Flatwounds on single-coil P or split-coil P?

Can't go wrong either way. Realize that you'll eventually have to have four P basses.

I really like the SCPB with rounds sound; raw and open. Especially with new stainless rounds.

 

It's a trick question; the correct answer is: both.

 

I prefer Dunlop SBN on my Squier CV50P rather than Labella LTF4a , but , both string sound great.

 

Definitely.

Flats on a single coil is 50s (RnB, Rockabilly, etc). Flats on a split coil is 60s and maybe early 70s (the sound I associate with psychedelic rock or Motown).

Rounds on a single make me think of Sting, so that's a good thing; the rounds on a split coil sound is a no-brainer.

So, yeah gotta go with four P-Basses just to make sure!

 

I'm slowly learning that flats go on everything. I don't slap at all and I have issues with the quality of my skin, especially on my hands, so flatwounds are just the norm. I don't mind it though, I've experienced the "man that bass sounds great!" moment enough to respect it.

 

It’s personal choice. I put roundwounds on my Tele for that Ron Wood sound, and flats on my Precision for old school thump.
I like the four basses suggestion.

 

TI flats on every bass I own, be they solid, semi hollow, hollow, single coil, hum bucker.

 

I have flats on my SCPB, both regular Ps, my EB-3L and on my ASAT fretless. My only bass with rounds is my ‘82 Vantage Flying V copy, but I think it will be wearing flats soon enough!

 

The "YMMV" should kind of go without saying for a topic like this.
I'm not a total round wound hater - I always keep at least one axe strung up with rounds, whether I need it or not.
In my case that would be the active 5-string.
If I played more straight-ahead rock from the '70s & newer I would probably have rounds on a 4-banger. (Starting with the J-bass.)
I do mostly old-school R&B and "oldies" rock, so it's hard to keep the flats from spreading almost everywhere.
If I only had a SCPB and a split P, I would have to go by the seat of the pants to decide which gets rounds & which gets flats. Too many variables with those designs IME (wood, pickup) to make a blanket statement as to which ought to get which string type.
YMMV

 

Both !

 

Split for sure. It'll push more mids.

 

You'll need a Ray with rounds and a hollow body with tapes. Hurry! Then you can put flats on the split and single P, but first you also need a Jazz.

 

After decades of using flats on all my basses including single coil and split coil Ps I switched to nylon tapewounds.

 

A quick scan of the room.

3 SCPB with TI jazz flats. 1 SCPB with tapes. 1 SCPB with roundwound.
Roundwounds on the Cabronita with TV Jones Thunderblade. Flats on the Cabronita with a Thunderbird pickup.
Dead as a Dodo roundwound on the HH Telecaster. Roundwonds on the ChiSonic Modern Player Telecaster.

 

TI Jazz Flats are perfect for SCPBs. They provide a bit more presence in the upper mids compared to old school flats like GHS or LaBella. SCPBs can get a bit buried in the mix with old school flats IMO. Much better with TIs.

As for rounds... nah, I'd rather leave that to the split coil P-basses.

 

Flatwounds on all the things!!!