2023-09-04 14:47:38
The famous bass disappeared in 1969 during the recording in London of “Get back”.
With this bass guitar bought in Hamburg in 1961, Paul McCartney played some of the greatest Beatles hits. More than 50 years after his death, a major campaign called “The Lost Bass” began on Saturday in the hope of finding this “treasure” of music.
Nick Wass, who works for Höfner, the bass brand, and journalists Scott and Naomi Jones have launched a campaign, “The Lost Bass” project, in hopes of getting their hands back on the instrument and solving what ‘they call “Rock and Roll’s Greatest Mystery”.
Nick Wass told several British media that Paul McCartney told him about the bass guitar during a recent conversation. This is how the campaign would have started.
“It’s so important for him (Paul McCartney) to see this guitar again, because it was the first”, added Scott Jones. It may be in the hands of someone who owns it “innocently”, “without realizing what she has”.
“This is the most important bass search in history. (…) And we need your help to find his trace”they write on the website launched for this project.
Disappeared in 1969
Paul McCartney bought this bass for 30 pounds sterling (which would correspond to 35.10 euros at the current rate) in Hamburg, Germany in 1961. It is the instrument that we hear in the titles Love Me Do, She Loves You et Twist and Shout.
He played with it for concerts in Hamburg, Liverpool and during the first recordings at Abbey Road, the legendary London studio. In January 1969, while the Beatles were in London to record Get Backthe guitar disappeared.
To those who believe that it is an impossible mission, they recall that in 1963, John Lennon lost his Gibson, but that it reappeared 51 years later and had been sold at auction 2.4 million dollars (2.2 million euros).
Two tracks
Twenty-four hours after the launch of the project on Saturday, Scott Jones said he had received hundreds of emails, including two that could be interesting leads.
Some leads for people who would like to participate in research: it is a left-handed bass, with a “sunburst” finish in three parts and two microphones mounted in a solid block of black wood.
If the “Lost Bass” campaign finds the instrument, it will be returned to Paul McCartney, the organizers assured.
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