They say you never forget your first love, and after pining for his stolen guitar for almost half a century, Canadian rock star Randy Bachman has finally been reunited with the instrument which an eagle-eyed fan tracked down in Japan. Bachman, who wrote the original American Woman with his band The Guess Who, was in Tokyo for the emotional handover on Friday – 46 years after his cherished orange Gretsch was snatched from a Toronto hotel. “Wow,” a stunned Bachman said, holding the guitar lovingly and tuning it up on stage before playing in a special concert at the Canadian Embassy. The 78-year-old told AFP he had been “pretty much devastated” by the theft. “With that guitar, I wrote many million-selling songs... it was like my magical guitar. And then when it’s suddenly gone, the magic is gone.” William Long, the internet sleuth who tracked down a guitar in Japan previously owned by Canadian guitarist Randy Bachman. The rocker bought the now vintage 6120 Chet Atkins model as a teenager in the early 1960s with $400 painstakingly saved up from mowing lawns, washing cars and babysitting. He had long admired the instrument, spending hours staring at it in a shop window in Winnipeg...