Thanks! My Pilot is fretted. Any concerns using flats on a fretted bass?
Not that I have ever heard - it's usually the other way around, being cautious using rounds on a fretless bass. Flatwounds should be easier on the frets than stainless steel rounds, for example.
The only thing to worry about possibly is stringing through the body with flats - LaBella says you shouldn't do it, the angle over the saddle is too sharp (?) and can break the outer wrap. I forget what Pilot bridges look like, but if it's just through the tailpiece you should be fine. Every now and again the string can be too thick at the ball end and not fit all the way into the hole, but that's usually only with crazy heavy strings like the LaBella 1954 strings (used to be called the James Jamerson set) with a .110 E string!
Be aware that if you used to rounds, flats may sound pretty dead and lifeless to you. Especially if you are just playing the bass acoustically. But through an amp, they give a fundamental that to me is different than rounds. It's kind of a different approach sonically.
