Question for Big Poppa: How are strings made?

[robobass13]

When my dad first started the wound strings were a round core and a pure nickel wrap.
As wire drawing (the process where the steel rods are drawn down to the correct size ) got more sophisticated they became hex core...then the trend went to a nickel plated steel (slinkys) on the hex wire. The plain strings are virtually the same

the original wound strings were made by hand and now the wound strings are made utilising servo motors and computer controls for both wire tension and wrap consistancy

sorry BP if this has been answered but, is this true for the regular bass slinkys as well?

 

[Big Poppa]

yes