Paul McCartney found the bass that was stolen from him more than half a century ago – 2024-02-18 22:25:26

Finally, after an intense search that began in 2018, Paul McCartney’s bass appeared that had been stolen in west London 51 years ago, an instrument that is more than historic because it was the one used to record legendary songs by the Beatles, such as “Twist and shout†, “Love Me Do†and “She Loves You†.

The confirmation of the discovery was part of the organization The Lost Bass Project, who were responsible for beginning the arduous search throughout the United Kingdom and especially in the English capital, where the theft occurred when the main instrument was in the back of a truck that transported the equipment of the famous musical quartet.

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Appearance in optimal conditions

The Hofner bass, very peculiar for the time because it was shaped like a violin, was bought by McCartney in 1961 for about 30 pounds (equivalent to about 650 dollars at that time), when at the beginning of the band they decided Try your luck on a stay in several bars in the city of Hamburg, Germany.

“Paul is very grateful to everyone who helped him. The bass is complete and still with its original case. He will need some repairs so that he can reproduce again, but a team of professionals can easily perform them,†they explain from The Lost Bass Project.

The journalists who led this campaign, Scott and Naomi Jones, confirmed that the thief lived in Ladbroke Grove, in the Notting Hill neighborhood, now considered bourgeois, but that at the time it was inhabited mainly by “musicians.” , artists and hippies†. According to the journalistic duo, the author of the theft was unaware of the identity of the illustrious owner of the instrument, and when he found out he sold it to the owner of the pub on the corner of his street. The bass remained in the family all these years.