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

They found the Höfner in an attic in Sussex, England. It was returned to McCartney and he played it on the final show of his ...

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

Brian Ray has spent the last 23 years as a member of Paul McCartney’s band, playing bass and guitar — so who better to assess Macca’s musicianship? In the new issue of Guitar World magazine, Ray ...

The epic story behind Paul McCartney's stolen bass guitar, which was returned to him in 2024 after 51 years, will be told in a new feature-length documentary directed by Arthur Cary ("Surviving 9/11," ...

The tale of Paul McCartney’s vanished bass is being told in a forthcoming documentary. The instrument of interest is a Höfner 500/1 bass guitar, which was taken from the musician in 1972 and was only ...

Session bassist Will Lee has been singing even longer than he has been playing bass guitar. Still, the 1998 formation of the New York City Beatles cover band the Fab Faux presented Lee with a new ...

Passion Pictures is producing a feature-length documentary for BBC Arts about the story behind Paul McCartney’s original Höfner bass guitar, with Fremantle handling global distribution. Directed by ...

*Well this is something that no doubt made an old man feel good. During his concert in Buenes Aires, Argentina, legendary Paul McCartney managed to invite a young girl up onstage, thinking she wanted ...

According to ScreenDaily.com, McCartney will lend his voice to Paul McKenzie, a walrus who also happens to be a left-handed bassist, like the Beatles legend himself, and who plays in a band called The ...

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

The epic story behind Paul McCartney’s stolen bass guitar, which was returned to him in 2024 after 51 years, will be told in a new feature-length documentary directed by Arthur Cary (“Surviving 9/11,” ...