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    Got back! Paul McCartney's stolen bass is found and returned to the Beatle after more than 50 years

    by Brian Melley Feb 16, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: 2022 Invision

    Paul McCartney no longer gently weeps for his original bass guitar.

    A five-year search by the manufacturer of the instrument that was aided by a husband-and-wife team of journalists helped reunite The Beatles star with the distinctive violin-shaped 1961 electric Höfner that went missing a half century ago and is estimated to be worth 10 million pounds ($12.6 million).

    McCartney had asked Höfner to help find the missing instrument that helped launch Beatlemania across the universe, Scott Jones, a journalist who teamed up with

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