The German brand behind McCartney's iconic 500/1 Violin Bass has been in existence since its founding by Karl Höfner in 1887 ...

Beatle popularized the Höfner violin bass - an instrument he picked up during the band’s early days playing club’s in Hamburg ...

The firm was founded in 1887, and designed the legendary Violin Bass that became Macca’s go-to in the Beatles and beyond ...

A long-lost guitar owned by Paul McCartney is back where it once belonged! Paul’s favorite bass was stolen out of a van in 1972 but finally found its way back to the Beatles legend thanks to the Lost ...

The story of Paul McCartney’s stolen Höfner 500/1 bass guitar is to be told in an all-new feature length documentary. With a working title of The Beatle and the Bass, the film unpacks the mystery of ...

Paul McCartney's signature, violin-shaped Höfner bass guitar is back in his hands, decades after it was stolen in the 1970s. The Beatles rocker confirmed Thursday the instrument had been returned -- ...

The early days of the Beatles boasted some distinct iconography: the Fab Four’s mop-top haircuts, fit leather boots, and the violin Höfner bass that Paul McCartney was playing all the way back in the ...

LONDON — Paul McCartney no longer gently weeps for his original bass guitar. A five-year search by the manufacturer of the instrument that was aided by a husband-and-wife team of journalists helped ...

When Paul McCartney’s original bass guitar went missing in 1972, the former Beatle could not “Let it Be.” The wayward guitar has finally returned to McCartney after 51 years, according to the ...

While rock history is filled with endlessly mysterious tales, one decades-long puzzle involving Paul McCartney was finally solved last year...and now the full story will be told at last in a new ...

Höfner, the German instrument company responsible for Paul McCartney's iconic violin bass, has filed for bankruptcy.