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Paul McCartney’s long-lost bass recovered with a little help from his fans

Paul McCartney's iconic 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass was stolen over 50 years ago, but dedicated fans have at long last found it, returning the instrument to the Beatle.

After a half-century long and winding road of mystery, an iconic stolen bass has found its way back in the hands of Sir Paul. The group discovered that the bass was stolen from the Notting Hill area of London, and after identifying the thief, they found that the instrument had sold the item to a pub owner. After receiving hundreds of potential leads from around the world, the group eventually connected with “someone living in a terraced house on the south coast of England” who realized that they’d had the bass in their attic for years.

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