Stolen in 1972, Paul McCartney’s missing Höfner resurfaced in a family’s attic 51 years after it disappeared. But it took ...

Dogged detective work tracked down the instrument that had vanished more than 50 years ago, but the true story behind its theft injects a note of sadness ...

The woman who found Paul McCartney’s bass guitar in her attic had no idea a global search for the instrument was going on ...

Paul McCartney has been reunited with the original Höfner bass guitar he bought in the early 1960s that was stolen in the '70s, the former Beatles member confirmed Wednesday. "Following the launch of ...

A Paul McCartney-played Yamaha BB-1200 bass guitar — used by the former Beatle in his 1970s group Wings — sold for $496,100 at auction over the weekend, according to Guitar World. It broke the record ...

For better or worse, the fundamental design of guitars has remained familiar since they electrified around a century ago. A few strings, a fretboard, and a body of some sort will get you most of the ...

While guitar players and singers might hog the limelight, we know as bassists that it would all fall apart if it weren’t for us, right? That’s why it’s crucial that we’re armed with one of the best ...

Be it the deft melodic runs Paul McCartney played in The Beatles, the showboating funk grooves of Bootsy Collins or the liquid virtuosity of Jaco Pastorius, a good bassline is the heartbeat of a song, ...

Seems as though the whole world is downsizing, so why not the electric bass? This short-scale Classic 25 hits the spot, with plenty of retro appeal. Hard to pick holes at this price. MusicRadar's got ...

Violin-shaped Höfner vanished after Beatles split up but has resurfaced in pub in west London after global appeal A Höfner bass guitar bought by Paul McCartney in 1961 has been returned to the former ...