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Cheap flats w/o silk..

Strings with silk wont fray unless you take them on and off a couple of times, or boil/clean them. So I wouldnt let a little thing like the silk put you off the tone you are after if you find a set with silk.

Fender flats dont have any silk, if all else fails ;).