[CAUT] flatwound bass strings

[Mark Schecter]

While I don't know enough to dispute wikipedia, and hanks for the correction, if that is flat-wound, what might one call the wrapping that is much wider than it is thick, and spiralled onto the core edge-to-edge? I'll look it up later, as I'm tuning at the moment. 

~Mark Schecter

On May 12, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:

> On 5/12/2012 10:29 AM, Mark Schecter wrote:
>> Yes. However, the illustration is of what used to be called
>> ground-wound, in other words winding of square section with corners
>> ground off, splitting the difference between round and flat.
> 
> According to Wikipedia, the illustration is flat wound. Ground wound is round wound, then flattened on the outside.
> 
> Ron N
>