How Paul McCartney's Bass Was Found | The History of his Hofner Bass

How Paul McCartney's bass was found: the history of his Hofner Bass 500/1. For years we thought his first Hofner bass was stolen in 1969 but only recently we learned the truth and in this video we'll cover how Paul got the bass, what it was stolen, and how it was found. #thebeatles #paulmccartney #vinylrewind
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00:00 Introduction
00:42 Why Paul Started Playing Bass
02:33 Buying the Hofner 500/1
04:00 The Search Begins
05:22 False Lead
05:51 Big Break in the Case
06:49 Where The Bass was all these years
08:08 A Prototype Bass?
09:40 What's Next for the bass?