I agree. Cutting through a mix that's already dense in the mids seems like an arms race to me. There is an older thread entitled something like "Confessions of a Flatwound Convert" where a long-time player decided to stop competing in that crowded midrange territory and went back to flatwound strings. I've recently deepened and lowered my tone without increasing volume at my church gig and have been very happy with the lack of competition in those frequencies. I used to worry about boom and standing out from the rest of the band but with a lack of competition on the lowest octave, I don't play as loud and still hear myself and contribute positively to the mix. I'm not scooping mids to do it, however, I just added a really deep cabinet and stopped elevating my speaker 30 inches off the ground. So instead of scooped or exaggerated mids, I think my sound is pretty even from bottom to top, and it's the bottom I've been digging lately.
