Paul McCartney recovers his stolen bass after 52 years

Paul McCartney recovers his stolen bass after 52 years

With the help of the “Lost Bass” project, a young person can express that they had the artist’s bass

Last Wednesday, 14th, the official website of Paul McCartney announced the end of the search for the ex-Beatle’s lost bass. The instrument was found after 52 years of disappearance, thanks to “The Lost Bass Project”, “The Lost Bass Project” in Portuguese.

The young film student, Ruaidhri Guestpublished on his social network that he received the bass as part of an inheritance and that, supposedly, it would have been from Paul McCartney. The artist’s team soon verified and authenticated the instrument to be returned to the artist and announced:

“After the launch of the project Lost Bass last year, the 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass from Paul, which was stolen in 1972, was returned. The instrument was authenticated by Höfner It is Paul is incredibly grateful to everyone involved” via DailyMail.

The instrument in question was used by Paul in big hits like “Twist And Shout”, “Love Me Do” and played it in Hamburg in 1961, at the Cavern in Liverpool and on early recordings of Abbey Roadwas considered his favorite, as the project describes Lost Bass.

Source: Rollingstone

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