Post by hofner61 on Feb 16, 2024 6:30:10 GMT -5
For over 50 years we have been told Paul's original Hofner Bass was stolen during the filming of the Get Back project in 1969, only now we are being told it was actually stolen from
the back of a van in 1972 during a Wings tour, how did Beatles historians get that so wrong for so long ?
Numerous reports are now saying, with the help of The Lost Bass project and Hofner guitars Paul's original bass has been found.
Here are a couple of quotes from Bass magazine,
In exciting news, Paul McCartney’s original 1961 Hofner 500/1 bass that was stolen in 1972 has been found and returned to the legendary Beatle. After 51 years, the bass, which was used by Sir Paul throughout much of his playing in the Beatles, turned up thanks to efforts from The Lost Bass Project and Hofner Guitars.
We received information about the actual theft, that it had been stolen from the back of a 3 ton van during the night of 10th October 1972, in the Notting Hill area of London. This was the breakthrough we needed. We quickly realised that this information corresponded exactly with a story we had received in an email about the bass being stolen. With some detective work we were able to discover exactly who had stolen the bass. Further to this we gained information about what the thief did with the bass – they sold it to the landlord of a pub in the Notting Hill area. Looking into old records we established who that was and then gained further information about what happened next, who had the bass and what was done with it. We were able to trace the bass over the years. On September 2nd 2023 we wrote an article for The Sunday Telegraph newspaper outlining the search and who was on the team. We didn’t expect it to go very far, but it caught the imagination of 1000s of people. Within a week it was in newspapers all over the world. We were asked to do numerous interviews and appear on several television news broadcasts. As a result of the publicity someone living in a terraced house on the south coast of England remembered an old bass guitar that was in their attic. They got this out and realised just what they had. Within days it was back with Paul.
bassmagazine.com/mystery-solved-missing-for-51-years-paul-mccartneys-first-hofner-bass-is-finally-returned/
Another article from CBS News,
www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-mccartney-hofner-bass-returned-lost-bass-project/
and one from Rolling Stone magazine,
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paul-mccartney-lost-lost-bass-found-1234969159/
the back of a van in 1972 during a Wings tour, how did Beatles historians get that so wrong for so long ?
Numerous reports are now saying, with the help of The Lost Bass project and Hofner guitars Paul's original bass has been found.
Here are a couple of quotes from Bass magazine,
In exciting news, Paul McCartney’s original 1961 Hofner 500/1 bass that was stolen in 1972 has been found and returned to the legendary Beatle. After 51 years, the bass, which was used by Sir Paul throughout much of his playing in the Beatles, turned up thanks to efforts from The Lost Bass Project and Hofner Guitars.
We received information about the actual theft, that it had been stolen from the back of a 3 ton van during the night of 10th October 1972, in the Notting Hill area of London. This was the breakthrough we needed. We quickly realised that this information corresponded exactly with a story we had received in an email about the bass being stolen. With some detective work we were able to discover exactly who had stolen the bass. Further to this we gained information about what the thief did with the bass – they sold it to the landlord of a pub in the Notting Hill area. Looking into old records we established who that was and then gained further information about what happened next, who had the bass and what was done with it. We were able to trace the bass over the years. On September 2nd 2023 we wrote an article for The Sunday Telegraph newspaper outlining the search and who was on the team. We didn’t expect it to go very far, but it caught the imagination of 1000s of people. Within a week it was in newspapers all over the world. We were asked to do numerous interviews and appear on several television news broadcasts. As a result of the publicity someone living in a terraced house on the south coast of England remembered an old bass guitar that was in their attic. They got this out and realised just what they had. Within days it was back with Paul.
bassmagazine.com/mystery-solved-missing-for-51-years-paul-mccartneys-first-hofner-bass-is-finally-returned/
Another article from CBS News,
www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-mccartney-hofner-bass-returned-lost-bass-project/
and one from Rolling Stone magazine,
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paul-mccartney-lost-lost-bass-found-1234969159/