For instance Paul McCartney played a German Hofner bass and Bill Wyman played a Framus bass that was also made in Germany. This put a big damper on the guitar market, which is why many ‘60’s British bands played a lot of guitars that were built in Europe. To offset this war debt, the UK levied high tariffs on items imported from the United States. World War II put Britain in a lot of debt to the United States. The Squier version of the six string bass has a 28” scale and a humbucker bridge pickup along with two single coil pickups. ![]() In 2013 Fender put the Bass VI back into production under the Squier brand. Some guitarists compensated by making this a “baritone guitar” by using heavy guitar strings and tuning from low B to high B. The standard string guage that Fender suggested was. Besides bass players are used to fairly wide necks with space between the strings. ![]() Due to the shortened neck and the 7.25” neck radius, which was standard on Fender guitars of the day, setting the guitar up and achieving tonality was difficult.
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