Feel Good Story of the Day !

[Averageman]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...after-54-years

A Höfner bass guitar bought by Paul McCartney in 1961 has been returned to the former Beatle after a global search to find the stolen instrument.

The distinctively shaped guitar, bought by McCartney before his rise to stardom and reportedly his favourite, was last seen around the time the Beatles were recording their final album to be released, Let It Be.

McCartney paid £30 for the bass guitar 63 years ago, equivalent to about £800 at today’s prices.

A search to find the missing violin-shaped bass, a German-made Höfner 500/1, was launched by the Lost Bass Project last year, and on Tuesday a student, Ruaidhri Guest, shared a photograph on social media of the elusive instrument.

Guest claimed he had inherited it, adding that it had since been returned to its original owner.

McCartney’s bass – which could now be worth as much as £10m – became synonymous with the versatile musician during the early days of the Beatles. It was bought when the then unknown group were touring nightclubs in Hamburg, Germany, in the early 1960s.

A statement on McCartney’s website said: “Following the launch of last year’s Lost Bass Project, Paul’s 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar, which was stolen in 1972, has been returned.

“The guitar has been authenticated by Höfner and Paul is incredibly grateful to all those involved.”

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, investigators Scott and Naomi Jones said how they traced the guitar to a pub in west London.

“Initially, people thought the bass went missing in 1969 around January when the Beatles were at Beatles HQ in Savile Row in central London, that famous last performance up on the roof.

“The first surprise was to find out that it had actually been stolen in 1972 from the back of the van, and by that point, obviously the Beatles had split up and Paul had started Wings and it was a Wings roadie van that was parked in Ladbroke Grove that night in October 72 when the bass was stolen,” Scott said.


That Guitar is worth as much as 10 Million Dollars and was returned to it's rightful owner.
Its a Piece of History for sure.

[jsbhike]

I didn't know it was really stolen when the video came out.

[Averageman]

Yeah, apparently someone stole it out of a tour van full of guitars. this was just after the Band broke up (That's the Beatles for you youngsters).
It's been gone for 40 years, I imagine it was almost unsellable really. What do you do, throw on some Beatles and rock out with it?

Knock on Wood, I haven't got anything stolen in a long time. I've left some stuff in the car for a hot minute, but havent lost anything.
They need a Lojack small enough to hide in a guitar.

[SteyrAUG]

Really glad the BILLIONAIRE got his toy back.

Seriously though, the Beatles were probably the first group that I loved enough to listen to all of their music. Amazed the bass was returned intact and not fully jacked up like most things that get stolen.

[Averageman]

Really glad the BILLIONAIRE got his toy back.

Seriously though, the Beatles were probably the first group that I loved enough to listen to all of their music. Amazed the bass was returned intact and not fully jacked up like most things that get stolen.

The story is the Guys Dad or Grandfather bought it from someone and he his it in the attic.
That's the Bass that was bought (or was gifted by a close friend) in Germany before they were famous. The Beatles original Bass player quit to pursue art and photograpy and died of a brain anyurism shortly afterwards.
Paul was originally guitar and keyboards (he and John shared the honors) and took over at Bass because no one else would.

Yeah, I know more than I should about the Beatles.

[SteyrAUG]

The story is the Guys Dad or Grandfather bought it from someone and he his it in the attic.
That's the Bass that was bought (or was gifted by a close friend) in Germany before they were famous. The Beatles original Bass player quit to pursue art and photograpy and died of a brain anyurism shortly afterwards.
Paul was originally guitar and keyboards (he and John shared the honors) and took over at Bass because no one else would.

Yeah, I know more than I should about the Beatles.

Yeah, I read up on it. I think I was maybe 10 when I got my first Beatles record. I didn't know anything about them and by then it was all 10 years old for the most part, but I loved nearly every one. I didn't understand what the hell Penny Lane was about, but I loved it. A Day in My Life was like nothing I've ever heard. To this day I still can't imagine where I Am The Walrus came from but when I was the DJ for the Soul Music Show I dropped it in a hip hop mix from time to time and it worked. Across The Universe might be the best thing I've ever heard from them ever. And The Long And Winding Road makes me melancholy in a way that no other song since Stairway (maybe California Dreaming) has ever done.