It is a truth universally acknowledged among musicians that an unattached bass player in possession of considerable talent ...

Starting 2026 at Splash Point Jazz Club at the Fishermen's Club, Royal Parade, Eastbourne is the Jonny Hepbir Trio featuring violinist Mike Piggott on Wednesday, January 28.

The guitar will never die. And I, for one, take great comfort in that fact, which I can neither confirm nor prove, but know in my heart. Hayden Pedigo has such a delicate, yet demonstrative touch — an ...

Close to 70 years after German instrument company Höfner started selling an electric bass that looked like a violin, the company has filed for bankruptcy. The news has hit Paul McCartney, who has made ...

65 years ago today, The Beatles made their debut under that name in Hamburg, kicking off a 48-night residency at the Indra Club with Lennon, McCartney, Harrison ...

Höfner, the German instrument company most famous for making Paul McCartney‘s iconic violin bass, has filed for bankruptcy. According to Guitar.com, “provisional insolvency administration” has been ...

The German brand behind McCartney's iconic 500/1 Violin Bass has been in existence since its founding by Karl Höfner in 1887 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The Höfner 500/1 bass guitar – which has been dubbed the most important bass in history for its role in recording numerous Beatles hits – was stolen from the musician in 1972, only to be returned to ...

In the early 1960s, a young Paul McCartney bought a Höfner 500/1 “violin” bass guitar in Hamburg for just £30, little knowing it would become one of the most recognizable instruments in rock history.

Gibson has recruited the services of the investigative journalists who found Paul McCartney’s missing Höfner Violin bass guitar, as the search continues for the lost ES-345 that Michael J Fox played ...

Gibson puts investigative journalists Scott and Naomi Jones on the Lost To The Future case. Despite thousands of tips the trail of the guitar – missing since '85 – remains cold When you purchase ...