Paul MCCARTNEY After half a century, he recovered a historic bass with which he recorded The Beatles’ first two albums. The iconic Höfner brand instrument had been stolen in 1972.
Its recovery involved the establishment of a search team – named in 2018 as The Lost Bass Project – to find the whereabouts of the instrument. After 6 years of intense tracking, the team of researchers was able to meet its objective.
The reunion of Paul McCartney with his legendary bass
In 2018, a project launched the search for “most iconic lost musical instrument of all time“. The thing is, from that 4-string bass came Beatles singles such as “She Loves You” and “All My Loving“.
Nick Wass, one of the founders of the search team explained that this instrument is “the one that started Beatlemania.” “That’s why it’s important, He is the one who started it“he assured.
The project was running for almost 6 years without much news about the whereabouts of the precious object. But finally the treasure hunt came to an end.
“As a result of advertising, someone who lives in a semi-detached house in Hastingson the south coast of England, contacted Paul McCartney’s company and gave them back the bass“, they reported from The Lost Bass Project. The instrument was returned last year, but the news was only announced now.
This is because the bass must have been authenticated by Höfner, the creative brand of the instrument. Wass explained to Reuters that the object is “something damaged“, with a crack in the masta damaged bridge and pills that no longer work. “But they can be fixed, the mast can be repaired and we can make it playable again“Wass said.
Thus, after more than 50 years apart, Paul McCartney was able to reunite with his precious instrument. “Paul is incredibly grateful to everyone involved“said a spokesperson on McCartney’s website.
The case of John Lennon’s guitar
In a similar case, John Lennon had lost one iconic guitar in 1963which was used to record great hits like “PS I love you” and “Love me do“. After 52 years, in 2015 the guitar was identified after being sold by $2.41 million at an auction in Beverly Hills, California.
The person who had it said he bought it without knowing its connection to Lennon. The instrument itself is an acoustic guitar. 1962 Gibson J-160E and was promoted as “the most important beatle guitar ever to come to auction.”
According to information from Julien’s Auctions, the auction house that carried out the bidding, the instrument was stolen after a concert by the British band in London in 1963. The instrument could be identified thanks to its owner observing similarities between the acoustic guitar and one published in an article. about the private collection of George Harrison.
An expert confirmed the guitar authenticity and soon it reached one of the highest prices achieved for a musical instrument used in the Rock and Roll genre. Lennon’s instrument far surpassed the $965,000 paid at a 2013 Christie’s auction for the electric guitar with which Bob Dylan amazed the spectators in the Newport Folk Festival 1965.
Source: Ambito
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