AndyTravis Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/25966581/mystery-paul-mccartney-mising-guitar-solved/amp/ Bass of Doom found, Macca’s Hofner… now the funk machine has to be found?! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 So not stolen from Abbey Road on or around 21st January 1969, along with one of George's guitars? It's all a bit confusing. Fair play, if it is the one he must be pretty chuffed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 looks like it had been strung right handed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 31 minutes ago, Bassfinger said: So not stolen from Abbey Road on or around 21st January 1969, along with one of George's guitars? It's all a bit confusing. Fair play, if it is the one he must be pretty chuffed. Apparently given to someone in a will…now back with macca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I wonder how many dropkicks had it before it was forgotten to be the Beatle one? Maybe none and the whole "collection" is some now dead thief's stash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 That intonation looks a bit out... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Piers_Williamson said: looks like it had been strung right handed That should narrow it down a bit!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Thank God that further down the article The Sun tells us who Paul McCartney is. I had no idea... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Yeah, with a bit more publicity he might become famous… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 The family did the right thing and retired it. Lovely story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 20 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: Yeah, with a bit more publicity he might become famous… Pah he will never amount to anything… loser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 But what about the one I stole from him then. I still have it. The Sun is publishing 'fake news'. 🫨 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 42 minutes ago, snorkie635 said: But what about the one I stole from him then. I still have it. The Sun is publishing 'fake news'. 🫨 I am Spartacus..! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 13 hours ago, snorkie635 said: But what about the one I stole from him then. I still have it. The Sun is publishing 'fake news'. 🫨 There's an entire production line at Hofner turning out stolen Macca basses. It's like the fragments of the true cross - Jesus would have needed a low-loader to have carried a cross weighing 65 tonnes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) There was an interview this morning on the Radio 4 Today programme, with the journalist who tracked it down. In brief, in 1972, the Wings roadie parked the van outside his house on Ladbroke Grove. Local squatter broke into the van, stole a bass. A few days later, he realised that it belonged to McCartney, and asked his friend (a local pub landlord) to look after it for him. 50 years later, the bass was inherited by a decendant of the same landlord, having spent the intervening period in the loft. The benefactor heard the story of the missing bass in the news, made contact with the McCartney estate, and it is now back with its rightful owner. The investigation was helped when a relative of the thief contacted the journalist, and was able to identify the pub. Edited February 16 by bass_dinger 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 https://www.paulmccartney.com/news/statement-on-hofner-bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 17 hours ago, AndyTravis said: Bass of Doom found, Macca’s Hofner… Isn't the Bass of Doom Jaco's bass held in trust by Trullio? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Wonder if it's playable. 50 years in a loft, going to need a bit of truss rod love. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 28 minutes ago, TimR said: Wonder if it's playable. 50 years in a loft, going to need a bit of truss rod love. That reminds me - must let Mrs S out of the hut soon. It's nearly spring. 👀 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dankology Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 https://www.debassist.nl/muzieknieuws/artikel/2-29077/paul-mccartneys-first-hfner-is-back?fbclid=IwAR1VFDoe-MdDDfPc-FhPFOuwmDQ87PkwRzG2mlQXU_4G14Gb9D4EA-7TkVA 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 (edited) 3 hours ago, TimR said: Isn't the Bass of Doom Jaco's bass held in trust by Trullio? Yeah - it’s wheeled out occasionally Edited February 16 by AndyTravis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Frog Chorus Reprise... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 It was a flat back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 1 hour ago, msb said: It was a flat back. That went straight over my head. Having laboured to the end of the slightly nerdy history of the bass I thought they said it's uniqueness was the domed back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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