<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV>Greetings, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>        Are wire wound bass strings' cores (the core wire) flattened into a hex shape (I know there is a term for this: crimping or something) anyway, is the core wire hexed <EM>all </EM>its length, or just hexed at the ends where the winding terminates?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks </DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV></BODY></HTML>