3050M Flatwound : Thumpy and vintage.

These are very distinctive flats which have pretty much zero break-in time. Right out of the pack they are dark, warm, thumpy and full. Absolutely none of that new-string zing, and immediately broken-in. Tension and feel wise they're amazing too, and despite the medium gauge feel just the right mid-point between flexible and stiff.

One point of note is that the E-string is noticeably more dead than the A, D and G strings. It's almost like the E-string is extra-aged... apparently the A, D and G eventually get that way also, but for the first few months you'll definitely notice that the E feels like it's from a different set of strings. For the most part when you're playing in band context it probably won't bother anyone, but it's a bit of a strange quirk about these which you should consider before buying.