I am always discussing with him whether to use flatwounds or roundwounds. I am for roundwounds, he swears by flatwounds ...
Flat wounds do not rock... ever, some claim to use flats like trujillo but i beleive they're half-flats, usually is the case.
They are quite like dead roundwounds, but better sonically ofcourse
Plenty of funk bassists actually use really old dead roundwounds instead of flats
I think this is why i don't like his sound, would be nice in jazz though.
Strings make all the difference in a bass! need to change the ones in mine, then i might love this bass again.