Paul McCartney’s first Höfner bass guitar, a 500/1 model purchased in Hamburg, Germany, has been found and returned to the musician, more than five decades after it was stolen in 1972. McCartney bought the ‘violin’ bass at the Steinway shop in Hamburg in 1961 while The Beatles were performing at the Top Ten Club. The instrument, priced at 287 Deutschmarks, was custom made for the young musician, with left-handed models being a rarity at the time. I found a nice little shop in the centre of Hamburg, near a big department store called Karstadt. And I saw this bass in
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