Appeal to find Paul McCartney’s long-lost guitar draws hundreds of responses in first 24 hours
- The Lost Bass Project appeal claims the instrument, which went missing more than 50 years ago, is ‘a national treasure’
- McCartney bought the bass for US$37 in Hamburg, Germany, in 1961 and it was used during his time with The Beatles
Hundreds of people in Britain have got in touch over the space of 24 hours to help find Paul McCartney’s bass guitar after it went missing more than 50 years ago, appeal organisers have said.
The Lost Bass Project claims the instrument is “a national treasure” and a piece of “modern social cultural history” as the first bass bought by McCartney that was manufactured by Hofner.
Nick Wass from Hofner – the brand former Beatle McCartney continues to use in his performances – is behind the appeal alongside husband and wife team, Scott and Naomi Jones.
McCartney has previously approached Hofner about finding the bass and his office is being kept updated by the group, Mr Jones told the PA news agency.
Since launching the project yesterday, Jones said on Sunday: “We are dealing with hundreds of emails and we’ve already picked out two (emails) in particular, because we know it instantly marries up with something that was known before.
“We didn’t expect to get necessarily thousands of super-hot leads instantly … what I’m anticipating is that people who know something will probably just sort of reflect on what they know and then come forward at some point.”
