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For more on Macca’s relationship with the violin bass, check out our history of Paul McCartney and the Höfner 500/1 bass guitar.

After watching the Beatles' iconic rooftop concert, Paul McCartney was inspired to revisit his iconic Höfner bass.

Eventually, McCartney bought a Höfner Violin bass guitar. While McCartney was initially reluctant to play bass, he took to it quickly and expertly.

Paul McCartney’s signature, violin-shaped Höfner bass guitar is back in his hands, decades after it was stolen in the 1970s.

McCartney purchased the instrument—a violin-shaped Höfner 500/1 bass guitar—for just £30 in Hamburg, Germany, in 1961.

Paul McCartney's signature, violin-shaped Höfner bass guitar is back in his hands, decades after it was stolen in the 1970s.

The bass guitar that Paul McCartney played on some of the Beatles’ earliest hits, missing since it was stolen in 1972, has been recovered.

The distinctive violin-shaped 1961 electric Höfner went missing a half century ago and is estimated to be worth more than $12 million.

LONDON (AP) - Paul McCartney no longer gently weeps for his original bass guitar. A five-year search by the manufacturer of the instrument that was aided by a husband-and-wife team of journalists ...