I've been in so-called originals bands where some songs were great and some I was not a fan off.
That's normal; unless maybe you are the band leader or musical director.
I don't think I have ever been in band where I liked all the songs.
I recall some 'deadheads' becoming 'punks' overnight. At least they shared some anti-establishment credentials, or so they claimed.
I always liked American Beauty and Workingman's Dead.
I had a fretless Fender Jazz with TI flats.
Similarly, I had a fretless Fender Precision also with TI flats.
But on a Takamine B10 I preferred La Bella 760FS flats.
Just a personal preference of course but I like DR Legend Flats.
But the strings on a bass would not make me buy it or not buy it. I would almost always expect to change the strings anyway.
"No, I don't know it, but if you can write it out for me in accurate notation (or tab if you must), I will see if I can play it for you."
Keep a supply of staff paper and a black pen in your gigbag in case of this eventuality.