McCartney shared that he is “extremely grateful to all these concerned” after he was reunited with this 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar, which had been misplaced since 1972.

On Wednesday, the 81-year-old icon shared an announcement on his web site, during which he confirmed he had been reunited together with his legendary Höfner bass guitar.

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“Following the launch of final 12 months’s Misplaced Bass venture, Paul’s 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar, which was stolen in 1972, has been returned,” the assertion learn. “The guitar has been authenticated by Höfner and Paul is extremely grateful to all these concerned.”

The violin-shaped guitar — which McCartney bought in Hamburg, Germany in 1961 — was believed to be lengthy misplaced after it was stolen from a van in 1972. In accordance with NBC Information, it was found that the instrument had been “inherited” by a household in Hastings, a coastal city in Southern England.

“To my family and friends, I inherited this merchandise which has been returned to Paul McCartney,” a consumer by the title of Ruaidhri Visitor wrote on X, sharing images of the Höfner guitar. In accordance with Visitor’s X bio, he is a 21-year-old movie scholar.

McCartney’s first bass guitar was discovered following a search carried out by the years-long marketing campaign, the Misplaced Bass Undertaking, which was launched in 2018.

The group shared a prolonged assertion on its web site on Thursday, reacting to the thrilling information that the long-lost instrument had lastly been discovered after 51 years.

“We’re extraordinarily proud that we performed a serious half find the Misplaced Bass. It has been a dream since 2018 that it could possibly be performed,” the message learn. “Regardless of many telling us that it was misplaced perpetually or destroyed, we endured till it was again the place it belonged. We wish to thank everybody who helped with the search, all those that despatched us leads and concepts and lots of who simply wished to lend their help to us. Thanks all so very a lot. Very a lot certainly! We did it!”

The marketing campaign additionally revealed the situation the bass was discovered to be in.

“The bass is full and nonetheless with its authentic case,” they mentioned. “It would want some repairs to make it playable once more, however a staff of execs can simply carry these out.”

The Misplaced Bass Undertaking went on to element how the information of the marketing campaign unfold over time, and the way McCartney’s guitar was in the end discovered. The group additionally shared a number of images of what the bass seemed like “precisely because it was when it was returned to Paul McCartney.” Test them out, right here.