Much like Slash’s hat and Side 1 opf Jimi Hendrix’s second album, Paul McCartney’s iconic Hofner 500/1 electric bass has entered the echelons of mysteriously disappeared music memorabilia.

Sir McCartney purchased the guitar for $38 from a Hamburg shop in 1961, and was used on a range of the Beatle’s music… until it was gone.

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“He’s never seen it since, and he wants it back,” UK correspondent Enda Brady told Millsy and Karl on 6PR Breakfast.

“The company’s still in existence: Paul McCartney has contacted them and two investigative journalists to try and track it down.”