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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.
www.billboard.com
"Paul McCartney no longer gently weeps for his original bass guitar.
A five-year search by the manufacturer of the instrument that was aided by a husband-and-wife team of journalists helped reunite The Beatles star with the distinctive violin-shaped 1961 electric Höfner that went missing a half century ago and is estimated to be worth 10 million pounds ($12.6 million).
McCartney had asked Höfner to help find the missing instrument that helped launch Beatlemania across the universe, Scott Jones, a journalist who teamed up with Höfner executive Nick Wass to track it down, said Friday (Feb. 16)."
