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.

McCartney bought the violin-shaped, hollow-bodied Höfner 500/1 guitar in Hamburg, Germany, for 30 pounds (around $37) in 1961 when the young Beatles were on one of their lengthy and arduous ...

When he was Paul McCartney young, he was, of course, a part of The Beatles and at just 24 years of age sang "When I'm 64," which seems even more ironic when you consider the fact that he's now 82 ...

Paul McCartney was reunited with his stolen bass guitar after more than 50 years. (Getty Images) Originally purchased by McCartney in 1961 for $37, the guitar is now estimated to be worth $12.6 ...

Paul McCartney’s legendary lost guitar will gently weep no more as it was reunited with its owner more than 50 years after it was stolen. CNN values your feedback 1.

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‘s signature, violin-shaped Höfner bass guitar is back in his hands, decades after it was stolen in the 1970s. The Beatles rocker confirmed on Thursday that the instrument had ...

Paul McCartney, ‘Ringo Starr,’ London, January 1964. (© 1964 Paul McCartney under exclusive license to MPL Archive LLP) McCartney has also long harbored a sense of earnest silliness, seen in photos of ...