Music | Paul McCartney's bass stolen 51 years ago has been found

In the year 1972 Paul McCartney's a bass guitar was stolen from a van in London. Now the bass has been found and returned to the Beatles musician.

The British Broadcasting Company reports on the discovery BBC.

Started to locate the player The Lost Bass Project last September after McCartney asked instrument maker Höfner to look for it. The search yielded results quickly.

McCartney bought a Höfner bass guitar in Hamburg in 1961. He used it, among other things, in songs Love Me Do and She Loves You. According to the information, the purchase price of the instrument was £30.

Since then, the increase in value has been considerable. The Lost Bass Project estimates that the sale price of the instrument would exceed the most expensive amount ever paid for a guitar. Kurt Cobain's the guitar sold for a record $6 million at auction in 2020.

McCartneyN a bass guitar was stolen from a van in Ladbroke Grove in October 1972.

According to the BBC, The Lost Bass Project received tips that the stolen instrument had ended up with the landlord of a local pub. A family living in Sussex contacted the members of the project and told them about the bass that had been stuck for decades.

“We received a lot of contacts because everyone wished the best for McCartney and wanted to help,” a journalist who was involved in the project tells the BBC Naomi Jones.

Sir Paul McCartney's representative says he is “immensely grateful” for the instrument's return.