When I started playing bass in 1965, the only strings available were tape wound, flats to you and they were horrible, horrible things. Horrible sound, horrible feel, just horrible. When I tried my first set of swing bass it was a life changing revelation. I saw the light. I heard the sound that was in my head but never in my amp.
My memory of flats means that I would never use them again under any circumstances.
Did I use to many horribles there?