Paul McCartney finds his flying bass half a century ago. Stolen in 1972 from the back of a van in London, Paul McCartney's violin-shaped Höfner bass was found at the home of a squatter in Nothing Hill.
The instrument, a violin- shaped HöFner purchased for £30 (around 600 euros at today's prices) in Hamburg, Germany in 1961, has been authenticated. Paul is incredibly grateful to all those who participated in the research, his website says.