Hundreds Of People Search For Paul McCartney's 1961 Bass Höfner, Who Disappeared 24 Years Ago

JAKARTA - Hundreds of people are conducting global searches to help find Paul McCartney's Höfner bass which went missing 24 years ago.

The Lost Bass project is digging up information about the existence of the most important "bass" in the history of the first bass the Beatles star bought in 1961 for 30 in Hamburg, Germany.

Bass was missing in January 1969 when The Beatles were in London to record the Get Back/Let It Be session.

According to The Lost Bass Project, the missing Höfner 500/1 Violin Bass can be heard in the songs Love Me Do, She Loves You, and Twist and Shout.

The leader of the search was Nick Wass of Höfner, who partnered with husband and wife team Scott and Naomi Jones, who are journalists and TV producers.

Wass told the BBC that McCartney asked him about the guitar in a recent conversation, which started a search to find it.

"It's not clear where it's stored, maybe who's there," he said. "For most people, they'll remember it... it's this bass that created The Beatles."

Scott was first interested in the bass's presence after watching McCartney in Glastonbury last year.

Welcome to The Lost Bass Project - the global search for Paul McCartney's original Höfner bass. Between 1961 and 1969 this bass changed the world. Today it's the Holy Grail of Rock and Roll. Follow the trail. And help trace the bass. Visit https://t.co/4eZFkyULMv @tracingthebass pic.twitter.com/VauQW8G9bB

— TracingTheBass (@TracingTheBass) September 2, 2023

Welcome to The Lost Bass Project - the global search for Paul McCartney's original Höfner bass. Between 1961 and 1969 this bass changed the world. Today it's the Holy Grail of Rock and Roll. Follow the trail. And help trace the bass. Visit https://t.co/4eZFkyULMv @tracingthebass pic.twitter.com/VauQW8G9bB