for him for another six years.

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