{"id":600,"date":"2007-04-24T03:50:17","date_gmt":"2007-04-24T07:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/04\/24\/600\/"},"modified":"2011-10-01T17:43:17","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T21:43:17","slug":"old-beatle-guitar-resurfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/04\/24\/old-beatle-guitar-resurfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Beatle guitar resurfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 5px solid white; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/captsgecee65020307202830photo00photodefault-512x358.jpg\" alt=\"captsgecee65020307202830photo00photodefault-512\u00c3\u2014358.jpg\" width=\"161\" height=\"113\" align=\"left\" \/> At the beginning of March a guitar that had been owned by Paul McCartney, one that he&#8217;d thrown into a crowd during a Beatles concert many years ago, turned up in a school in Montenegro.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds-->\n<p>McCartney had tossed the Hofner Violin bass guitar into the audience after its neck broke. 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