Here’s how it works. Featuring four fat, chunky strings tuned to the notes E, A, D and G, the electric bass guitar came to the fore in the '60s, backing up Motown hits and pop/rock tracks alike.

Paul McCartney's 1961 Höfner electric bass, which was missing for decades, has been returned. The bass was found after Beatles fans launched a search known as The Lost Bass Project.

Paul McCartney playing a Höfner violin bass guitar on Salisbury Plain in England during the filming of “Help” in May 1965. It is similar to the one that went missing.

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Paul McCartney has been reunited with the original Höfner bass guitar he bought in the early 1960s that was stolen in the '70s, the former Beatles member confirmed Wednesday.