Paul McCartney plays a Hofner 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.

McCartney bought the left-handed Höfner 500/1 Violin Bass for around 30 pounds ($38) ($585 in today's money) in Hamburg in 1961, during The Beatles' four-month residency at the Top Ten Club.

Paul McCartney's prized Höfner bass that was stolen out of a van in Lonon in 1972 has been found more than 50 years after it first went missing. ... The left-handed 1961 Höfner 500/1, ...

“For about £30, I found this Höfner violin bass,” said McCarney (81). “And to me, because I was left-handed, it looked less daft because it was symmetrical. I got into that.

IT may have been played by Sir Paul McCartney, but Cottesloe’s House of Riches owner Ann Broadley is selling the classic Hofner left-hand bass guitar made famous by the former Beatle. “You ...

It’s been billed as an attempt to solve one of Rock and Roll’s great mysteries. A global search is underway to find a bass guitar that once belonged to Paul McCartney and featured in several ...

Paul McCartney reunited with missing Hofner bass after more than 50 years. Former Beatles member says ‘incredibly grateful to all those involved’ after search to find instrument stolen in 1972.

McCartney's signed Hofner violin bass guitar… pre-auction estimate is $4,000-$6,000. Is there a 0 missing from these estimates?? Paul and Keith have been legends and influencing music for over 60 ...

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The Beatles Paul McCartney’s Hofner bass guitar up for auction for $250,000. 27 November 2023. Newsdesk .

Hofner has redesignated the model names of its famous Violin Bass to reflect the iconic bass's Beatles lineage. ... The Vintage '62 Re-issue becomes the 500/1 'Liverpool', inspired by the bass Hofner ...