“As soon as Joe saw that, he said, ‘I have your uncle’s bass!’” Rick Beato reunited with his late uncle’s bass after 50 years – with the help of Joe Bonamassa

Rick Beato and a picture of Joe Bonamassa from his Welcome Back to Nerdville Reverb film.

Rick Beato was recently reunited with his late uncle’s long-lost vintage bass guitar, resolving a 50-year-old family mystery that was solved with the help of Joe Bonamassa.

We’ve seen our fair share of lost-and-found guitar stories, from the triumphant discovery of Paul McCartney’s Höfner violin bass to Mary Ford’s Gibson Les Paul SG Custom turning up on Facebook Marketplace and the return of Mark Tremonti’s ‘My Own Prison’ Les Paul.